🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇷🇺🇸 Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi took a swipe at Iran following the expulsion of Consul General Ibrahim Charara from the United States.

“Lebanon is a country that respects and abides by international conventions and diplomatic norms, unlike some other countries,” Raggi stated.

He announced that a Lebanese diplomat would arrive in Detroit within two days to temporarily manage the consulate and ensure uninterrupted services until a new consul general is appointed.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israel’s Home Front Command warns of another wave of attacks on Lebanon in the coming hours, saying explosions may be heard across northern Israel due to military activity.

🌲 - 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine’s Prime Minister says Russia launched strikes across 10 Ukrainian regions, targeting five major energy distribution facilities.

🌲 - 🇶🇦🇺🇸 Qatar’s Foreign Ministry says the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister’s meeting with the US President at the White House was positive. Doha says it is working tirelessly to end the uncertainty surrounding the US-Iran crisis.

🌲 - 🇶🇦🇺🇸 Qatar’s Foreign Ministry says it is working tirelessly to end the state of uncertainty and neither war nor peace surrounding the crisis between Washington and Tehran.

🌲 - 🇶🇦🇸🇦 Qatar’s Foreign Ministry reaffirms its full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and all measures it takes to safeguard its security.

🌲 - 🇮🇷 Iranian media report that two oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after striking naval mines.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Traffic Management reports heavy congestion on the Dbayeh highway toward Jal el-Dib, extending to Nahr al-Mot.

🌲 - 🇮🇷 The IRGC Navy says two oil tankers violating maritime regulations were stopped after striking mines while navigating a prohibited route in the Strait of Hormuz.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 The National News Agency reports that a drone is flying at low altitude over Beirut.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱 The National News Agency reports intensive Israeli warplane activity at high altitude over Nabatieh.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱 The National News Agency reports machine-gun fire during a sweeping operation in Qantara, coinciding with Israeli warplanes flying over southern Lebanon.

🌲 - 🇦🇪🇷🇺🇺🇦 The UAE Foreign Minister says lasting solutions to conflicts can only be achieved through dialogue and de-escalation, adding that hosting Russia-Ukraine talks reflects international confidence in the UAE’s role in supporting peace.

🌲 - 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow will not accept European demands for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, accusing Belgium of merely trying to buy time.

🌲 - 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Reuters reports that Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries have reduced Russia’s oil refining capacity by 30%.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱 The National News Agency reports that artillery shelling targeted the town of Majdal Zoun in the Tyre district.

🌲 - 🇺🇸 US Secretary of War says efforts to remove him from office are politically motivated and are not based on serious crimes, misdemeanours, treason or bribery. He says the move sends America’s adversaries a message that Washington punishes its own soldiers and commanders.

🌲 - 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry says discussions at a meeting in Paris covered developments in the Middle East and ongoing attacks by Houthi militias.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Trump believes economic pressure on Iran is working and that a major military operation is not currently necessary. He adds that the US military is ready to conduct operations against Iran at any time.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇱🇧 Rubio says Washington is engaging with the Lebanese government, accusing Hezbollah of having destroyed the state. He says the United States is involved in peace talks between Lebanon and Israel and wants Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon to continue.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 Channel 14 reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a rotation agreement for the premiership with Gadi Eisenkot.

🌲 - 🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Houthis claim they targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, oil pumping stations along the East-West Pipeline, an Aramco facility in Abqaiq and a financial centre in Riyadh.

🌲 - 🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Houthis clarify that they targeted the East-West Pipeline in Riyadh, not in Medina.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 Israeli President Isaac Herzog tells the Knesset that lawmakers must avoid holding another election.

🌲 - 🇶🇦 The Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister participates in a ministerial meeting in Paris to discuss efforts to de-escalate tensions in the region, according to Qatar’s Foreign Ministry.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 President Isaac Herzog urges Knesset members to reach out to one another in the interest of unity and avoid another election.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 President Isaac Herzog calls on lawmakers, as the Knesset begins its work, to make concessions to facilitate the formation of a government.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱 The National News Agency reports intermittent artillery shelling targeting the Sawwan area on the outskirts of Mayfadoun.

🌲 - 🇵🇸🇮🇱 UNICEF says Israel has refused to allow equipment needed to repair a water reservoir into Gaza, putting residents at risk from flooding.

🌲 - 🇾🇪 The Yemeni Armed Forces claim they carried out 29 airstrikes against Houthi militias in recent hours.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 The head of the Joint List says the alliance will prevent Netanyahu’s government from returning to power.

🌲 - 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says reports of a possible meeting between Iran’s National Security Council secretary and US Vice President JD Vance are completely false and lack credibility.

🌲 - 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Araghchi says the war cannot be ended through military action or sanctions, arguing that the solution lies in diplomacy and meeting Iran’s conditions.

🌲 - 🇸🇾🇮🇱 Syrian state television reports that Israeli artillery shelled the outskirts of Beit Jinn in the western Damascus countryside.

🌲 - 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy describes the Abu Dhabi talks as constructive and substantive, saying officials discussed Ukraine’s security guarantees in detail.

🌲 - 🇱🇧⚠️❗️ MTV sources: The Internal Security Forces have arrested five individuals affiliated with Hezbollah in an area straddling the Batroun and Bsharri highlands. They were reportedly carrying documents and maps, some of which they managed to tear up. The suspects are currently being interrogated by the Information Branch.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 In a targeted security operation in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Information Branch arrested three highly wanted suspects facing arrest warrants for drug trafficking and armed robbery. The arrests followed an armed confrontation during which one suspect was wounded. Authorities seized quantities of drugs and military-grade weapons, and the suspects were referred to the competent judiciary for further investigation.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 The Batroun-Bcharre detainees were transferred to the ISF Information Branch in Beirut, with the investigation overseen by Prosecutor General Ahmad Rami al-Hajj and Military Court Commissioner Claude Ghanem. The documents’ purpose and the suspects’ activities remain under investigation.

The men began tearing up papers as officers approached.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇶 Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani was found murdered inside an apartment in Beirut's Tariq al-Jdideh neighborhood after disappearing for several days. According to judicial sources, CCTV footage showed him voluntarily entering the building with two individuals before he was strangled using a curtain cord taken from the apartment.

Investigators have identified three suspects, two Syrian nationals and one Lebanese national, who arranged the apartment rental and met al-Alwani upon his arrival in Lebanon.

The Lebanese suspect has been arrested, while the two Syrians are believed to have fled the country. Prosecutor General Ahmad Rami al-Hajj is overseeing the investigation, with the Iraqi Embassy coordinating with Lebanese authorities.

An Iraqi security delegation is expected to arrive in Beirut within the next few hours to follow up on and participate in the investigation.