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France set to host next round of Damascus–SDF talks

Ankara has accused the US-sponsored Kurdish forces of 'stalling' their integration with the new Syrian army
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BREAKING | Israel intercepts Handala boat attempting to break the siege on Gaza.
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BREAKING | Israel intercepts Handala boat attempting to break the siege on Gaza.
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Israeli forces intercepted and boarded the flotilla, held its activists at gunpoint, and disabled the cameras.
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❗️Al-Manar's correspondent reported about an hour ago that an Israeli force was "infiltrating the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Kila and carrying out a bombing in one of its eastern neighborhoods."
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❗️Israel announces token 'humanitarian pauses' amid global outrage over Gaza famine

Facing mounting international outrage over its deliberate famine in Gaza, which has been killing Palestinians at an increasingly visible and alarming pace, the Israeli military announced a series of so-called “humanitarian” measures over the weekend.

These include controversial airdrops, limited daily “tactical pauses” in fighting from 10 am to 8 pm, and the opening of corridors for UN aid convoys. The pauses, however, are only being implemented in select areas such as Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City—leaving much of the besieged enclave under continued assault.

The measures were unveiled Saturday following a high-level review, as images of skeletal child corpses sparked condemnation worldwide. The practice of airdropping aid has been widely dismissed by humanitarian groups as costly, ineffective, and dangerous for those on the ground.

The head of UNRWA called the airdrops a “distraction,” warning they will do little to alleviate the suffering as long as Israel’s crippling blockade remains in place. Airdrops resumed Sunday, new corridors were announced, and a southern desalination plant was reconnected to the grid, but critics point out that these steps remain grossly insufficient and cynically timed to deflect blame rather than end the engineered starvation campaign.
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❗️Another two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza

According to initial Israeli military investigations, Palestinian resistance fighters emerged from a tunnel near the Golani unit's position in Khan Yunis and succeeded in reaching a “Namer” armored personnel carrier, where they attached an explosive device.

The blast injured three soldiers inside the vehicle; two were killed instantly, while the third was treated on site before being airlifted to a hospital.
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❗️On Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron held separate phone calls with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss Gaza and diplomatic efforts toward a so-called 'two-state solution.'

Macron said in a post that his call with Sisi focused on “the unacceptable humanitarian situation in Gaza,” warning that the ongoing siege and expanded Israeli assault were pushing the territory toward famine and large-scale displacement.
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❗️Velayati: Zangezur Corridor a US-Israeli plot to block Iran & Russia

Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, warned that the proposed Zangezur Corridor is a geopolitical scheme “pursued as a cover for broader projects” led by the US, Israel, NATO, and pan-Turkist movements, aiming to undermine Iran’s national security.

Speaking at a ceremony in Tehran, Velayati said the corridor’s true objective is to “weaken the Resistance Axis, sever Iran’s link with the Caucasus, and impose a land blockade on Iran and Russia in the region’s south.”

He described the plan as part of “America’s strategy to shift pressure from Ukraine to the Caucasus” and accused its backers of seeking to erode Iran’s cultural and historical unity.

“Iran’s national security is our red line,” he declared, adding that Tehran has already deployed forces to its borders and adopted a policy of “active prevention rather than passive reaction” to confront these threats.

Velayati emphasized that projects like the Zangezur Corridor are not merely economic, but “in truth, separatist,” designed to fracture Iran’s strategic depth.
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BREAKING | Palestinian Red Crescent Society reports that 127 people have died of hunger and severe malnutrition due to Israel's imposed famine and siege on the strip, 85 of them children.
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❗️US envoy for Syria and Ambassador to Turkiye Tom Barrack:

"The credibility of Lebanon’s government rests on its ability to match principle with practice. As its leaders have said repeatedly, it is critical that “the state has a monopoly on arms.” As long as Hizballah retains arms, words will not suffice. The government and Hezbollah need to fully commit and act now in order to not consign the Lebanese people to the stumbling status quo."
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Activists, journalists detained as Israel seizes Freedom Flotilla’s ‘Handala’

The vessel was boarded by Israeli troops as it was trying to break the siege on the Gaza Strip
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Israel announces ‘humanitarian pauses’ to alleviate global outrage over Gaza famine

US contractors and Israeli soldiers continue to kill starving Palestinians seeking food aid with live ammunition and tank fire
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Iran warns Zangezur Corridor a US-Israeli plot to block Tehran, Moscow

Israel's close ally, Azerbaijan, is seeking land access to its Nakhchivan enclave via US control of Armenian territory on Iran's border
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❗️Iraq: 14 members of Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah reportedly arrested Following clashes with security Forces

According to Iraqi sources, the 46th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces, whose members clashed with Iraqi security forces today in Baghdad, is composed of individuals affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah.

An Iraqi security source says reinforcements from the Counter-Terrorism Service are moving toward the incident site in Baghdad in anticipation of a possible escalation in violence.

(Source: First Squawk)
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❗️Hamas's Qassam Brigades reports from the field that its fighters targeted an Israeli army troop carrier with a highly explosive ground device in the Abasan Al-Kabira area, east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
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❗️Jordanian Army announces that it carried out 3 air drops over the Gaza Strip carrying humanitarian and food aid, one of them with the United Arab Emirates.
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Netherlands labels Israel ‘threat to national security’ for first time

A leading Dutch counterterrorism agency says Israel and the US pose a threat to The Hague, while accusing Tel Aviv of trying to manipulate public opinion and policy in the country
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Al Azhar, the religious center for millions of Muslims, issued a statement against the genocide in Gaza and those complicit in arming Israel - then promptly removed it under pressure.

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UPDATE | Gaza Government Media Office reports that 133 people have died of hunger and severe malnutrition due to Israel's imposed famine and siege on the strip, 87 of them children.
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How the US and Israel partnered with Syria’s new president to massacre the Druze

Through a calculated campaign of sectarian slaughter in Suwayda, Syria’s new US and Israel-backed president advanced a broader strategy to drive the Druze toward Israeli protection and fragment Syria’s territorial integrity.
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