"Iran has agreed to purchase Russian Su-35 fighter jets, Mi-28 helicopters and training aircraft. Deputy Defense Minister Mehdi Farahi stated that the development of plans for supplying Su-35 fighter jets, Mi-28 attack helicopters and Yak-130 jet trainer aircraft to the combat units of the Iranian armed forces has been completed." MS
"An unexplained explosion has rocked a Russian tank factory producing engines and artillery for the war in Ukraine. Footage showed a fireball engulfing the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, in the industrial city of Chelyabinsk near the border with Kazakhstan." MS
"The Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 71 enemy attacks in the past 24 hours. On the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region, the defenders continue to hold positions, inflicting fire damage on Russian troops.....the Russian army launched one missile attack, three air strikes and 13 MLRS attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces and populated areas." Ukrinform
"The Iranian public prosecutor's office has slapped a prominent newspaper with charges over the publication of a top-secret government document outlining the country's volunteer morality guards - guys who go around whacking women for not wearing hijabs and other violations of Sharia law, who are separate from (but similar to) the country's official morality police......the judiciary's Mizan news, a reformist daily newspaper, Etmad, published the "highly confidential" document - an instruction from the Interior Ministry regarding the deployment of thousands of morality guards to enforce the country's Hijab dress code for women.....the leaked documents shows deep links between the group and the ministry. Iran's morality guards came under fire last month following the death of 16-year-old Armita Geravand, who fell into a coma after morality guards reportedly beat her into a coma for not wearing a hijab." ZH
"U.S. Arleigh Burke–class destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) responded to a distress call from the Israeli-linked tanker Central Park off the coast of Yemen. The Houthi gunmen successfully boarded the tanker, but the crew secured themselves in the citadel, which is a designated secure space for crew members to wait out pirates while continuing to control vital ship systems. The attackers were forced to retreat to Yemen with the Mason in pursuit. U.S. Navy personnel, aided by a Japanese destroyer, arrested the gunmen after warning shots and close helo support." MS
"Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei on Monday visited the burial site of the the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, as the first stop of his visit to the United States, ahead of his meetings with U.S. officials. Milei arrived at the cemetery, located in Queens, New York, just after 9 A.M. with his entourage, where he met Rabbi Simon Jacobson, who has become somewhat of an informal advisor and mentor. Milei was visibly emotional when he met Rabbi Jacobson at the entrance of the site, and they went together to pray at the grave." Breitbart
"Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of X/Twitter, traveled to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then traveled with Netanyahu to visit Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a southern town in Israel, one of the major targets of the Hamas terror attacks on October 7." Breitbart
"Almost 500,000 people in occupied Crimea have been left without electricity after a storm hit the peninsula. Natalia Pisareva, the Russian-appointed "head of the Chornomorsk district", wrote on her Telegram channel that the district has been left without water or heating." MS
"The Israeli Prime Minister's office confirmed that 17 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released on Sunday, including four-year-old Israeli-American Abigail Mor Edan. The Prime Minister's office said that 14 of the individuals were Israeli citizens, while the other three were foreign nationals." MS
"Frightening reports have emerged from Iran. Several powerful explosions have been reported in proximity to the Nuclear Technology Center in Isfahan. It's speculated that anti-aircraft artillery may have caught fire. At this moment, the exact cause remains uncertain. Military sources allege that there were ongoing military exercises in the vicinity.....one narrative postulates a drone attack to which the air defense system responded immediately......cites Iranian military sources as stating that explosions near the Nuclear Technology Center were due to defensive exercises. Intriguingly, local Iranian sources claim there were no scheduled exercises in that area." MS
"Olena Zelenskaya has been slammed online after she tweeted comments about explosions in Kiev in which she rhetorically asked when they would end. Netizens were quick to mock Zelensky’s wife and did not hesitate to remind her about the suffering of the people of Donbass who live under constant shelling from Kiev since 2014." S
"Russian forces have pursued their offensive near the town of Avdiivka and made a confirmed advance..... indicates that Russian troops have advanced north of the settlement of Krasnohorivka (7 km northwest of Avdiivka)." Pravada
"The overnight drone attack on Russia on Nov. 26 was a response by Ukrainian military intelligence to the massive attack by the Shahed drones on Kyiv the day before. The attack began at 3.30 a.m. and ended at 9.20 a.m. About 35 drones were fired at facilities in Moscow and the region, as well as in the cities of Tula and Smolensk." UV
"Afire broke out at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, which is under Ukrainian and US sanctions as a manufacturer of engines for military equipment." Pravada
"The country of Jordan should be considered the true national homeland for the Palestinian people, according to Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who caused an uproar after making the declaration online." Breitbart
