🇻🇪🚨 Maduro Puts Venezuela on Military Alert as U.S. Carrier Enters Caribbean

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has raised the country’s military alert level amid growing tensions with the United States, coinciding with the arrival of the USS Gerald Ford, the most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier, in Caribbean waters.

Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López announced that the order activates a “higher phase” of Independence Plan 200, a defense mechanism created to counter U.S. military activity in the region. The alert, effective November 11–12, places all Venezuelan military branches, land, air, naval, missile, and militia forces, on full operational readiness.

Padrino said the Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) remain united “to preserve the nation’s sacred interests at all costs,” while the government framed the move as a show of “perfect civil-military-police fusion.”

The escalation follows U.S. operations targeting drug-trafficking routes, with Washington confirming 19 recent strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific that killed at least 76 people.

Maduro has repeatedly warned of potential U.S. aggression and told supporters that if Venezuela is attacked, the country will respond with a “general, insurrectional, and revolutionary strike.” The ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) has echoed these threats, saying it would move to an “armed phase of the revolution” if hostilities begin.

Though the situation on the ground remains calm, Caracas appears to be preparing for confrontation, framing Washington’s military presence as a direct threat to Venezuela’s sovereignty and Chavismo’s survival.

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🇮🇩☪️ This viral video is making the rounds, but do you know what you’re actually watching?

This is the Rapai Geleng dance from Aceh, Indonesia, a centuries-old Sufi tradition performed to the rhythm of drums and body percussion. It’s both a spiritual and cultural expression, rooted in Islamic devotional practice and community unity.

What’s wild is how perfectly the rhythm aligns with modern beats like in this version synced to Dr. Dre’s “Explosive” (SOUND ON). Even with the hip-hop overlay, you can still feel the precision, discipline, and trance-like energy that define the Acehnese art form.

Sufism is a beautiful tradition, it turns devotion into art, and art into meditation.

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🇸🇾✡️ NEW: Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa meets with Rabbi Yosef Hamra in Washington D.C.

During the meeting, Rabbi Hamra, representing the historic Syrian Jewish community, offered an “Abrahamic blessing,” telling al-Sharaa that Hashem watches over him and hopes for a positive future for Syria.

Rabbi Hamra comes from a prominent Syrian Jewish family and has been active in advocating for the preservation of Jewish heritage sites in Syria, and for the rights of Jews from the region.

For Syria, the encounter serves as a subtle indicator of possible policy shifts toward religious inclusion, cultural restoration, and perhaps improved relations with global Jewish communities.

For the Syrian Jewish diaspora it may represent an opening for opportunity.

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🇸🇾🇷🇺 Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to WaPo:

"We were in war against Russia for 10 years, and it was a hard, difficult war. They announced that they killed me several times.

We need Russia because it’s a permanent member of the [U.N.] Security Council. We need their vote to be on our side in some issues, and we have strategic interests with them.

We don’t want to push Russia to take alternative or other options in dealing with Syria."

Good boy.

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🇸🇾🇮🇱 Syrian President on the occupation of the Golan Heights:

"Israel occupied the Golan Heights in order to protect Israel, and now they are imposing conditions in the south of Syria in order to protect the Golan Heights. So after a few years, maybe they will occupy the center of Syria in order to protect the south of Syria. They will reach Munich on that pathway."

And you won't do a thing about it....

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🇷🇺💬🇰🇿🇺🇸The Kremlin saw Tokayev's greeting to Trump during his visit to Washington, Peskov reported.

"It's just that many of those who come to the White House start speaking exactly like that," he told Kommersant, adding that he sees "nothing strange" in the greeting.

Earlier, during the Central Asia — USA summit, Tokayev called Trump a great statesman.

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🇷🇺The unmanned systems troops have been created in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the deputy head of the new branch of troops reported.

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🇺🇦Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko proposed lowering the mobilization age from 25 to 22, — Politico

"In the past, 18-year-old young people served in the army, but they are children. Now, in Ukraine, one can only be mobilized from the age of 25. It can be lowered by a year or two — to 23 or 22," he said.

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Christopher Helali on Zvezda about his recent trip to Kursk region 🇷🇺

Английские субтитры готовы!
Кристофер Хелали на Звезде про свою недавнюю поездку в Курскую область

Also on YT: https://youtu.be/L_Uz_DnpE_4

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🇷🇺🇮🇳December 5 - Putin in India

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🇷🇺💬🇬🇧🇺🇸 Kirill Dmitriev uncovers who actually interfered in the US elections

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🇦🇲 Armenia, for political reasons, plans to stop buying Russian grain and switch to more expensive Ukrainian imports — financed by EU funds, according to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

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