Overview
- Defence says roughly 275–300 Special Operations troops in Operation Inherent Resolve were moved to secure sites after the deteriorating situation made their assigned tasks impracticable.
- The redeployment, conducted with Iraqi authorities and the US‑led coalition, has all personnel in safe locations and is described as temporary.
- Spanish outlets report that some CNI intelligence staff in Erbil were also relocated after a recent attack that killed French assistant chief Arnaud Frion and wounded six colleagues.
- In southern Lebanon, about 670 Spanish troops with UNIFIL have curtailed patrols and spend extended periods in bunkers as commanders tally 60–70 rocket, air and artillery actions daily.
- Defence Minister Margarita Robles says she asked UN peacekeeping chief Jean‑Pierre Lacroix and Force Commander Diodato Abagnara to press Israel to guarantee peacekeepers' safety after the force commander was unable to reach the Spanish base due to ongoing fire.