Clashes between Hezbollah and the Syrian Army are continuing to escalate on the border between Northern Lebanon and Syria, as major reinforcement including tanks, self-propelled artillery, rocket launchers, and drones have been deployed by the Syrian Army to the Homs Governorate. Several Syrian journalists and soldiers were injured earlier, after being targeted by artillery shelling from Lebanon.

A KAI KUH-1 Surion Transport Helicopter with the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) was destroyed this morning in a fire at an Army Airbase in Gwangjeok-myeon to the north of Seoul, after it was accidentally struck on the ground by a drone operated by South Korean Army. No injuries were caused by the incident, and no other helicopters suffered any damage.

The Israeli Air Force has carried out several strikes tonight against Hezbollah sites in Southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley, as well as against former bases of the Assad Regime in Southwestern Syria, with the most recent series of airstrikes having targeted the headquarters of the 132nd Mechanized Brigade of the now defunct Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the city of Daraa.

Heavy fighting between the Syrian Army and Hezbollah alongside now also the Lebanese Army, is still ongoing in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate of Northeastern Lebanon, with at least 10 soldiers of the Syrian Army having been killed so far as well as dozens of Hezbollah fighters and civilians in Lebanon, most as a result of rocket and artillery shelling. Syrian Army reinforcements, including tanks, artillery and personnel, have steadily arrived near Homs and the Syria-Lebanon Border throughout the day, as the fighting now threatens to escalate into a direct conflict between Lebanon and Syria.

The Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) in China carried out its second test flight today of the prototype for its new trijet tailless diamond-delta wing military aircraft, dubbed the Chengdu J-36, which is claimed to be a sixth-generation stealth fighter, but is believed by aviation enthusiasts and western analysts to more than likely be some kind of regional bomber or fifth-generation strike-fighter aircraft. Today’s test flight, similar to the one in December of 2024, was conducted over the city of Chengdu in the Sichuan Province of Western China, but unlike last time, today the J-36 was seen alone in the sky over the city; additionally the landing gear on the aircraft was retracted during today’s flight, unlike in December. A photo of the aircraft taking off was also captured, showing the afterburners on the 3 WS-10C turbofan engines believed to power the J-36.