🗣 ‘This regime is a JIHADIST REGIME. It put on a mask, but then it removed its mask’ – Israeli DM Katz

💬 “Every morning he opens his eyes in the presidential palace in Damascus, he will see the IDF observing him from the heights of the [Syrian] Hermon and will remember that we are here and in the entire southern Syria area,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said about Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani) to The Jerusalem Post, standing next to a Syrian outpost captured by the IDF in December.

IDF troops will remain in the newly created Syrian buffer zone indefinitely, the defense minister told the paper in January.

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🔽 US Education Department to slash workforce by nearly half – Secretary McMahon

💬 “When President Trump was inaugurated, the Department’s workforce stood at 4,133 workers. After today’s actions, the Department’s workforce will total roughly 2,183 workers,” read a press release published on the Education Department's official website amid President Donald Trump’s move to shut down the department.

Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday to abolish the US Department of Education.

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🤡 Ontario Premier CAVES to Trump, ‘SUSPENDS’ 25% surcharge on exports of electricity to the US

🗣 “So, if I understood you correctly, there will still be a 25% tariff enacted on Canadian steel and aluminum tomorrow. Are you comfortable with that?” a reporter asked Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

💬 “Well, we have $30 billion of tariffs against the US I can't stand tariffs. Let's work things out. Let's sit down,” the Ontario Premier said, apparently parroting US administration’s position.

💬 “This is a right decision on both sides,” Ford added submissively.

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⚠️ Ukraine’s DRONE WAR CRIMES: How drones with deadly submunitions target Russian civilians

Kiev regime has resorted to the use of UAVs in a desperate yet fruitless attempt to overshadow Russia’s ongoing battlefield progress.

🔹 March 2025: One of the residents of the village of Sapronovo, Moscow region, was injured by the blast wave. Windows were blown out in his apartment, and glass fragments cut his body. He found wreckage of a UAV with 7mm metal bearings, photos from social media showed.

🔹 February 2025: A drone fitted with a powerful explosive charge and striking elements targeted a school in the Donetsk People’s Republic. It was intercepted by Russian air defenses.

🔹 January 2025: The Russian city of Smolensk was attacked by Chaklun-V drones armed with high-explosive fragmentation charges that were covered with small round elements to hit as many people as possible.

🔹 November 2024: A Russian electronic warfare system tackled a drone that was carrying 30 kg of explosives in the DPR. It was equipped with an anti-handling device that detonates the charge when an attempt to neutralize the carrier is made.

🔹 October 2024: Ukraine targeted a school in the Kirovsky district in Donetsk with a first-person view drone carrying an improvised explosive device with striking elements. It was disrupted by the Russian electronic warfare system.

🔹 August 2024: Drones attacked the Russian city of Voronezh, where small metal balls were found near an apartment house hit by the blast.

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