Editors led with a joint US-Saudi airstrike on Hashd al-Shaabi in Iraq, killing 20, and an IRGC ballistic missile attack on a US base in Jordan. Trump vowed to hit Iran 'hard,' calling its proxies 'the world's cancer,' while Iraq's Islamic Resistance promised retaliation. Al-Manar and almanar_en framed the strikes as aggression, with Ansarullah pledging to respond.
In Lebanon, the Rome talks on the south faced a new Israeli condition, and the army refused to search homes in pilot zones. UNIFIL found 4,000 kg of ammonium nitrate in Houla, which Israel used for demolitions. Aoun met Berri, ending a four-month rift, and discussed Turkey's role in recovery. A raid in Ras al-Nabaa uncovered a Hezbollah arms cache and surveillance center. Antoun Sehnaoui's photo with Netanyahu sparked a judicial investigation.