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One of the shooters in Thursday's sniper attack, Antonios Tawk, was part of the Lebanese Forces party scouts.

Which confirms an old suspicion that the new scout force is a curtain to the Lebanese Forces' training of new militiamen similar to the civil war era approach.

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Lebanese army intelligence arrested the Lebanese Forces activist Salim Al-Helou from his home, in Ain Al-Rummaneh Sannine neighborhood.

The same building in which George Touma, arrested days earlier, lives in.
An earthquake happened minutes ago, felt in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Egypt.

It originated in the Mediterranean.
More than 70% of Lebanese citizens who have another nationality left the country after the Beirut port explosion last year.

In 2018, about 33,000 Lebanese immigrated, while in 2019 the number rose to 66,000.
From the beginning of 2021 until the month of May, 100,201 people left Lebanon, including 47 thousand people in the last few months only.
The top three hashtags in Lebanon today:

1 - We are at the leadership's [Hezbullah] orders (118k)
2- Disband the Forces [Lebanese Forces] (4.9k)
3- Good morning (60k)
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Tension continue in Akkar followed by burning of houses in the town of Wadi Al-Jamous after the death of a local during the clashes two days earlier.
⋯ The number of dead in the clashes rises to 4 and injured to 6. The injured include:

- Zakariya Tartousi
- Jaafar Tartousi
- Zaher Tartousi
- Ahmad Tartousi
- Ali Al-Sobhi
USA-funded MP Michel Moawad is handing out hundreds of purchase coupons in Tripoli, North Lebanon.

These coupons (at the face value of $12.06) are to gather voter support in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections, for a list representing the civil society in the second northern district (Tripoli, Minieh, Denniyeh).
Lebanese Forces party MP Pierre Abou Assi arrived at a recent parliamentary session with a handgun, which prompted several MPs to issue a statement denouncing this.
The average end-of-service pension for insured workers decreased from about $80,000 to about $6,000.

A decrease of 1,233%.

By: @‌‌‎JawadAdra
The head of the US delegation to the indirect negotiations to demarcate the border between Lebanon and Israel, Amos Holstein, arrived in Beirut this afternoon at the head of a delegation.

Amos is an Israeli, who served in the IDF. A clear breach of neutrality.
The price of gasoline and diesel rose sharply overnight to:

- Gasoline 20L 98 octane: 312,700 LBP
- Gasoline 20L 95 octane: 302,700 LBP
- Diesel 20L: 270,700 LBP
- Cooking gas 10 kg: 229,600 LBP
Brax: The fuel subsidy has finally ended, and the new prices were set on the basis of the black market dollar exchange rate of 20,000 LBP (Voice of Lebanon)
President Aoun received the new American-Israeli mediator in the negotiation process for the demarcation of the southern maritime border, Ambassador Amos Hochstein, and presented with him the future of the negotiation process.
⋯ Hochstein was born and raised in Israel to American parents and served in the Israel Defense Forces from 1992 to 1995. He served during the Israeli occupation of Lebanon and the 1993 war. He intended to stay in Israel after college.

This is not his first visit to Lebanon.