In recent days, Rabou asked his followers to help him leave Gaza and relocate abroad. According to his statements, he suffers from severe psychological distress and could become a victim of murder at any moment.

The four Druze villages in the northern Syrian Hermon, now under Israeli control, are almost cut off from the world - with their only connection through IDF troops. Many of them are Israeli Druze, with relatives across the border. 

In an interview with Egyptian media, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said the training has already begun. Cairo is ensuring that the selected officers have no criminal records or ties to terrorism.

Lebanese journalists reported that the regime in Damascus blocked the plane of Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, from entering Syrian airspace - once a key country for Iranian operations. In Beirut, it was reported that the Iranian security envoy met with Hezbollah’s secretary-general.

Official claims neutrality on religious matters after rejecting century-old tradition of new year greetings amid rising antisemitism concerns.