NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 5/10/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*US COZYING UP TO QATAR*RECENT US ATTACKS ON HORMUZ SHIPPING*81ST ANNIVERSARY PARADE SCALED BACK IN MOSCOW*

 

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The financially rich nation of Qatar aligned with Turkey (Türkiye) getting major attention from top US officials this weekend.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meeting Qatar's Prime Minister-Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulrahman Al Thani.

President Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff also in on the talks.

The US affirming support for Qatar including military ties and the overall security of the Middle East.

There are controversies involving Qatari money in both the US and Israel.

Qatar has gifted the US an airliner to be used as presidential aircraft "Air Force One".

In Israel Qatar was allowed to fund the Hamas movement prior to the brutal October 7th, 2023 attack on Israel from Gaza.

And a criminal investigation is underway by Israel's Attorney General over millions in Qatari payments to aides of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu between 2021 and 2024...OSINTdefender "X"

US CENTRAL COMMAND TOTALING UP US ATTACKS TO DISABLE SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

THOSE ATTACKS AMID THE CEASEFIRE PROCLAIMED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

THE US NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRAN LEADING TO 58 SHIPS BEING INTERCEPTED OR DIVERTED ALONG WITH FOUR ATTACKS THAT KNOCKED OUT THE ENGINE ROOMS OF MERCHANT VESSELS...VOICE OF EMIRATES

A BRITISH WARSHIP SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY CLOSER TO THE IRAN WAR ZONE.

THE HMS DRAGON IS AN AIR DEFENSE DESTROYER.  THE DRAGON WAS  SENT TO THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN BACK WHEN THE WAR BEGAN IN MARCH.

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DEPLOYMENT ANNOUNCEMENT SPEAKS OF A POTENTIAL EFFORT TO PROTECT SHIPPING IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE MESSAGING OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE FUTURE COURSE OF THE IRAN WAR...REUTERS

IN LEBANON FOUR KILLED IN ISRAELI DRONE ATTACKS WITH OTHERS KILLED BY AIR STRIKES.

13 DEAD IN ALL INCLUDING A MAN AND HIS 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-TELEGRAPH INDIA

The "Wall Street Journal" reports the establishment of a secret Israeli military base in western Iraq used for Iran War attacks in both Iran and Iraq.

Various Israeli military components were based on Iraqi territory including search and rescue units and special forces.

When Iraqi military units tried to investigate the base they were bombed by the Israelis...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

In Moscow the Victory Day Parade commemorating the 81st anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.

Mainstream Media of Western nations reported a scaled back event calling it a sign of Russian weakness.

But last year was the more significant 80th anniversary of the end of the war with the Nazis.

In his remarks Russian President Vladimir Putin noting the need to protect military equipment and keep it involved in the Ukraine War rather than having it participating in the parade.

Russian warplanes in formation overflew Red Square as part of the Victory Day ceremonies.

This year's event included participation of leaders of nations formerly in the Soviet Union including Belarus and Central Asian countries.   North Korean soldiers also marched in the parade...

       FULL VIDEO MOSCOW VICTORY DAY MAY 9, 2026

A NEW GOVERNMENT IN HUNGARY THIS WEEKEND PRIME MINISTER PETER MAGYAR ASSUMING POWER REPLACING NATIONALIST VIKTOR ORBAN.

MAGYAR CALLING ON THE COUNTRY'S NATIONALIST PRESIDENT TAMAS SULYOK TO RESIGN BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

MAGYAR ACCUSING SULYOK OF COVERING UP CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY HE LINKED TO MR. ORBAN...TASS RUSSIA

ON FRIDAY ANOTHER DEADLY US STRIKE ON A VESSEL LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING.   

TWO KILLINGS CONFIRMED WITH A THIRD CREW MEMBER SAID TO HAVE SURVIVED...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)

In a US federal court four men convicted for involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July of 2021.

They were accused of hiring 20 Colombian mercenaries and equipping them to carry out the assassination.

The convicted men facing possible life prison sentences.

One of those convicted is Colombian former FBI informant Arcangel Pretel Ortiz who has permanent residency status in the US. 

A fifth man facing similar charges will be tried at a later date...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN ISRAEL TWO GAZA FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS RELEASED FROM AN ISRAELI PRISON.   

THEY WERE HELD BY ISRAELI AUTHORITIES FOLLOWING THE DETENTION OF HUNDREDS OF OTHER ACTIVISTS BY ISRAEL OFF THE COAST OF GREECE.

THE TWO MEN EXPECTED TO BE DEPORTED BY ISRAEL IN THE COMING DAYS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)