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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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Iran's President Ibrahim Raisi:

- Hezbollah is the good tree that bears fruit thanks to your leadership, the jihad of the faithful revolutionary youth and the blood of the righteous martyrs of the resistance. The more we move forward, the more the blessings and achievements of this tree will shine and shine more so that it is truly the hope of the Islamic nation.

- The power of the Islamic resistance made the vanguard of the revolutionary youth a nightmare for the Zionist entity. Rather, it imposed a new deterrent equation on this usurping entity.

- The role that the Islamic Resistance plays in consolidating security and safety in the face of takfiri and state terrorism has transformed this revolutionary jihad current into an influential element in regional equations. No political, military or security party in the region, nor any international force, can ignore the presence of Hezbollah.
Iran's President Ibrahim Raisi:

- The Islamic resistance can present a unique model in political action that matches religious foundations within the framework of consolidating national independence through broad horizons of stability, development and prosperity.

- Despite all the hostilities and grudges that lurk in it, the geography of the Islamic resistance is no longer confined to Lebanon and Palestine. The Islamic resistance today has turned into an integrated school that carries the banner of security and stability in Lebanon, calls for the liberation of the occupied Palestinian territories, stimulates development, and calls for peace based on justice at the regional level.

- I ask God, the Exalted, to grant health, safety, and prosperity to my dear brother, the Mujahid, and to the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance, success, happiness and prosperity.
🇺🇸 USA Senator Chris Murphy after meeting Lebanese officials:

"Any fuel that is transported through Syria is subject to sanctions, and Washington is looking for a way to do so without sanctions."

Murphy: We are actively working on ways to solve the fuel crisis. There is no need for Lebanon to depend on Iranian fuel.
Deir Al-Qamar (“Monastery of the Moon”), in Chouf, Lebanon 🇱🇧.

The village, located at 800 ⁠m of altitude, features Fakhreddine Mosque, built by Fakhr Al-Din in 1493, the oldest mosque in Mount Lebanon, and Ottoman architecture with traditional ablaq stones.
⋯ Deir Al-Qamar features the Church of Saidet et Tallé, one of the most important religious sites for the Maronite community. Monk Nicolas Smisaati built on the site over the ruins of an old Phoenician temple dedicated to the goddess Astarte. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 859 and rebuilt. The second church was destroyed by the Saracens and rebuilt during Fakhr Al-Din's reign.
🚨 Few hours ago, 4 Israeli jets entered the Lebanese airspace from over the sea, according to Syrian army radars.

Currently, intense Israeli UAV activity is reported over southern Lebanon, notably Bint Jbeil.
Israeli jets are currently flying over the border area, while IDF soldiers are combing the fields facing Barnit military outpost.
The Military Court issued a ruling this evening against Simon Tanios Fares, handing him a 15 years sentence and stripping him of his civil rights, "for joining the IDF, obtaining Israeli citizenship, and entering Israel without permission from the Lebanese gov."
The head of the land transport union, Bassam Tlais, announced that “if all measures are approved and the government fulfills its commitments, the official taxi tariff will become 10,000 LBP."

Back in 2019, it was 2,000 LBP
According to OTV, the last government formation issues revolve around the Ministries of Social Affairs and Economy. But why these two ministries?

Because, the IMF and World Bank projects are to be negotiated and approved through these two ministries.
Beqaa Prosecutor, Judge Munif Barakat, pressed charges against Ibrahim and Maroun Al-Saqr for crimes of monopoly, illegal storage and money laundering, with a penalty of up to 7 years in prison, based on articles 363, 685 and 770, and anti-monopoly and fraud laws.

Maroun is currently in custody, but Ibrahim is still in hiding. According to his recent tweets, he does not plead guilty, claiming he's being punished for his religious values and his role in the Lebanese Forces party, pledging to be a martyr on their altar.
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Minister of Health Hamad Hassan announces the launching of the "Medicine card" and "Health Security Number" project for citizens with the aim of preventing medicine smuggling, counterfeiting and storage, in addition to ensuring that all have access to subsidized medication.
Unfortunately yet again, someone has reported by Ko-Fi account and now it's back unpublished. This is the second time.

Hopefully issue gets resolved.
Israel: The number of settler families in need of food assistance ahead of the Jewish holiday season rose by 13 percent from last year.

Over 1.2 million people require such aid, stated the Social Affairs and Social Services Ministry.

Last year, 76,917 families were being treated as in poverty, or as unemployment and in financial distress. This year, that figure climbed to 87,161 families.
In the past 24 hours Lebanon recorded 1,121 new COVID-19 cases and 9 new deaths.

30.8% (1,469,999) of Lebanese have taken the first vaccine jab. Only 36.1% are registered to receive it.
The Army Command - Orientation Directorate:

Yesterday, at 9.35 am, an Israeli UAV violated the Lebanese airspace from over the sea, west of the town of Damour, and carried out circular flights over Beirut, Baabda and Aley, and then left the airspace at about 15.25 pm.
Yesterday, from 05.50 am until 08.51 a.m, 3 hostile maritime violations of the Lebanese territorial waters were recorded in Ras Al-Naqoura, by the Israeli enemy navy.