🇱🇧 This was an unexpected plot twist.

Remember the guy who was shot dead by mistake during the celebrations in Dahyeh on 27-Nov? The passenger was shooting in the air and shot his motorcycle driver?

Lebanese security forces investigated and it seems the one who was shot dead was a Palestinian and the shooter friend was Turkish! Both born in 2000.

🇱🇧l🇮🇷 Yesterday: Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, visites the site of the assassination of former Hezbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut

📸 The ambassador lost many of fingers and one of his eyes in the pager sabotage attack by Israel in Lebanon

🇱🇧l🇺🇸 US intel agencies assess that Lebanon’s Hezbullah, even amid Israel’s military campaign, has begun to recruit new fighters and is trying to find ways to rearm through domestic production and by smuggling materials through Syria.

The report adds that Hezbullah is operating with limited firepower and has lost more than half its weapons stockpiles and thousands of fighters during the conflict with Israel.

But the group has not been destroyed and still maintains thousands of short-range rockets in Lebanon and it will try to rebuild using weapons factories in neighboring countries with available transport routes, per sources.

🇮🇱 Katz, Netanyahu's yes-man, announced that he will take "disciplinary action" against IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari for his harsh criticism of the Feldstein Law.

This law intends to protect Netanyahu, whose staff and office member Feldstein leaked secret documents to protect the PM for failing on 7-Oct to take action.

"The criticism of the IDF Spokesman against the political echelon and against the legislative process in the Knesset is a grave phenomenon and a complete deviation from his authority and what is allowed and expected of a uniformed person in a democratic regime," Katz says in a statement.

The spokesman clearly said what the IDF Chief of Staff wanted him to say, showcasing the trouble in Israel.

Just yesterday, Netanyahu attacked the head of the Shin Bet.

🇮🇱 Hebrew media: IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi reprimanded IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari over his remarks at a press conference this evening regarding the so-called Feldstein Law

The IDF says Hagari "exceeded the scope of his authority" with his criticism of the law.

"The IDF does not criticize the legislature, but presents its position to the political echelon in the accepted mechanisms," the military adds.

❗️The head of the Lebanese Forces party Center in Karm Al Zeitoun, Roland Al Murr, was killed as a result of a dispute that took place in the Achrafieh area this evening, which developed into a shooting between a group of "Soldiers of God" and young men from the LF.

The two are heavily armed, unlike what they claim.

Three years ago, the LF ambushed unarmed protestors and supporters of Hezbullah, killing many civilians, including a woman in her home. The LF sustained no casualties (deaths)

❗️An Israeli airstrike on the Litani in town of Zawtar in south Lebanon.

Additional demolitions of Yaroun town throughout the night

❗️The Syrian Arab Army, in a statement, confirms it will withdraw all SAA units from Hama City, to 'avoid putting the lives of civilians at risk', and will continue the fight outside of the city. Hama has fallen.

By: @Middle_East_Spectator

I don't know what's happening, but I expected to wake up to this bad news.

Idk why? Idk how? Idk anything. Catastrophic and I can't find a reason why the Syrian army decided to withdraw. (Withdrawal orders were given a few days ago btw)

I guess, we wait to see if we have a new Syria by New Years Eve, or what. Can't say but
لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله, و حسبي الله و نعم و الوكيل

🇱🇧 Hezbullah's SG Sheikh Naim Qassem will give a speech today. Time was not announced yet (seems to be trend to announce the day but not the time directly)

Topic of the speech is not known yet.

🇸🇾 HTS is now referring to its leader in his real name, showcasing more signs of the ongoing transition they are doing: Ahmad Al-Sharea'

The message was a congratulations to 'liberating Hama'

🇸🇾 Abu Mohamed Al-Golani first joined al-Qaeda to fight the US occupation forces and the Iraqi government in 2003.

Not long after, he joined ISIS at the end of that decade, before defecting back to Al-Qaeda and creating Jabhat al-Nusra

To only then backstab Al-Qaeda again, kill its leaders in Syria, and suppress its groups and create HTS.

In an old speech with Al-Jazeera whare his face was hidden he talks about the Syrian war and justifies Hezbullah's involvement:

"Hezbullah entered the Syrian war, and it is an inevitable war must war for them. The fall of Bashar al-Assad is the end of Hezbullah, and this strengthens its internal Lebanese opponents."

He also talks about how Jabhat al-Nusra is 30% foreigners and so on.

🇸🇾 Funny enough, Isis calls Al-Jolani the Jewlani or the Jew of Jihad, for what he did in defecting and lying and etc.

When ISIS's Al-Adnani came to Syria to check on the situation as a representative to Al-Baghdadi, he described Al-Jolani as someone who loved being talked about in the media and likes to take good photos. That his eyes would spark when someone brings up his name and is lustful for power.

*al-Anbari sorry

🇸🇾 Now the important questions:

- where is the retreat planned to? Homs or outside it? Will thr area between Hama and Homs be surrendered.

- Did the SAA leadership in Homs start to erect defensive positions in that area in the last days or no

- are we cooked fam?

🇱🇧 The leadership of Hezbollah in the first Jabal Amel region announces the launch of the work committees in the "File of Recovery"

It will begin work on surveying the damages and financial compensation tomorrow Friday.

🇸🇾 Homs will be the battle that will define this war, even though as it stands, salvaging is very hard. If Homs fall, Syria might all fall.

It's not only about land, it's about the manpower, the population, the economy, the ability. The agriculture, the fuel, the factories, everything...

🇸🇾l🇮🇱 Hebrew media: Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi are holding an assessment on the developments in Syria

"The IDF is following the events and is preparing for any scenario in attack and defense," the military says.

"The IDF will not allow a threat near the Syrian-Israeli border, and will work to thwart any threat to the citizens of the State of Israel," it adds.