— 🇮🇱/🇸🇾 NEW: For the first time, the IDF took responsibility for striking infrastructure belonging to the Syrian Arab Army

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Reminder, Nasrallah will give a speech tomorrow at 6pm Beirut time.

— 🌍 NEW: For the first time in recent history, the amount of countries in the process of 'autocratizing' is larger than the amount of countries that are 'democratizing'

According to the Swedish research institute 'V-Dem', founded by political scientist Professor Lindberg, approximately 45 countries are currently in the process of democratic backsliding, i.e. becoming more autocratic.

This is in stark contrast to the 'democratic boom' which took place starting in the 1990's. Even democratic countries like the United States and Hungary are at a high risk of democratic backsliding.

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⚡️Islamic Resistance in Iraq published a video captioned with a verse from the Quran:

“O’ you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous."
(Quran 9:123)

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🇮🇷 Live footage from Kerman Martyrs Cemetery, Iran shows that huge number of people are going to visit General Soleimani place of burial.

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I was here myself, about two years ago. It was in the middle of the pandemic, and it was 3 am on a cold night.

Kerman is Soleimani's home town, and there is not really anything special there, but he insisted to be buried as an ordinary soldier in his city. I decided to go visit.

At 3 am on an ordinary week day, dozens of Iranians sat by his grave, reciting poetry, reading the Quran, and bringing flowers. The atmosphere was serene.

As I was leaving, after I paid my respects, I saw a small child, probably about 9 or 10 years old walking up to the grave. He put his cheek on it, kissed the grave, laid a rose and left. The child was crying for a man he never knew nor ever met.

This is the picture that I took, an illustration to the story above.

The boy, who never knew or met this man in his life, brought a flower and kissed his grave.

That's the power of Martyr Soleimani: 'Commander of the Hearts'. He was known as the father of the orphans. If only he was still there for the orphans of Gaza.

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Explosion in Southern Beirut; cause unknown, some witnesses mentioned a drone strike - Tasnim

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Another video of the explosion in South Beirut, Dahye neighbourhood

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇵🇸 BREAKING: A senior Palestinian official was targeted in the Israeli drone strike in Southern Beirut

– An informed source via Ali Hashem, Al Jazeera English Correspondent on Twitter

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇵🇸 Lebanese National News Agency: A hostile Israeli drone targeted a Hamas office in Southern Beirut

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇵🇸 BREAKING: Senior Palestinian official killed in explosion in Beirut’s southern suburbs – Reuters

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇵🇸 BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports that Osama Hamdan, senior Hamas official & politburo member, was killed in the explosion in Beirut

UPDATE: Hamas officials have since denied these claims.

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Keep in mind, it is NOT CONFIRMED yet. But sadly, it is very likely the news is true.

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Hamas officials deny the death of politburo member Osama Hamdan to Lebanese media

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Keep in mind, I am only reporting what's going around, do not use unconfirmed info!

Misinformation is huge in these times.

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 UPDATE: At least 4 confirmed deaths as per Lebanese state media

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇵🇸 BREAKING: Hezbollah's Al-Manar confirms the death of Saleh Al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of Hamas' politburo and one of the founding commanders of the Al-Qassam brigade, in the Israeli assassination in Southern Beirut

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