Month: July 2026

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: Zionism Is a Genocidal, Expansionist Ideology That Threatens Me Personally, Our Party, and Everyone; Our Struggle Against It Is for the Collective Survival of Our Nation
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Today in 1776, the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia pass a resolution proclaiming the sovereignty of the American colonies in rebellion against Britain. Despite being ratified on July 2, the Declaration of Independence will not be published for another two days.

Syrian FM Asad al-Shibani, from Beirut: Syria firmly opposes Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.

On the framework agreement, he called it “an internal Lebanese matter” but said Syria wants “the atmosphere of understanding to be calm and lead to sustainable stability for Lebanon.”

Footage shot on this day in 1944 shows American LVTs engaging Japanese forces on the island of Noemfoor in Dutch New Guinea. The operation, dubbed Cyclone, would secure the island’s three Japanese-held airstrips to support the upcoming Allied invasion of the Philippines.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baqaei on Ali Khamenei’s funeral:

Guests from around 100 countries are expected, including political figures, heads of state, heads of assemblies, foreign ministers or special government representatives, along with a large number of personalities and popular groups.

2 July 2026: AFU Unmanned Systems Forces conducted a strike on the “Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez” refinery in Kstovo, Russia.

Video evidence from the strike confirms that the refinery’s AVT-6 primary crude oil distillation unit was likely destroyed in the strike.

#OSINT  #Ukraine
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