Israel Strikes Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in Southern Lebanon

💥 KHIAM — Hezbollah droned IDF soldiers at ceasefire expiry. Israel just answered with jets. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Zawtar al-Sharqiyah sits in the same southern Lebanon corridor as Khiam — Israel is responding to the drone strike in kind but escalating the domain from drones to airstrikes. With the Lebanon ceasefire now expired and no renewal confirmed, this is the first Israeli air offensive in the post-ceasefire window. Hezbollah's next move sets the trajectory.

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Iran Announces Major Gas Production Losses From US-Israeli Strikes

🔥 IRAN ENERGY — The power cutting Iran's military is also cutting its heating grid. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Iran self-supplies nearly all domestic gas — capacity loss means civilian heating and power failures. Turkey receives Iranian gas via pipeline; major loss strains Ankara mid-conflict, handing Erdoğan leverage. Domestically, shortages accelerate

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Iran Shows 'Flexibility' on Hormuz Operations Before Thursday Deadline

⚓ HORMUZ — Tehran is flexing on the one demand that sank every ceasefire. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Hormuz sovereignty has blocked every deal formula for 150 days. Tehran sourcing 'flexibility' to Al Jazeera before Thursday signals Oman extracted a concession or Iran is pre-positioning a face-save. Key question: shared

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Oman Presents 'Regional Mechanism' for Hormuz Control to Iran

🕊️ HORMUZ — Oman finally has a named formula; the dispute is whether Tehran wants it. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A "regional mechanism" sidesteps sovereignty-vs-navigation by distributing control multilaterally — Iran gets governance language, the US avoids maritime law precedent. Key variable: who's in the mechanism. Gulf state inclusion

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Iran FM Calls Saudi Arabia and Oman on Hormuz Security Before Thursday Deadline

📞 HORMUZ — Iran's FM calls Riyadh and Muscat simultaneously before Thursday. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Calling Oman — the back-channel host — and Saudi Arabia — proxy-war target — in the same window signals Tehran building regional cover before Thursday. Riyadh's buy-in neutralizes the Iraqi militia narrative; Oman confirms the

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Iran Announces Major Gas Production Losses From US-Israeli Strikes

Iran Shows 'Flexibility' on Hormuz Operations Before Thursday Deadline

Oman Presents 'Regional Mechanism' for Hormuz Control to Iran

Iran FM Calls Saudi Arabia and Oman on Hormuz Security Before Thursday Deadline