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🇯🇵🔥 — Japan enacts nationalist-backed law banning violation of national flag

➡️ Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a divisive law introducing criminal penalties for desecrating the national flag, a proposal pushed by nationalists, achieving a key legislative goal of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the current Diet session.

📝 The ruling parties argued the law was needed because Japan already criminalized desecration of foreign flags but had no equivalent provision covering its own.

🤓 Some liberal and leftist opposition parties and legal experts criticized the measure, saying it may infringe on freedom of expression and could be unconstitutional.

🇯🇵 The bill, jointly submitted by the ruling coalition of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party and the libertarian-minded Japan Innovation Party, along with the opposition center-right Democratic Party for the People and the nationalist Sanseito, cleared the House of Councillors.

➡️ Under the law, individuals who damage, remove or defile the national flag in a way that arouses "strong feelings of discomfort or disgust" in others could face up to two years in prison or a fine of up to 200,000 yen ($1,200).

➡️ The penalties mirror existing provisions in the Penal Code on the desecration of foreign flags and follow an October agreement between the LDP and Japan Innovation Party identifying the legal discrepancy as one to be resolved.

🔗 Source: Nikkei Review

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Anniversary of the Suwayda massacre.
Between 14 and 16 July 2025, STG troops and their Bedouin allies entered a number of towns in the Suwayda Governorate, including the capital, and carried out a series of massacres against Druze and Christian civilians. In response, over the following three days, Druze militias carried out attacks against Bedouin civilians and property. The massacre was brought to a halt thanks to the tenacity of the Hijri National Guard and Israeli support, but this did not prevent between 1,700 and 2,000 people from being killed during those days – a figure as significant as the number of victims of the massacres on the predominantly Alawite coast in March.

On the first anniversary of the massacres, thousands of Druze both inside and outside Syria have commemorated the martyrs and protested against Jolani and his policies of persecution. All this is taking place against a backdrop of tension within the region controlled by Druze militias, which is suffering from a supply crisis and where internal friction is becoming increasingly apparent, whilst the threat of a new attack from Damascus keeps the population on high alert.

🕋🛠🇱🇧🇵🇸📹 — A newly released video showing the true colors of Islamic-Communist Abdul El-Sayed’s views and agenda, including anti-women and antisemitic rhetoric and support for terrorist groups.

▶️Abdul has previously advocated for terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbalalh.

🇮🇷📲🌐📉 — Partial mobile signal outage in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province of Iran

🇺🇸🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Last night, United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it had finished the 7th wave of strikes in Iran

Along the report, the CENTCOM published a footage showing its forces launching latest wave of precision strikes on strategic Iranian military sites

In Statement, it said:
U.S. forces ended the seventh consecutive night of strikes against Iran on July 17 at 9:30 p.m. ET.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) hit surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities. U.S. forces employed fighter aircraft, aerial drones, and warships in addition to other assets.

CENTCOM continues to hold Iran accountable at the Commander in Chief's direction while fully enforcing a naval blockade against Iranian ports.

More than 50,000 American service members are operating across the Middle East and remain vigilant, lethal, and ready.

🇺🇸🇯🇴⚰️ — United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that 2x US Service members were killed in Action while performing defensive operations during the Iranian strikes against the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, with another one missing currently.

On July 17, two U.S. service members in Jordan were killed in action as U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. Additionally, one service member is currently missing.

Four American service members were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals. They have since been discharged. Other personnel who were evaluated for minor injuries have returned to duty.

Out of respect for the families, CENTCOM will withhold additional information, including the identities of the fallen warriors, until 24 hours after the next of kin have been notified.

🇸🇾🤝🇸🇦❌🇮🇷 — The Syrian Interim Government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via a statement, condemns the Iranian strikes against the Arabian Peninsula monarchies, calling the strikes “a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of Arab states [and] a direct threat to their security and stability.”

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇰🇼 — Video shared on social media shows the moment when multiple Iranian Medium to Intermediate-range Ballistic Missiles (MRBMs & IRBMs) struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Hashemite Jordan overnight

During such strikes, at least two US Army servicemen were killed and several other American Servicemembers were injured

🇺🇸🇸🇦🛬 — A US Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy cargo plane, designed for carrying heavy amounts of weaponry and equipment, is landing in Saudi Arabia as now

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — New wave of US Retaliatory strikes in Iran began, with strikes reported in Sirik, Hormozgan province

🇮🇱📞🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Israeli Channel 13: Israel's defense establishment is preparing for the possibility of a major escalation in the region.

🇮🇷❌🇰🇼💧 — Earlier, a Kuwaiti power and desalination plant was hit by Iran, sparking a fire.

It's the second such strike in two days, after a similar plant was hit yesterday. Kuwait relies on desalination for roughly 90% of its drinking water.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Observers geolocated a US CENTCOM strike from July 14 as a bombing against an Iranian ship in Kish Island

Coordinates:
26.56817, 53.99652

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — 4x USAF strikes against Bandar Abbas

🇬🇷⚔️🇹🇷🇱🇾⚡️SYRIGOS’S GAMBIT: UNDERMINING THE TURKEY–LIBYA AGREEMENT THROUGH A UNIFIED ICJ MOVE!

Athens should, according to MP Angelos Syrigos, pursue a joint approach with Malta, Italy, Egypt, and Tunisia and bring Libya’s maritime disputes before the ICJ, rather than acting alone.

His logic: a single multilateral case could strengthen Crete’s maritime zones and indirectly undermine the Turkey–Libya Agreement, even if the Court doesn’t annul it outright.

But the obstacles are major. The ICJ needs Libya’s explicit consent, which is doubtful given Tripoli’s ties with Turkey. And the Court is unlikely to issue a ruling that invalidates Turkish claims when Turkey isn’t a party; issues involving a third state’s rights are usually excluded.

Overall, Syrigos’s idea looks less like a guaranteed legal solution and more like a way to increase multilateral pressure on the Turkey–Libya deal and frame it as legally contentious.

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🇺🇸🇰🇼❌🇮🇷 — Video shared by U.S. Army personnel shows the launch of MGM-140 ATACMS missiles by a pair of U.S. Army HIMARS systems from an undisclosed location in Kuwait against targets in Iran.

#BREAKING | 🇾🇪 🇾🇪 — Saudi-backed Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) announces ban on all aircraft entering Yemeni airspace unless coordinated through Aden, rejecting entry 'approvals' from Iran-backed Houthis in Sanaa.

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Fighter Jets spotted over Yazd, Central Iran