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"Calm before the storm": Trump on his AI posts

May 16th, 2026 - 10:00 GMT

Osama Ali

"Calm before the storm": Trump signals new Iran war phase with mysterious AI posts

ALBAWABA - US President Donald Trump has sparked a flurry of comments after sharing an AI-generated image of himself on a U.S. warship in rough seas, with Iranian military boats in the backdrop. The image was accompanied by the caption "It was the calm before the storm," a message that many perceived as a warning to Iran during escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran. The tweet rapidly went viral on ...

Egyptian men and army officials march during the funeral of an army colonel, who was killed in a roadside bombing claimed by the Daesh group, on the outskirts of Arish, North Sinai, January 29, 2016. (AFP/File)

August 6th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

IED blast in Egypt’s Sinai leaves four dead and seven injured

A gas pipeline blast in the southern Iranian port city of Genaveh is seen from a distance of about 30 kilometers in this August 6, 2016 photo. (Twitter/PressTV)

August 6th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Explosion at gas facility in southern Iran leaves three people dead

A Syrian woman who fled the assault launched by Arab and Kurdish forces against Islamic State (IS) fighters in the town of Manbij talks to a Kurdish fighter upon her arrival at an encampment on the outskirts of the town, June 4, 2016. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

August 6th, 2016 - 09:36 GMT

Syria’s Manbij recaptured from Daesh: Syrian Observatory

The camp of around 50 people at Ventimiglia -- the town which became a flashpoint at the start of Europe's refugee crisis earlier this year -- was cleared because its occupants were using electricity and water without paying for it, police said. (AFP/Valery Hache)

August 6th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Refugees stranded on border amid standoff between Italy and France

Palestinian women paint murals as they mark Palestinian Prisoner Day in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 17 April 2016. (AFP/File)

August 6th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Over forty Palestinian women including 12 minors are being held in HaSharon prison

Oil-rich Kirkuk province is divided between areas mainly controlled by the Kurdistan autonomous region and areas held by Daesh. (AFP/File)

August 6th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

UN report: Daesh captures 3000 Iraqis escaping violence

Some 300 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails recently joined a mass hunger strike. (AFP/File)

August 6th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Four Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strikes

The US has pledged to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in the US by the end of September. (AFP/File)

August 6th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

About 5,000 Syrian refugees admitted to the US in last two months

US President Barack Obama chaired a National Security Council Meeting at the Pentagon August 4, 2016 on the anti-Daesh campaign and received an update from his national security team on the efforts to degrade and destroy the group. (AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)

August 5th, 2016 - 12:30 GMT

Obama: Russia must show it is ‘serious’ about defeating Daesh, ending Syrian conflict

Egyptian security forces on patrol in the northern Sinai peninsula, where they have been battling an armed insurgency with the Daesh-affiliated Sinai Province. (AFP/File)

August 5th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Egypt says Daesh leader in Sinai killed in security operation

Members of the Iraqi security forces gather in Khalidiya, east of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, on August 1, 2016, during ongoing fighting against Daesh. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

August 5th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Iraqi army: 38 Daesh militants killed in airstrikes

A Gulf Air plane is seen at Bahrain International Airport in Manama in 2012. (Flickr)

August 5th, 2016 - 09:30 GMT

Gulf Air plane makes emergency landing in Manila, all on board safe