Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Feb. 21, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 8:30 a.m.: Foreign Affairs Committee meets with UNIFIL head General Aroldo Lazaro• Developments in Lebanon and Gaza Preparing for hundreds of thousands of people at Nasrallah’s funeral on Sunday: The joint funeral of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and his slated successor Hashem Safieddine, scheduled to take place this Sunday, is expected to draw nearly 80,000 attendees to the Sports City Stadium, the party said, while a military source speaking to L’Orient Today forecasted the overall participation of several hundreds of thousands of people. Preparations are underway to accommodate the mourners at the stadium while several road closures, centered around the venue, are due to be...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Feb. 21, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 8:30 a.m.: Foreign Affairs Committee meets with UNIFIL head General Aroldo Lazaro• Developments in Lebanon and Gaza Preparing for hundreds of thousands of people at Nasrallah’s funeral on Sunday: The joint funeral of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and his slated successor Hashem Safieddine, scheduled to take place this Sunday, is expected to draw nearly 80,000 attendees to the Sports City Stadium, the party said, while a military source speaking to L’Orient Today forecasted the overall participation of several hundreds of thousands of people. Preparations are underway to accommodate the mourners at the stadium while several road closures, centered around the venue, are due to...