Syrian political activist Shadi Martini confirmed in an interview with The Media Line that he had met with Syria’s new president, Ahmed al‑Sharaa, just weeks before addressing the Israeli Knesset. “It was a very enlightening meeting,” he said. “We heard a lot of positive messaging from President Al‑Sharaa.”

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The warning affected a narrow, but densely populated area that included downtown Chicago. Flash flooding was seen from the downtown area through the West Side along the Eisenhower Expressway to Oak Park, as the slow-moving storm hovered stubbornly over the area.

Around 10,000 Hezbollah fighters have become completely unfit for combat since the eruption of the Gaza war, sources told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel.“The latest war cost Hezbollah more than 4,000 deaths,

Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem has reaffirmed the group’s refusal to disarm while Israel continues its airstrikes and occupies parts of southern Lebanon.

H ezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Sunday his group would not surrender or lay down its weapons in response to Israeli threats, despite pressure on the Lebanese militants to disarm.