—❗️🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the White House on August 18th, two days from now

He will meet with President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Envoy Steve Shitkoff.

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—❗️🇷🇺/🇺🇸/🇺🇦 NEW: Following the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, President Trump now allegedly prefers a 'comprehensive deal' rather than a quick ceasefire, after Putin told him that a ceasefire before a detailed agreement is not acceptable to Russia

European representatives will convene an emergency meeting in Brussels to discuss the results of the Alaska summit, as they reportedly got 'worried' after some things Trump said in a call with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European leaders directly following his meeting with Putin.

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— 🇮🇷/🇦🇲/🇧🇾 NEW: Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian, will travel to Armenia and Belarus

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— 🇮🇱/☦️ NEW: The Jerusalem Municipality in Israel has frozen all bank accounts belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, demanding that they pay property taxes, known as the 'Arnona' tax in Israeli law

For decades, there was a tradition that Christian institutions in Jerusalem do not pay property taxes. This started all the way back during the Ottoman period, and continued during British-ruled Mandatory Palestine.

This tradition has now been overruled, per an Israeli court decision on August 6th. Christians already paid taxes in Israel, but churches and seminaries were exempt — that has now officially been overturned.

NOTE: Per Israeli law, synagogues continue to pay zero property taxes. As of now, only mosques and churches are obligated to pay the Arnona tax, in a country that claims to treat all religions equally.

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Lebanon is in grave danger.

From across the Atlantic, the United States is putting pressure for Hezbollah to disarm, opening the way for total surrender.

On the Southern border, the Zionist entity awaits its next chance to invade Lebanon and finish what they started.

In the East, Jolani's terrorist gangs prepare for the opportunity to invade the Beqaa from Syria under false pretexts.

And most importantly, the Lebanese government is taking a suicidal path against its fellow Lebanese from within.

Pray for Lebanon, the Resistance, and all the honorable Lebanese who stand by their homeland and their sense of dignity and independence in these decisive moments.

Many of us stood by the resistance when all they had was sticks and stones, and they think we'll give up now?

They don't know the followers of Hussain.

— 🇺🇸/🇷🇺 NEW: After meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, President Trump no longer supports an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, stating that ceasefire agreements 'often do not hold up', and that a comprehensive peace agreement must be signed

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— 🇨🇳/🇵🇸 NEW: China says it continues to consider Hamas as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and that until and unless valid elections are held after a lasting ceasefire, they will continue to recognize Hamas and treat them as Gaza's official governing body

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Following calls from Jewish senators and activists, the U.S. Department of State has suspended visitor visas for Gaza residents, including those for 'medical-humanitarian' purposes.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇾🇪 NEW: A strike was carried out by a missile corvette from the Israeli Navy against a power station in Yemen

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇦🇲 Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ismael Baqaei: 'The deployment of foreign troops on the Iranian border under the pretext of securing any 'corridor' in Armenia is unacceptable, foreign interference in the Caucasus is a red line'

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Chairman of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani:

'On the first day of the war, the representative of a regional Arab nation told us that Netanyahu called him, asking him to tell me that 'it's over' for Iran.

On the fourth day of the war, I called the Arab official again, and I told him to ask Netanyahu, how are you doing now? They were in a lot of trouble.'

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Aura farming in the middle of a war, Iran do be crazy sometimes ngl.