For now, links to three reports: from the Cradle and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE, YEMEN, IRAN, WEST BANK, SYRIA and GAZA entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON 4-13-25 is HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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‘New page in history’: Lebanese PM visits Damascus for talks with Sharaa. From the Cradle. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visited Damascus on Monday and met with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa — the former Al-Qaeda chief known previously as Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Salam said in the meeting . . . READ MORE . . .

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Lebanese president vows to ‘bring all weapons under state control’ in 2025. From the Cradle. “Hezbollah has no intention of being dragged into a new war,” Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told Al-Araby al-Jadeed today in Qatar. “I’m working to make 2025 the year when all weapons are exclusively under state control.” READ MORE . . .

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UN says Israel killed 71 civilians in Lebanon since ceasefire. From Middle East Eye. “According to our initial review, at least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon since the ceasefire came into effect,” UN human rights office spokesman Thameen al-Kheetan said today, speaking in Geneva. “Among the victims are 14 women and nine children.” The fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah began on Nov. 27. READ MORE . . .

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