Mario Nawfal

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iran has found a way to keep the Strait of Hormuz dangerous, even with the U.S. Navy protecting shipping. I spoke with former U.S. intelligence officer Malcolm Nance about the renewed attacks on commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. And his explanation was fascinating. According to Nance, the US military had developed a relatively effective shipping corridor along the southern side of the strait, using helicopters, patrol aircraft and naval air defenses to protect vessels moving toward the UAE. For a while, it appeared to be working. But Nance believes Iran was watching the traffic increase and waiting for Washington to become less willing to retaliate. Now, drones and anti-ship missiles are reportedly hitting vessels again, threatening the shipping route that Gulf exporters depend on. And that creates a serious problem for Trump. The U.S. can spend enormous resources escorting tankers, intercepting missiles and maintaining patrols. Iran only needs enough successful attacks to make commercial shipping dangerous and expensive. We also discussed the expanding war in Yemen, where Saudi Arabia and the Houthis are drawing more regional players into the conflict. Egyptian military assistance is being discussed, while UAE-backed Yemeni forces are reportedly coordinating more closely with Saudi-backed factions. The U.S. Navy may be able to get ships through Hormuz. But keeping the route commercially viable while Iran continues attacking it is an entirely different challenge. And Nance's assessment suggests Washington hasn't solved that problem yet. @MalcolmNance

🇮🇷 ANOTHER OIL TANKER IN FLAMES in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim TWO supertankers, each carrying around 2 MILLION barrels of oil, caught fire after striking naval mines while attempting to cross the strait without authorization. Writer: Sol t.co/TMpioM7qph

🇺🇸 Iran is strangling the U.S. economy through steady vessel strikes while simultaneously claiming the moral high ground, and almost nobody is calling it an escalation. Fmr. Dir. U.S. National Counterterror Joe Kent just laid it all out. "They kind of get two for one with their current strategy. They keep the economic constraints on us. They keep strangling us economically by stepping up the strikes." Geography wins every time, and Iran knows it. @joekent16jan19

🇮🇹 MILAN'S RIOT POLICE ARE NOT PLAYING AROUND WITH PROTESTERS Tear gas, water cannons, smashed storefronts and burning barricades. At least 25 people were injured during Saturday's clashes, including 10 police officers. Dozens were detained. And now the confrontations have continued to this day. Whatever these protesters expected when they took to the streets, the Italian riot police clearly didn't arrive for a polite discussion. Writer: Oliver t.co/h6s0xbDDqt

🇺🇸🇫🇷 Every Middle Eastern war left a migration trail straight to the West, and a new one could accelerate that collapse faster than anyone admits. Fmr. Dir. U.S. National Counterterror Joe Kent connects the dots nobody in Washington wants to draw. "We fight them over there and then we invite them here, which is the exact opposite of what we should be doing." France is burning today. We could be next. @joekent16jan19

🇫🇷 FRANCE MUST BE PROTECTED!!! 💙🤍❤️ Writer: Samuel t.co/8HFmpClD1W

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Every calculation Trump makes runs through political survival, except this one. Fmr. Dir. U.S. National Counterterror Joe Kent says endorsing Netanyahu is beyond political suicide, hurting every Republican in competitive seats while handing Democrats a weapon. "Why is President Trump doing all of these things that are against his base? They're definitely against his political intuitions." The biggest question of our time just got a lot harder to answer. @joekent16jan19

🇮🇹 CHAOS IN MILAN, ITALY. Tense scenes outside Milan's famous cathedral! Crowds scatter through Piazza del Duomo in clouds of smoke. PURELY CHAOTIC images out of Italy's metropolis! Police vehicles are surrounded by crowds, with officers deployed across the square in a direct confrontation with rioters This just shows you how quickly the situation deteriorated in one of Italy's busiest public spaces. Writer: Oliver t.co/KyyUXWItav

🇫🇷 The LOOTING chaos in Paris continues. This time, the AGATHA jewelry store was targeted. HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS CAN FRANCE TAKE? Writer: Sol t.co/1mg7XaZg1U

🇫🇷 This is what a supermarket in France looks like after the RIOTERS are DONE with it. Shelves emptied, products and liquid all over the floor. Only survivors: ham and toilet paper 🤔 Brilliant plan. Can't complain about grocery prices if there's no grocery store left. Writers: Daniyal, Oliver t.co/JG2d33eh75

🇫🇷 The people burning down cities were handed a lifeline, and they used it to loot. Activist Thaïs d'Escufon breaks down why the failure isn't the immigrants, it's the governments waving them in with no process, no standards, and no accountability. "I can never understand how someone lucky enough to escape a poor and dangerous country be welcomed with open arms into a beautiful country like France and still have the balls to riot and loot." Europe handed out open arms and got burning streets in return. @thaisescufon

🇮🇹 This guy in Milan had clearly run out of patience with the looters. The city center is a mess, people are emptying stores, and he just shows up with a stick and starts personally escorting looters away from the Under Armour like it’s his own shop. The way he’s going after them, you’d think they took his last pair of shoes. Writer: Daniyal t.co/RhsFRUgkaH

🇫🇷 She was one minute from being raped in her own apartment at 11am on a bright day. French activist Thaïs d'Escufon shared what happened when a man followed her inside and locked the door, and what the police told her after. "The police officer told me that there were more than 5000 cases, profiles just like mine in my area." @thaisescufon

🇫🇷 This Rhodes Scholar pretends an iron bar is his 🍆 before hurling it right at a riot officer. The other officers just kinda stand there... 🤷‍♂️ Writer: Michael t.co/Ay7kNs1hEH

🇫🇷 A French court nearly sent her to prison for four months over a single sentence about immigration and crime. French activist Thaïs d'Escufon broke down what happened after she said it out loud. "The prosecutor told me that I was using a poor incident to justify my racist discourse and that I should be sent to jail." She now wears a Covid mask and sunglasses in public just to avoid being attacked in her own country. @thaisescufon

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Iran's FM Araghchi is responding to renewed talk of FINISHING THE WAR against IRAN with a personal warning. “Want to try your luck again? Be our guest. But be careful; we have unfinished jobs too.” Netanyahu, he says, is dragging America into war partly to keep himself out of prison. So Tehran’s message to Washington is basically: before you bomb us again, consult Israel’s court calendar please. Writer: Oliver

🇬🇧🇷🇺 Britain is talking about war with Russia while lacking the military strength to fight one. Brandon Weichert spoke with Ian Proud, a former British diplomat who served in Moscow and helped authorize UK sanctions against Russia. And Proud had a rather uncomfortable assessment of Britain's position. The British Army has roughly 73,000 troops. Russia has around 1.5 million military personnel and one of the world's largest nuclear arsenals. Yet senior British military figures are increasingly discussing the possibility of confrontation with Moscow. Proud believes Britain has spent years talking about Russia while largely abandoning the harder work of talking to Russia. He also described being detained for three hours at Heathrow after attending the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow, despite notifying the British government of his trip beforehand. But his bigger concern is Ukraine. Proud argues that Russia has the manpower, energy resources and industrial capacity to sustain the conflict far longer than Ukraine and its European supporters. He believes Moscow could accept a settlement centered on the Donbas, but warns that continued refusal to negotiate could eventually encourage Russia to push farther toward Kyiv or Odesa. And there's a political problem Western leaders may find even harder to confront. Proud argues that any eventual peace agreement could leave Ukraine with worse terms than those discussed in 2022, after years of casualties and enormous financial costs. Britain's leaders may be preparing their population for a confrontation with Russia. Proud thinks they should be preparing them for the compromises necessary to avoid one. @WeTheBrandon @proud_diplomat

🇫🇷 This lady's consistency in her training is enviable... Even with riots taking place in her streets, she still has to get her running in 🤣 Writer: Samuel t.co/WxQkjzFugD

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇪🇺 Kyiv is now a frontline city. Odessa is blockaded. And Ukraine has practically no air defense left. Alex Christoforou, political analyst and co-founder of The Duran, came on to say what Western media won’t. “How are you going to fight a war with no air defense? Zero. None.” Russia captured Dopropylia this week. Putin’s order to his generals was two words: keep pressing. Slavyansk and Kramatorsk are next. So is Zaporizhzhia, which sits on the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Russia’s new Starlink competitor is now guiding strikes into western Ukraine. Refugee lines are forming on the Polish border. Winter hasn’t even started yet. Europe is burning because it sanctioned its own energy supplier to defend a country that isn’t even in the EU. The EU keeps holding emergency summits, every one of them about Ukraine, NEVER about their own people. Putin thought he had a deal in Istanbul. He thought he had a deal in Anchorage. Both times the neocons got to Trump first. Where this ends: Russia takes Odessa. Russia takes Kyiv. What comes after, even Putin may not have figured out yet. @AXChristoforou

🇫🇷 France, if things continue like this for another week Writer: Samuel (yes, it's a clip from MW3 and its a joke) t.co/oo74TwD6H1

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇪🇺 Kyiv is now a frontline city. Odessa is blockaded. And Ukraine has practically no air defense left. Alex Christoforou, political analyst and co-founder of The Duran, came on to say what Western media won’t. “How are you going to fight a war with no air defense? Zero. None.” Russia captured Dopropylia this week. Putin’s order to his generals was two words: keep pressing. Slavyansk and Kramatorsk are next. So is Zaporizhzhia, which sits on the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Russia’s new Starlink competitor is now guiding strikes into western Ukraine. Refugee lines are forming on the Polish border. Winter hasn’t even started yet. Europe is burning because it sanctioned its own energy supplier to defend a country that isn’t even in the EU. The EU keeps holding emergency summits, every one of them about Ukraine, NEVER about their own people. Putin thought he had a deal in Istanbul. He thought he had a deal in Anchorage. Both times the neocons got to Trump first. Where this ends: Russia takes Odessa. Russia takes Kyiv. What comes after, even Putin may not have figured out yet. @AlexChristoforou

🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Trump says he WON'T take new action against Russia while peace talks with Ukraine are making progress... POTUS doesn't want to push Moscow away from the negotiating table, and he argues Russia is currently doing “very little, if anything” to help Iran, something he wants to preserve. He also accused Zelensky of targeting Russian diesel refineries and hurting global fuel markets, including American farmers and businesses. Those are Trump's claims, and the post itself provides no supporting evidence. “I WANT THIS WAR END!” Trump wrote, while arguing he can take tougher action against Russia later if negotiations fail. Source: Truth Social / Writer: Samuel

🇫🇷 A woman who runs a small business comes out to defend it, wielding a stick, while the savages outside try to SMASH the storefront window. WHERE is the government that is supposed to be protecting these people?? 😡 Writer: Samuel t.co/slb2WOJKJs

🇫🇷🇾🇪🇸🇦🇮🇷 France is burning again. Riots across the country, a city hall that survived two world wars torched in Limoges, Jewish stores targeted by migrants... The short-term trigger: energy prices from the Iran war. The long-term cause: 50 years of mass migration policy that no government wants to name out loud. Egypt’s parliament is moving to approve sending troops, jets, and air defenses to help Saudi fight the Houthis in Yemen. Two Egyptian C-130s have already landed. The Houthis shot down a Saudi helicopter near the border and are still advancing. What began as a regional flare-up is pulling in Egypt, the UAE, and soon others. Trump endorsed Netanyahu for reelection. It moved his polling numbers by 5 points in the wrong direction. GOP Senate odds have dropped from 72% to 38% since the Iran war started. On Ukraine, Russia is slowly encircling the last two cities: the Anaconda strategy. No off-ramp in sight. Brandon’s warning: “These fronts are going to connect. There is no off-ramp to ANY of this.” @WeTheBrandon

🇺🇸 A private jet skidded off the runway at Harry Reid International Airport in Vegas earlier... As a result, the FAA halted flights bound for the Sin City airport from across the Western U.S. Pilots out there, how does this happen?? Writer: Michael t.co/kqpg0dpZKY

🇪🇺 Protests and riots are ERUPTING across Europe amid anger over living costs, housing, and public services... Here’s a quick breakdown: 🇫🇷 France: Mass protests over living costs and public services escalated into looting, arson, and RIOTS, with more than 1,800 arrests reported. 🇧🇪 Belgium: Student protests over education reforms turned violent, with police deploying tear gas and water cannons. 🇮🇹 Italy: Cost-of-living demonstrations in Milan and Bologna escalated into clashes, fires, and property damage. 🇪🇸 Spain: Housing protests reflect growing anger over soaring rents, unaffordable homes, and evictions. 🇵🇹 Portugal: Tens of thousands reportedly marched in Lisbon over stagnant wages and rising housing costs. 🇦🇱 Albania: Student-led protests in Tirana rallied against corruption, unemployment, and education, with clashes reported. Europe is ON FIRE right now... 🔥🔥🔥 (literally) Source: CNN, Le Monde, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, NYT / Writers: Marie, Michael

🇮🇱 Netanyahu, speaking earlier today: "There was a bombing of a Yandex center in Russia. 60% of the [online activity] coming from Russian actors working against us disappeared." Funny how that works... 🤔 Writer: Michael t.co/imRftvlnLx

🇨🇦 Canada could become “LESS EUROPEAN THAN MEXICO,” according to a new white paper... It claims 42.3% of Canadian births in 2024 were to foreign-born mothers and calls for "reimmigration" to reverse the country’s demographic shifts. The proposed solution? Deporting or denaturalizing 11 MILLION people to supposedly raise the Canadian-born share to 81%. Demographic data does measure change… Can it make the case for mass deportation? Source: @WhitePapersPol, Statistics Canada / Writer: Marie

🚨🇺🇸 Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy: "Meta took down the No Kings organizing page today, the biggest day of protest this fall. They provided zero explanation. It stayed down for the entire afternoon until most of the protests were done." 👀 Source: @ChrisMurphyCT / Writer: Michael

🇮🇹 Italian patriots take to the streets of Milan to defend Italy from migrant looters and rioters... The police and the army should be the ones doing this Writer: Samuel t.co/XHoWNqCChU