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Houthis downed Saudi F-15 fighter jet over Marib, Yemen, terror group spox. claims

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  A model of a Saudi Royal Air Force F-15 fighter jet is seen during the Dubai Airshow on November 12, 2017, in the United Arab Emirates; illustrative. (photo credit: KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images) Yemen's Houthis claimed to have downed an F-15 fighter jet belonging to the Royal Saudi Air Force over Yemen's Marib Governorate, the terror group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed on Wednesday. "The fighter jet was downed using a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile (SAM)," Saree claimed. Saree did not specify when the alleged incident occured, but opened his statement claiming that RSAF jets had conducted "over 450 airstrikes" so far this week.

IDF locates Hezbollah rockets, launcher in Mount Dov area of southern Lebanon

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  Hezbollah rockets found by the IDF during operations in the Mount Dov area in southern Lebanon, September 15, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) Separately on Tuesday, Border Police announced that it had arrested three people suspected of being involved in terrorism during overnight operations in the West Bank village of Bir Neballa. The IDF located missiles and a rocket launcher belonging to Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon on Monday, the military announced on Tuesday afternoon. Soldiers from the IDF's 810th Mountain Brigade, under the command of the 210th Division, discovered the weapons during operations in the area of Mount Dov, within Israel’s security line. Earlier in the day, the military said that troops from the 55th Brigade, operating under the command of the 91st Division, located ready-to-use rocket launchers in southern Lebanon.

IDF targeting decision made by highly trained human operatives, not AI

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  US Army personnel, IDF personnel, and other international officials monitor screens displaying maps and imagery of the Gaza Strip inside the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in November in Kiryat Gat. (photo credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images) Highly trained air force, operations, and legal military officials are involved in IDF targeting decisions, despite claims by the NAZA film that the military has given over its discretion to artificial intelligence (AI), The Jerusalem Post has learned. There is significant frustration from the high levels of the IDF, some of which was made public in a speech by IDF Chief Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Efi Deffrin, that the NAZA movie was not shared with the military in parallel to its being shown and reported on to the world in order to give the military a fair chance to respond to specific allegations. It is not that top IDF officials do not know about collateral harm to Gazan civilians. They do, and they view it as a tragic aspect of war, wo...

Iran used Chinese-sourced satellite images to target US bases, intelligence reveals

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  Images of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei with replicas of missiles seen during a gathering in Tehran, Iran, August 12, 2026 (photo credit: Contributor/Getty Images) Iran obtained high-resolution satellite imagery of a US base in Jordan from Chinese sources before launching the missile attack that killed three American soldiers in July, according to a Friday report by The Wall Street Journal , which cited US officials familiar with the matter. The WSJ reported that Washington has drawn a direct line between the Chinese-sourced imagery and the July 17 strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, but did not confirm direct involvement from the Chinese government.  The officials told the WSJ that Iran acquired the images both ahead of and following the assault, though they would not name the Chinese firms involved and stopped short of accusing Beijing's government of direct involvement.

Iranian Rial hits record low as economic fallout from war takes hold

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  A vendor pumps petrol from Iranian fuel oil tankers for resale near the Bashmagh border crossing on March 11, 2026. (photo credit: Ozan KOSE / AFP via Getty Images) Iranian workers are going on strike as inflation rises to 128% and the fuel crisis worsens living conditions across the country. Iranian civilians are struggling to pay for fuel and other essentials as the Rial plunged to 2.3 million per one US dollar and the economic impact of war takes hold, according to a Thursday Wall Street Journal report. The economic fallout from the war and the US's naval blockade on Iranian ports along the Strait of Hormuz is driving up the price of goods for Iranians, many of whom earn roughly $250 a month, according to a study by Euronews . On Monday, the Iranian regime doubled the price of gasoline for users surpassing 110 liters per month. The increases targeted passenger vehicles exceeding their allocated quotas following Tehran’s slashing of monthly subsidies. The shrinking gas sup...

Trump may be BRICS’s best recruitment agent

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  United States President Donald Trump has made no secret of his hostility towards BRICS. Last year, he threatened an additional 10 percent tariff on any country aligning itself with what he called the bloc’s “anti-American policies”. Since then, his administration has continued to wield tariffs aggressively against trading partners, including BRICS members such as Brazil, India and China. The message appears straightforward: Countries that challenge US economic power should expect to pay a price. But coercion has consequences. And as BRICS leaders meet in New Delhi today, Trump may be strengthening the very incentives that made the bloc attractive in the first place. The more Washington demonstrates its willingness to use access to its markets, its financial system and the dollar as instruments of political leverage, the more reason other countries have to reduce their exposure to them. This does not mean BRICS is becoming an anti-US alliance. Far from it. The bloc’s 11 members –...

Israel says it has destroyed major underground Hezbollah base

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Israel Defense Forces The Israeli military said it blew up more than a mile of tunnels Israel's military says it has destroyed a large underground complex operated by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. It said it used more than 1,000 tonnes of explosives to destroy two tunnels spanning more than 2km (1.2 miles) beneath the Ali Taher Ridge. The blast triggered seismic activity equivalent to a magnitude 4.1 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey. There was no immediate public response from Hezbollah or the Lebanese government. Israeli forces took control of the ridge last week after months of fighting with the Iran-backed group there. The Israeli military occupies a large swathe of southern Lebanon captured after the conflict with Hezbollah resumed in March. Images released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) showed a fireball lighting up the sky. "The sky lit up and about 15 seconds later we heard the terrifying sound," Ahamed, a resident in Nabatieh, about 6km west ...