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🛰️ PENTAGON — WSJ imagery shows damage DC never officially quantified. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Satellite evidence of naval base damage arrives while Senate war powers sits at 50-48 and medevac missions already exceed combat-phase casualties. Washington's official damage narrative — minimized throughout — now has a visual counter. Every senator facing
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✈️ TEHRAN — Iran just made Washington responsible for what Israel flies. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran is shifting liability — if the US can't restrain IDF aircraft, Iran reserves the right to act. With the MOU already breached by the IRGC vessel strike, this adds a second compliance trap: Israeli violations become
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💣 SOUTH LEBANON — The war ended on paper; the ordnance didn't get the memo. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: UXO casualties in the buffer zone feed directly into Beirut's compliance dossier in Washington. Lebanon's delegation is already presenting IDF violations; a war remnant death adds civilian harm with
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💥 LEBANON — Two more deaths while the same delegation negotiates in Washington. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Mefdoun is in the IDF buffer zone — the territory Katz says Israel won't vacate. Each raid that produces Lebanese casualties arrives in Washington as evidence Beirut cannot sign anything. Lebanon's delegation has MOU
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🎖️ WASHINGTON — The deal's two salesmen are selling different products. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Rubio owns Gulf reassurance; Vance owns the nuclear roadmap. When they contradict on Israel, Tehran reads it as a gap to exploit — not a messaging slip. Araghchi has stalled on IAEA calendars and Lebanon clauses for a
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🔬 IAEA — Grossi says "as soon as possible"; Iran hasn't said yes. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: "As soon as possible" signals no confirmed date — diplomatic cover for an impasse. The 60-day roadmap requires IAEA protocol agreement by July; without a calendar, Tehran runs the clock. Two
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Iran's IRGC drones the "Ever Lovely" in Hormuz: the UN halts its naval evacuation plan. The ceasefire holds on paper, but Tehran is rewriting transit rules. The deal survives — barely, for now.
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L'IRGC attacca la "Ever Lovely" nello Stretto di Hormuz: l'ONU sospende i piani di evacuazione navale. Il cessate il fuoco regge su carta, ma l'Iran ridisegna le regole del transito. L'accordo tiene — per ora.
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🛢️ RAS TANURA — The terminal is back; the queue was Iranian oil, not Saudi. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Ras Tanura handles ~6% of global crude — four months dark pushed buyers to spot alternatives. Resumption restores Saudi export capacity but Hormuz throughput stays below pre-war levels and inbound lanes were dominated by Iranian
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🏥 MEDEVAC — More US war wounded leave theater now than when the war was active. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: 24 medevac missions since April 8 ceasefire, 21 before — the casualty curve is running backward. These are Walter Reed transfers: serious injuries. Senate passed war powers 50-48 this week. Every PEV rolling to
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🇺🇳 LEBANON — The UN says "largely holding"; IDF is still burning houses. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A "largely holding" call is a compliance floor, not a clearance — it absorbs violations without triggering formal collapse. Washington needs this framing: Lebanon talks opened today require the ceasefire to exist on paper.
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💥 IRGC — Tehran just attacked the deal it signed one week ago. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: WSJ cites two senior US officials: IRGC-Navy hit a Singapore-flagged vessel inside the strait, bridge damaged. IMO has paused its evacuation of queued ships — 35+ vessels now hold. The MOU's safe-passage guarantee