🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "The Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Monitoring Committee informs Beirut of Israel's request to remain in Southern Lebanon positions until February 28, beyond the 14 February deadline," - Sonia, Iraqi outlet.

🇷🇺🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "There are threats from Israel and the United States to resume the military operation in Gaza, and we are seeking to prevent this from happening," - Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin Spokesman, rejects Ukrainian President Zelenskyi's plan to swap territory.

"Russia has never discussed and will never discuss the issue of exchanging its territories, this is impossible. Ukrainian units will be expelled from Russian territory or destroyed," - Peskov.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The chance of releasing the hostages on Saturday has greatly diminished, and this is very worrying," - Axios.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Netanyahu told the cabinet that Israel will get American support to destroy Hamas and do whatever it wants in Gaza," - Axios.

🇰🇿⚡- Irina Smirnova, Member of Kazakhstan's Mazhilis, proposes that the country adopts a law on 'Foreign Agents', similar to those passed in Russia and Georgia.

🇺🇸🇹🇷🇵🇸⚡- Ahmet Davutoglu, former Prime Minister of Turkey, proposes holding a referendum in the Gaza Strip and annexing the territory into Turkey. The Strip will given independence once a Palestinian state has been established. Davutoglu says the US and Israel wouldn't dare seize Gaza if the region is under Turkish control. Davutoglu also proposes sending Israelis to the 'abundant lands in the US'.

🇪🇺🇦🇲⚡- The Armenian Parliament adopted a bill on the beginning of the country's accession process into the EU, with 63 deputies voting in favor.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- Russian media denies Steve Witkoff's visit to Moscow was for Ukraine-Russia negotiations, and says Witkoff's visit was solely to carry out a US-Russia prisoner exchange, in which Russia has released Marc Fogel.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇧🇪⚡- Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov met with US Defense Secretary Hegseth for the first time as part of the Rammstein format in Belgium.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- "The release of American citizen Vogel by Russian authorities is not a step towards ending the Russian-Ukrainian war," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- "A Russian who is in an American prison will be returned to the Russian Federation in exchange for the release of American Vogel," - Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin Spokesman.

🇺🇸🇪🇬🇵🇸⚡- "Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will not attend White House talks as long as the displacement of Gazans remains on the table," - Reuters.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Israel requests to keep forces at 5 points in southern Lebanon until February 28," - Reuters.

🇮🇷⚡- Iran unveils an impressive underwater sea drone, that is capable of being launched from below surface levels at targets.

🇳🇬⚡- Peace talks have resumed between the Islamic State of the West Africa Province, ISWAP, and Boko Haram, JASD. There are fears that they could once again merge, which would put their total strength at 10-20,000 fighters, completely occupying the Lake Chad region.

🇷🇺🇸🇩⚡- Sudan and Russia have agreed 'on everything' regarding the creation of a Russian naval base at Port Sudan, Sudan, the Foreign Minister of Sudan, Ali Youssif, reports.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israel officially confirms that Israeli troops will remain in southern Lebanon even after the withdrawal deadline date of February 18.

#BREAKING | Exclusive on Al Arabiya News: Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel confirms that Israel is demanding Hamas release all hostages, not just those scheduled for release on Saturday.

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🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- Russian President Putin calls Syrian President, Ahmed al-Sharaa. Putin reaffirmed his commitment to supporting Syria.

🇺🇸⚡️- Tulsi Gabbard has been confirmed to her post as Director of National Intelligence by the Senate, 52-48.