With the news, beyond the news (March2025 - I)

⚠️ According to a poll (March 2024), 71% of all Palestinians supported Hamas’s decision to attack Israel on October 7, and 70% were satisfied with the role Hamas has played during the war. (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 22 March 2024) 

@AzadehSepehri · Feb 22, 2025 

US says revenue from minerals deal will fuel Ukraine’s postwar growth (Financial Times, 22 Feb 2025) 

---->>  At least they can use their own soil for rebuilding their own country instead of asking other countries for money  🧐 @AzadehSepehri · Feb 23, 2025 

---->>  It sounds absurd, but the deal would help Ukraine to more independence, and esteeming their own soil 🧐 @AzadehSepehri · Feb 28, 2025 

We examine Saudi Arabia's role in global diplomacy on this weekend's episode of Reuters World News (Reuters, 23 Feb 2025) 

---->>  Yeah, that's really difficult to comment diplomatically and politely. We need some lessons 🤣 

@AzadehSepehri · Feb 24, 2025 

The German entry for the 2025 Oscars' Best International Film is a movie in Persian language produced in Iran by an Iranian director, with a completely Iranian crew. 

😎 Sorry, what should we think of this? 

🤮 How the FUCK should we comment this? Give us some lessons, please… 

@AzadehSepehri · March 02, 2025 

Lebanon's Hezbollah to bury Nasrallah in mass funeral on Sunday 23 February 2025 (Reuters, 21 Feb 2025) 

Hmm... Hezbollah?! Lebanon?!  

Aha, yeah ... PAGER  🤣  

(WHY on Sunday, and not on Friday?! 😎 )  

@AzadehSepehri · Feb 23, 2025 

US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UN (UN News, 07 Feb 2025) 

OMG ... Are condoms so expensive that they need US money for it?! 

@AzadehSepehri · Feb 28, 2025 

The next pope will be which country/continent from? 

- All popes (7) between 1903 and 1978: Italian citizens.  

- 1978-2005: Polish citizen, first pope of Slavic origin. 

- 2005-2013: German citizen. 

- 2013-present: Argentine citizen. First pope to be born outside Europe since 8th century. 

@AzadehSepehri · Feb 26, 2025 

Prosecutors in the German capital said Saturday they believe the Syrian suspect in a stabbing at Berlin’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe apparently wanted to kill Jews (The Washington Post, 23 Feb 2024) 

---->>  Yeah, it's not safe anymore for Spanish, Italian, and French people ... They look too Jewish 🤣 (the stabbed man was a Spanish tourist) 

@AzadehSepehri · Feb 23, 2025 

Seen, Shared, Sorted – The most important NEWS (04March2025)

 

Donald Trump announces second round of Ukraine peace talks with Russian diplomats (Euronews, 22 Feb 2025) 

US and Russia hold talks on ending Ukraine war 

Senior US and Russian diplomats meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday 18 February 2025 for preliminary talks on trying to end the Ukraine war and resetting their countries' fractured relations. (France 24, 18 February 2025) 

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Trump's cancellation of oil licenses likely to stoke Venezuela inflation (Reuters, 27 Feb 2025) 

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Taliban threaten to use US arms to thwart attempts to retake them (VOA, 04 Feb 2025) 

Taliban holding on to $7 billion of U.S. military equipment left behind after withdrawal (CBS, 04 Feb 2025) 

Trump seeks return of US military equipment from Taliban (VOA, 20 January 2025) 

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Hamas rejects Israeli request to extend first phase of Gaza ceasefire deal (Sky News, 03 March 2025) 

Israel warns Hamas to return remaining Gaza hostages or face 'hell'  (France 24, 03 March 2025)

Israel confirms Hamas handed over four hostages' bodies as Palestinian prisoners released (BBC, 27 Feb 2025) 

Israel expels residents of three West Bank refugee camps 

Israel's Defence Minister said the camps in Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams were now "empty" and would be occupied by the Israeli military. (BBC, 23 Feb 2025) 

Israel is delaying the expected release of Palestinian prisoners 

Israel says it is delaying the expected release of Palestinian prisoners until the release of the next hostages is guaranteed “and without the humiliating ceremonies” (CNN, 22 Feb 2025) 

Six Israeli hostages released in exchange for 620 Palestinian prisoners (CNN, 22 Feb 2025) 

Israel says forensics show Bibas children killed by Hamas captors 

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said forensic findings suggested Ariel and Kfir Bibas had been killed with "bare hands". (BBC, 21 Feb 2025) 

Shiri Bibas' body is not among the four bodies returned from Gaza 

The body of the woman handed over by Hamas did not match with any of the hostages. Israel accuses Hamas of a severe violation of the ceasefire deal. (CNN, 21 Feb 2025)

Hamas says it will release bodies of four hostages 

Hamas says it will release bodies of four hostages, including Bibas children, on Thursday 20 February 2025 and six living hostages on Saturday 22 February 2025. (CNN, 18 Feb 2025) 

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At Least 880 Workers Were Fired at US Weather Agency  (Bloomberg, 28 Feb 2025) 

Over 6,000 IRS (Internal Revenue Service) employees expected to be terminated by end of week (NYT, 19 Feb 2025) 

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@AzadehSepehri · Feb 24, 2025 

What is this? A maths test?!

Total population of Lebanon:  5,364,482 

31.9% Sunni, 31.2% Shia, 32.4% Christian 

93% of Shia + 34% of Sunnis + 29% of Christians = ca. 49% of Lebanese people , NOT “just 30%”  🤔 

“The Week” article: 

https://theweek.com/politics/how-much-support-does-hezbollah-have-in-lebanon

@AzadehSepehri · Feb 24, 2025