🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- "Syrian Alawite leaders have sent a joint urgent letter to the Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Israel requesting protection from the Syrian government," - Guy Azriel, journalist for i24.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Alawite leaders' letter to the government of Israel:

"We, the Alawite clerics, issue the following statement after our meeting in one of the coastal villages:

After the fall of the Assad regime and the assumption of power in Syria by an extremist Islamic group that adopts killing, kidnapping, displacement, and intimidation as a method and way to rule and dominate, and after the massacres and violations that occurred in the Alawite areas against their people in Tartus, Latakia, Homs, Hama, and the crimes of ethnic genocide, the State of Israel spoke the truth and echoed the truth and condemned these criminal acts.

We declare our demand from the government of Israel, represented by its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to provide protection, assistance, aid and support, because the entire world has been silent about our injustice, and we have only heard a voice from the State of Israel condemning the crimes committed by the Damascus government against the Alawites, and for that we thank it.

We say to the Jewish state, we extend our hands to you and we will be your best and most loyal friends, so that you can rid us of this extremist Islamic rule that will be a place for training and preparing groups from which they will launch their fight against you. In the past, you have suffered from the Islamists and known their crimes, and the treacherous terrorists of Islamic terrorism are the best example of the Hamas movement and terrorism as an example of terrorism and terror. And the Hamas movement is establishing a base in Syria that will be a launching point for action against you.

Let us unite against the Islamic tide led by Turkey.

My sons of David, your origin is gold, if you reach the Syrian coast, you will be welcomed with songs and flowers. May God bless the honorable State of Israel, its great leaders and its free and honorable people.

We would like to thank Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar for his words about the Alawites."

🇷🇺🇮🇱⚡- "The Russian comeback is good for Israel. Trump believes that Russia is an asset at the global level whereas Ukraine is now a liability, and Russia wants to dissolve old alliances in favor of a new world order with a clearly defined sphere of influence for each superpower. Israel can renew cooperation with Moscow," - Ynet, Israeli media.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian forces surrender in Ivashkovsky, Kursk region, Russia. The town has returned to Russian control.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Ivashkovsky, Mikhailovka, Mirnyi and Makhnovka - Kursk region, Russia.

Ukrainian forces have begun withdrawing from Yuzhnyy. Russian troops have entered Bondarevka and Zamostye, with fierce clashes inside the towns.

Russia is just 1,700 meters from Sudzha city.

🇷🇺🇨🇳🇮🇷⚡- Russian and Chinese destroyers enter Iran's territorial waters. Russia, China and Iran will hold the joint naval exercises 'Security Belt-2025' near Iran's Chabahar Port.

🇨🇳🇵🇭🇻🇳⚡- China's gray-zone warfare in the South China Sea have significantly increased since the start of the year, there is "a dramatic increase in the number of ships and the depth of the penetration," according to SeaLight, a US-funded Think Tank focused on the South China Sea.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russia's 141st Regiment (Akhmat) have captured Zazulevka, Kursk region, Russia.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- "Jihadis in suits are still jihadists. The massacre in Syria proves this," - Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇸🇾🇷🇺🇺🇳⚡- A team from the United Nations arrives at Russia's Khmeimim air base in Latakia, coastal Syria, to investigate crimes committed over the past 4 days in western Syria.

🇸🇾⚡- Syria's Defense Ministry Spokesman, Hassan Abdul Ghani, says all pro-Assad cells have been "neutralized" along the coast of Syria.

🇧🇾⚡- Alexander Turchin appointed as the new Prime Minister of Belarus.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- China launches satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, XSLC, with the flight path over central Taiwan towards the Western Pacific.

🇨🇳🇻🇳⚡- An unprecedented 21 Chinese military vessels positioned at the Thitu Reefs, South China Sea. The move is likely to reinforce China's positions at the Subi Reef, located just south of the Thitu Reefs, where China and Vietnam have 'clashed' recently.

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- Tensions continue to escalate between the UAE-backed Ethiopia and the Saudi and Egyptian-backed Eritrea, especially after Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh's visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, yesterday.

Ethiopian right-wing media lay claim to the Eritrean Port City of Assab, which has been mostly funded by Ethiopia.

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- "The war-mongering psychosis that has apparently gripped certain political circles in Ethiopia these days is astounding indeed. Almost on a daily basis, we see an upsurge of blatant distortion and revisions of ancient, medieval and modern history of the region; brazen rejection of relevant provisions of international law; and irresponsible recycling of inflammatory propaganda. All these to justify and rationalize what is clearly illegal and that can only destabilize the region," - Yemane Meskel, Eritrean Minister of Information.

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- "Unless Ethiopia's incompetent leader tones down his aggressive rhetoric toward Eritrea, a major geopolitical firestorm could soon engulf the region. This situation would draw in competing Middle Eastern powers, Saudi Arabia and Egypt versus the UAE, potentially reshaping both the political landscape and the future of Abiy Ahmed's leadership in Ethiopia," - Tesfa News, Eritrean outlet.

🇺🇸🇵🇦⚡️- Scenes from the North Sea, after the US-flagged tanker STENA IMMACULATE collided with Solong, a Panamanian cargo ship.