For today, links to four reports: from the Cradle and the Anadolu Agency; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON 2-27-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Lebanese PM visits southern villages as Israeli ceasefire violations persist. From the Cradle. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam made a trip to south Lebanon on Friday with other Lebanese officials, visiting areas where Israeli occupation forces had been present. He and his energy, environment, and public works ministers . . . READ MORE . . .

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U.S. approves $3 billion military sales to Israel amid ceasefire talks, by Rabia Iclal Turan | Anadolu Agency  WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Friday approved potential foreign military sales to Israel worth $3 billion, according to the State Department. The sales include . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Cradle.

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FROM FEB. 27  IMF, World Bank reconstruction funds for Lebanon contingent on ‘normalization’: report. From the Cradle. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are seeking to tie reconstruction funds for Lebanon to “normalization” with Israel and Hezbollah’s “disarmament,” according to informed sources who spoke with Al-Akhbar. READ MORE . . .

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