Morning Brief: Saudi Air Defenses, LA Anti‑ICE Protests, Nigeria Drone Fight, Syria SDF Claim, MS‑13 Killer Freed

Saudi air defenses can’t realistically stop massed Iranian missile salvos, anti‑ICE protests in LA are escalating into physical attacks, Nigeria is urgently countering terrorist drones, Damascus blames the SDF for a major FPV drone strike near Kobani, and a Nevada federal judge just ordered the release of a convicted MS‑13 murderer from ICE custody, reigniting the immigration enforcement‑due process clash.

The Blue Wall: When Silence Becomes a Body Count

Silence felt harmless at the bar that night, just another beer-soaked pause between cops, until it metastasized into a body on cold asphalt and a lesson written in blood about how evil rarely needs accomplices, just witnesses who decide it is not their problem.

Who Is the 11th Airborne Division and Why Was It Put on Alert for Minnesota

The reactivated 11th Airborne Division, Alaska-based and built for Arctic warfighting, was placed on standby for Minnesota because it offers fast-deploying Title 10 combat power with cold-weather mobility and a high-end escalation signal even though many readers know far more about the 82nd and 101st.

Evening Brief: U.S. Troop On Alert, Syria Ceasefire, Gaza Plan

Federal authorities have placed active-duty Army units on standby amid escalating immigration protests in Minneapolis, as court rulings tighten ICE crowd-control limits, fringe pro-ICE activism collapses locally, regional tensions shift in Syria with a Kurdish withdrawal east of the Euphrates, and President Trump moves to assert U.S. control over postwar Gaza through a new international “Board of Peace.”