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Syria Foils Hezbollah Plot

Syria claims it thwarted a Hezbollah operation targeting the Homs refinery, per JPost.

State media reported explosions in Damascus during French President Macron's visit, ABC News notes.

Meanwhile, Syria denies plans to relocate ministries due to Israeli threats, New Arab reports.

The European Union faces a security scare in Damascus, Intelligence Online reports.

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01newarabnewarab.com · 6 NovSyria denies plans to relocate ministries over Israeli threats 02abcnewsabcnews.com · 6 NovExplosions reported in Damascus amid Macron's visit to Syria, state media says - ABC News 03jpostjpost.com · 7 NovSyria says it foiled Hezbollah plot on Homs refinery 04intelligenceonlineintelligenceonline.com · 5 NovEuropean Union/Syria • EU faces security scare in Damascus

Open data on the globe —

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Oil and gas around here
11 refineries · 7 LNG plants · 4 terminals within 600 km
6 of 93 gas flares burning in the last 24 h
together they burned 0.4 billion m³ in 2025
191 oil and gas fields
“Satellites caught 6 gas flares burning within 600 km of here in the last day; this area's flares burned about 0.4 billion cubic metres of gas last year.”
OGIM v3.0, Environmental Defense Fund (CC BY 4.0) · NASA FIRMS VIIRS (NOAA-20, NOAA-21), last 24 h · Open the same data on firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov →

Why these floors —

E12 · E11 · E13

E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: military operation. Its words also reach E11 organizations and E13 civilizations.

Here it is a dynamic between states, organizations and civilizations: French President Macron, Israeli threats and security scare (E12 states), with Hezbollah and ministries (E11 organizations), and European Union (E13 civilizations).

E0 fieldsE7 ecosystemsE14 global
E12 Statesmain floor

The floor of states and force. In this briefing: French President Macron, Israeli threats, security scare.

E11 Organizations

The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: Hezbollah, ministries.

E13 Civilizations

The floor of patterns across many states. In this briefing: European Union.

Read The Arena, the E0–E14 stack →

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