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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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The drug lords in Lebanon (1/2)

Hassan Deqqo (or Dekko), a Syrian from the Lebanese border village of Tufail, is one of the most notorious manufacturers and smugglers of captagons. His main destination has been KSA. He can be seen in several photos with Saad Al-Hariri, at his events, and with officials of the other side too. He was arrested 2 weeks ago (April 2021).

About his arrest:
www.al-akhbar.com/Politic…

Captagon business is run by outlaws, militias, and corrupt security forces between Lebanon and Syria.

Update: He doesn't have the Lebanese citizenship, as the Presidency stated (27 ⁠April).
⋯ Deqqo with Saad Al-Hariri.
The drug lords in Lebanon (2/2)

They have access in high places. In 2010, security forces arrested an infamous Lebanese drug dealer in the car of the Lebanese Forces MP Elie Keyrouz. More here: al-akhbar.com/Archive_Jus…

Same goes with Noah Zaiter, the king of hashish. He can be seen in local Hezbullah gatherings to solve tribal conflicts, because the tribes of Beqaa often clash each other.

The entire Beqaa region is infested in all areas, under all parties. Security forces have a duty to bust and destroy those outlaws.
About 15 minutes ago, the resistance fired rocket barrage towards Sderot.
More than 400 employees of Bank Byblos have been notified of dismissing their services, including branch managers and essential employees.

The Lebanese bank bubble is finally bursting in Lebanon. Prayers to the dismissed employees.
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The occupation police continue to attack our dear brothers and sisters in occupied Jerusalem.
Until now, both Kuwait and Bahrain voiced support to KSA's ban of importing vegetables and fruits from Lebanon but did NOT ban imports themselves as of tonight.
Unconfirmed: Local Syrian pages are reporting the death of a Syrian employee on the ship attacked by a drone and the loss of another two.

Search still ongoing.
It's official.

The 18 year-old Ahmad Wafiq Mohammad has been martyred in the Israeli aggression against an oil tanker off Syria, in an unprovoked attack on a civilian asset.

RIP
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The tanker seen burning today off the coast of Baniyas is not an Iranian vessel, but a Beirut-registered tanker called WISDOM. She has assisted the Iranian VLCC supertanker ARMAN 114 by offloading 300-350K barrels at a time due to depth restrictions.

By Tanker trackers .co
Our deepest sympathies and condolences to those who perished in the Indonesian submarine and whose who perished in the Iraqi hospital today.

Two tragedies during the holy month of Ramadan. RIP and may patience be granted to their families.
The United States is close to declaring Lebanon as a paralyzed and failed state.

"The Biden administration will deal with a government formed by the Lebanese on a condition that it does not include Hezbullah", sources spoke to Al Hadath. The Americans are currently "reviewing the Lebanese file with frustration".

https://english.alarabiya.net/News…
David Hale is soon to be replaced with Victoria Nuland: an American-Jewish diplomat, she is the granddaughter of immigrants from Ukraine, and served as US Assistant Secretary of State in the Eurasian file. She became famous with the leak of her meddling in the Ukrainian government process, in the plot that ousted pro-Russia President Yanukovych in 2014.

David Hale's last visit to Lebanon included a bid of farewell to Lebanese politicians (the corrupt ones).
It is wise for Gazan faction leadership to cover their track and lay low, the only way to explain the weak or lack of IDF response against rocket fire, is their will to assassinate.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemns the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian citizens and reaffirms its firm support for our heroic people in Jerusalem and in all the occupied territories in Palestine and Syria.
Foreign Ministry: Syria calls on the international community, including the Security Council, to assume its responsibilities, to stop Israeli crimes, and to move quickly to protect Al-Aqsa Mosque and occupied Jerusalem