The Morning Count

Entry №2 — Friday, July 10, 2026 · kept since Thursday, July 9, 2026

Washington still says diplomacy while the strikes widen — the official line holds by a thread — Jerusalem Post

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Antiquities France is returning to Damascus after fifteen years of severed ties — normalization, itemized in crates. — Times of Israel

Iran

Khamenei's body crosses into Iraq for the Najaf and Karbala rites — the procession as statecraft — Long War Journal
Jerusalem warned Washington of a fresh Iranian plan on Trump's life, reports say — Times of Israel

Washington

The Syria delisting is signed — the paperwork of a new alignment — Long War Journal
Rome holds its line against joining the Iran fight, Trump notwithstanding — Breaking Defense

The Long Column

How Hizballah's appetite for risk made Lebanon impossible to ignore — the strategy, examined — War on the Rocks
Israel's former national security adviser on what comes next in the war against Iran — Times of Israel