Hacked emails show that @wyattreed13, “managing editor” of The Grayzone News (whatever the hell that means), accepted monthly payments from PressTV, an Iranian state-run outlet known for hosting forced-confessions of dissidents right before their executions. www.opendemocracy.net/en/opensecur...

Assad has made an official appeal to Iran for immediate military intervention as reports circulate that Assad and Iranian-backed militias are moving helicopters and ammunition depots from Hama Military Airport to Homs

In the west, forces bypassed Al-Naqoura via Al-Biyadah. In the center, they advanced beyond Houla to Wadi Salouqi. In the east, Division 91 reached the Litani River near Yohmor and Beaufort Castle (Ataroun). IDF warned residents within 5km of the border not to return. The ceasefire began yesterday.

In contrast, UNSC Resolution 1701 was adopted, ending the Second Lebanon War in 2006, after about 180 buildings were damaged, but in a more concentrated area in the center of Dahieh.