_News_ | *How the Tripoli municipality is killing the city’s dogs*👇 The Tripoli municipality is still keeping the city’s dogs in what it calls a “shelter” in the Abi Samra area, despite several dogs dying there in recent days. The incomplete “shelter” is overcrowded, and the dogs lack sufficient food and vaccinations. They are exposed to winter weather and flooding, which makes volunteer work difficult and causes the dogs to become more aggressive toward each other. The situation remains unchanged. Abdelhamid Karimeh, the president of Tripoli's municipality, is evading responsibility and refusing to organize care for the dogs or participate in the national TNVR campaign to vaccinate and properly treat stray dogs.

_News_ | *Guardiola: We have left Gaza alone* 👇 Spanish football manager Pep Guardiola once again expressed his support for Gaza, criticizing the world’s silence on the Palestinian cause. He pointed out that the desire for a better world is simply a matter of humanity and that “this is exactly what is missing in Palestine.” Speaking at the opening of the Concert-Manifest x Palestine charity event in Barcelona yesterday, Guardiola said that the current situation is reminiscent of the Spanish Civil War, when Barcelona was bombed, and reiterated his commitment to supporting the most vulnerable.

_Number of the Day_ | *35% of Lebanese* *live below the poverty line.*👇 Minister of Social Affairs Hanin Sayyed revealed that the poverty rate in Lebanon has reached 35%, adding that around 800,000 people (160,000 families) benefit from state-provided social services programs.

_News_ | *Israel launches 14 strikes on South Lebanon and Bekaa* 👇 On Sunday night, the Israeli occupation army carried out a series of airstrikes on Lebanon, targeting hills and valleys between the Nabatieh, Jezzine and Western Bekaa districts. Ten strikes hit the Meidoun and al-Jabbour heights, and two others hit Wadi Barghoz and Kassarat al-Aroush, between the Rihan and Louaizeh heights. The raids continued until 3 AM, with the Israeli army spokesperson claiming, as usual, that the targets were Hezbollah military infrastructure.

_Number of the Day_ | *Up to 50 million barrels* *of Venezuelan oil will be seized by the US for sale*👇 The United States is moving to ease the embargo on Venezuela to facilitate oil sales, with US Energy Secretary Chris Wright announcing today that Washington will manage Venezuelan oil sales “indefinitely.” This statement comes less than a day after US President Donald Trump announced that Venezuela would “hand over” between 30 and 50 million barrels of crude oil to the United States, valued at about $3 billion, which has been trapped there under the US embargo. Under this “agreement,” Trump will have the authority to dispose of the proceeds as he sees fit. Given that the global market is already oversupplied, this announcement quickly led to a further decline in oil prices.

_News_ | *Key statements of the US president in an interview with The New York Times*👇 In an interview with The New York Times, US President Donald Trump once again showed his disregard for international law, asserting that his plan to acquire Greenland was driven by the power and satisfaction afforded by ownership. He also acknowledged that he might have to choose between Greenland and maintaining NATO, warning Europe to “shape up.” Trump also renewed his attacks on the Somali community in the United States, noting that his administration would take steps to strip certain naturalized citizens of their citizenship, particularly those of Somali origin. When an aide announced a call from Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Trump hushed the room and took the hour-long call in front of the journalists. https://x.com/MegaphoneNewsEN/status/2009642576421269658?s=20

_Breaking_ | *Israel threatens two buildings in Sohmor, West Bekaa* 👇 Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued evacuation orders for two buildings in Sohmor, West Bekaa, one of them next to a public school, citing alleged Hezbollah infrastructure.

_Report_ | *6 countries Trump threatened* 👇 After claiming to have delivered world peace, Donald Trump opened the new year by attacking Venezuela, and issuing US threats against six countries within the span of three days. https://x.com/MegaphoneNewsEN/status/2008202132478996655?s=20

_News_ | *Aoun to Hezbollah: Act rationally and proceed with the logic of the state* 👇 President Joseph Aoun affirmed that Hezbollah’s weapons have lost their role and are no longer capable of deterring Israel. He called on Hezbollah to act rationally and submit to the logic of the state and the principle of the state’s monopoly over arms. In an interview with Tele-Liban marking a year since he assumed the presidency, Aoun revealed cooperation between the army and Hezbollah in the South, along with continued implementation of the decision to restrict arms to the state. He added that the state is working to definitively keep war away from Lebanon.

_News_ | *Airstrike targets stones at a construction site in Taybeh* 👇 Israel’s war on reconstruction in South Lebanon entered a new phase with airstrikes now hitting piles of construction materials. This happened this morning in the town of Taybeh, at Hassan Beik Square, where a workshop still under construction was struck. Separately, an Israeli force advanced into the town of Houla at around 1:45 AM and demolished a three-storey building, just as it did in Khiam the previous day.