-- Lebanon parliament agrees to pay out LL450 billion ($150 million) to private hospitals in money owed to them.

Parliament said that accounts must first be audited before money is paid out.

-- The Lebanese govt's $400 million aid program that MPs failed to endorse today:

-LL400,000/month for 200,000 families over 8 months
-LL20 mln each for 7,000 SMEs
-LL4.5 mln each for 30,000 farmers
-LL4.5 mln each for 3,300 vocational workers
-$1 million each for 200 industries

It failed after Hariri and Joumblat's party left the session.

-- Protesters from Barja started to gather on the highway trying to block it.

-- Regarding S Nasrallah's speech tonight, it is a religious speech about Ramadan, he said that he may give another speech in few days to speak about politics and developments in the region.

-- Another shipment of narcotics was seized this week in Syria, also heading to the gulf from Lebanon.

This time 1.5 million captagon pills were hidden between the layers of 2500 boxes.

-- Security forces were able to capture the criminal that killed his wife, children, and a Syrian family.

There are reports about him killing his brother who escaped with him. The suspect was found in a garden and was very tired.

-- The death of the brother is confirmed, he killed him too later raising the murder toll to 10.

-- The Lebanese pound - USD exchange rate is LL3400-3600 today.

It hit LL3000 just 9 days ago.

-- Large crowds outside money transfer services in Lebanon today because it’s the last day they will allow withdrawals in USD.

Many, like this main branch of western union, have chosen to close.

This new decree by the central bank is illegal and aims to profit the central bank with the dollar bills and provide people with exchange rates 1/3 less than the market price.

-- Future Tv employees protested today demanding the channel's owner, Saad Al Hariri, pay them their months / years due salaries.

security forces didn't allow them to reach his house.

-- A large anti central bank protest is taking place now infornt of the central bank in Hamra.

The people are fed up with the incompetence of the American stooge.

-- Down with the governor Riad Salameh, and whoever extended his reign in the government.

-- Protesters cut several roads in Tripoli, protesting the drastic economical situation.

-- As we all know Lebanon is a failed state whose corrupt are red lines to the elder of each religious sect. Like PM Foad Al Sanoira who the Sunni Mufti said was a red line when corruption cases were brought against him, the same happened tonight with the Maronite Patriarch who said the Central bank Governor Riad Salameh is a red line.

-- Some thugs between the protesters attcaked a checkpoint manned by the security forces in Bir Elias.

Several injuries were recorded.