— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Carrier Strike Group 1 led by the 'USS Carl Vinson' is moving West towards the Middle East, abandoning its mission in the Phillipine & South China Seas

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 BREAKING: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has announced a multinational coalition to secure Red Sea shipping from Iran-backed Houthi attacks

According to the Pentagon, the coalition will consist of the following nations: United States, United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, and Spain.

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— 🇮🇷/🇾🇪 Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Muhammad Baqeri: 'We are providing advisory and intellectual assistance to the Yemeni Army (Ansarullah), and we will stand with the Yemeni people till the end'

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Israel has informed the Biden administration that they want Hezbollah to be pushed roughly 6 miles from the border as part of a diplomatic deal, otherwise the IDF will take military action – Axios quoting Israeli and U.S. Officials

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يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِى كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ ٢١

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًۭا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ ٢٢

قَالَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا ٱدْخُلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْبَابَ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُمُوهُ فَإِنَّكُمْ غَـٰلِبُونَ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَتَوَكَّلُوٓا۟ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ٢٣

'Oh my people! Enter the Holy Land which God Almighty has destined for you. And do not retreat, or else you will become losers.

They replied, 'Oh Moses! There is an enormously powerful people there, so we will never be able to enter it until they leave. If they do, then we will enter!'

Two God-fearing men, who had been blessed by God, said: 'Surprise them through the gate. If you do, you will certainly be victorious. Put your trust in God, if you are truly believers.'

Holy Quran (5:21-23)

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Drone incursions from Lebanon into the Galilee

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Israeli Media: 'We must be careful and re-evaluate our assessment about Hezbollah; if Hamas has such a large tunnel network, then what does Hezbollah have?'

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Hezbollah missile strikes against Kiryat Shmona

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: As the war turns gradually in the favor of Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has requested the mobilization of 500.000 additional troops

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— This is actually huge. If the U.S. Navy is ever at war with Iran, thousands of local fishermen loyal to the regime will get in their boats mounted with rockets and dushkas and simply swarm the warships.

Only one of those ships has to get close enough to place a limpet mine on the hull to potentially sink a warship. Iranian volunteers used to do this in the 'tanker war' of the 80's against Iraq.

Iran is really masterful at creating advantages through the use of assymetric warfare / guerilla warfare, despite obvious qualitative disadvantage against a vastly superior enemy.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Israel claims they are rapidly closing in on Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar; according to military sources, he has not left the Gaza strip

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