Update: 12 people were evacuated from the plane crash site according to Kazakh authorities.

Zelensky:

More than 70 missiles and more than a hundred strike drones targeted our energy sector.

We managed to shoot down more than 50 missiles and a significant part of the drones.

The number of survivors is 25, Kazakh Emergencies Ministry announced.

There were 37 Azerbaijani, 16 Russian, 6 Kazakh, and 3 Kyrgyz citizens on the plane, according to Kazakh Ministry of Transport.

This video captures the moments before Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, showing the aircraft repeatedly ascending and descending before impact.

Survivors of Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan coming out from the wreckage.

The number of survivors in the plane crash in Kazakhstan has risen to 28.

Open source radar observer footage of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan.

Damascus's Qaboun neighborhood was entirely destroyed by the ousted Assad regime, Russia, and Iranian militias.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest military service:

"Allahu Akbar! We will die, but we won't serve in the army!"

Protests against Israeli occupation forces entering Swisah village in Quneitra, Syria prompted their withdrawal.

The village is outside of Israel's so-called buffer zone.

IDF troops fired warning shots to disperse the protesters. 5 people were wounded.

Turkish President Erdogan:

We are delighted whenever we see free Syrian flag alongside our own crescent and star flag in Aleppo, Damascus, Hama, Homs, Daraa, and Manbij.

Turkish President Erdogan:

The separatist killers will either lay down their arms or be buried with them in Syrian soil.

Whatever plans the terror group and its supporters have, we have our own.

Turkish President Erdogan:

$500 billion is the cost of the destruction caused by the Assad regime.

The Arab and Islamic world must support Syria.

UAE President MbZ and Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan discuss bilateral ties, regional developments, and Syria.

Both affirm their commitment to Syria’s stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.

Ukrainian Air Force says it destroyed 165 of 184 Russian aerial targets:

0/2 ballistic missiles (KN-23/Iskander-M)
0/10 S-300/S-400 missiles
55/62 cruise missiles (Kalibr, Kh-101/Kh-55SM)
4/4 guided aviation missiles (Kh-59/Kh-69)
106/106 Shahed and other kamikaze drones.

Could Houthis be next?

The fall of Bashar al-Assad in December left many Yemenis reflecting on their country’s future.

Some believe the Iran-backed Houthis, controlling much of northern and western Yemen, could be the region’s next surprise.

Opinions are divided.

Saleh noted, “Some of my friends celebrated Assad’s fall, while others were saddened. We’re deeply divided.”

Abdulrahman Ali from Sanaa called Assad’s defeat a “massive loss,” while anti-Houthi Yemenis view it as a victory for freedom.

Faisal Mohammed stated, “The Assads’ 54-year rule has ended; the Houthis will face the same fate.”

Analyst Abdulsalam Mohammed believes the defeat of the “axis of resistance” in Syria and Lebanon may signal the Houthis’ downfall in Yemen.

Source: Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, according to Taliban officials, straining ties between the neighbors.

Deputy Afghan government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said the strikes in Paktika’s Barmal district targeted refugees, wounding six others.

Very interesting: Shrapnel marks on the fuselage of Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan today.

The final moments of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane before its crash in Kazakhstan were captured by a passenger onboard.

Aftermath also included in the footage.

Syria’s new authorities burned a large drug stockpile, including one million captagon pills, previously produced on an industrial scale under ousted president Bashar al-Assad.

Assad regime was the main source of the $5.6bn annual captagon trade.