⚡️🇸🇾🇫🇷 Violent clashes are taking place around the "Muhajireen" camp in the city of Harem, north of Idlib, between members of the HTS regime forces on one side, and foreign fighters of French and Uzbek nationalities on the other.

Local sources reported that the foreign fighters inside the camp made "panic" calls via loudspeakers, demanding support after being surrounded by HTS regime forces who were attempting to storm the camp.

@wfwitness

⚡🇸🇪🇺🇦✈️ Gripen news.

The Swedish Airforce recieved yesterday its first Gripen E fighter jets a modernized version of the domestic Gripen C/D.
And today, Ukraine and Sweden signed a memorandum for the purchase of 100 to 150 Gripen E.

The Gripen is arguably the best fighter available for the Ukrainian Airforce, its supply was first considered in 2023 but the effort was postponed to let room for the F-16.
Today Ukraine is looking for a long-term solution for its airforce, all aircrafts in the Ukrainian Airforce are near or at their end of life and will need to be replaced eventually.

Ukraine could also get Gripen C/D retired from the Swedish Airforce for training and a smooth transition.

The aircraft itself was built with simplicity and low-operating cost. It can operate from improvised airstripes and is designed for easy maintenance (a team of 10 conscripts and a specialist are enough for most of the maintenance tasks).
This rusticity is what allows the Ukrainian Airforce to survive years into the war.
But the Gripen E has also advanced avionics, EW and can use the Meteor air-to-air missile, an improvement from the AIM-120 of the F-16s.

The memorandum is not a contract, don't expect the Gripens to fight this war.

@wfwitness