DAILY INTEL BRIEF // MAYA CHEN
Thursday 16 July 2026
PREPARED 06:00 AMERICA/CHICAGO // WATCHLIST LEBANON, TURKEY, KENYAFOR YOUR TRIP // GT-0722
Your ORD to BEY route was re-scored overnight. The IST to BEY leg rose from 61
to 68 on southern conflict events and an amended NOTAM. Re-run the check before you
ticket the return.
TOP MOVERS
+7
Lebanon 61 to 68. Southern
conflict events up to 47 in the 30-day window. IST to BEY corridor NOTAM amended south
of Sidon.
+2
Kenya 39 to 41. IED strike on a
police convoy in Garissa county. Terrorism factor now 72, the highest on your
watchlist.
-5
Syria 68 to 63. Ceasefire holds
a third week; event count at a 90-day low of 42.
NEW EVENTS ON YOUR WATCHLIST
02:10Airstrike
reported near Tyre, southern Lebanon; third strike inside a week (ACLED, pending
verification).
22:40UNIFIL
patrol reports shelling near Naqoura; no casualties confirmed.
19:05IED
strike on a police convoy, Garissa county, Kenya; 2 officers wounded.
ADVISORY CHANGES
FCDOUK widens
its against-all-travel zone in Lebanon to the Litani River line.
STATEUS lowers
Colombia to Level 2 outside three departments.
AIRSPACE
NOTAMIranian
airspace remains closed to civil overflight; Gulf reroutes add 40 to 70 minutes on
Europe-Asia sectors.
NOTAMBeirut
(BEY) operating normal schedules despite southern operations.
END OF BRIEF // NEXT ISSUE 17 JUL 06:00 // SOURCES ACLED, GDELT, STATE, FCDO, OCHA, GTD, FAA, EUROCONTROL
YOUR WATCHLIST
RE-SCORED 06:00
UPCOMING TRIP // GT-0722
6 DAYS OUT
PurposeAcme supplier audit, Beirut
DepartWed 22 Jul // ORD 10:35
ViaIstanbul (IST), 2h 40m layover
ArriveThu 23 Jul // BEY 09:20
Route score68 // was 61
SOURCE STATUS
8 FEEDS
ACLED // last ingest 9 min ago
GDELT // ingest lag 41 min, scores may trail the news
STATE + FCDO // advisories current
FAA + EUROCONTROL // NOTAMs live
OCHA + GTD // updated 16 JUL 04:00