Links to reports from the Associated Press and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for IRAN, UKRAINE and GAZA, and down for LEBANON 6-13-26.) — MCM

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Israeli military strikes Beirut suburbs ahead of anticipated U.S.-Iran deal, by Julia Frankel, Abby Sewell, Munir Ahmed and Samy Magdy | AP  JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said it launched strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut today, potentially complicating efforts to finalize a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war. Smoke rose over the Lebanese capital, and the Civil Defense said it retrieved three bodies and six wounded people from the rubble. Iran threatened a military response. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others.

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FROM JUNE 12  Syrian president pours cold water on U.S. claims of willingness to ‘enter’ Lebanon. From the Cradle. Syria’s self-appointed President and former Al-Qaeda chief Ahmad al-Sharaa said on Friday that talk of Damascus’s forces entering Lebanon was “rumors,” days after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Beirut with a Syrian military incursion. READ MORE . . .

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