🇮🇷l🇸🇾 Iranian MFA announces that Seyed Davoud Bitarf, a local staff member at the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, was martyred last Sunday after being shot by armed groups in Syria.

The Iranian MFA emphasized the responsibility of the Syrian transitional government to identify, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of this crime, adding:

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seriously pursuing the issue appropriately and through various diplomatic and international channels."

By Arya on X @Lebupdate

🇱🇧l🇸🇾 The family of Hussein al-Mousawi has not yet heard back from him ever since he was kidnaped in Syria a few days ago by the new state.

He was a taxi driver, transporting a Syrian family. He is the breadwinner of his family.

There is zero coverage in Lebanese media and no action yet by the Lebanese government.

The red flag is nostalgic.

Low-key wish Hezbullah would alternate between 3 depending on the situation, black during mourning, red during the call for revenge, and yellow during victory

Some sort of symbology.

🥀Today: Civil Defense announced the recovery of a martyr's body from under the rubble in Al-Jalahiya neighborhood - Al-Khiyam town

🇱🇧 The main goal of former MP Walid Jumblatt to nominate Joseph Aoun as a candidate has been achieved, in burning Geagea's presidential ticket.

Gaegae no longer has the courage to nominate himself, despite his party threatening, through MP Pierre Bou Assi, with the possibility of boycotting the session or disabling its quorum under the title of "conducting an evaluation of the entire process and preventing the resistance candidate from reaching it."

Aoun is not a pro-Resistance candidate and has betrayed his party FPM, he is also close to the USA, however he simply is not Gaegae who sees this is his golden opportunity after the collapse of the Syrian Regime and the weakening of Hezbullah.

📸 "If Geagea wants to prove himself as the leader of the opposition, he should do so without us."

🇱🇧l🇮🇷l🇸🇾 The new government in Damascus did not permit an Iranian flight to pass through Syrian airspace, forcing it to divert through Turkey to land in Lebanon. @Lebupdate

🇱🇧l🇸🇾 However other reports indicate Mahan Air is avoiding Syrian airspace most likely for safety reasons on its flight to/from Beirut since 12 Dec 2024. By Samir on X

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🇱🇧l🇸🇾 Lebanese Druze leader Walid Joumblat arrived in Damascus to meet its new ruler Al-Jowlani.

📸 You can say, Joumblat had a thing for Syrian leaders and was a friend of everyone when that one was at the height of his power, then an enemy to him when he crumbled.

From Hafez, to Bachar, and now to Al-Shar'a(Jowlani)

🇱🇧l🇮🇱 Israeli soldiers which are stationed at the intersection of the towns of Ain Arab and Mari and are raiding homes in the neighboring village of Rayhana Bri in southern Lebanon. @Lebupdate

🇺🇸 A U.S. F-18 was shot down in a friendly fire incident near Yemen, while trying to counter the drones launched by Ansarallah.

✍ Israeli pilots are much more experienced in this role, and have proved to be better than many in the U.S. air force and Navy. There is an article about this describing the events or April-2024 that provides details.

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📸 Photo of the meeting between Lebanon's Druze leader Joumblat and Syria's new leader Al-Jowlani

📸 Joumbmat also met the new Syrian Prime Minister. @Lebupdate

📸 Joumblat was accompanied by some Lebanese Shia opposition, namely Mohammad Barakat who created a "new movement" against Hezbullah.

He's an outcast and so is his "new movement" who are trying to take advantage. of the current situation and the emotions after the war to gain political support away from Hezbullah. @Lebupdate

📸 His movement is called "Towards rescue".

🇱🇧l🇮🇱 In a a first (if not mistaken), an Israeli political official, Minister of War Katz, entered into south Lebanon and threatened again.

Despite Hezbullah's complete silence and abstaining against all Israeli violations, including attacks on civilians and Lebanese state, Katz said:

"If Hezbullah does not withdraw beyond Litani and tries to violate the cease-fire - we will run off his head.

"We will ensure the removal of the threat and the return of security to allow the residents of the north to return safely to their homes."

Delusional delusional delusional, but mostly bloodlustful.

Previously political figures abstained from visiting because Lebanon is a state, and any visit is considered illegal else the area is to be considered under their occupation. @Lebupdate

🇱🇧l🇮🇱 Israel released today from the Abbad base on the outskirts of Houla the detained young man, Mahdi Shamout, who they had kidnapped last Thursday in the Wadi al-Hujayr area, where his car was found hit by several gunshots.

He was on his way to work, and stumbled into Israeli forces who were advancing.

No details if he was alone, or if the other two are related to the same kidnapping.

❗️The Lebanese Red Cross, along with UNIFIL, received 7 Lebanese who were kidnapped by Israel after the ceasefire from the Wazzani and Tyre Harfa Triangle areas.

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🇱🇧l🇮🇱 While in Damascus, Walid Joumblat forfeits Lebanon's rights to Shebaa farms and claim they are Syrian.

So, he implies Lebanon no longer has a claim dispute with Israel, negating the need for a resistance against occupation.

[it's now Syria's concern not ours, is what he implied and not for the first time] @Lebupdate