Saudi state-run media outlet Al Arabiya normalizes relations with Israel through its media coverage by hosting current and former Israeli officials.

Recently, it hosted Avichay Adraee, the former Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army.

This is how King Hussein, the father of the current King of Jordan, raised his children, with English as their mother tongue.

Video from a 1972 Thames TV special.

During his early years as king, King Abdullah struggled with Arabic pronunciation.

He had an English accent, which has gotten much better over time but still occasionally comes through.

⚡️Syrian sources:

Residents of the Jobar neighborhood in Damascus held a protest in solidarity with Daraa following the Jordanian aggression on October 26, 2026

Angry Syrian protesters said:

“To the Jordanian King: What happened in your country saddened us, then you killed our children!

The whole world has ganged up against us. The Zionists attack us every day.

A message to the
Jordanian king and his pilot:

May Allah give you what you deserve. The blood of our children will be a curse that follows you until the Day of Judgment.”

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⚡️Syrian Sources:

A formal ceremony was held in Manbij (Aleppo countryside), Syria, to honor 147 girls who memorized the entire Holy Quran.

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⚡️Syrian sources:

Archival footage of Assad regime dropping a barrel bomb on a neighbourhood in Syria with recent footage of the same former Assad regime helicopter rescuing a man from floodwaters in Deir Ezzor.

Floods in northern Syria have killed at least five people.

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⚡️Gaza sources:

‎Israeli strike killed Diya Abdel Mohsen Abu al-Rous north of al-Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip.

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⚡️Gaza sources:

‎Two baby girls, Habiba Zenoun and Aysel Abu Saheban, died from severe burns after a fire broke out in their tent in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

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⚡️Update: Ministry of Education and Higher Education

Teacher Diya Abdel Mohsen Abu al-Rous, from the Malaysian School in the Central Education Directorate, was killed this morning by an Israeli airstrike while on his way to school.

He was targeted north of al-Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip.

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⚡️Gaza Ministry of Health:

6 killed and 26 injured within 48 hours as a result of the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip.

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⚡️Gaza Sources: Update

Burial of 8-year-old Yamen Hisham Yahya Saqr, killed by Israeli gunfire in Khan Younis.

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What happened on the Syrian-Jordanian border on Friday evening, and why did Jordanian media delete news claiming that an attempted armed infiltration from Syria had been thwarted?

Based on information from informed sources:

Syrian border guards received information from the Jordanian side about movements near the border and immediately informed Jordanian border guards that they were heading to the location to investigate.

Upon arrival, Syrian border guards found Jordanian border guards opening heavy fire into Syrian territory, where children were playing football in their families farms!

Syrian border guards immediately contacted the Jordanian side again to stop the shooting, secured the children, and evacuated them to safety. No casualties occurred.

Jordanian border guards had opened fire into Syrian territory where children were playing in their farm, despite advance notification that Syrian border guards were heading there.

Jordanian state news agency Petra and the official Jordanian army website published news claiming that an attempted armed infiltration from Syria had been thwarted, before deleting the news!

Jordanian state TV was broadcasting live footage of Jordanian authorities meeting with representatives of residents of Karak, where the church shooting occurred.

Everything seemed normal until a Karak resident asked the authorities:

“My brother is between life and death. We learned from our relatives that the perpetrator was released from prison about two to three weeks ago. Despite his history, Why was he released?”

The live broadcast was immediately cut.

Footage recorded by a content creator.

⚡️Gaza sources:

Israeli drone bombing targeted a tent belonging to the Qdeih family near Taiba Towers in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, killing Muhammad Kamel Qdeih and wounding others, Nasser Hospital confirmed.

⚡️West Bank sources:

Husni Ghazi Mousa, 43, from Deir Ballut, west of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, died from wounds sustained after Israeli army soldiers shot him about four months ago.

Turns out, it is not just Israel that is worried about some of the content in the new Syrian government school textbooks.

Saudi Arabia’s state-run outlet Al Arabiya also finds it “concerning” that women are depicted wearing hijabs and that the genitalia of historical statues are covered so children will not be exposed to them in Syrian school textbooks, in a country that is 90% Muslim!