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China has too many "partner" in middle east.
Such as the comprehensive strategic partnership with Iran or Saudi Arabia,
And the strategic partnership with turkey.
Which one you want to know?
Of course, Iran.
 

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Footage of Israeli Hermes-900 heavy UAVs being shot down by Iranian air defenses of an unknown type. According to some reports, Israeli drones were also shot down by Iranian MiG-29 aircraft. Three Israeli Hermes-900 UAVs were reportedly shot down over Iran. The wreckage of one of the drones is shown at the end of the video. The Hermes-900 UAVs were developed by the Israeli company Elbit Systems in 2011. The Hermes-900 UAV has a range of up to 1,500 kilometers and an endurance of up to 36 hours. The price of a Hermes-900 UAV is approximately $25 million.

 

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Qatar should realise the project soon possible.

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Trump calls Iranian Kurdish leaders based in Iraq: Report

mary Kurdish factions in Iraq, Masoud Barazani and Bafel Talabani, a day after the joint US-Israel attacks on Iran.

The outlet noted the factions have thousands of soldiers along the Iran-Iraq border and control strategic areas that could be significant as the war develops.

It said Iraq’s Kurds also have close ties to Iran’s Kurdish minority.

An unnamed source told Axios that the “calls were the culmination of months of behind-the-scenes lobbying by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”.

Israel has had close security, military and intelligence ties with the Kurds in Syria, Iraq and Iran for decades.

“It is the general view, and certainly Netanyahu’s view, that the Kurds are going to come out of the woodwork … that they’re going to rise up,” one official was quoted as saying.

 

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The image of Greek fighter jets in the Cypriot sky sends a double, resounding message: both operational and psychological. After a nightmarish night, during which an Iranian drone managed to hit the British base of Akrotiri, causing huge disruption, Nicosia wanted to prove that it is not alone. Athens, for its part, showed in practice that Cyprus is not far away.

Four Greek F-16 fighter jets are already on the island, while the frigates Kimon and Psara are expected to arrive. The Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias, and the Chief of the General Staff, General Dimitrios Choupis, are present in person, in a gesture of the utmost symbolism and substance.

The strike in Akrotiri caused limited material damage to a shelter and the base's corridor, fortunately without any casualties. However, the "official line" is far removed from the reality experienced by the residents.

In a period of regional conflagration, the sound of the explosion caused panic. Families were thrown from their beds and children woke up crying. Uncertainty about what had happened and what was to come prevailed, as citizens anxiously sought information. This communication gap quickly turned into a major political issue, with workers around the bases now feeling like potential targets.

The concern was compounded by the rapid spread of misinformation on social media. Rumors even drove some residents to abandon their homes in search of shelters.

Meanwhile, a new alarm was raised by a video circulating on the internet, which allegedly shows the interception of a suspicious target off Limassol, shortly before 1am. The video shows a bright aerial object over the sea. Online channels are talking about two Iranian drones that attempted to strike British targets, while reports of explosions are also possibly attributed to the echo of the bombings between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The crisis also hit Paphos. The international airport was evacuated as a precaution following reports of a suspicious flying object near the Andreas Papandreou air base. Residents of the surrounding villages (Timi, Mandria, Anarita) were instructed to remain indoors.

The "side effects" are already severe. According to the airport management company, sixty flight cancellations were recorded in Larnaca and Paphos in just one day (including British Airways and EasyJet flights). Tourists are looking for an escape route, students are looking for return tickets to Greece and businesses are seeing normality freeze, rapidly burdening the island's economy.

On the domestic front, the Left Party (“AKEL”) has once again raised the issue of the presence of British bases, while abroad, Brussels is timidly discussing the activation of the mutual European defense clause. Alongside Greece, France is also expected to deploy forces in the region, with the aircraft carrier “Charles de Gaulle”.

At the same time, a clear political game is being played in the Occupied Territories. The Turkish Cypriot leader has convened an emergency "security council", while there is information about communication with Tayyip Erdogan. Ankara's goal is to send Turkish warships to the Occupied Territories, as a direct response to the arrival of Greek frigates in the free areas of the Republic of Cyprus.
 

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BBC TV news reports that Iran threatens to set fire to vessels attempting to pass through the straits of Hormuz. I wonder if the regime has signed its own death warrant.
 

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The developments in the espionage case at the Souda base are interesting, as the man who was brought in was allegedly communicating with Iran and had even taken photographs of the American aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford.

According to ERT, he was found in possession of photographs of the warship, which he allegedly took with a camera.

In addition, an application was found that he allegedly used to receive information from Iran.

The man has been transferred to Athens to be examined to determine exactly what he did in the area and what his role was.

Following in the footsteps of the 26-year-old man from Azerbaijan, who was arrested in Souda, Crete, in June 2025 for espionage, it seems that the 36-year-old Georgian, who has been detained and examined by ELAS(Greek police) and EYP(Greek intelligence agency) for some hours, has moved.

He was brought in on Monday morning from the "El. Venizelos" premises, as it was thought that he would go abroad and his tracks would be lost. According to information, he arrived in Greece about a month ago and at least since February 10 he had been in Crete, photographing ships entering and leaving the Souda naval base, as well as the facilities of the American base.

In fact, on February 16, he had tried to book a room at the hotel where the 26-year-old man from Azerbaijan stayed last year, but was unsuccessful. In the last 24 hours, he had returned to Athens, where he was under surveillance by ELAS and EYP, while after the allegation that digital evidence was found in his possession, the evidence is examined thoroughly.

For now, his detention is considered a matter of time before it turns into an arrest and he is charged with espionage, based on the findings.
 

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Israeli air strikes against Iranian military equipment. The strike on Iran was the largest in the history of the Israeli Air Force, involving approximately 200 fighter jets and 500 US combat aircraft.
Strikes have already been carried out against 500 targets in Iran. Iran's air defenses are unable to repel such a large air attack, especially the massive number of cruise missile attacks. Apparently aware of this, Iran is trying to preserve its air defense systems and uses them only locally.

 

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Iran's air defenses shot down an Israeli Heron TP heavy multirole UAV. In Israel, the Heron TP UAV is designated the IAI Eitan UAV and has been in production since 2004. The location of the footage is unknown. The IAI Eitan UAV reaches speeds of up to 407 km/h, flies at altitudes of up to 14,000 meters, and has a payload of up to 1,000 kg. The second part of the video shows the downing of an Israeli Hermes 450 UAV, possibly a Hermes 900. It's worth noting that, for unknown reasons, Iran is not using its air defenses to their full potential.

 

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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus​

Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Fellowship Foundation’s Feb. 5, 2026, prayer breakfast, falsely claimed that America was founded as a Christian nation. (Screengrab / C-SPAN video.)

A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.

From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).

The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.

The MRFF is keeping the complainants anonymous to prevent retribution by the Defense Department. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to my request for comment.

One complainant identified themselves as a non-commissioned officer (NCO) in a unit currently outside the Iran combat zone but in Ready-Support status, deployable at any time. The NCO said they were Christian and emailed the MRFF on behalf of 15 troops, including at least 11 Christians, one Muslim, and one Jew. (Full email printed below.)

The NCO wrote to the MRFF that their commander “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has enshrined evangelical Christianity at the uppermost levels of the U.S. military, airing monthly prayer meetings throughout the Pentagon. Last year, the Pentagon confirmed to me that Hegseth attends a weekly White House Bible study. It’s led by a preacher who says God commands America to support Israel.

Monday’s email from the NCO said that their commander’s remarks “destroy morale and unit cohesion and are in violation of the oaths we swore to support the [C]onstitution.”

MRFF President and Founder Mikey Weinstein, a veteran of the Air Force and the Reagan White House, told me that since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran early Saturday morning, the MRFF has been “inundated” with similar complaints:

These calls have one damn thing in freaking common; our MRFF clients [service members who seek MRFF aid] report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new “biblically-sanctioned” war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times" as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation.

Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.

Weinstein cited constitutional and Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) prohibitions against injecting religious beliefs into official military instruction or messaging.

He said, “Any military members seeking to take advantage of their subordinates by advancing their blood-soaked, Christian nationalist wet dreams upon the flames of this latest non-Congressionally sanctioned attack against Iran, should be swiftly, aggressively and visibly prosecuted.”

Weinstein added that the MRFF receives similar complaints about Christian eschatology — end-of-the-world theology — “whenever this shit blows up with Israel in the Middle East.”

After the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, for instance, the MRFF reported a complaint about an Air Force commander who said at a briefing that, “[T]he war between Israel and Hamas has all been foretold by the Book of Revelation in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and no-one can do anything about that.”

After 9/11, Pres. George W. Bush referred to the American “crusade” against terrorism, evoking the ancient clashes between Christian crusaders and Muslims. Bush’s language was seen as potentially inspiring Muslims to take up arms against the U.S., if it proclaimed itself a Christian army waging war on Islam.

French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine said, "One has to avoid falling into this huge trap, this monstrous trap" set by al Qaeda with the 9/11 attacks. Bush dropped the term “crusade.”

While Christian nationalism has simmered in the military for decades, Hegseth has ended even the pretense of official intolerance for it. Trump, too, has cast himself as a champion of Christian exceptionalism, embedding it within divisions of the executive branch.

As I revealed last year, Hegseth sponsors the weekly White House Bible study that preaches support for Israel.

Some Christians claim biblical prophecy requires Israel to exist for Jesus to return. But Hegseth’s Bible study leader, preacher Ralph Drollinger, teaches that the reason to support Israel is that God still blesses Israel’s allies and curses Israel’s enemies, even though Israel killed Jesus (this smear, the historic root of antisemitism, has been rejected by every major religion).

After Israel’s attack on Iran last year, Drollinger dedicated two weeks of lessons to preaching support for Israel. His lessons went out to White House cabinet members and members of Congress even as Israel, too, was lobbying for U.S. engagement.

Hegseth has also initiated monthly prayer sessions, most recently featuring Doug Wilson, the far-right Christian nationalist. He has also brought in other preachers from his personal circle, rejecting any attempt at making the meetings ecumenical.

Hegseth himself also speaks at these meetings, proselytizing his personal religious beliefs. “This is … I think, exactly where we need to be as a nation, at this moment,” Hegseth reportedly said, “in prayer, on bended knee, recognizing the providence of our lord and savior Jesus Christ.”

While the MRFF historically has been able to get the Pentagon to swat down Christian incursions into the military, the Trump administration is openly disdainful of military norms and law. It remains to be seen whether and how wholesale Christianization of the Iran war will be opposed by officials inside the Pentagon, or political and legal advocates for secular values outside it.

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Full Statement from MRFF President Mikey Weinstein​


“Since the start of the unprovoked American and Israeli war on Iran, this past Saturday morning, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been literally inundated with desperate calls for help from military members across all branches, organizations and MOS/AFSC/SFSC designations (military occupational areas). Well over 100 calls have already come in and more keep coming.

These calls have one damn thing in freaking common; our MRFF clients report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new “biblically-sanctioned” war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times" as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation.

Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation demands that all personnel in the Department of Defense (not “War") remember and fully internalize that the oaths they swear are not to the narcissistic, sociopathic, orange, POS tRump, nor to little Petey ‘Kegseth' nor to Jesus Christ. On the contrary, their oath is SOLELY to the United States Constitution, which includes both a full separation of church and state mandate in the First Amendment and NO establishment of any sort of putrid 'religious test' in Clause 3 of Article VI.”

Any military members seeking to take advantage of their subordinates by advancing their blood-soaked, Christian nationalist wet dreams upon the flames of this latest non-Congressionally sanctioned attack against Iran, should be swiftly, aggressively and visibly prosecuted for numerous violations of the military criminal code known as the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

You know, that very same criminal code that Secretary ‘Kegseth' is trying to prosecute Arizona Senator Mark Kelly under for simply advising military members not to obey illegal orders; you know like ordering otherwise helpless, military subordinates to acknowledge that the Iran war has been sanctioned by the fundamentalist Christian nationalist version of our Lord and Savior and the New Testament in specific order to bring about the end of the world and usher in the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ."



 
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