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๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐น๐ท โ Mossad chief Roman Gofman and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani discussed Tรผrkiyeโs military presence in Syria on August 14.
The call came days before Israel struck a Syrian military air base in the north and marked one of the highest-level contacts between Israel and Syria's new government.
โ Reuters | @TheWarReporteroy
The call came days before Israel struck a Syrian military air base in the north and marked one of the highest-level contacts between Israel and Syria's new government.
โ Reuters | @TheWarReporteroy
๐ง๐ท๐ค๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ โ Right-wing little store? In the interior of Pernambuco, a shop owned by a Flรกvio Bolsonaro voter displays flags of Brazil, Ukraine, the USA, and Israel.
๐ Brasil Alternativo (@bralternativo_)
๐ Brasil Alternativo (@bralternativo_)
๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ท โ A while ago, North Korea fired 10 missiles from Pyongyang are towards the Sea, reports Japanese and South Korean Media
๐ฆ๐ฟ๐บ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ต๐ฐ โ The Azerbaijani State Security Service (DTX) says Namiq Agalarov, who had been internationally wanted since 2009, was arrested abroad and extradited to Azerbaijan to face investigation.
Agalarov is accused of participating in armed ambushes and attacks against personnel of the UN-mandated International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), representatives of international organizations, foreign nationals, and logistics networks in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries between 2008 and 2009.
Agalarov is accused of participating in armed ambushes and attacks against personnel of the UN-mandated International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), representatives of international organizations, foreign nationals, and logistics networks in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries between 2008 and 2009.
๐บ๐ธโ๐ฎ๐ท โ United States President Donald J. Trump announces an Economic D-Day against the Islamic Republic of Iran, as American pressure on Iranian financial capabilities reaches another level:
No one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a greater opportunity to make a Deal than me. TRAGICALLY, for them, they have failed to take it.
Therefore, today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY! This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale.
Their navy is gone, their air force is destroyed, their military factories are now rubble, their currency is worthless, and their country is hanging by a thread.
Today, I am also announcing that ANY country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any type of lifeline to Iran will itself face TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences.
Oil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies โ It all needs to stop NOW. You know who you are. This will be an ECONOMIC D-DAY, and we need all of our Allies to stand with the United States of America to isolate, and defeat, the Iran threat.
These maniacs are on the ropes, and these HISTORIC MEASURES will cripple them and their ability to project terror worldwide.
IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
President DONALD J. TRUMP
No one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a greater opportunity to make a Deal than me. TRAGICALLY, for them, they have failed to take it.
Therefore, today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY! This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale.
Their navy is gone, their air force is destroyed, their military factories are now rubble, their currency is worthless, and their country is hanging by a thread.
Today, I am also announcing that ANY country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any type of lifeline to Iran will itself face TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences.
Oil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies โ It all needs to stop NOW. You know who you are. This will be an ECONOMIC D-DAY, and we need all of our Allies to stand with the United States of America to isolate, and defeat, the Iran threat.
These maniacs are on the ropes, and these HISTORIC MEASURES will cripple them and their ability to project terror worldwide.
IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
President DONALD J. TRUMP
๐บ๐ธ๐ โ White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller on Trump Administration accomplishments:
President Trump has been in office, in his second term, for a year and a half โ and has solved problems that plagued this nation for decades, generations, or even longer."
โ Rebalanced trade with Canada
โ Protected American manufacturing from China
โ Restored fairness to NATO
โ Pursuing peace in the Korean Peninsula
โ Toppled Maduro
โ Taken the fight to the cartels
โ Stopped Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon
โ Unleashed American energy
โ Tamed inflation
โ Cut taxes
โ Secured the border
โ The list goes on
President Trump has been in office, in his second term, for a year and a half โ and has solved problems that plagued this nation for decades, generations, or even longer."
โ Rebalanced trade with Canada
โ Protected American manufacturing from China
โ Restored fairness to NATO
โ Pursuing peace in the Korean Peninsula
โ Toppled Maduro
โ Taken the fight to the cartels
โ Stopped Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon
โ Unleashed American energy
โ Tamed inflation
โ Cut taxes
โ Secured the border
โ The list goes on
๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธโ๐ฎ๐ท โ United States Central Command announces that USS George Washington (CVN 73) and its strike group are now operating in Middle Eastern waters
It happens as part of the broad strategy to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln which is deployed for more than 260 days already
In Statement, CENTCOM said:
U.S. Sailors work on the flight deck of USS George Washington (CVN 73), Aug. 20, as the aircraft carrier transits the Arabian Sea.
The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is operating in Middle East during a scheduled deployment after arriving in the CENTCOM theater yesterday.
It happens as part of the broad strategy to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln which is deployed for more than 260 days already
In Statement, CENTCOM said:
U.S. Sailors work on the flight deck of USS George Washington (CVN 73), Aug. 20, as the aircraft carrier transits the Arabian Sea.
The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is operating in Middle East during a scheduled deployment after arriving in the CENTCOM theater yesterday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning, saying Israel will not tolerate any Turkish military entrenchment in Syria that threatens Israeli security:
We made our message clear: Don't. Apparently, it wasn't heard well enough, so we made sure it would be understood better.
We made our message clear: Don't. Apparently, it wasn't heard well enough, so we made sure it would be understood better.
๐ญ๐ท Uber launches autonomous rides in Zagreb, Croatia โ its first self-driving ride service in Europe.
#BREAKING | ๐บ๐ธ โ Up to 319 million SpaceX (SPCX) shares โ worth roughly $42โ45 billion depending on the prevailing price โ become eligible for sale today as the next scheduled tranche of post-IPO lock-up restrictions lifts.
This is the second major release after the larger ~911.5 million-share unlock on August 6. SpaceX used a staggered schedule rather than a single 180-day cliff. Additional tranches follow in September and October, with a bigger earnings-linked release later in the year. Elon Muskโs shares remain locked until June 2027.
Unlocks make shares eligible to trade; they do not automatically mean they will be sold. The stock has already absorbed the first large wave without collapsing.
The Global Eye | Subscribe โ๏ธ
This is the second major release after the larger ~911.5 million-share unlock on August 6. SpaceX used a staggered schedule rather than a single 180-day cliff. Additional tranches follow in September and October, with a bigger earnings-linked release later in the year. Elon Muskโs shares remain locked until June 2027.
Unlocks make shares eligible to trade; they do not automatically mean they will be sold. The stock has already absorbed the first large wave without collapsing.
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๐จ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฎ๐ท โ Conservative Party of Canada Leader, Pierre Poilievre declares his support for the Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi:
It was a pleasure to speak with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi about the mission for a free and democratic Iran, returned to the Iranian people and free from the terror of the regime in Tehran.
I shared with him the tremendous support I saw from Canadaโs Persian community in Vancouver and their hope for freedom and democratic change in Iran.
We discussed the importance of sustained international pressure on the Islamic Republic, maintaining internet access for Iranians, using frozen Iranian regime assets rather than Western taxpayer dollars to support the Iranian people, and ensuring that Iranians themselves determine the future of their country through free elections and a democratic constitutional process.
Conservatives support comprehensive sanctions and the seizure of regime assets, expelling the IRGC from Canada, protecting Persian and Jewish communities here at home from threats and intimidation, and maintaining the Conservative policy of no formal diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic.
I was also pleased to invite the Crown Prince to visit Canada and look forward to continuing our discussions about how Canada can support the Iranian people in reclaiming their country and securing a free and democratic future.
๐ @PierrePoilievre
It was a pleasure to speak with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi about the mission for a free and democratic Iran, returned to the Iranian people and free from the terror of the regime in Tehran.
I shared with him the tremendous support I saw from Canadaโs Persian community in Vancouver and their hope for freedom and democratic change in Iran.
We discussed the importance of sustained international pressure on the Islamic Republic, maintaining internet access for Iranians, using frozen Iranian regime assets rather than Western taxpayer dollars to support the Iranian people, and ensuring that Iranians themselves determine the future of their country through free elections and a democratic constitutional process.
Conservatives support comprehensive sanctions and the seizure of regime assets, expelling the IRGC from Canada, protecting Persian and Jewish communities here at home from threats and intimidation, and maintaining the Conservative policy of no formal diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic.
I was also pleased to invite the Crown Prince to visit Canada and look forward to continuing our discussions about how Canada can support the Iranian people in reclaiming their country and securing a free and democratic future.
๐ @PierrePoilievre
โ๐ป๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ After 55 days of searching, Maru Goncalves received the news she feared most. The bodies of seven of her relatives were found at the Bahia Mar residential complex.
They were inside a vehicle, about to return to Caracas, when the building collapsed. An Israeli drone helped locate them along with two other victims.
The search for more than ten people is still ongoing.
They were inside a vehicle, about to return to Caracas, when the building collapsed. An Israeli drone helped locate them along with two other victims.
The search for more than ten people is still ongoing.
๐ท๐ธ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ฐ โ Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic sent a letter to Mark Rutte urging KFOR, under UN Resolution 1244, to stop the persecution, arrests and demolition of Serb homes in Kosovo* and prevent the opening of the Ibar Bridge in Kosovska Mitrovica.
๐ The National Independent (@NationalIndNews)
๐ The National Independent (@NationalIndNews)
๐ท๐ธ๐๐บ๐ณ โ Serbia is considering requesting a special UN Security Council session on the situation in Kosovo*.
โThe terror of Pristina against the Serbian population must end,โ Serbian President Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ said.
๐ The National Independent (@NationalIndNews)
๐ท๐บ At the streets of the Russians summer resort town of Anapa, unknown people painted multiple pigeons magenta.
๐ฝ๐ฐ๐บ๐ธ๐ฅณ โ In Albanian-controlled Kosovo*, Former US President Bill Clintonโs 80th birthday was celebrated with a party
๐ kos_data (@kos_data)
๐ kos_data (@kos_data)
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๐ท๐บ๐บ๐ฆ 4. RUSSIA + UKRAINE: WAR + ENERGY + ECONOMIC SURVIVAL
The Russia-Ukraine war remains fundamentally a war of economic endurance as well as military power.
๐ท๐บ For Russia: energy revenues remain important to the state budget, while sanctions, military spending and restricted access to technology create long-term economic pressure.
๐บ๐ฆ For Ukraine: the challenge is even more fundamental โ maintaining state finances, infrastructure and military capacity during a prolonged war requires enormous external financial and military support.
And Europe is now facing another energy shock.
The current U.S.-Iran conflict and disruption around the Strait of Hormuz have pushed Brent crude close to $90 per barrel, with shipping through the strait severely disrupted.
That matters far beyond the Middle East.
Higher oil and refined-fuel prices โ higher transport and production costs โ renewed inflation โ pressure on consumers โ pressure on central banks.
Energy is once again becoming a geopolitical weapon.
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๐ท๐บ๐บ๐ฆ 4. RUSSIA + UKRAINE: WAR + ENERGY + ECONOMIC SURVIVAL
The Russia-Ukraine war remains fundamentally a war of economic endurance as well as military power.
๐ท๐บ For Russia: energy revenues remain important to the state budget, while sanctions, military spending and restricted access to technology create long-term economic pressure.
๐บ๐ฆ For Ukraine: the challenge is even more fundamental โ maintaining state finances, infrastructure and military capacity during a prolonged war requires enormous external financial and military support.
And Europe is now facing another energy shock.
The current U.S.-Iran conflict and disruption around the Strait of Hormuz have pushed Brent crude close to $90 per barrel, with shipping through the strait severely disrupted.
That matters far beyond the Middle East.
Higher oil and refined-fuel prices โ higher transport and production costs โ renewed inflation โ pressure on consumers โ pressure on central banks.
Energy is once again becoming a geopolitical weapon.
Vol.4
Paladin
โโโ
This editorial is part of a new series we're trying out here at EuroIntel. A big thank you to our first anonymous author, Paladin.
If you're interested in contributing longer-form opinion to this or other content series, please connect with an admin in chat.
Thanks! Feedback welcome, as always
๐บ๐ธโ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฑ๐ง โ US Department of Treasury designates 10 individuals in a Hizballah cash smuggling network moving up to hundreds of millions of dollars via commercial flights between Lebanon, Tรผrkiye, UAE, and Iran. Hizballah is also re-designated for acting under IRGC-QF direction.
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasuryโs Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 10 individuals that are part of a network responsible for transferring cash to Hizballah.
The network utilizes couriers travelling on commercial airline flights between Lebanon, Turkiye, the UAE, and Iran to move up to hundreds of millions of dollars between jurisdictions, providing an avenue outside the formal financial system for Hizballah to obtain foreign currency and evade sanctions.
OFAC is also re-designating Hizballah for service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iranโs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF).
Todayโs action is being taken pursuant to the United Statesโ counterterrorism authority, Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended.
The U.S. Department of State designated Hizballah as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to E.O. 13224 on October 31, 2001, for having committed, or posing a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.
Previously, the U.S. Department of State had designated Hizballah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act on October 8, 1997. OFAC designated the IRGC-QF as an SDGT pursuant to E.O. 13224 on October 25, 2007, for providing material support to multiple terrorist organizations, including Hizballah. The U.S. Department of State designated the IRGC-QF as an FTO pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act on April 8, 2019.
๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ
- ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ณ โ Turkish businessman; manages courier network; abuses Tรผrkiye-based exchange houses as fronts; provided front companies and bank accounts for IRGC-QF-linked transfers.
- ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ โ Courier; collects cash from exchange houses.
- ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ โ Courier; collects cash from exchange houses.
- ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ณ โ Coordinates courier logistics; also acts as courier.
- ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ณ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ซ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ข โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐ฆ๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ฒ๐๐ณ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ
- ๐๐ข๐ณ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก โ Re-designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, the IRGC-QF.
๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ
- Network formerly associated with deceased IRGC-QF finance official Behnam Shahriyari.
- All designations under E.O. 13224, as amended.
- No digital currency addresses, license wind-down periods, or new FAQs specified in this action.
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasuryโs Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 10 individuals that are part of a network responsible for transferring cash to Hizballah.
The network utilizes couriers travelling on commercial airline flights between Lebanon, Turkiye, the UAE, and Iran to move up to hundreds of millions of dollars between jurisdictions, providing an avenue outside the formal financial system for Hizballah to obtain foreign currency and evade sanctions.
OFAC is also re-designating Hizballah for service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iranโs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF).
Todayโs action is being taken pursuant to the United Statesโ counterterrorism authority, Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended.
The U.S. Department of State designated Hizballah as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to E.O. 13224 on October 31, 2001, for having committed, or posing a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.
Previously, the U.S. Department of State had designated Hizballah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act on October 8, 1997. OFAC designated the IRGC-QF as an SDGT pursuant to E.O. 13224 on October 25, 2007, for providing material support to multiple terrorist organizations, including Hizballah. The U.S. Department of State designated the IRGC-QF as an FTO pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act on April 8, 2019.
๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ
- ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ณ โ Turkish businessman; manages courier network; abuses Tรผrkiye-based exchange houses as fronts; provided front companies and bank accounts for IRGC-QF-linked transfers.
- ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ โ Courier; collects cash from exchange houses.
- ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ โ Courier; collects cash from exchange houses.
- ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ณ โ Coordinates courier logistics; also acts as courier.
- ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ณ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ซ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ข โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐ฆ๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ฒ๐๐ณ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ
- ๐๐ข๐ณ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก โ Re-designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, the IRGC-QF.
๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ
- Network formerly associated with deceased IRGC-QF finance official Behnam Shahriyari.
- All designations under E.O. 13224, as amended.
- No digital currency addresses, license wind-down periods, or new FAQs specified in this action.
๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ณ Switzerland and China conclude talks to update their free trade agreement, making 99.8% of current Swiss exports to China duty-free and expanding market access for Swiss investors.