July 10th, 2026 | Weekly Issue
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Iran Targets US Bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan Following Major US Airstrikes
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The two days of US airstrikes killed at least 14 people in Iran
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Iran's military on Thursday launched attacks on US bases across the region following a second round of major US airstrikes against Iran, as the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding to end the conflict has collapsed.
According to Iran's PressTV, the Iranian army initially launched a "massive barrage" of kamikaze drones targeting a Patriot missile system in Kuwait, a satellite antenna for early warnings in Qatar, and fuel depots belonging to the US military in Bahrain.
Later on Thursday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had targeted US military bases in Jordan using 10 ballistic missiles, calling it a "second wave" of retaliation for the US strikes.
"In our previous statement, we said that any repetition of aggression would expand our response to other enemy bases in the region," the IRGC said. "In this second phase, we have made good on that threat against the aggressions of the child-killing American military."
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Iran's Foreign Ministry Says US Strikes on Railway Bridges are a 'Blatant War Crime'
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Iran's Foreign Ministry on Thursday released a statement strongly condemning the latest US airstrikes in Iran and said the attacks that allegedly hit two railway bridges were a "blatant war crime."
According to Iranian media, one US strike hit an important railway bridge in Iran's northeastern Golestan province that links Iran to Turkmenistan and China.
Iranian media also reported that a US attack disrupted passenger train traffic between Tehran and Mashhad, a city in eastern Iran that's the hometown of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Huge crowds have gathered in Mashhad as Khamenei's body has arrived in the city for his burial.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that it strongly condemned "the aggressive attacks carried out by the US terrorist military in the early hours of Thursday, July 9, against several locations in the southern coastal provinces, as well as two bridges in the eastern provinces along the railway route to the holy city of Mashhad."
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Trump Says He Supports Ukraine's Long-Range Attacks Inside Russia, Will Allow Ukraine To Produce Patriot Missiles
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President Trump heaped praise on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, expressed support for Ukraine's long-range attacks inside Russia, and said he would allow Ukraine to produce Patriot missile interceptors.
When asked about Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries, the president said, "It’s an escalation, but it's also an escalation that could help lead to an end."
Ukraine's long-range drone attacks rely on intelligence provided by the US, and Ukrainian officials told The Financial Times this week that the Ukrainian military was able to strike multiple Russian oil refineries recently because US intelligence has allowed it to find the optimal flight path for its drones to get through Russia's air defenses.
On top of Ukraine's success in striking Russian oil refineries, there has also been a significant spike in Russian civilian casualties in Ukraine's drone attacks. Russian officials have cited the civilian deaths when justifying Russia's ramped-up bombardments of Ukrainian cities, which have led to an increase in Ukrainian civilian casualties.
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Demolitions Continue as Israeli DM Rules Out Withdrawing From Lebanon
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US envoy joins Trump in predicting imminent Israeli pullout
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President Trump's declaration yesterday that Israel wanted to withdraw from Lebanon and his prediction that this would happen soon was echoed today by Ambassador Michel Issa, who said the framework was being implemented and Israel would start once a timetable was agreed to.
They're seemingly the only ones who think so, however, as not only has Israel repeatedly insisted they intend to stay in Lebanon (among other occupied places), but Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz felt the need to issue a statement in the wake of Trums's comments to disavow them, insisting Israel doesn't need anyone else's permission to occupy Lebanon.
"We didn’t ask for anyone's approval to enter Lebanon and we don't need approval to stay in Lebanon. It is our right and duty to defend the residents of the Galilee and Israeli citizens," Katz's statement read, once again reiterating that Israel's posture within Lebanon had not changed, which per the statements they keep issuing roughly every 36 hours, are an intention to remain.
Underscoring that, Israel continued with demolition operations in southern Lebanon, destroying substantial portions of the villages of Houla and Khiam in explosions, while shelling other parts of the Lebanese south. They further flew drones low over the Lebanese capital of Beirut.
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US Launches Airstrike in Somalia for Third Day in a Row
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Al-Shabaab alleged that recent US airstrikes in southern Somalia hit a residential area
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The US has launched airstrikes in Somalia for three straight days this month as the Trump administration continues a record-shattering bombing campaign in the country that receives virtually no US media coverage.
US Africa Command said in a press release on Tuesday that its forces launched an airstrike against al-Shabaab on July 5 in the vicinity of the village of Juba, about 46 miles northwest of the port city of Kismayo. As usual, the command offered no other details about the attack.
The bombing came after AFRICOM said that it launched strikes against al-Shabaab on July 3 and July 4. Al Shabaab's Shahada News Agency alleged that recent US airstrikes in the Farsooley area west of Mogadishu, an area AFRICOM said it targeted on July 3, hit residential buildings, a mosque, a school, and commercial buildings.
The Shahada News Agency also published photos that purported to show the damage and two people, including a woman, who were allegedly injured by the US strikes. The US-backed Somali military claimed that the Danab, a US-trained and armed special operations unit, conducted operations in the same area and killed 15 al-Shabaab militants.
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18 Wounded as Two Bombings Mar Macron’s Visit to Syrian Capital
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No claims of responsibility as bombs targeted hotel French president was staying at
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Twin bombings outside the Four Seasons hotel in Damascus cast a pall over the state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron and wounded at least 18 people, including four security personnel, according to Syrian state media.
Reportedly one of the bombs was placed in a parked car and the other in a garbage can near the hotel. Macron himself wasn't present at the attack, as he and his entourage had left for his meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa shortly before they went off.
Syria's Interior Ministry suggests it detected both bombs before they went off, and were in the process of cordoning off the area and preparing to try to defuse them when they exploded. They described both bombs as "improvised."
The timing of the explosions, coinciding with a high-profile state visit, seems intended to show that Syria remains vulnerable to security threats, even some 18 months after Sharaa and his militant group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an offshoot of al-Qaeda, seized power.
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