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//The Wire//1930Z January 16, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: ATTACKS ON RED SEA SHIPPING ESCALATE. IRAN TARGETS ALLEGED MOSSAD SPY BASES IN IRAQ.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Red Sea/HOA: Attacks in th

//The Wire//2300Z July 24, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: TARGETING CONTINUES TO ESCALATE THROUGHOUT MIDDLE EAST. EXPLOSIVES RECOVERED DURING RAID IN IRELAND. SHILOH HENDRIX CONVICTED OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN LANDMARK FREE S

//The Wire//2300Z July 27, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: WEEKEND SHOOTING REPORTED AT SEATTLE FESTIVAL. VEHICLE RAMMING ATTACK REPORTED IN BERLIN. STABBING ATTACK REPORTED IN PARIS. IRANIAN TARGETING CONTINUES TO STRIKE LOC

//The Wire//2130Z August 13, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: ISRAELI NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER RAIDS AL-AQSA MOSQUE. UNREST CONTINUES IN U.K. AS PROTESTERS BECOME MORE ORGANIZED.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Ev

//The Wire//1800Z March 18, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: PRESIDENT TRUMP SUSPENDS THE JONES ACT AS PETROLEUM INDUSTRY FEELS EFFECTS OF WAR IN IRAN. CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES AS ISRAELI FORCES INCREASE TARGETING EFF

//The Wire//1400Z April 24, 2023// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: US evacuates embassy in Sudan due to unrest, 16,000 Americans left behind. Chinese military demonstrations in South China Sea increasing.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----

//The Wire//2200Z May 20, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH. SAUDI KING HOSPITALIZED WITH INFECTION. SOUTH CAROLINA PORTS OFFLINE DUE TO CYBER ISSUE.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -Int

//The Wire//2300Z May 8, 2025// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: INDIA PAKISTAN SHELLING OF BORDER REGION CONTINUES, FEW CASUALTIES REPORTED. AX ATTACK STRIKES WARSAW. IED DETONATED AT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PENNSYLVANIA.//  -----BEGIN

//The Wire//2230Z January 11, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: IRAN RE-HIJACKS OIL TANKER. PROTESTS CONTINUE IN EUROPE.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: The M/V ST NIKOLAS (an oil tanker bound f

//The Wire//2300Z March 4, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: GULF WAR CONTINUES AS ALLIED RADAR INSTALLATIONS TARGETED BY IRANIAN FORCES. US NAVY SINKS IRANIAN FRIGATE OFF COAST OF SRI LANKA.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----   -Int

In short, those who thought Assad was a madman have not met Mohammad al-Julani, Syria's new leader who climbed to notoriety not via family aristocracy... but by hopping from militant group to militant group (and gaining

//The Wire//2300Z June 19, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: WAR IN LEBANON INTENSIFIES OVERNIGHT, IRANIAN DELEGATION DEPARTS SWITZERLAND AS STATUS OF PEACE TALKS REMAINS UNCERTAIN. UNIDENTIFIED MAN THROWS CHILD IN CROCODILE PI

//The Wire//2330Z October 24, 2023// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: ISRAEL RAMPS UP BOMBING CAMPAIGN OF GAZA. US CONTINUES TO INCREASE POSTURE IN THE REGION.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East Front: Is

//The Wire//2030Z July 31, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: ISRAEL STRIKES TEHRAN AND DAMASCUS. USA RAISES TRAVEL WARNING FOR LEBANON. AIRLINES CANCEL FLIGHTS TO ISRAEL. MEAT RECALL EXPANDS IN USA.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----

or that casualties are likely higher than anticipated conversely Israel's encirclement of Gaza City and the subsequent logistical isolation are likely to result in substantial Hamas losses as the northern pocket is Conso

//The Wire//1900Z April 13, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: STABBING ATTACK IN SYDNEY LEAVES 6 DEAD. IRAN SEIZES ISRAELI CARGO SHIP.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Australia: A stabbing attack at the West

//The Wire//2300Z October 27, 2025// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: FUGITIVE SEARCH ENDS IN U.K. AS MISTAKENLY RELEASED DEPORTATION CANDIDATE RECAPTURED. US NAVY LOSES TWO AIRCRAFT IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. VENEZUELA CONTINUES WARTIME PR

//The Wire//2330Z November 6, 2023// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: WAR CONTINUES IN MIDDLE EAST. DEMONSTRATIONS ON HOMEFRONT INTENSIFY.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East Front: Israeli invasion of Gaz

//The Wire//2300Z November 8, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: FEMA WHISTLEBLOWERS LEAK ORDERS TO ABANDON TRUMP SUPPORTERS IN FLORIDA. ATTACKS/UNREST OCCURS IN AMSTERDAM FOLLOWING SOCCER MATCH. NORTH CAROLINA FREEWAY SHOOTING

//The Wire//2300Z March 16, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: IRANIAN STRIKES AND AMERICAN BOMBINGS REMAIN CONSTANT AS GULF STATES MORE OPENLY CENSOR DAMAGE REPORTS.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----   -International Events- Persia