DAMASCUS -- The Syrian military has sent significant reinforcements to Hama, aiming to strengthen front-line defenses as rebel factions advance in central Syria. Meanwhile, Aleppo faces a deepening humanitarian crisis following its capture by rebel forces, according to reports from state media and activists.

The Syrian Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday that additional troops have been deployed to the northern countryside of Hama, a critical battleground between government forces and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an al-Qaida-linked group, and its allies. The militants, who seized Aleppo last week, have intensified their offensive toward Hama in west-central Syria, escalating the conflict. (Syria-Rebel-Conflict)

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BEIRUT -- Israel on Tuesday launched an airstrike on the southern Lebanese town of Shebaa, killing one person, in what Lebanese media described as a violation of a newly-reached ceasefire with Hezbollah.

The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that a missile fired by an Israeli drone killed a shepherd named Jamal Mohammad Saab. The NNA also said Israeli forces conducted heavy explosions in the area between the village of Mhaibib and the Wadi Saluki district and carried out drone strikes near Deir Siryan, a municipality in Marjeyoun, and the village of Beit Lif, all located in southern Lebanon. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrike-Ceasefire)

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KHARTOUM -- At least eight civilians were killed and 13 others injured in an artillery attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in El Fasher in western Sudan, a medical group announced on Tuesday.

"The Zamzam IDP camp came under intensive artillery shelling by the RSF for the second day in a row, killing eight civilians and wounding 13 others, including women and children, who are in critical conditions," the non-governmental Sudanese Doctors Network said in a statement. (Sudan-Paramilitary Attack-Casualties)

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JERUSALEM -- The earliest known Chinese inscription in the region, dating back about 500 years, was discovered in western Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said in a statement on Tuesday.

The rare inscription, found on a porcelain bowl fragment, was uncovered during archaeological excavations on Mount Zion in western Jerusalem, just outside the walls of the Old City, by the IAA and the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology. (Israel-Chinese Inscription-Unearth) Enditem

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