For today, links to a report from Reuters and to commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (WEST BANK, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. SYRIA 2-27-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israel lobbies U.S. to keep Russian bases in a ‘weak’ Syria, sources say. From Reuters. BEIRUT / WASHINGTON — Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralised, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey’s growing influence in the country, four sources familiar with the efforts said. READ MORE . . .

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Syria must put an end to Israel’s incursions — and fast, by David Hearst | Middle East Eye  For three months, the new regime in Damascus has used every opportunity to say it does not want a fight with Israel. It has done this is in private messages, through proxies and . . . READ MORE . . .

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