Issam Ahmed

Health, science and environment reporter @AFP 🏥🔬🚀🌎 DMs open for pitches

[Cyborg 🇵🇰🍁 @cyborg_reborn]

Our BA pass babus are also uprooting indigenous trees in Islamabad, and replacing them with a wave of shadeless palm trees at the foothills of Himalayas.

This obsession to mimic Dubai is pure madness, which will eventually turn our capital into a burning furnace during summers.

[Ammar Rashid @AmmarRashidT]

Absolutely insane that an unelected media baron w/ no connection to Islamabad can take over the city, displace 1000s of local inhabitants, take a literal axe to its deeply cherished ecology & turn it into a concrete hellscape without consulting a single resident in the process.

[Toby Harnden @tobyharnden]

The missing WSO from the shot-down USAF F-15E is now safe and back in American hands. An officer involved in monitoring the CSAR in southern Iran describing the aviator’s incredible tenacity: “He evaded up a 7k ridge. They’ve been schwackin’ dudes chasing him all day. Was nuts.” #iran #csar

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨 The U.S. Air Force F-15E weapon systems officer has been recovered alive after ejecting over Iran yesterday, journalist Jack Murphy reports.

He said the WSO was evading capture on the ground as Iranian forces searched the area, with a “massive firefight” reported at the recovery site.

Murphy is a journalist and military commentator who previously served in U.S. Army Special Operations (including as a Green Beret). He is the co-founder of The High Side, hosts The Team House podcast, and reports on national security and covert operations.

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Reports of the second USAF aircrew member rescued is an answer to all our prayers. I honor the bravery of our search and rescue teams and our special forces. I hope no casualties. And, I salute the F-15E Weapon Systems Officer who put their survival skills to work in a very dangerous and harrowing situation.

[Issam Ahmed @IssamAhmed]

It appears the rescue operation is underway

[Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch @BabakTaghvaee1]

BREAKING: Major clashes between US Army Special Forces and IRGC Ground Forces are reported in the Milas mount of the Rig Mountains in Charmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. USAF CSAR teams have located the second crew member of the downed F-15E of the 494th FS and are attempting to rescue him. Their aircraft and helicopters are under small and heavy arms fire from the IRGC, Basij militants, as well as nomad fighters.

A-10Cs and F-35As of the USAF, together with at least one HC-130J and two HH-60Ws, are present at the site.

#OperationEpicFury #OperationLionsRoar

[Issam Ahmed @IssamAhmed]

@OwaisTohid Over time I've gained a lot of appreciation for experts and writers from the global South commenting on the affairs of the North. We see excellent examples in Pakistan. You're 100% right that the problem has long been a lack of self confidence stemming from colonized mindset