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02:22ZINTELSLAVAAnsar Allah (Houthi) ballistic missile strike on the ARAMCO oil refinery in Jazan turned night into day.02:21ZMIDDLEEASTSmoke rises from ARAMCO facility in Saudi Arabia's Jazan02:17ZMIDDLEEASTSaudi Arabia condemns attack on its energy infrastructure02:15ZTASNIMNEWSHeavy explosions reported in Zamd, Saudi Arabia02:14ZCLASHREPORTrump said Academy Awards lost viewers because they hate him02:13ZMIDDLEEASTFire breaks out at Aramco refinery in Jazan, Saudi Arabia02:13ZALALAMARABYemen targets Aramco oil facility in Jazan industrial zone02:13ZINTELSLAVAExplosions reported in Sana'a, Yemen, amid possible Saudi airstrikes
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Strikes and drones over Erbil: a night of claims and counter-claims

Iran-aligned channels and US Central Command traded competing narratives within minutes over Erbil on 18 July 2026, leaving the underlying sequence of drone interceptions, consulate-area blasts and follow-on strikes substantially unresolved.

Daniel Whitmore · Monexus Investigations desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·18 Jul 2026
Dark smoke billows from a distant fire over a sprawling city skyline, with a multi-lane highway carrying traffic through densely packed buildings under a cloudy sky.
Dark smoke billows from a distant fire over a sprawling city skyline, with a multi-lane highway carrying traffic through densely packed buildings under a cloudy sky. @JahanTasnim · Telegram

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