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A few from the last 9 hours, some are retweets.
Numerous skirmishes underway between #India and #Pakistan this morning along the LoC; especially near #Poonch.— 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙗 (@IntelCrab) May 6, 2019
BREAKING:
Two Indian civilians and one Indian BSF officer injured in Pakistani shelling/firing. #LoC— F. Jeffery (@Natsecjeff) May 6, 2019
#POONCH: Pakistan army resorted to heavy mortar shelling and small arms firing targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Monday, resulting in injuries to two civilians.
Read more at: https://t.co/TbB8XJlSK7 pic.twitter.com/SRy11Www56— JAMMU LINKS NEWS (@JAMMULINKS) May 6, 2019
#Update: German Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas on #Gaza: The rockets of Hamas and PIJ are hideous terror against the civilian population on #Israel, which we strongly condemn. We are relieved that thanks to the mediation efforts of Egypt and the UN, a ceasefire has come into force. pic.twitter.com/ylG0UOfP7k— Sotiri Dimpinoudis ❁ (@sotiridi) May 6, 2019
Two US Navy guided missile destroyers USS Preble & USS Chung Hoon Monday "sailed within 12 nautical miles” of Chinese occupied Gaven & Johnson Reefs “in order to challenge excessive maritime claims and preserve access to the waterways as governed by international law”— Ryan Browne (@rabrowne75) May 6, 2019
Netivot: Portable bomb shelters continue to be deployed.— The Israel Link (@TheIsraelink) May 6, 2019
We will not distinguish between attacks from Shia militias in #Iraq & the #IRGC that controls them.
Any attack by these groups against U.S. forces will be considered an attack by #Iran & responded to accordingly.— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 6, 2019
#UPDATE: Local media report a Houthi drone and/or ballistic missile attack on the Saudi port city on Yanbu, explosions and fires seen by locals— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) May 6, 2019
Just In: US officials tell me the threats from Iran included “specific and credible” intelligence that Iranian forces and proxies were targeting US forces in Syria, Iraq and at sea. There were multiple threads of intelligence about multiple locations, the officials said. #Iran— Barbara Starr (@barbarastarrcnn) May 6, 2019
There are many of interest, so the above is Part One.#BREAKING US carrier was sent to the Gulf after #Israel's Mossad alerted Washington about a possible #Iran|ian attack against US forces: channel 13— Guy Elster (@guyelster) May 6, 2019
#UPDATE: PM Netanyahu also instructed IDF forces to remain amassed along the #Gaza border and be ready for all scenarios. Senior officials in #Israel say the fragile ceasefire with #Hamas may only last weeks or even days.
(Photo Credit: Yoav Zaiton) pic.twitter.com/GIApwkT8Gh— Instant News Alerts (@InstaNewsAlerts) May 6, 2019
1 of 2: Last night's announced deployment of the @CVN_72 and a @USAirForce bomber task force to the @CENTCOM area of responsibility, which I approved yesterday, represents a prudent repositioning of assets in response to indications of a credible threat by Iranian regime forces.— Acting SecDef Pat Shanahan (@ActingSecDef) May 6, 2019
2 of 2: We call on the Iranian regime to cease all provocation. We will hold the Iranian regime accountable for any attack on US forces or our interests.— Acting SecDef Pat Shanahan (@ActingSecDef) May 6, 2019
Sources within the state department are monitoring possible 'escalation" from #Iran in response to recent carrier deployment.— 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙗 (@IntelCrab) May 6, 2019
American troops already offload a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar and launchers from a C-17 Globemaster III planes at Mihail Kogalniceanu (MK) Air Base in Romania.https://t.co/4cMfKuxPzP— IntelSky📡✈ (@Intel_sky) May 6, 2019
Turkey:MORE: Deployment of carrier strike group, bomber task force "ensures we have the forces we need in the region to respond to contingencies and to defend US forces & interests in the region" per @ChiefPentSpox re #Iran— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) May 6, 2019
Protests and reports of firing in Istanbul. #Turkey— F. Jeffery (@Natsecjeff) May 6, 2019
Protests and reports of firing in Istanbul. #Turkey— F. Jeffery (@Natsecjeff) May 6, 2019
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Back to Middle East/Iran:Major protests in #Istanbul continue this evening. pic.twitter.com/8bUkKHQOdG— 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙗 (@IntelCrab) May 6, 2019
Pro-Hezbollah daily Al-Akhbar quotes a source in Quneitra who "does not rule out" that Russian military police in south Syria "spreading information to Israel" https://t.co/XsM22dYsuA— Albin Szakola (@AlbinSzakola) May 6, 2019