LostDervish

A wondering faqir looking for answers.

[LostDervish @lostdervishX]

People must realise the following new realities as a result of Trumps war on Iran and Gaza genocide:

1. Its now very common for young Jewish men in America/Europe to join IDF, then to join US/EU Military.

2. For Iranians, their worldview has changed after the attack.

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[Jawad @levantupdates]

By starting this war Trump has created

1. an immortal martyr whose last statement was “a man like me does not pledge allegiance to a man like him”.

2. A 10 million person march to commemorate him and chant never to humiliation

3. Created the conditions for a hidden imam that will lead the nation into complete victory.

Donald Trump has just literally reinforced and introduced every Shia principle in the world.

[Propaganda & co @propandco]

1 million people attended the funeral procession for Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.

At least 12 million attended the procession for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Western media says the people loved her but claim that Iranians hate Khamenei.

Does that make sense?

[MenchOsint @MenchOsint]

Aoun must go.

[Ashok Swain @ashoswai]

Trump making fun of Netanyahu!

[Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics]

The future of this country is extreme poverty, unless we tax the super rich more.

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

Of course, I wasn't surprised in the least. Every time I present factual context to a Western audience, I'm met with attacks and accusations - called a propagandist, mouthpiece, or worse. Yet what strikes me is this: why are the predictions of these accusers always wrong?

[YourFavoriteGuy @guychristensen_]

“houses are for living in, not for speculation.” - Xi 2017

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

In the US, they'd make him president.

[Russians With Attitude @RWApodcast]

Probably not great to live next to the “Vizar” missile plant after it was hit

[Chay Bowes @BowesChay]

Kiev’s ‘most fortified’ Donbass stronghold falls to Russian forces… and what does the regime do?

Moscow offers a humanitarian pause to return the bodies of their dead soldiers for proper burial. Kiev flatly refuses.

Nothing for the families. Nothing for the dead. Just cannon fodder for Zelensky’s meat grinder.

Pure evil.

[Philip Pilkington @philippilk]

Uh oh…

[حيدر | Haydar @chronicalihere]

Algeria defeated france after 132 years. We mustn't lose hope for Palestine.

[Soureh 🟩☫🟥 @Soureh_design2]

We need to talk about the red flags 🚩
The Iranian TV is not talking about it

Iranian people showed what they want
Loud and clear

[Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 @ejmalrai]

Two explosions in Damascus during Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Syria raise the first and most important intelligence question: cui bono — who benefits?

The facts are striking. Macron’s visit was not routine. It was the first visit by a major Western leader to Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and the first visit by a French president to Damascus since Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit in January 2009. Macron arrived in Damascus on 6 July 2026 as the first major Western leader to visit Syria under its new leadership, headed by President Ahmad al-Sharaa.

The explosions therefore carried an obvious political message: Syria is not safe, Damascus cannot guarantee the security of visiting leaders, and the rehabilitation of the new Syrian state should be questioned. Two improvised explosive devices detonated near the hotel where Macron was staying, wounding at least 18 people, including four police officers. Syrian authorities said the blasts occurred outside the security perimeter and did not directly threaten Macron’s accommodation or the official visit.

This timing matters. Macron’s visit came as Donald Trump was speaking positively of Ahmad al-Sharaa and preparing to meet him on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara. Al-Sharaa was expected to attend the summit and meet Trump there, giving Syria’s new leadership unprecedented Western visibility and legitimacy.

That diplomatic opening is not neutral. Syria’s improving relationship with Washington creates pressure on Israel. If Damascus becomes a recognised U.S. partner, Israel’s continued occupation of Syrian territory and its security demands become harder to justify indefinitely. A U.S.-backed security arrangement would almost certainly raise the question of Israeli withdrawal from areas seized after Assad’s fall — a step benjamin netanyahu has resisted, preferring permanent security zones and operational freedom.

The regional context adds another layer. Syria’s foreign minister, Asaad al-Shibani, has signalled openness to meeting Hezbollah if Syrian interests require it, while Reuters reported that Syria’s new government under al-Sharaa has emerged as a U.S. ally and has largely stayed out of the regional war between the U.S., Israel and Iran. This is precisely the kind of balancing act Israel views with suspicion: a Damascus aligned with Washington, open to Arab and Western rehabilitation, but unwilling to become an Israeli security subcontractor.

From an Israeli perspective, the new Syria creates a strategic dilemma. If al-Sharaa is accepted in Paris, Washington and Ankara, Israel loses the ability to frame Damascus solely as a jihadist threat. If he is welcomed by Trump and NATO leaders, the argument for endless Israeli control of Syrian territory weakens. If Syria engages Lebanon, Hezbollah or even Iran through political channels, Israel faces the emergence of a Syrian government that is not obedient, not isolated, and not easily dismissed.

This does not prove Israeli responsibility for the Damascus explosions. Attribution requires evidence: perpetrators, networks, communications, financing, explosives, arrests or intelligence confirmation. None of that has yet been made public. It remains unknown whether the explosions were linked to Macron’s visit, and that no group had claimed responsibility.

But the political logic is unavoidable. Whoever carried out the attack, the message served those who want to block Syria’s diplomatic rehabilitation, embarrass al-Sharaa, frighten Western leaders away from Damascus, keep Syria away from Hezbollah and Iran and preserve the argument that the Syrian state remains too unstable to be trusted. In that sense, Israel is one of the actors with a clear strategic interest in the damage done by the explosions, even if operational responsibility remains unproven.

The more precise conclusion is therefore this: the Damascus explosions should not be treated merely as a local security incident. They were a political signal delivered at the exact moment Syria was trying to re-enter the international arena. The attack weakened the image of state control, challenged Macron’s visit, complicated Trump’s opening to al-Sharaa and served the interests of those who fear a U.S.-backed Syrian recovery. The question is not only who planted the devices. The question is who needed Damascus to look unsafe on the day Syria was being normalised.

[BenAris @bneeditor]

Like I said, Russia will retaliate against Ukraines oil refinery drone attacks and this is going to be as painful as blowing up Russias ability to make oil product products bc Russia has an unlimited supply of highly accurate missiles

Ukraine doesn’t have any refineries left, so now they’re going after the petrol stations. It’s ugly. It will take time. And it’s highly effective.

It’s now a slug fest

[Arya Yadeghaar (Backup) @AryJeayBackup]

IRGC Commander Hassan Hassanzadeh was seen helping as a volunteer cleaning up the trash from the funeral ceremony march.

What a beautiful soul.

[Adam Analysis @adamemedia1]

This is genuinely terrifying.

This man tired to stop the authoritarian and ILLEGAL installation of spyware on every user’s device and they CUT HIS MIC.

The west is enacting operation 1984 and literally silencing those speaking out.

[MenchOsint @MenchOsint]

Fun fact: the Japanese cargo "TAURUS LEADER" which made a u-turn 3 days ago after being warned by the IRGC, is now – along several other Japanese cargo ships – using the Iranian Route !

*The US-backed ships have switched off their AIS one hour ago.

[LostDervish @lostdervishX]

@RWApodcast Time for a security zone inside northern Kazakhstan?

[Russians With Attitude @RWApodcast]

If you remember, I pointed out that if the Ukrainians launched drones from Kazakhstan, their priority targets would be Omsk and Novosibirsk, and that the intense targeting of Samara and Volgograd pointed to drones being launched from the Caspian Sea and merely flying over Kazakh territory (that much is undisputed, Ukrainian drones literally crashed in Kazakhstan near the Russian border, many times). Recently, the cities on the plausible Baku-Caspian-Kazakhstan route were attacked significantly less, and this coincided with chatter about Russia threatening the Azeris into putting a stop to Ukrainian drone operations from their territory. Today, Omsk and Novosibirsk came under drone attack, which is as good as proof that the Ukrainians smuggled drones into Kazakhstan and launched them into Russia from across the border.