🚨 SYRIA ERUPTS IN LARGEST PROTESTS SINCE ASSAD’S FALL A sharp surge in fuel prices has triggered demonstrations across several regions of Syria, with protesters blocking major roads. The government raised diesel prices 40% to 175 Syrian pounds per liter, alongside increases in gasoline and household and industrial gas. Damascus says the hikes are temporary, blaming soaring procurement costs and Syria’s dependence on imported fuel, mainly from Russia.

SUDAN WAR UPDATE: Sudan is sliding toward partition. The army, led by Abdel Fattah al Burhan and supported by Muslim Brotherhood aligned militias, controls Khartoum and most of northern, eastern and central Sudan. The RSF, led by Hemedti, controls most of Darfur and operates a parallel government from Nyala. Sudan is especially important because it sits along more than 800 kilometers of Red Sea coastline, overlooking the shipping route connecting the Suez Canal with Bab el Mandeb and the Indian Ocean. Kordofan is now the decisive front. The army (SAF) has recently advanced in North…

Earlier today, the Houthis announced a large-scale wave of strikes against King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia. A commensurate release from Saudi Arabia’s Directorate of Civil Defense announced an alert for the same area during the strikes.

Houthi forces appear to have used an antitank guided missile to strike excavators, loaders and other heavy equipment operated by Yemen’s Aden based government forces.

NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte: We have all the response options, including making sure Ukraine has what it needs to stay in the fight.

NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte: Russia is growing increasingly reckless as it continues its "terrible war" against Ukraine, including targeting infrastructure upon which Ukraine depends.

NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte: Strikes yesterday on trains in Ukraine show Putin's desperation.

QatarEnergy has launched a tender to sell crude for October and November loading from Qatari ports located inside the Strait of Hormuz. The offer includes Al-Shaheen, Qatar Marine and Qatar Land crude in 500,000-barrel cargoes. Qatar has not disclosed the total volume available. The tender closes Tuesday.

🚨 SCOTLAND, WALES AND SINN FÉIN WANT OUT OF THE UK — BUT BACK UNDER BRUSSELS The SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin have signed a joint memorandum backing greater cooperation on independence and declaring that the future of their nations “belongs in the European Union.” They argue Westminster’s time is coming to an end and that each nation has the right to determine its own future. The irony? They want sovereignty back from London — only to pool much of it again in Brussels. Apparently the problem isn’t having an overseer. It’s having the wrong one.

Polish Defence Minister: The Polish army recovered a drone from the Baltic Sea. Initial findings suggest it is a Russian military drone.

According to a statement from Iran’s IRGC, a U.S. MQ-1 “Predator” drone was recently shot down over the Strait of Hormuz. In the Past two years, the U.S. has lost a notable amount of both MQ-1s and MQ-9s since the war with Iran has started.

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman announced the discovery of 110 million tons of raw material containing uranium concentrations in the Medina region. The find comes after the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a landmark 30-year civil nuclear cooperation agreement.

🚨 IRANIAN KURDISH OPPOSITION CAMPS HIT IN IRAQI KURDISTAN Missiles struck three camps belonging to Iranian Kurdish opposition groups east of Sulaimaniya early Monday, according to Reuters, citing two security sources. No casualties were reported. The strikes come amid heightened regional tensions and renewed pressure on Iranian opposition groups operating from northern Iraq.

🚨 CHINA DENIES GIVING IRAN TARGETING INTELLIGENCE BEFORE DEADLY STRIKE ON U.S. BASE Beijing is rejecting reports that Chinese entities supplied Iran with satellite imagery of Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan before and after Tehran’s July 17 missile strike that killed 3 U.S. soldiers. The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed U.S. officials, but did not allege the Chinese government itself directed the intelligence sharing. China called the report “groundless.” Trump, meanwhile, appeared to downplay it: “They basically do what we do.”

I can't believe it needs to be said, but the helicopter seen picking up "Dude-44-Bravo" in the footage released by @60Minutes is clearly an MH-6/AH-6 variant. The so-called smudge visible in the blurred footage is the result of the engine exhaust, and the US admitted to having to fly him off the mountain to the waiting HC-130J and destroy the helicopters as there wasn't time to load them back onto the flight out, hence the 6-bladed MH-6/AH-6 variants seen in photos from the scene in Iran. It is NOT a special H-60 "Stealth-hawk" or whatever you want to call it. And it is certainly NOT a…

Lt. Gen. Sergei Milchakov, commander of Russia's 51st Guards Combined Arms Army, was reportedly killed in an August 27 missile strike on his command post in Donetsk. His force took Avdiivka and led the push toward Pokrovsk. Russia has not confirmed it. 💬 Open Source Intel: Ukraine has confirmed missile strikes on Russian command posts in occupied Donetsk last night. Preliminary Ukrainian reports put the toll at 27 killed and 58 wounded, with some still trapped under rubble. Two generals, one colonel and two lieutenant colonels were seriously wounded. One lieutenant colonel's death has been…

Former CIA Director David Petraeus: Putin is trying to restore the Soviet Union all the time. And I don’t think Lithuania will be next. Moldova is much more likely, because they are much weaker in this regard. European countries are not ready. None of them has carried out the kind of revolutionary changes needed in their concepts of warfare, defense and security.

Former CIA Director David Petraeus on Ukraine's war industry: "Ukraine needs to be able to scale up its military industry. The innovations are impressive, but without scaling, they only get you so far." He said intelligence officials estimate Russia may be able to produce as many as 10 million drones, with Ukraine somewhere around 8 million.

🚨 OMAN POSTPONES IRAN–GULF HORMUZ TALKS AFTER SAUDI OBJECTIONS Oman has postponed planned talks in Salalah between Iran and Gulf states over security and navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The delay reportedly came after Saudi Arabia objected to parts of an Omani-Iranian proposal, warning the draft could lock in a new status quo in the strait that Riyadh and other GCC states consider unacceptable. The talks were meant to explore a temporary arrangement to restore safer commercial shipping through Hormuz, but major disputes remain over Iran’s role, freedom of navigation and the legal…

🚨 HOUTHIS CLAIM LARGE-SCALE STRIKE ON SAUDI AIR BASE The Houthis say they carried out this morning’s attacks on King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait, claiming dozens of ballistic missiles and UAVs targeted fighter hangars, radars, runways, ammunition depots and other military infrastructure. They claim “precise and direct” hits caused heavy damage at the base. Saudi Arabia has not yet confirmed the extent of the damage.

Iran's Vienna envoy Najafi: Austria's refusal to visa the Iranian nuclear chief is a serious violation of Iran's rights. 💬 Open Source Intel: Austria denied entry to Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami after U.S. pressure, blocking him from addressing the IAEA conference in Vienna, per Bloomberg.

An ammonia gas leak has been reported at Jordan's Aqaba industrial complex. Jordan's southern port is being evacuated as a precaution.

🚨 3 ISRAELI UAV STRIKES IN GAZA SINCE THIS MORNING Two additional strikes were reported in the past hour: • 10 wounded in a UAV strike on a tent near Al-Yarmouk Stadium in central Gaza City. • Several more wounded in a strike in the Al-Zuwaida area of central Gaza. That brings the total to 3 UAV strikes today, with casualties reported in each — some said to be in serious condition.

Russia's fuel shortage has reached St. Petersburg. Long lines forming at gas stations.

Kremlin on the drone attack on a train carrying foreign visitors: our military is operating across all Ukrainian territory and will continue to do so.

🚨 SAUDI APACHES ENTER THE FIGHT Reports say Saudi Apache helicopters struck Houthi positions and concentrations on the Al-Mokha–Bab al-Mandab front, as Riyadh moves to stop the group from consolidating its advance along one of the world’s most strategic shipping corridors. The Houthis’ push has already transformed Yemen’s western coast into a direct threat to Saudi Arabia—and to global trade.

Hours-long fuel lines in Minab, southern Iran.

Multiple personnel from the Houthi naval forces were killed. Among the dead was a commander with close ties to senior Houthi official Abdulmalek Al-Ajri.

Al Arabiya reports that a plane carrying an unidentified "prominent figure" has crashed at Misrata Airport in Libya, with airspace closed following the crash.

Khaled al-Yamani, Yemen's former foreign minister and newly appointed advisor to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, tells Kan News that Israel has an important role to play in confronting the Houthi threat as part of a broad coalition. He calls to take the Yemeni file away from Saudi Arabia, blaming Riyadh's failed policy for the Houthi expansion in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait area. Al-Yamani accuses Saudi Arabia of transferring hundreds of millions of dollars to the Houthis this year and of attacking the STC forces best suited to fight them.