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Iran smuggled weapons to terror proxy under guise of humanitarian aid

Iran allegedly smuggled weapons to Syria through deliveries of relief supplies shipped following a devastating earthquake in February, according to a new report.

"Under the guise of shipments of earthquake aid to Syria, Israel has seen significant movements of military equipment from Iran, mainly transported in parts," an unnamed Israeli defense official told Reuters.

The Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which measured at magnitude 7.8, required substantial relief from neighboring countries, with hundreds of flights from Iran alone. The planes delivered supplies over the following seven weeks to the Syrian cities of Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia.

Among the supplies, Iran allegedly included advanced communications equipment, radar batteries and spare parts required for a planned upgrade of Syria’s air defense system.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York told Reuters the allegations are "not true."

The story came from a Syrian military defector and a serving Syrian officer, as well as Western intelligence officials and sources close to the Iranian and Israeli leadership.

Iran intended to strengthen defenses against Israel in Syria and improve Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in the ongoing civil war, the sources claimed.

Trump sues former attorney Michael Cohen for $500 million

Former President Donald Trump is suing his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen for more than $500 million, alleging a breach of his attorney-client relationship, unjust enrichment, and more, Fox News Digital has learned.

Trump’s legal team filed the more-than 30-page federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday.

"This is an action arising from [Cohen’s] multiple breaches of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, conversion and breaches of contract by virtue of [Cohen’s] past service as [Trump’s] employee and attorney," the lawsuit states.

The lawsuit alleges Cohen breached his attorney-client relationship by "spreading falsehoods" about Trump that were "likely to be embarrassing or detrimental, and partook in other misconduct," while also breaching contractual terms of a confidentiality agreement he signed as a condition of employment with Trump.

The lawsuit alleges Cohen spread falsehoods about Trump "with malicious intent and to wholly self-serving ends."

The lawsuit details Cohen’s "myriad of public statements, including the publication of two books, a podcast series, and innumerable mainstream media appearances," while ignoring "cease and desist" orders.

It claims Cohen has, in recent months, "increased the frequency and hostility of the illicit acts" and "appears to have become emboldened and repeatedly continues to make wrongful and false statements" about Trump through various platforms.

NYC Mayor Adams names former grade school teacher as 'rat czar'

Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday named Kathleen Corradi, a former elementary school teacher and lifelong anti-rat activist, as the city's first director of rodent mitigation.

Every New York City mayor has waged war — and mostly lost — against one of humanity’s most cunning and enduring foes: rattus norvegicus [brown rat].
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Mayor Eric Adams introduced a former elementary school teacher and anti-rat activist as his new "rat czar" on Wednesday. Officially, Kathleen Corradi, the mayor's new hire, will be known as the director of rodent mitigation.

Corradi is tasked with battling the potentially millions of rats lurking in myriad urban nooks and crannies, subway tunnels and empty lots.

Hers is a new job, which the city advertised with a help-wanted ad seeking applicants who are "bloodthirsty," possess "killer instincts" and could commit to the "wholesale slaughter" of rats.

"When I first saw this job posting, I wasn’t sure if it was real. ‘Blood thirsty’ is not a word you usually see in a job description and it’s certainly not a word I usually (use to) describe myself," Corradi said in a news conference at a Harlem park.

Certainly,  Cheesie James would disapprove of this initiative in no time.

Russian official suggests leaked US documents
may be attempt to 'mislead the enemy'

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov made the remarks to Russian news agencies, according to Reuters, as White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told Fox News that the source of the leaks remains unknown.

"It's probably interesting for someone to look at these documents, if they are documents at all, or maybe they are fake, maybe this is a deliberate information dump," Ryabkov reportedly said.

"Since the United States is a party to the [Ukraine] conflict and is in essence waging a hybrid war against us, it's possible such things are being done to mislead the enemy – that is the Russian Federation," he added.

The Kremlin also said Wednesday that it didn’t know "like everyone else" the authenticity of the documents, Reuters reported.

Some of the leaked U.S. Pentagon documents paint a grim picture of Ukraine's air defense outlook, predicting that its S-300 air defense systems could run out of ammunition as early as May 2, and the country's other air defenses could be depleted by May 23.

The documents, dated to late February, state that systems like the S-300 make up some 89% of Ukraine's air defense capability.

Russia currently maintains a fleet of some 485 fighter jets, compared to Ukraine's 85. Should air defense systems go offline, the lopsided numbers game in the air would be Ukraine’s only means of trying to secure the sky over its troops.