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-- PM Hassan Diab: Lebanon's debt has become greater than what the country can bear.

-- Diab: Our current situation is a reflection of an unprecedented crisis that has led Lebanon to a crossroads.

-- Diab: Debt has reached more than 170% of GDP.

-- Diab: Corruption has eaten the state.

-- Diab: How can we pay foreign bondholders when the Lebanese can't get their money from the banks?

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-- Diab: We must use foreign reserves to provide the Lebanese with basic needs.

-- Diab: The state is unable to repay debt maturities in current circumstances.

-- Diab: Lebanon will strive to restructure its debt through negotiations with bondholders.

-- Diab: Country will cut spending including through reform in power sector.

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-- Diab: The banking sector must be restructured.

-- Diab: The government will present a plan to regulate the relationship between banks and depositors.

-- Diab: The government will work to protect people's deposits especially small deposits.

-- Diab: we pledge to establish a safety net to protect the most poor in the country and protect the bank deposits of small depositors, which makes up 90 percent of all accounts.

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-- Several protests tonight were delayed or cancelled. Reasons are unknown until now.

-- Protesters are trying to block the Ring bridge, while security forces are trying to stop them.

🇱🇧 Number of confirmed Coronavirius infections in Lebanon rises to 31, after the husband and 2 children of a confirmed case test positive. @COVID19Up

-- Beirut to south Lebanon highway is blocked by people from Al Saadiyat. The Lebanese army didn't interfere, and the people are stuck there.

-- On the other hand, protesters are playing football. People are raged.

-- Busses are transporting protesters to the Ring bridge. Several pro revolution journalists are there, rallying people to join.

🇮🇱 -- Israeli jet noted over south west of Beirut, Lebanon.

Not sure what UNIFIL and UN is doing in Lebanon against that.

-- The investigation done led to the revealingly of the names of the 12 Lebanese that assisted in the operation.

-- Documents and leaked information especially by WikiLeaks showed that the Lebanese army Intellegence, KSA's head of intellegence, and the CIA were behind it.

-- Instead of staying home and abiding by the health ministry regulations, people decided to go out to parks or to mountains to ski. Sadly people won't believe the seriousness of the situation until Covid-19 spreads through community infections and people start dying.

🇱🇧 Lebanon reports 4 new cases of @COVID19Up raising the total to 32. Out of the 32 cases, 3 are in critical condition.

🇱🇧 -- A Lebanese priest tested positive to Coronavirius after he returned to Lebanon from a visit to France.

-- The only untraced case of Coronavirius infection is someone from Al Karam family. He has infected his family too.

🇱🇧 Overview if the situation in Lebanon. @COVID19Up