BEIRUT/JERUSALEM -- Two people were killed and a third wounded in Israeli drone strikes targeting vehicles in eastern and southern Lebanon on Thursday, Lebanese sources reported, while Israel said it had killed a key Iranian operative in Lebanon.
According to Lebanon's official National News Agency, an Israeli drone struck a vehicle in the Hosh al-Sayyid Ali area of eastern Lebanon, killing two people whose bodies were taken to a hospital in the city of Hermel. A separate drone strike in the town of Jannata, in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, wounded a passerby. (Lebanon-Israeli Strikes-Casualties)
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DAMASCUS -- Syria's Central Bank Governor Abdulkader Husrieh announced Thursday that the country will begin exchanging its newly issued national currency on Jan. 1, 2026, in a move aimed at stabilizing the economy and restoring confidence after years of conflict and currency depreciation.
The process is authorized by a decree from the country's interim leader and will be implemented in an organized and transparent manner, Husrieh said in a social media statement, calling the new currency "a symbol of our financial sovereignty and the beginning of a new economic and monetary stage." (Syria-New Currency-Exchange)
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JERUSALEM -- An Israeli citizen has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, the Israel Police said Thursday in a statement.
The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Vadim Kuprianov from the central city of Rishon LeZion, was arrested by an elite police unit in cooperation with the Shin Bet domestic security agency, the statement said. (Israel-Spy-Arrest)
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AMASCUS -- A senior adviser to the Syrian presidency on Thursday warned that options with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are narrowing, as tensions persist following recent clashes in Aleppo and delays in implementing a landmark March agreement aimed at integrating the group into the new Syrian state.
Ahmed Mouaffaq Zidan, media adviser to Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, said in a post on social media platform X that the SDF must bear responsibility for failing to honor commitments it signed on March 10 in the presence of international actors, including Türkiye and the United States. (Syria-SDF-Warning) Enditem
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