This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).
Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.
—❗️🇸🇦/🇮🇶/🇮🇶 BREAKING: Gas facilities in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail Industrial City were targeted in an attack, per Anadolu News
The attack was likely carried out by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
@Middle_East_Spectator
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35794
—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: In a separate incident, the Ministry of Electricity announces that the Aramco refinery in Jazan caught fire once again
It is unclear if this was an accident or an attack, and who carried it out.
@Middle_East_Spectator
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35795
—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: The Yemeni Armed Forces have taken responsibility for targeting the Jazan Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia last night, in response to airspace violations by drones
@Middle_East_Spectator
It’s great to finally see a country standing up against the drone flights by attacking the enemiy’s most important pieces of infrastructure and industry. Hope more countries can learn from Yemen about how to deal with the imperialists.
Iraqi government platforms reported the discovery of drones that were reportedly intended for carrying out attacks. Judging by the image, the drones appear to be fixed-wing Shahed-107 models; however, the time and date of their discovery were not specified, as Iraq has witnessed various security incidents involving the discovery of different types of drones since the “Ramadan War.”
https://t.me/naya_foriraq/87314
This image shows the same truck—seen from a different angle and bearing the “Shahed 107” marking—that was featured on the Saudi channel Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath, which claimed the vehicle was in Babylon.
Naya has exclusively obtained photos showing the same vehicle, but from about a month earlier and in Wasit Governorate.
Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath is lying yet again.
https://t.me/naya_foriraq/87318
A major scandal: The serial number of the drones displayed by the Saudi channel Al-Hadath reveals that the drone is the very same one discovered three weeks ago at the Wasit checkpoint.
https://t.me/naya_foriraq/87322
🇮🇶🇮🇶❌🇸🇦— Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, Secretary-General of the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Movement, Harakat al-Nujaba:
It will become clear to all our brothers that diplomacy with the despicable Wahhabi regime of the House of Saud is futile, for it is a regime with a deviant ideology, behind many of the conspiracies targeting Iraq and its people. Its hands are stained with our blood, from the thousands of car bombs it funded and sent to kill innocent men, women, and children.
There will be no other way but a suitable military response to avenge the blood of our righteous martyrs from the Popular Mobilization Forces, who fell victim to its treachery. What compensation can you offer that equals their sacred blood? What money can bring joy back to their orphans, their bereaved mothers, and their widowed wives?
@SimurghRes
Will they oust the comprador government? Are they a good alternative or also businessmen?
🇸🇾🇱🇧⚡️ — According to SANA, the Syrian authorities successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle weaponry and ammunition from Tartus into Lebanon.
🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡️ — Israeli forces reportedly cut the road linking Samdaniya al-Sharqiya and Khan Arnaba in the Quneitra countryside, blocking it with an earthen berm as a bulldozer, a tank, and more than 50 troops moved into the area.
The move sits inside a broader, already-documented footprint: Israeli forces have built nine military bases and, at neighboring Samdaniya al-Gharbiya, an iron gate that has cut the village off from its surroundings.
🇮🇷A “monarchist” terrorist cell affiliated with “clown prince” Reza Pahlavi, in Iran has been confirmed to be operating an assassination program.
A member of Basij volunteers (actually an Islamic praiser), was kidnapped on August 4th.
A gruesome video of his torture has been released on Iranian so-called anti-regime Telegram channels.
Actions included cutting out his beating heart, spitting on his corpse and disembowlement.
The government confirmed his death today 08/08/2026 and announced that four members of the six-man terrorist team are already in custody.
@SimurghRes
Images (blurred but still gorey): https://t.me/SimurghRes/8649
Prince residing in USA, because we’re the shining beacon of humanity. 🤮
🇸🇾🙏 — In August 2026, the twelfth anniversary of the Sheaitat tribe massacre will be commemorated. This horrific event was perpetrated by the ISIS organization in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, between August 8th and 15th, 2014. Approximately 1000 to 1200 members of the Sheaitat tribe were victims of this massacre. The killings were triggered by the tribe’s refusal to allow ISIS to mistreat a number of young men from the Sheaitat tribe who had been captured and subsequently killed. ISIS also desecrated the bodies of the victims. This act of brutality enraged the tribe, leading a group of young men to defend their brothers. In response, ISIS unleashed its fury on the innocent people, killing and displacing members of the tribe and committing the most heinous crimes, acts that are an affront to all of humanity.
May the souls of the Sheaitat martyrs rest in peace, and may they find mercy. In the end, all will be judged by God.
The Levantine Revolutionary Party
And the headchopper chief is going to honor their memories how?
❗️Wikipedia co-founder claims CIA edited site to serve US interests
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According to co-founder Larry Sanger, the CIA, global governments, and corporate public relations firms have systematically exploited Wikipedia’s anonymity rules to edit articles and weaponize the digital encyclopedia for institutional propaganda.
In a recent interview with Berliner Zeitung, Sanger stated that intelligence agencies have actively altered content, though the full scale of manipulation remains obscured by the platform’s opaque user structure.
Sanger pointed to corporate crisis management groups—such as Wiki-PR and Portland Communications—which have altered entries for foreign governments, sovereign wealth funds, and corporate clients.
He said that institutional capture has allowed perspectives from multinational corporations, the World Bank, and the World Economic Forum to be presented as undisputed facts, while dissident viewpoints are systematically purged by anonymous administrators.
Damn Russian bots!
- libs probably
— 🇮🇷 Iran’s Supreme National Security Council:
‘Until America corrects its behavior, the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened.
Correcting behavior means:
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Never threaten Iran with any language nor insult the sanctities of this nation.
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End the war and aggression against Iran and its allies in Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and Iraq permanently.
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Lift the naval blockade and withdraw U.S. naval and air forces from the area surrounding Iran.
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Pay the damages for the two aggressive wars imposed against Iran.
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Lift the cruel and illegal sanctions against the Iranian nation.
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Release the frozen and stolen assets of the Iranian people unconditionally.
These are the demands of the Iranian people who have been relentlessly present in the squares and streets for 160 days.
The Supreme National Security Council will never back down; whether in war or in negotiations.‘
@Middle_East_Spectator
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35791
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❗️French lawyer claims Mossad hacking blunder populated phone with Israeli political and intelligence contacts
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According to French lawyer Juan Branco—who represents Palestinian victims in International Criminal Court cases—screenshots and video footage shared on 7 August indicate his mobile phone received a call from a number associated with Sam Altman, cofounder of OpenAI, alongside an influx of high-profile Israeli political, judicial, and intelligence contacts.
Branco alleged that a botched intelligence operation aimed at data extraction instead mistakenly loaded thousands of external contacts onto his device.
Cybersecurity specialists have urged caution regarding the claims, highlighting that the displayed dataset resembles previously leaked information and currently lacks independent technological verification.
The incident unfolds against a backdrop of documented spyware utilization by Israeli entities targeting international critics and legal advocates.
Syria’s Foreign Ministry condemned Houthi attacks on civilian sites in Saudi Arabia’s Najran region, calling them a violation of the kingdom’s sovereignty.
The August 6 attack wounded 11 civilians, including a woman and a four-year-old child.
Absolutely cucked.
❗️Statement by the Yemeni Armed Forces (Ansarallah) issued yesterday at night:
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“In insistence on continuing the blockade imposed on our people and escalating the aggression against our country, the Saudi enemy continues to mobilize its forces, incite them, and push them into the flames of an aggressive, unjust, and losing war.
Accordingly, and following careful monitoring of the movements of its forces and mercenaries, these forces and their stockpiles, military vehicles, and equipment at the Sahn al-Jinn camp were struck. By the grace of Allah, the strikes were precise and highly effective, involving a large number of missiles and drones.
The Yemeni Armed Forces will continue to confront escalation with escalation, and affirm that they will strike forcefully at any mobilization or forces brought by the Saudi enemy to maintain the blockade imposed on our country. The Armed Forces further affirm their continued implementation of the equations of ‘blockade for blockade’ and ‘targeting Saudi aggressive military mobilizations wherever they are.’ They will not allow the enemy’s aggressive plans against our country to pass without an immediate and forceful response.
We renew our advice to those from our country who have been misled and deceived to leave the Saudi enemy’s camps and return to their areas before it is too late. We urge them to hasten to save themselves and not become fuel for treacherous parties that have surrendered their fate to foreign powers and are trading in them and their blood for the sake of foreign, occupationist, and expansionist projects at the expense of the security, sovereignty, and independence of the Republic of Yemen.
We salute with great respect the proud tribes of Marib and the honorable free men for standing alongside their people against occupation and foreign tutelage. We affirm to them, and to all the tribes of Yemen, that we stand alongside and with them in securing the legitimate rights of our people and lifting the blockade imposed upon them.”
The World Bank approved a $100 million IDA grant to modernize Syria’s financial sector, targeting at least 15 million electronic payment transactions a year.
It is the fifth project approved since Saudi Arabia and Qatar cleared Syria’s arrears in May 2025, bringing the total to about $491 million.
Normal Syrians will not see a penny of this obviously.
The slopification continues. I am sure plastering the country with Israhelli AI run „industries“ will bring about recovery from the war.
❗️Activists express concern over judge with history of overturned rulings assigned to Palestine Action ‘terror’ hearing
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Activists have expressed deep concerns regarding the judicial record of the judge slated to preside over an upcoming post-trial hearing to determine if five Palestine Action protesters face ‘terror’-related convictions, according to a report by The New Arab.
The defendants were previously convicted of criminal damage following a 2024 protest that targeted a Barclays bank branch in Lancashire over its ties to Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems.
The hearing, scheduled for 21 August ahead of sentencing on 4 September, will be overseen by Judge Robert Altham—noted by campaigners for his 2018 sentencing of the “Frack Free Three” environmental protesters, sentences that were later overturned by the Court of Appeal as “manifestly excessive.”
Activist Roscoe Blevins criticized the legal move as an institutional overreach aimed at suppressing direct action, echoing concerns raised by Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori regarding similar recent cases, such as the “Filton Four” trial.
The proceedings unfold under the shadow of Palestine Action’s 2025 proscription as a terrorist organization under the former government led by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a designation that applies retroactively to actions predating the ban and carries sentences of up to 14 years. The UK Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal against the ban later this year.
jfc there’s no point of this affair that they don’t deviously manipulate to their advantage
Its not even devious. Its all really hamfisted and wouldn’t hold up to scrutiny by anyone who cared even remotely about the law over the “spirit” that they believe aligns with their own ideological views.
Israel expands Syria occupation, conducts 20 incursions in one week
Since Ahmad al-Sharaa came to power in Damascus, Israel has been free to carry out incursions in Syria to seize land, build roads, establish checkpoints, and install surveillance cameras
