🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦 — REPORT: The U.S. is rolling out nationwide security measures — including a $115 million Department of Homeland Security counter‑drone investment, $350 million in FEMA allocations to 11 host states and more than $1 billion combined with FIFA — ahead of the 2026 World Cup, while some human rights advocates warn the Trump administration may use law enforcement operations around the tournament to target migrants.

🔴 DHS said the $115 million will be managed by a new DHS office to buy and deploy drone and counter‑drone tech; Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called drones “the new frontier of American air superiority.”

🔴 FEMA allocated $350 million to the 11 states hosting World Cup matches and DHS funds also cover events for the country’s 250th anniversary.

🔴 Human Rights Watch director of global initiatives Minky Worden warned immigration enforcement at major sporting events could “tear families apart,” and fans question travel access after the administration’s visa ban expansion despite FIFA PASS for expedited processing.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: President Donald Trump says an aircraft carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln is heading to the Gulf with Iran as its focus.

🔴 The Abraham Lincoln strike group includes Arleigh Burke-class destroyers armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles and ships with the Aegis combat system.

🔴 The US has 40,000–50,000 soldiers across at least 19 Middle East sites, including eight permanent bases in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

🔴 Iran officials — Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi and General Mohammad Pakpour — warned a strike on Iran would make US bases in the region legitimate targets and said Iran is “more ready than ever, finger on the trigger.”

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🇮🇱🇫🇷 — NEW: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) agreed to provide Israel with a defined list of its Palestinian and international staff to avoid suspension of operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory from March 1, 2026.

🔴 MSF says disclosure will be subject to clear safety parameters and the express agreement of the individuals concerned.

🔴 Decision follows Israel’s ban on 37 NGOs, denial of all MSF international arrivals into Gaza since Jan 1, 2026, and blockade of MSF supplies.

🔴 Israeli documents allege MSF employees maintained ties to designated groups, naming Fadi al‑Wadiya and Mahmoud Abu Nejeila; MSF says 15 of its workers have been killed since October 2023.

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🇮🇱🇸🇾🇹🇷🇨🇭 ⚡️ — REPORT: Board members of the Kurdish-Jewish Alliance told The Jerusalem Post that ensuring the safety of Rojava and the ethnic minorities living under the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is essential to Israel’s own security.

🔴 The alliance and three other Swiss Kurdish groups sent a letter to Israeli amb. Tibor Schlosser and President Isaac Herzog urging urgent support as the Syrian regime led by Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani) allegedly targets Kurds and other minorities.

🔴 They say Kurdish forces now rely largely on weapons left by the United States, face frequent Turkish aerial attacks, and are being surrounded by regime forces causing power cutoffs, lack of heat and humanitarian suffering.

🔴 The letter warns the regime’s release of thousands of ISIS prisoners has fuelled instability; activists also reported a foiled violent attack by three "Islamists" from Somalia during a pro-Kurdish protest in Bern.

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❗️ — The enemy media reports that the operation name to recover Ran Guayeli is 'Brave Heart'.

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🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 🇾🇪 ⚡️ — Yemeni Houthi's spokesperson issues a threat, stating that if the US strikes Iran, all American cargo ships will be considered legitimate targets.

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — New visuals have emerged from Tehran showing a mural depicting Iran launching missiles at a US Aircraft Carrier. The caption reads, "If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind."

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Iran suspends all VFR flights nationwide for 3 months, according to a new NOTAM.

🔴 Visual flight rules are used by recreational and private flights flying at low altitude.

🔴 Normal civilian traffic remains unaffected for now.

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Iran has taken measures to easily identify drones

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🇮🇱 ⚠️ — "We estimate that we are entering a sensitive period toward the end of the week," the head of the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority told foreign airlines.

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🇮🇱 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 ❗️ — IDF troops under the Southern Command have initiated a targeted operation in the northern Gaza Strip to retrieve the body of Sergeant First Class Ran Gvili, the last remaining hostage in the area.

🔴 The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit urges the public to avoid spreading rumors and unverified reports, as they may affect the Gvili family and ongoing efforts.

🔴 The IDF is committed to using all necessary efforts to ensure Sergeant First Class Ran Gvili is returned for burial in Israel.

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🇪🇺 ⚡️ — Three U.S. military cargo planes, C-17 models, and one C-130J model are heading from Europe to the Middle East.

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🇺🇸 ❗️ — ICE agents in Colorado are leaving cards in the vehicles of detained individuals.

🔴 During the Vietnam War, American soldiers would often mark the bodies of Vietnamese they had killed with the Ace of Spades.

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🇨🇦 🇨🇳 ⚡️ — "China is successfully and completely taking over the once Great Country of Canada. So sad to see it happen. I only hope they leave Ice Hockey alone!" President DJT

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🇮🇱 🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Enemy media announces the completion of deploying American capabilities to support Israel against any Iranian attack.

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❗️ — Executed point blank

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🇵🇸 ⚡️ — Axios reports from a U.S. official: We expect the Rafah crossing to open in the coming days.

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🇮🇱 🇮🇷 🇵🇸 ⚡️ — Channel 12 Hebrew reports the start of the occupation's security and political cabinet meeting to discuss the situations in Gaza and Iran.

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🇮🇱 ❌ 🇱🇧 ❗️ — Lebanese Ministry of Health reports a person was injured in the Zionist aggression on the Al-Sharqiyah area in the town of Janta, Baalbek District.

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🇵🇸 🇵🇸 ⚡️ — spokesperson for Hamas, Hazem Qassem:

The arrangements for the situation in the Gaza Strip do not mean the end of Hamas's presence and the national action factions. These arrangements, and the movement's withdrawal from the administrative scene, come as a concession to the interests of our people and to alleviate their suffering, not as a retreat from our national role or our liberation project. We will continue to fulfill our duty in the struggle to secure our people's rights to freedom, independence, and self-determination.

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🇸🇸🇺🇳⚡️ — NEW WAR ON THE HORIZON: South Sudan People's Defense Forces spokesman Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang orders evacuation of civilians, NGOs and UNMISS personnel from Nyirol, Uror and Akobo counties ahead of "Operation Enduring Peace".

🔴 All NGOs and UNMISS personnel "are given 48 hours to leave," Koang said.

🔴 "Armed civilians found loitering in and around SPLA-IO barracks, assembly areas, and rally grounds would be considered as legitimate military targets"; non-White Army armed civilians must surrender weapons and relocate to government areas.

🔴 UNMISS said it is concerned by reports a senior military leader urged attacks on civilians and noted more than 180,000 people displaced in Jonglei.

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