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Critical shift, from a nation that was advocating forcefully against US military action just days ago.
With Saudi Arabia in alignment, and US air defenses positioned in Qatar and Bahrain, remaining Gulf states will struggle to muster continued opposition to strikes.
www.axios.com/2026/01/31/s...
With Saudi Arabia in alignment, and US air defenses positioned in Qatar and Bahrain, remaining Gulf states will struggle to muster continued opposition to strikes.
www.axios.com/2026/01/31/s...
Scoop: Saudi defense minister says Trump not bombing Iran would embolden regime
"At this point, if this doesn't happen, it will only embolden the regime."
www.axios.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Critical shift, from a nation that was advocating forcefully against US military action just days ago.
With Saudi Arabia in alignment, and US air defenses positioned in Qatar and Bahrain, remaining Gulf states will struggle to muster continued opposition to strikes.
www.axios.com/2026/01/31/s...
With Saudi Arabia in alignment, and US air defenses positioned in Qatar and Bahrain, remaining Gulf states will struggle to muster continued opposition to strikes.
www.axios.com/2026/01/31/s...
Third prototype, in less than 15 months since the first was revealed.
Regardless of the weird control surfaces and other stealth-questionable characteristics, it's impressive for China to be iterating on a design like this at such a rapid pace.
Regardless of the weird control surfaces and other stealth-questionable characteristics, it's impressive for China to be iterating on a design like this at such a rapid pace.
The test flight on January 29, 2026 (likely local time in China), appears to involve the third prototype (or possibly an early fourth iteration) of China's Chengdu J-36 (also referred to as Jian-36), a tailless, trijet-powered sixth-generation stealth fighter under development by the (CAC).
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Third prototype, in less than 15 months since the first was revealed.
Regardless of the weird control surfaces and other stealth-questionable characteristics, it's impressive for China to be iterating on a design like this at such a rapid pace.
Regardless of the weird control surfaces and other stealth-questionable characteristics, it's impressive for China to be iterating on a design like this at such a rapid pace.
Final surge of US assets toward Iran appears to be underway:
-Tankers leading photo-documented F-35s toward the Middle East
-B-52s to Guam, likely continuing to Diego Garcia
-Warships taking up position in eastern Mediterranean
Busy weekend upcoming?
-Tankers leading photo-documented F-35s toward the Middle East
-B-52s to Guam, likely continuing to Diego Garcia
-Warships taking up position in eastern Mediterranean
Busy weekend upcoming?
January 30, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Final surge of US assets toward Iran appears to be underway:
-Tankers leading photo-documented F-35s toward the Middle East
-B-52s to Guam, likely continuing to Diego Garcia
-Warships taking up position in eastern Mediterranean
Busy weekend upcoming?
-Tankers leading photo-documented F-35s toward the Middle East
-B-52s to Guam, likely continuing to Diego Garcia
-Warships taking up position in eastern Mediterranean
Busy weekend upcoming?
Today on WarFronts:
We combine flight/maritime data, OSINT reports, journalistic sources, and accounts from within Iran, to map out the contours of likely US action against the Islamic Republic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Klm...
We combine flight/maritime data, OSINT reports, journalistic sources, and accounts from within Iran, to map out the contours of likely US action against the Islamic Republic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Klm...
This is the BLUEPRINT for an American Strike on Iran
YouTube video by WarFronts
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January 29, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Today on WarFronts:
We combine flight/maritime data, OSINT reports, journalistic sources, and accounts from within Iran, to map out the contours of likely US action against the Islamic Republic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Klm...
We combine flight/maritime data, OSINT reports, journalistic sources, and accounts from within Iran, to map out the contours of likely US action against the Islamic Republic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Klm...
Today on WarFronts:
We make the case for a Taiwan-style armament of Moldova, as a European strategic bulwark against Russia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msmg...
We make the case for a Taiwan-style armament of Moldova, as a European strategic bulwark against Russia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msmg...
It's Time for Europe to Play Dirty. This Country is Key.
YouTube video by Warfronts
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January 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Today on WarFronts:
We make the case for a Taiwan-style armament of Moldova, as a European strategic bulwark against Russia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msmg...
We make the case for a Taiwan-style armament of Moldova, as a European strategic bulwark against Russia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msmg...
This week on our sister channel, PoliticalFronts:
We examine Washington's plan to govern Venezuela...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE_X...
And the major ramifications for Venezuelan oil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS8Z...
We examine Washington's plan to govern Venezuela...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE_X...
And the major ramifications for Venezuelan oil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS8Z...
How Does President Trump Plan To Run Venezuela?
YouTube video by PoliticalFronts
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January 11, 2026 at 2:10 PM
This week on our sister channel, PoliticalFronts:
We examine Washington's plan to govern Venezuela...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE_X...
And the major ramifications for Venezuelan oil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS8Z...
We examine Washington's plan to govern Venezuela...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE_X...
And the major ramifications for Venezuelan oil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS8Z...
The Latest on WarFronts:
The team switches gears, to discuss potential US military action against Greenland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=beF8...
The team switches gears, to discuss potential US military action against Greenland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=beF8...
Will Trump Attack Greenland?
YouTube video by Warfronts
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January 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The Latest on WarFronts:
The team switches gears, to discuss potential US military action against Greenland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=beF8...
The team switches gears, to discuss potential US military action against Greenland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=beF8...
Why Did Russia Abandon Venezuela? And Other Burning Questions.
YouTube video by Warfronts
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January 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Iran and Israel Could Return to War Soon.
YouTube video by Warfronts
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January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Trump Captures Maduro. Here's What You Need to Know
YouTube video by Warfronts
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January 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
This Week on WarFronts:
We interview Illya Sekirin 🇺🇦 -- front-line drone operator, drone warfare expert, and advisor to some of Ukraine's top decision-makers.
Check it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eigt...
We interview Illya Sekirin 🇺🇦 -- front-line drone operator, drone warfare expert, and advisor to some of Ukraine's top decision-makers.
Check it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eigt...
This Is the Future of Drone Warfare.
YouTube video by Warfronts
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December 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This Week on WarFronts:
We interview Illya Sekirin 🇺🇦 -- front-line drone operator, drone warfare expert, and advisor to some of Ukraine's top decision-makers.
Check it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eigt...
We interview Illya Sekirin 🇺🇦 -- front-line drone operator, drone warfare expert, and advisor to some of Ukraine's top decision-makers.
Check it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eigt...
The UAE's full statement, in context, matters greatly here.
The UAE's actual statement is far from the media frame our team has observed, implying a UAE disengagement or admission of defeat in Yemen.
Instead, this is far closer to what we've seen from Rwanda re: M23, denial of complicity.
The UAE's actual statement is far from the media frame our team has observed, implying a UAE disengagement or admission of defeat in Yemen.
Instead, this is far closer to what we've seen from Rwanda re: M23, denial of complicity.
UAE to withdraw forces in Yemen amid crisis with Saudi Arabia
UAE to withdraw forces in Yemen amid crisis with Saudi Arabia
The UAE said on Tuesday it would withdraw its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia led an airstrike on a southern Yemeni port targeting what it said was a UAE-linked weapons shipment. Following the strike, Saudi Arabia gave UAE forces an ultimatum to leave the country within 24 hours.
f24.my
December 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The UAE's full statement, in context, matters greatly here.
The UAE's actual statement is far from the media frame our team has observed, implying a UAE disengagement or admission of defeat in Yemen.
Instead, this is far closer to what we've seen from Rwanda re: M23, denial of complicity.
The UAE's actual statement is far from the media frame our team has observed, implying a UAE disengagement or admission of defeat in Yemen.
Instead, this is far closer to what we've seen from Rwanda re: M23, denial of complicity.
Today on WarFronts:
We answer your questions in our ask-us-anything Holiday Special!
Depressing? Often.
Merry? Occasionally.
Worth the watch? Certainly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO4T...
We answer your questions in our ask-us-anything Holiday Special!
Depressing? Often.
Merry? Occasionally.
Worth the watch? Certainly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO4T...
Could China and Japan Go to War?
YouTube video by Warfronts
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December 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Today on WarFronts:
We answer your questions in our ask-us-anything Holiday Special!
Depressing? Often.
Merry? Occasionally.
Worth the watch? Certainly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO4T...
We answer your questions in our ask-us-anything Holiday Special!
Depressing? Often.
Merry? Occasionally.
Worth the watch? Certainly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO4T...
Recently on WarFronts:
The Life and Power of Xi Jinping:
youtube.com/watch?v=c4Kg...
Is the United States Committing War Crimes in the Caribbean?
youtube.com/watch?v=C4M5...
Russian Ships Surveilling British Waters...Why?
youtube.com/watch?v=cmdh...
The Life and Power of Xi Jinping:
youtube.com/watch?v=c4Kg...
Is the United States Committing War Crimes in the Caribbean?
youtube.com/watch?v=C4M5...
Russian Ships Surveilling British Waters...Why?
youtube.com/watch?v=cmdh...
Xi Jinping: The Most Dangerous Man in the World?
YouTube video by Warfronts
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December 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Recently on WarFronts:
The Life and Power of Xi Jinping:
youtube.com/watch?v=c4Kg...
Is the United States Committing War Crimes in the Caribbean?
youtube.com/watch?v=C4M5...
Russian Ships Surveilling British Waters...Why?
youtube.com/watch?v=cmdh...
The Life and Power of Xi Jinping:
youtube.com/watch?v=c4Kg...
Is the United States Committing War Crimes in the Caribbean?
youtube.com/watch?v=C4M5...
Russian Ships Surveilling British Waters...Why?
youtube.com/watch?v=cmdh...
This Is Ukraine’s Moment of Truth.
YouTube video by Warfronts
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November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
China's Air Force is Broken.
YouTube video by Warfronts
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Why Is The UAE Funding A Genocide In Sudan?
YouTube video by Warfronts
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November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Read this.
Nothing short of capitulation--and it quite clearly sets the groundwork for a far easier second attempt at an invasion.
Nothing short of capitulation--and it quite clearly sets the groundwork for a far easier second attempt at an invasion.
BREAKING: Leaked U.S. "Peace Plan": Full Translation of 28 Key Terms Presented to Ukraine
www.onestnetwork.com/post/leaked-...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/leaked-...
Leaked U.S. "Peace Plan": Full Translation of 28 Key Terms Presented to Ukraine
A complete English translation of the leaked 28-point U.S. draft peace plan for Ukraine, detailing security guarantees, NATO restrictions, territorial concessions, sanctions relief for Russia, reconst...
www.onestnetwork.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Read this.
Nothing short of capitulation--and it quite clearly sets the groundwork for a far easier second attempt at an invasion.
Nothing short of capitulation--and it quite clearly sets the groundwork for a far easier second attempt at an invasion.
Today on WarFronts:
We discuss the escalating tensions across South Asia, the recent terror attacks in Delhi and Islamabad, and the danger that accelerationist non-state actors will prompt a war among nations that are open to the possibility.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP8z...
We discuss the escalating tensions across South Asia, the recent terror attacks in Delhi and Islamabad, and the danger that accelerationist non-state actors will prompt a war among nations that are open to the possibility.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP8z...
War is Imminent in South Asia.
YouTube video by Warfronts
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November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Today on WarFronts:
We discuss the escalating tensions across South Asia, the recent terror attacks in Delhi and Islamabad, and the danger that accelerationist non-state actors will prompt a war among nations that are open to the possibility.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP8z...
We discuss the escalating tensions across South Asia, the recent terror attacks in Delhi and Islamabad, and the danger that accelerationist non-state actors will prompt a war among nations that are open to the possibility.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP8z...
The World Ignored Sudan's Genocide. Now It's Too Late.
YouTube video by Warfronts
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November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Today on WarFronts:
We dive into the claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria: What's actually going on, how religion factors into the conflict, and whether the label of "genocide" helps to address the root causes of the violence.
Context & Nuance. That's how we do it on WarFronts.
We dive into the claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria: What's actually going on, how religion factors into the conflict, and whether the label of "genocide" helps to address the root causes of the violence.
Context & Nuance. That's how we do it on WarFronts.
Nigeria’s Christian Genocide: Explained.
YouTube video by Warfronts
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November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Today on WarFronts:
We dive into the claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria: What's actually going on, how religion factors into the conflict, and whether the label of "genocide" helps to address the root causes of the violence.
Context & Nuance. That's how we do it on WarFronts.
We dive into the claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria: What's actually going on, how religion factors into the conflict, and whether the label of "genocide" helps to address the root causes of the violence.
Context & Nuance. That's how we do it on WarFronts.
Headlines aside, JNIM has neither the resources, nor the manpower, nor the geopolitical capital, nor the apparent will to take direct control of Mali--at least, not anytime soon.
For now, chaos is an objective in itself.
For now, chaos is an objective in itself.
Mali is JNIM on the verge of taking over Bamako, what is the objective of the blocade & how did the UAE free two of its citizen abducted on the outskirts of the Malian capital
youtu.be/_3HLYgbKinU
youtu.be/_3HLYgbKinU
Mali: UAE hostages freed amid JNIM threat to Bamako • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Headlines aside, JNIM has neither the resources, nor the manpower, nor the geopolitical capital, nor the apparent will to take direct control of Mali--at least, not anytime soon.
For now, chaos is an objective in itself.
For now, chaos is an objective in itself.
Watching this very closely. Ethiopia is, as usual, a ticking time bomb in multiple dimensions at once, in an African Horn region that is exceptionally prone to sudden, catastrophic destabilization.
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.
Tigray fighters enter Ethiopia’s Afar region, stoking fears of new conflict
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Watching this very closely. Ethiopia is, as usual, a ticking time bomb in multiple dimensions at once, in an African Horn region that is exceptionally prone to sudden, catastrophic destabilization.
Reposted by WarFronts Weekly
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.
Tigray fighters enter Ethiopia’s Afar region, stoking fears of new conflict
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.