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Al Mayadeen's correspondent: The Israeli occupation military abducted a Lebanese soldier and three civilians in the southern Lebanese town of al-Majidiyeh

Informed sources to Al Mayadeen: Negotiations are underway between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), with Turkish intelligence holding discussions with the party’s leader, Abdullah Ocalan, in his prison

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in southern Lebanon: A force of occupation soldiers is hiding inside Beit Lif, which the occupation forces had penetrated in the morning

Foreign Minister of the Sanaa government to the UN envoy to Yemen: There is no link between the peace process in Yemen and its operations in support of Gaza

Lebanese Minister of Information: Decision to deport detainee Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi to the Emirates has been made

Lebanon prime minister to visit Syria soon: Minister

Ivory Coast president announces government decided on withdrawal of French forces from the country.

Israeli media quoting Natan Eshel, PM Benjamin Netanyahu's aide: The war has yielded little to no results in terms of the return of the "hostages" or security achievements

US to impose sanctions on Sudan RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo: Reuters, citing two diplomatic sources

US to determine RSF has perpetrated genocide during war in Sudan: Reuters, citing two diplomatic sources

Reuters, citing a memo from US State Department addressed to Congress, reports that $95 million in aid allocated to Egypt will be redirected to Lebanon.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent: The international coalition led by the US began setting up a base in the center of Ayn al-Arab, northern Syria