Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Latakia.

AfD leader Alice Weidel:

We want to have very good relations with Russia.

What we want is to end a policy of sanctions that is, above all, one thing: damaging to our country.

Russian soldier shoots himself after hearing a Ukrainian FPV drone approaching.

Egyptian MP Mustafa Bakri:

Egyptian army will capture Tel Aviv in a single day if Israel makes a mistake.

Canadians booed the US national anthem before the USA-Canada hockey game in Montreal.

Netanyahu:

President Trump is the greatest friend of Israel in the history of the White House.

Netanyahu:

We will ensure that Trump's bold vision for Gaza becomes a reality.

Netanyahu:

We have a strategy with Trump, including when he will open the gates of hell if our hostages are not released.

Europe needs a special envoy for Ukraine to ensure it gets a meaningful role in any peace process, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said after the continent was ruled out as a partner in talks by Trump's administration.

"If I may just throw out one idea loosely, if there is a negotiating table, I think we need to do something similar that was done in Kosovo. Europe needs to have a special envoy like Martti Ahtisaari (on Kosovo), and then a deputy envoy who is on the level of... Kellogg..., and in that sense, we get some kind of skin in the game." Finnish President Alexander Stubb said.

Secretary of State Rubio has spoken in Israel about peace with Hamas. "Hamas must be eliminated," Rubio said.

"Frankly, as long as it stands, there's a force that can govern, as a force that can administer or as a force that can threaten by the use of violence Peace becomes impossible; they must be eliminated; they must be eradicated."

France's foreign minister Barrot has described a meeting of European leaders to discuss Ukraine and European security as a working meeting that should not be overdramatized.

He announced that France will host a summit of European leaders on Monday (tomorrow).

"(Macron) will convene the main European countries to discuss European security," Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio, adding that the meeting would be a working session that should not be "overdramatized."

NATO officials criticize Ukraine for wasting Western arms by relying on Soviet-style tactics.

Tensions are rising between NATO and Ukraine. UK defence sources criticised Ukraine's army for misusing Western-donated weapons. Ukrainian forces are using Soviet-style tactics, wasting expensive NATO equipment.

Ukrainian troops misuse costly NLAW missiles (£20,000 each), treating them like cheap RPGs—firing salvos worth over £100,000 instead of using NATO’s precision tactics. Reports claim Ukrainian forces have abandoned Javelin launchers, some falling into Russian hands.

“The Russian Army may now have more Javelins than the British Army," a British source said.

Source: Telegraph

Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich:

Our goal for 2025 is to demolish more than the Palestinians build in the West Bank.

Ukrainian forces repelling a mechanized assault by the 155th Russian Infantry Brigade, which was advancing under the flags of the Soviet Union.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio:

If there were more Israels in the Middle East, then the world would be a safer and a better place.

Final statement of the African Summit:

Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians and must be prosecuted internationally.

We call for an end to normalization with Israel until it ends its occupation and aggression against Palestine.

Hamas:

We assured Egypt that the movement will show flexibility for the sake of rebuilding Gaza.

We do not cling to the rule of Gaza if it is in the interest of our people.