That was a bad idea.

— 🇹🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: Israel's Defense Ministry has extended its contract with the Turkish-owned Dorad Energy to power IDF bases, despite Turkey's 'trade ban'

Dorad Energy is co-owned by the Istanbul-based Zorlu Holdings.

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— 🇩🇰/🇮🇱/🇾🇪 NEW: Danish shipping company Maersk has reported a 45.1% drop in profits for the second quarter of 2024 due to Ansarullah's Red Sea blockade.

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇳 Iran's Representative to the United Nations: 'The Zionist regime violated Iran's sovereignity, to which there must be a decisive response; we support a ceasefire in Gaza, but a ceasefire has nothing to do with our inevitable reseponse'

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— 🇮🇶/🇺🇸 BREAKING: Preliminary reports of explosions at the 'Kharab al-Jir' U.S. base in Syria after being targeted by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: The United States approves the release of $3.5 billion in military aid to Israel

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇦 NEW: The Biden administration is lifting a ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, reversing a 3-year-old policy, according to Reuters

“The Saudis have met their end of the deal, and we are prepared to meet ours,” a senior Biden administration official said.

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇾 CONFIRMED: Strong explosions due to a drone strike on the American occupation base in 'Kharab al-Jir' in Syria's North Eastern province of al-Hasakah, by the Islamic Resistance of Iraq

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Over 90 people killed in Israeli strike on school in Gaza City, Gaza rescue authorities say

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— 🇯🇴 Jordan: Airstrike on school in Gaza is flagrant violation of international law

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— 🇬🇧 British foreign secretary 'appalled by the Israeli military strike' on Gaza school

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— 🇱🇧/🇮🇱 NEW: IDF Air Force strikes Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon amid drone attack on north

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Senior Hamas Interior Ministry official Ahmed Atallah was killed in an airstrike on Gaza City

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Al-Qassam Brigades target a building housing IDF troops with two TBG shells. A helicopter can be seen evacuating the casualties at the end.

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