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1490 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 8 of 25.

Erbil International Airport

Iraqi Kurdistan's main airport, briefly closed on 24 July after six drones were intercepted nearby.

City in the German state of Thuringia.

English county in East of England; Reform-controlled, suing the government over its own LGR abolition.

Football stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico; home of Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) and a 2026 World Cup venue.

Mexico City stadium; hosted England's 3-2 win over Mexico, its final World Cup match.

Baltic NATO/EU member; cited in Russia's extraterritorial deployment bill debate; highest per-capita Ukraine donor.

Horn of Africa state; AU headquarters host and ARILAC launch venue on 6 May 2026.

Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Scottish Parliament constituency in the Borders, currently Conservative-held.

EurozoneMonetary union of 21 European Union countries using the euro.

French spa town on Lake Geneva; venue for 52nd G7 summit 15-17 June 2026.

Iran's primary political detention facility in Tehran; Ward 209 emptied at war's start.

Athens counter-cultural neighbourhood with anarchist tradition; under STR ban since 2024.

Cathedral city and district in Devon, South West England, on the River Exe.

ExxonMobil Antwerp refinery

ExxonMobil-operated crude-oil refinery in Antwerp, Belgium; one of the larger product suppliers in north-west Europe.

Libyan port city 50 km west of Tripoli, hosting Ukraine's Mediterranean drone facility.

Northern Virginia county with 20 operating data centres and stricter siting rules.

Falkland Islands

British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic; sovereignty disputed by Argentina since the 19th century.

Federal Capital Territory

Federal territory containing Abuja, Nigeria's capital.

Felipe Ángeles International Airport

International airport at Santa Lucía, in Zumpango, State of Mexico.

Figline Valdarno

Town south-east of Florence, Italy, site of the H2-Era Green Valley complex.

IDF base east of Safad, northern Israel; struck by Hezbollah jet drone in March 2026.

Nordic EU and NATO member state; location of the Scattered Spider Bouquet arrest, April 2026.

France's only EPR reactor; declared commercial 5 May 2026, one-year overhaul from September removes 1.6 GW.

Tuscan city with a UNESCO historic centre; pioneered a full STR ban in its centre since May 2025.

Third-largest US state; DeSantis signed a 24R-4D congressional map on 4 May 2026, facing immediate Fair Districts challenge.

Florida's 27th District

US House district covering part of Miami-Dade County, held by Republicans since 2019.

Florida Straits

Sea passage between Cuba and Florida; route for shipping, migration and the Florida Current.

Iran's deepest underground enrichment facility, built inside a mountain near Qom.

South Mississippi county whose seat is Hattiesburg; subject of the 1962 Kennedy v. Lynd case.

The largest US immigration detention facility, located near El Paso, Texas.

US Army post in Colorado hosting the Pentagon's August 2026 Gauntlet II drone live-fire test

US Army training centre in California's Mojave Desert.

US Army base in Georgia; home of the Infantry School and Drone Dominance Gauntlet trials.

Fort Worth Stockyards

Historic Fort Worth district that recorded a tournament-period visitor surge.

LNG regasification terminal near Fos-sur-Mer in southern France.

Massachusetts town home to Gillette Stadium, countersuing the Kraft Group over World Cup security fees.

Western European power; permanent UN Security Council member; nuclear-surplus electricity exporter; independent foreign policy actor.

Rhineland-Palatinate's only gas storage site; aquifer pores, Enovos Storage operated, 45% target.

City in Hesse, Germany; a major European financial centre and air hub.

Frankfurt Airport

Germany's largest airport, in Frankfurt am Main.

Historic Miami building that processed Cuban refugees during the 1960s–1970s; now a symbol of the Cuban-American exile community.

UAE's Hormuz-bypass hub; ADNOC targeting 4 million bpd capacity by 2027, up from 1.62 million today.

Fujairah Oil Industry Zone

Industrial zone east of Fujairah, UAE, hosting major oil storage, refining and bunkering facilities.

Central African oil state with a significant primate research history; ARILAC AMR programme participant.

Ecuadorian island province and national park.

Spanish autonomous community with foral civil-law competence; A Coruna saw Europe's first AI-attributed collective redundancy.

Northern Israeli region bordering Lebanon; the territory every Lebanon war is fought to defend.

Sri Lankan port city where an Iranian frigate sank and a warship was interned.

Galloway and West Dumfries

Scottish Parliament constituency in south-west Scotland, currently Conservative-held.

Gateshead Saltwell

Gateshead ward where Labour faces a 2026 council challenge from Reform UK and other parties.

Palestinian coastal enclave devastated by Israel's military campaign since October 2023.

Health zone in Sud-Ubangi province, DR Congo.

Polish Baltic port and Pomeranian capital; Kongsberg plans a counter-drone plant in its Tri-City area.

Australian city on Corio Bay, Victoria's second-largest, where Hanwha builds armoured vehicles

Capital of Sud-Ubangi province, DR Congo.

Swiss city, seat of the UN's European headquarters and global humanitarian law's home venue.

Country in the South Caucasus, capital Tbilisi; bordered by Russia, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Georgia (U.S. state)

Southern US state whose Senate seat, held by Democrat Jon Ossoff, is contested in 2026.

The Federal Republic of Germany; EU's largest economy and four-time football World Cup winner.

West African democracy; UNIFIL troop contributor and 2026 World Cup nation facing mass fan-visa rejections.