Israeli drone targets Wazzani orchards


National News Agency correspondent in Marjayoun reported that an Israeli drone targeted one of the Wazzani orchards with three missiles in conjunction with machine gun bursts fired by the enemy towards the Al-Maysat area on the outskirts of Wazzani this afternoon.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Around 13 percent of Algeria’s electorate cast ballots until noon — official

Up to 13.11 percent of the electorate have cast their votes in Algeria’s presidential elections until noon, according to the initial tallies.

The balloting proportion abroad reached 16.18 percent of the eligible voters of the Algerians in the diaspora. said Mohammad Sharif, the head of the National Independent Authority Elections, in a press statement.

He estimated number of the Algerians who cast their ballots at more than three million, affirming that these results were preliminary.

Sharif put number of the registered voters at more than 24.351 million, including 47 percent women and 53 male voters Shortly earlier, the incumbent president Abdelmajid Tebboune stated after casting his vote that the electoral process was flawless. He expressed hope that the balloting would proceed without any blemish, saying that the election “is a key crossroad” in the nation’s political history.

Tebboune, who himself may retain the top post, also hoped that the winner would pursue the march for attaining economic develop
ment and building “real democracy.” For his part, Algerian Prime Minister Nadir Larbaoui called on voters to partake “strongly” in the election which began earlier in the day with three candidates, including the incumbent president Tebboune.

Speaking in a press statement following casting his vote in the poll in Dely Ibrahim City, Larbaoui said the election is held amid “extreme” tension on both regional and international levels that requires the involvement of society in this path.

He called on Algerian male and female voters inside and outside the country to take part in the election which is paramount for the country’s “democratic path”.

He expressed his trust that the Algerian people would pick up the candidate who could ensure the stability and progress of Algeria.

Larbaoui commended the efforts of the National Independent Authority for Elections’ (ANIE) members..

According to the authority’s statistics, about 24 million Algerian people, 47 percent of whom are females, can cast their votes and choos
e their upcoming president for a five-year term.

The three competitors in the poll are Socialist Forces Front’s Youcef Aouchiche, independent Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and head of Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) Abdelaali Hassani Cherif.

Algerians headed to polling stations on Saturday to cast their votes and choose their upcoming president for a five-year term.

Polling station doors opened at 8 a.m. and would remain open until 7 p.m. with a possibility for extending for one more hour should it be necessary.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

A 5-magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey


Anadolu Agency reported that an earthquake measuring 5 degrees on the Richter scale struck the state of Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey today, Saturday. according to “Russia Today”.

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said in a statement on its account on the ‘X’ platform that ‘an earthquake measuring 5 degrees occurred at 09:31 (+3 GMT) in the city of Kahramanmaras.’

It added, “The epicenter of the earthquake was in the state’s Pazardzhik district.”

The statement indicated that “the earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 kilometers below the surface of the earth.”

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Department clarified in a later statement that there were no losses reported.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Enemy drops flare bombs on Marjayoun Plain


National News Agency correspondent in Marjayoun reported that the enemy dropped flare bombs on the plain of Marjayoun this afternoon.

Mortar shelling on the outskirts of Alma Al-Shaab and Al-Labouneh in the western sector was also reported, in addition to two raids on Qabrikha and one raid on Bani Hayyan.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Islamic Resistance: Targeting enemy’s spy equipment at Miskvam site


The Islamic Resistance issued a communique this afternoon, indicating that in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 02:45 today the enemy’s spy equipment at the Miskvam site with appropriate weapons, directly hitting and destroying it.

In another communique, it indicated that in response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks on the steadfast southern villages and safe houses, especially on the town of Kounine today, it’s fighters targeted a deployment of enemy soldiers in the vicinity of the ‘Menot’ settlement with missile weapons.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon