For today, link to four reports: from the Cradle, the Anadolu Agency, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (LEBANON, WEST BANK, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down. SYRIA 2-22-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Syrians in Quneitra call for preserving unity, resisting Israeli occupation. From the Cradle. Participants in a dialogue session held in southern Syria’s Quneitra Governorate on Saturday have called for preserving the unity of the country, liberating the occupied Golan Heights from Israel, and resisting Israeli incursions into additional Syrian territory. READ  MORE . . .

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FROM FEB. 22  U.S. airstrike kills Al-Qaeda operative in Syria’s northwest. From the Cradle. The U.S.-led coalition in Syria killed a senior leader of an Al-Qaeda affiliate, Hurras al-Din, in an airstrike in the northwest of the country, the U.S. military announced on Saturday. READ MORE . . .

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Netanyahu says Israeli army to stay in Syria buffer zone ‘indefinitely,’ by Ahmed Asmar | Anadolu Agency  ANKARA — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this evening that his army will stay in Syria’s buffer zone “indefinitely.” READ MORE . . .

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FROM FEB. 21  Syria’s national dialogue conference is in flux amid pressure for a political transition, by Abby Sewell | AP  DAMASCUS — An official with the committee preparing a national dialogue conference in Syria to help chart the country’s future said Friday it has not been decided whether . . . READ  MORE . . .