Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, before opening the Egypt International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, went to the other side, to the "Israeli" Energy Minister Karen Al-Harar, welcomed her and thanked her for attending the conference.

India: In the southern state of Karnataka, the government continues to harass and oppress Muslim schoolgirls, forcing them to remove their hijab before entering educational centers and beating them on streets.

Persecution of Christians has also become common in the states ruled by PM Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

(Location corrected)

On the fourteenth anniversary of the martyrdom of the great leader Hajj Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbullah releases never seen footage of Mughniyrh and Lebanese journalists.

⋯ The footage includes a tour into a Hezbullah tunnel under construction and several ready to launch missile sites around southern lebanon.

⋯ Ibrahim Al-Amin: The late Dr. Ramadan Abdullah Shalah (one of the leaders and founders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad) was the one who called the operation of in July 2006 "Operation True Promise".

⋯ Most notable in the video is the height of the entrance of this tunnel.

Approximately 10 m? That's enough for storing, staging, and even moving ballistic missiles TELs between provinces if a network is created.

Palestine: Israeli jet activity continues to be heard in central occupied Palestine for several days in a row, part of large undeclared IDF AD drill and war simulations.

Afghanistan has 7 billion USD in the USA.

USA seized the money and will confiscate 3.5 billion to pay to the families of 9/11 victims, despite no Afghan being involved in the 2001 operation.

The USA then announced its will to send aid to Afghans, from their remaining money. twitter.com/SecBlinken/st…

Update: Political pressure on the judiciary to release several spies before sentencing, where 3 were on the verge to be granted freedom before another judge ordered their arrest and the expansion of investigations.

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⋯ One of those arrested was a journalist working for Al-Jaras magazine, who was paid several hundred dollars for each of his anti-Hezbullah articles.

Israel placed effort in distorting Hezbullah's image to the public.

On this day in 1996:

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The Israeli President is expected to land in Turkey on the 9-10th of March in an official visit to meet president Erdogan and Turkish officials.

Update: Makhzoumi's party is calling Shia families who vote in Beirut's second district, offering "aid" and inquiring about their political preferences in the upcoming elections.

Dozens injured in a street fight between locals and bus drivers on Al-Dikwami - Al-Acrafieh road.

⚖ Judge Ghada Aoun attempted today to arrest the governor of the Central Bank, Riad Salameh, and to bring him to trial. It failed after the head of the ISF allegedly blocked efforts by another security service.

14-March parties and several opposition figures condemned this attempt to investigate into corruption.

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Al-Matn: A home fire killed Gerges Maalouf and his wife Yvette Sarkis along with their son, Danny, who attempted to save them, but fell from the balcony trying to escape the engulfing fire.

New un-official video by Hezbullah's SF was released, with a winter theme.