For today, links to reports from the Cradle and Al Mayadeen; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (SYRIA, WEST BANK, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON 2-19-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israeli settlers reluctant to return to north. From the Cradle. Israeli settlers are still reluctant to return to the northern settlements near the Lebanon border, which were evacuated as a result of Hezbollah’s pro-Palestine operations. Yedioth Ahronoth correspondent Yair Kraus reported . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Al Mayadeen.

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