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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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Shebaa Farms - South Lebanon.
Al-Manar will broadcast tonight new footage of the last visit of IRGC QF's Qassem Soleimani to Lebanon on New Year's Eve to meet Hezbullah's Hassan Nasrallah.

"We spoke lengthy, we prayed together, he said his farewells and then left."

At 8:30 local time.
The main claim for Syrian "links" to the ammonium nitrate (that fueled the blast) is the registration of several unrelated companies under the same address: 10 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3BQ.

A Companies House search reveals that 140,869 businesses are registered under that address.

By: @MoonofA
⋯ Talking about ships and ammonium nitrate:

In 2016, the Bar Association in North Lebanon refused the permission to prosecute a lawyer involved in a ship bound for Lebanon, loaded with ammonium nitrate, 6400 hunting rifles, detonation wires and fuses, which Greece confiscated.

www.naharnet.com/stories/en/203593
The Ministry of Health: 44 deaths and 6,154 new coronavirus cases in Lebanon.

Lebanon is said to be able to handle 4000/week.
Photo of the Lebanese Health minister in the Saint George hospital today.

He seems to be on oxygen.
Positivity rate is 29.4%
IDF flares over Hunin east of Markaba - Marjaiyoun.
The Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon: We are ready to facilitate cooperation in the field of vaccines with the Lebanese government or the private sector.

Several notable countries are using the Chinese vaccine including Turkey and India.
Due to the dense fog, the enemy army firee one flare over the border of the settlement of "Margaliot" in front of the towns of Hunin, Hula and Marka

By: @alishoeib1970
The Islamic Health Authority (Hezbullah) and the Resala Aid Society (Amal) and the Lebanese Red Cross, three organizations spearheading the fight and relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lebanon president signs payment to reserve 2.73 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine under COVAX program - enough for 1,365,000 people.

Lebanon also seeking 2.1m doses from Pfizer, enough for 1,050,000 people.

By: @timourazhari
A total of 3 flares were fired tonight at the border.
No explosion sounds were heard because they used 60 mm (mortar) and not 155 mm shells (artillery).
Camille Tawil, one of the vice-presidents of the Phalange Party (Hezb Al Kataeb), died in a Paris hospital, due to complications caused by the Coronavirus.
{فَرِحِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ}
In an interview yet to be aired, Sayyed Nasrallah says that in meetings between him, Soleimani, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, they discussed how the Iraqi resistance axis factions could aid Lebanon in case of a war with Israel.