⚡️ — Protests in Albania are intensifying.

🇸🇾 🇨🇦 📝 — Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand has invited Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani to Canada as Ottawa continues easing sanctions imposed under Assad, The National reports.

🇮🇱 🇺🇸 🇱🇧 🇱🇧 📝 — A Lebanese military delegation will attend U.S.-backed talks with Israel in Tampa on the 20th, seeking to establish a framework linking Hezbollah’s disarmament to Israel’s withdrawal from sovereign Lebanese territory, the President’s Office says.

🇺🇸 🇮🇶 📝 — The US Treasury has lifted restrictions on several Iraqi currency exchange firms, allowing them to resume dollar sales to travelers, Iraq’s central bank says. The firms reportedly met compliance requirements.

🇸🇾 📝 — President al-Sharaa has replaced Syrian Petroleum Company chief Youssef Qablawi with Maher Khalil al-Hassan under Decree 190, following a contaminated gasoline scandal that damaged vehicles.

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 💥 — Israeli forces shelled the area around Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza with artillery.

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🇮🇷 ⚠️ — Iranian lawmaker Ahmad Naderi said he believes Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei may “depart” from his father’s “religious prohibition” on nuclear weapons. Naderi also voiced support for Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon, Iran International reports.

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 💥 — Settlers, protected by occupation forces, storm the Al-Midan area in the town of Deir Jarir, northeast of Ramallah.

🇮🇷 🇦🇿 ⚡️ — Demonstrators in Iran gathered outside the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran to protest the government’s policy in Baku restricting the wearing of hijabs in schools.

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 ⛵ — CENTCOM says approximately 97% of the thousands of ships that have attempted to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the blockade was enacted have crossed without being struck by Iranian projectiles, protected by U.S. and regional partner forces.

🇱🇧 🇮🇱 💥 — Artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of Kfar Shuba.

🇵🇸 🇮🇱 💥 — Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes in Khallat al-Humus, in Masafer Yatta south of Hebron, today.

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💥 — IDF shelling targeted the town of Baraachit.

🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 ⚡️ — The UK Charity Commission has opened a regulatory compliance case into Restless Beings following a complaint by UK Lawyers for Israel alleging links to Merciful Hands Gaza, which the US designated as a terrorist entity, the Jerusalem Post reports.

The commission said opening a case does not mean it has reached any findings against the charity.

🇮🇶 🇮🇷 📝 — Baghdad is working to convene talks between Iran and the six GCC states under a renewed regional security initiative. No date or venue has been set yet.

🇮🇷 ⛵ — Iran's IRGC Navy said a supertanker exploded in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting Iranian sea mines.

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