Abu Mazen: The movement (Hamas) should end its control and surrender its weapons, and the occupation forces should withdraw from the Gaza Strip to begin reconstruction, within a single state, under a single law, and with a single legitimate weapon.

Director of the General Security Directorate of Aleppo Governorate, Colonel Mohammad Abdul Ghani Abu Hudhayfah, met with local leaders in the Bakara tribe from Al-Ashrafiyah.

Men from the Bakara tribe were among the ranks of the SDF in Al-Ashrafiyah. Howevee, they turned the tables on the SDF and defected, allowing the SAA to storm the neighborhood in the speed and urgency that it did, causing confusion among other SDF fighters.

Eiad Husham - an expert on Sudan's affairs says Saudi Arabia's recent deal with Pakistan for JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jets are meant to be for Sudan.

The deal would reportedly include broader military deal covering drones, armoured vehicles, K-8 aircraft, and other systems. $2b for the jets and the rest $2b for other equipment's to bolster Sudan's military capabilities in its fight against RSF.

The U.S. newspaper The New York Times reports that the pilot of an American helicopter was wounded in the legs during a raid near Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.

The helicopter was hit but remained airborne; the wounded pilot landed it and returned to the USS Iwo Jima.

In another provocative move that could expand the conflict, an ammunition truck belonging to the SDF was destroyed northwest of Deir Hafer, after being targeted by a Syrian army drone

Reportedly, Starlink is attempting to provide free Internet connection for people located in Iran.

However, the Iranian military and security are using jammers in order to sabotage this effort.

The IRGC is reportedly jamming starlink, only areas near the Azerbaijan border can communicate with the rest of the world

Civil Defense in Gaza: An Israeli raid on a house in Asqulah, southeast of Gaza, results in the martyrdom of two people.

Take current claims about Iran’s situation with a grain of salt, considering the scale of the nationwide internet block

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Police cars were lit on fire in Tehran's Ferdows Boulevard.

Footage of burning Basij vehicles have been geolocated by Rerum Novarum to Tehran Fire Station 77's car park, at 35.7214666, 51.3500678.

(Rerum Novarum)

According to AP News, both Israel and the U.S. have agreed to designate Bulgarian diplomat and UN Middle East Envoy Nickolay Mladenov as director-general for Trump's Board of Peace in Gaza.

The Board, headed by Trump but led in day-to-day tasks by Mladenov, is expected to implement the second part of the ceasefire, including the disarmament of Hamas, the establishment of a Palestinian government in Gaza, and the deployment of peacekeepers, among others.

Al-Shabaab Seizure of Mogadishu May Be a "Matter of Time"

Al-Shabaab has surrounded Mogadishu and threatens to seize Somalia’s national capital with ongoing attacks in and around the city.

Al-Shabaab checkpoints now surround Mogadishu’s outskirts, and the group controls around 30% of Somalia’s territory

🇮🇷 - Rerum Novarum have geolocated the car ramming of Basij members in Mashhad to Haft-e-Tir Boulevard, at 36.3181492, 59.4931139.

🇮🇷 - Rerum Novarum have geolocated the large protests in Tehran in this footage to Ayatollah Kashani Boulevard, at 35.7248428, 51.3272151.

4 martyrs in a bombing by an Israeli convoy on a tent of displaced people in the outskirts of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa has held separate phone calls with the Turkish and French president to discuss the clashes in Aleppo and general security issues in Syria.

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆: 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗼

Syrian Interior Ministry spokesperson Nour al-Din al-Baba:

📌 Our units advanced very rapidly in the al-Ashrafiyah neighborhood. Al-Ashrafiyah is now secure, and progress continues on other axes.

📌 Civilian casualties resulted from SDF shelling of residential areas.

📌 There was unprecedented coordination among all state institutions to protect civilians in Sheikh Maqsoud and al-Ashrafiyah.

📌 We are clearing al-Ashrafiyah of mines after the SDF booby-trapped homes and shops.

📌 Syrian citizens are living a historic moment, for the first time in over 60 years, they are in a state that truly cares for them.

(Levant24)