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⭕️ The US embassy in Syria has urged all US citizens to leave the country immediately due to “the increased possibility of attacks” during the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of Ramadan.
In a notice posted late Friday, the embassy warned of potential threats targeting “embassies, international organizations and Syrian public institutions” in Damascus, noting that “methods of attack could include, but are not limited to, individual attackers, armed gunmen, or the use of explosive devices.”
It concluded with: “Leave Syria now.” The US State Department currently classifies Syria under a Level 4 travel advisory—its highest level—advising against all travel to the country.
❗️BREAKING | Palestine Today correspondent:
"6 martyrs and a number of wounded in Israeli artillery shelling on the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis."
❗️Al Manar correspondent in south Lebanon:
“An enemy aircraft dropped two sound bombs on a square in the town of Yaroun.”
❗️Jenin Municipality, occupied West Bank:
– "The occupation has destroyed approximately 600 homes and the entire infrastructure in Jenin Camp.”
– "The camp has become completely uninhabitable due to the ongoing aggression for 68 days.”
– "The occupation continues to impose a severe blockade on Jenin Governorate, home to 360,000 residents.”
– "3,250 housing units in the camp are now unlivable due to the ongoing attacks.”
❗️Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza:
– "For the seventh consecutive day, the fate of nine of our team members remains unknown after being besieged and targeted by occupation forces in Rafah. Today, the occupation refused to allow the rescue team to enter the Tal al-Sultan area to search for the missing personnel.”
– "We condemn the deliberate obstruction of search operations by the occupation and hold it fully responsible for the lives of our team members, especially as initial information from the team at the time of the incident confirmed they were subjected to heavy gunfire by occupation forces, resulting in injuries to several members.”
– "We call on the international community to pressure the occupation authorities to reveal the fate of the missing personnel. We also urge the international community and the states that are signatories to the Geneva Conventions to take serious steps to ensure the protection of medical teams.”
❗️An Israeli drone flies at a low altitude over Gaza, disturbing people with its loud noise and presence.
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Vanished in Rafah: Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defense, shares the full account of the 15 besieged rescue workers from both the Civil Defense and the Palestinian Red Crescent in the Barracks area of western Rafah. The Israeli occupation army has claimed it executed the crews, accusing them of being members of Hamas, despite the rescue mission being pre-coordinated with Israeli forces through the Red Cross. So far, only the body of Civil Defense chief Anwar Al-Attar has been recovered. The remaining 14 team members are still missing.
The complete list of the 15 personnel is below.
Names of the missing crews from Rafah
Palestinian Red Crescent - Rafah branch:
Ezzedine Shaath
Mustafa Khafaja
Saleh Ma'mar
Mohammad Bahloul
Ashraf Abu Labda
Mohammad Al-Heila
Rifaat Radwan
Asaad Al-Nsasra
Raed Al-Shareef
Civil Defense teams:
Fouad Al-Jammal
Yousef Khalifa
Anwar Al-Attar (Body found)
Zuheir Al-Farra
Sameer Al-Bahabsah
Ibrahim Al-Mughari
⭕️ This morning, Jewish settler mobs brutally attacked Palestinians in Khirbet Janba, Masafer Yatta, in Hebron, occupied West Bank.
Among the victims were a sheperd and his son. At least 5 Palestinians were injured, including one critically.
Following the bloody pogrom, Israeli soldiers stormed the area, arresting at least 22 Palestinians.
Located in Area C of the West Bank, under full Israeli administrative and military control, Masafer Yatta has been subjected to repeated attacks by settlers and soldiers targeting their main source of living–their livestock.
⭕️ Al-Manar correspondent Ali Shoeib:
"The airstrikes carried out by [Israeli] warplanes as part of the ongoing aggression on Lebanon targeted the following areas today:
– Southern Suburbs of Beirut (Dahiye)
– The town of Kfar Tebnit
– The town of Yuhmor al-Shaqif
– The outskirts of the town of Hadatha
– Sajd Heights, Al-Rihan, Kfar Houna, Al-Jabbour, and Mleeta
– The course of the Blat River
✔️ Drone strikes and reconnaissance aircraft:
– The town of Yuhmor al-Shaqif
– The town of Houla
✔️ Artillery and white phosphorus shelling:
– The city of Khiam
– The town of Kfar Kila
– The town of Taybeh
– The town of Mays al-Jabal
– The town of Shebaa
✔️ Casualty toll:
– 5 martyrs and 20 wounded."
⚫ A subtitled version of the speech of martyr Abu Hamza, Naji Abu Seif, the spokesman for Saraya Al-Quds, on the occasion of Quds Day. The speech was released today, March 28th, 2025 following his martyrdom 10 days ago.
You can read our translated highlights here.
❗️Israel has bombed Lebanon at least 30 times in the past 24 hours, striking at least 14 different locations across the country.
Initial reports indicate at least 5 people have been killed and over 18 injured, including 6 children and 8 women.
The Israeli army claims that Hezbollah launched two rockets towards the Upper Galilee today, while Hezbollah stated that it remains committed to the ceasefire and has not fired any rockets at Israel.
French President Emmanuel Macron stated today, "We have not received any information regarding Hezbollah military activity in the south, and nothing justifies the Israeli bombing of the Beirut suburb."
❗️Iranians march in support of the Palestinian cause and Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day.
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❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on X:
"Anyone who still hasn't grasped the new situation in Lebanon received another example of our determination today.
The equation has changed – what was before October 7th will not repeat itself. We will not allow fire on our communities, not even a trickle.
We will continue to enforce the ceasefire with strength, strike everywhere in Lebanon against any threat to the State of Israel, and ensure that all our residents in the North will return to their homes safely."
⭕️ Human flood in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in support of Palestine and in commemoration of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day.
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❗️Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on X:
"As I said – the law of Kiryat Shmona is the same as Beirut.
If there is no quiet in Kiryat Shmona and the settlements of the Galilee, there will be no quiet in Beirut.
For every attempt to harm the settlements of the Galilee, the rooftops of the houses in the Dahiye neighborhood of Beirut will shake.
I send a clear message from here to the Lebanese government: If you do not enforce the ceasefire agreement – we will enforce it.
We promised peace and security to the residents of the Galilee, and this is how it will be."
❗️Tens of thousands are flocking to the rally in Istanbul’s Maltepe district, organized by the CHP for imprisoned Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who was nominated as the party’s presidential candidate.
Imamoglu’s wife, Dilek Imamoglu, along with their sons Selim and Semih Imamoglu, his father Hasan Imamoglu, his mother Havva Imamoglu, and his sister Neslihan Yakupcebioglu greeted the crowd together at the rally.
Families of the arrested young protesters entered the rally area carrying a banner that read, “Don’t touch our children.” They chanted, “Stay strong, my daughter, your mother and father are with you,” and “Stay strong, my son, your mother and father are with you.”
❗️The Media Committee in Tulkarem, occupied West Bank:
– "More than two months of aggression against Tulkarem, and thousands of families remain displaced as Eid al-Fitr approaches.”
– "For the 62nd consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces continue their assault on the city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp, and for the 49th day on Nour Shams camp.”
– "More than 4,000 families from Tulkarem and Nour Shams camps remain displaced from their homes as Eid al-Fitr nears, facing dire humanitarian conditions.”
– "The occupation has forced new families to flee from the Hadaida and Rabaia neighborhoods under threat of arms, seizing dozens of homes and turning them into military outposts.”
– "Around 3,000 homes have been completely or partially destroyed since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Tulkarem and Nour Shams camps, with ongoing acts of destruction and bulldozing of infrastructure.”
– "Israeli forces have deployed new military reinforcements to Nour Shams camp, including heavy machinery and bulldozers, while the camp remains under a continuous military campaign and tight siege. Soldiers have fired flares in the Haret al-Mahjar area and spread around Jabal al-Salihin inside the camp, conducting large-scale searches.”
– "Tulkarem Camp is witnessing a heavy military presence in its streets and alleys, with continued home raids and the destruction of their contents.”
– "The occupation has set up temporary military checkpoints at its entrances, particularly at Farun roundabout to the south, Al-Salam roundabout to the east, and Nablus Street opposite Tulkarem camp, as well as in the Dhinnaba suburb near Al-Attar platforms.”
– "Israeli forces have carried out acts of abuse and field interrogations against residents at checkpoints in Tulkarem, obstructing their movement to workplaces.”
– "The ongoing aggression against the city and its camps has resulted in the killing of 13 Palestinians, including a child and two women—one of whom was eight months pregnant—along with dozens of injuries, arrests, and forced displacement.”
⭕ Photos from a demonstration for Palestine in the southern French city of Marseille.
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❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– "26 martyrs (including 1 recovered martyr) and 70 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours.”
– "A number of victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, unable to be reached by ambulance and civil defense crews.”
– "The death toll and injuries since 18 March 2025 has reached 921 martyrs and 2,054 injuries.”
– "The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 50,277 martyrs and 114,095 injuries since 7 October 2023.”
❗️Israeli occupation forces withdraw from the town of Tamoun, south of Tubas, occupied West Bank.
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In the largest artistic event since the beginning of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, artists commemorated International Quds (Jerusalem) Day by painting murals in the north and south under the slogan:
"From Gaza ... We are loyal to the pledge, O Jerusalem."
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❗️BREAKING | The US has carried out over 70 airstrikes on Sanaa, the capital, and Yemen’s governorates of Amran, Saada, Al-Jawf, Marib, and Hodeidah in the past 24 hours.
Attacks are ongoing. Civilian casualties reported.
Alawites and Christians: Behind Syria's silent, sectarian slaughter
Syria’s new HTS rulers have unleashed a campaign of sectarian retribution against Alawite and Christian communities – an unfolding genocide met not with outrage, but with diplomatic overtures to the rebranded Al-Qaeda warlords now ruling from Damascus.
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'Indirect negotiations possible': Iran sends official response to Trump
Tehran reiterated its stance that no direct nuclear negotiations can be held as long as the US maintains its policy of pressure and threats
Lebanon, Syria sign Saudi-brokered border security deal
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❗️The Lebanese army announced on X that it was able to find where the rockets were launched from earlier this morning in south Lebanon, Qaaqaaiyet al-Jisr, Nabatieh, towards Israel, and has launched an investigation.
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❗️Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza:
"For the sixth day, the fate of nine members of the Red Crescent ambulance teams and others from the civil defense remains unknown after they were besieged and targeted by the occupation forces in Rafah. We returned today to the Tal al-Sultan area to search for the missing, but we were unable to enter the area as the occupation forces asked us to withdraw from the location.
No bodies of our teams have been found so far. Yesterday, we found the four ambulance vehicles completely destroyed and buried in sand. The occupation is deliberately obstructing the search operations for the missing teams."
❗️Israeli warplanes continue to strike south Lebanon, with the latest airstrike targeting near the village of Kfar Houna.
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❗️The main points from the pre-recorded speech of the spokesman for the Quds Brigades, the Naji Abu Seif (Abu Hamza), recorded on the occasion of World Quds Day:
– "We affirm that all the free people of the world are invited to join the sincere axis of resistance, as it has become clear that this is the true front to confront Zionist colonialism."
– "The 'Al-Aqsa Flood' battle achieved an exceptional accomplishment and rare steadfastness, delivering a fatal blow to the Zionist project and laying the foundations for the inevitable demise of the occupying entity."
– "We renew the call for Islamic unity, strengthening the resilience of our people and their resistance, and severing all forms of relations with the Zionist enemy."
– "We emphasize the need to end normalization projects, which only serve the enemy in its continuous efforts to harm the peoples of our nation and plunder its resources."
– "The Arab and Islamic position, led by Yemen, made a significant impact in the 'Al-Aqsa Flood' by announcing direct confrontation and imposing a naval blockade on the occupying entity."
– "We remain steadfast on the path of resistance and armed struggle until full liberation from the claws of occupation. And they ask, when will it be? Say, perhaps it will be soon."