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. More than two dozen are dead after Syrian rebels launched attacks in rural parts of Aleppo earlier this week, despite a ceasefire being in place since late 2019.

///Nearly 14 months after violence between Israel and Hezbollah reignited, both sides will withdraw from Lebanon's southern border region after agreeing to a ceasefire.

. While there are no signs of an end to the war in Gaza, there are strong indications of a ceasefire deal being close between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group.

. Nearly a year after the Canadian government established a "temporary visa program" for individuals with loved ones in Gaza, fewer than 500 applications have been fully processed.

. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are hitting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants, pummelling parts of Lebanon on Sunday.There are heightened fears right across the Middle East about how president-elect Donald Trump will deal with Iran and the fighting in the region.

. The European Union needs to rethink its support for Ukraine following Donald Trump's U.S. election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said before a summit of EU leaders on Friday, adding that Europe cannot finance the war alone.Trump has criticized the level of U.S. support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion and before the election promised to end the conflict before even taking office, without explaining how.

. Israelis flooded the streets of Tel Aviv in protest Tuesday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Citing a crisis of trust regarding the management of Israel’s ongoing military operations, Gallant was replaced by foreign minister Israel Katz.

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. While Israel says it pounded Iranian defence and missile production sites, Iran’s supreme leaders says the attacks should neither be downplayed nor exaggerated.

. Lebanon's state-run national news agency says a trio of media staffers in southeast Lebanon were killed when Israel hit a collection of chalets that had been rented by various media outlets, and that the Israeli army did not issue a warning before the strike.