🎙️ NEW: What risks are there for Lebanon as the government takes steps toward disarming Hezbollah? @Beatricefarhat joins Adam Lucente to discuss whether Lebanon's new plan meets US demands, risks internal conflict, and could bring economic benefits. al-monitor.com/podcasts/leban…

Sudan says UAE bars Sudanese planes from landing at its airports al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

Me Foreign Policy Why Recognizing Palestine Is Meaningless or Even Harmful - Recent announcements by France, Britain, and Canada are mostly performative. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/06/rec…

NEW: Israel bans Jerusalem grand mufti from Al-Aqsa: What to know al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

Sudan says army destroys Emirati aircraft, killing 40 mercenaries al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

US brings hate crime charges against suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

Trump's new tariffs take effect in trade war escalation bbc.in/3HblXuL

⚡️Ukrainian drones strike oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai. Drones attacked Russia's Krasnodar Krai on Aug. 7, reportedly targeting the Afipskiy oil refinery, Russian Telegram media channels reported, citing resident accounts. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-strike…

Humanitarian access remains constrained, with the Damascus–As-Sweida Highway still inaccessible and the southern corridor via Busra Esh-Sham temporarily closed and reopened during the reporting period, (2)

Humanitarian actors scaled up response efforts, including fuel and food deliveries to As-Sweida and Dar’a, commercial convoy facilitation, and shelter support for displaced populations (3)

Suweida's shadow: Why Syria's Kurds may rethink their future newarab.com/analysis/suwei…

Kremlin confirms preparations for a Trump-Putin meeting “in the coming days,” with no plans to include Zelensky. Meanwhile, Moscow’s markets surged 4% after the news. kyivpost.com/post/57695

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan is heading to Moscow on Thursday for an official visit, his second in less than a year as Russian-Emirati relations continue to develop rapidly. Beatrice Farhat reports al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

Yet, throughout the war Hamas has managed to continue to use a secret cash-based payment system to pay 30,000 civil servants' salaries totalling $7m (£5.3m). Rushdi Abualouf bbc.com/news/articles/…

According to CNN, there is a threat of a Russian landing in Kherson. Russian forces may attempt to bomb the area and then land on the flat terrain in the coming weeks, the report says. The article specifically mentions part of the Korabelnyi district, located across the bridge

BREAKING!!!   White House Peace Summit to unveil 'Trump Route' infrastructure plan to bridge Armenia and Azerbaijan Ahead of this Friday's Trump-Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting, I spoke with multiple U.S. officials Here are some of my notes: 👇 1/5

Conscientious objector to serve prison sentence, marking first case in a decade “What we’re seeing is the judiciary reflecting the state's shift in military policy. In the past, we were let off with fines," says Çınar Koçgiri Doğan. 🗞️Hikmet Adal bianet.org/haber/conscien…

According to the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, the Syrian "government has poor command and control over forces subordinate to the new ministry of defense, including those responsible for atrocities committed against Alawites in Syria’s western coastal areas in March."

France's largest wildfire for 75 years still not under control bbc.in/4lkzvlD

Putin says conditions are far from a meeting with Zelensky. If he gets a summit with Trump without Zelensky, and without a Ukraine ceasefire deal — that’s a Kremlin dream come true. They will be ordering tacos by the bucket.