🇦🇺 -- According to a recent report Lebanese intellegence provided the Australian counterterrorism units information about the ISIS plot to blow up a civilian airliner in Australia in 2017.

https://t.co/4cin6FkVEB

-- The minister of education said that schools will reopen in June for two months.

He also confirms that official exams will be done, with the promise to decrease this year's tuition fees.

The dollar exchange rate decreased from 4,200 to 3,500.

Exchange offices will likely only buy from you at this rate and not sell you.

-- Byblos Bank in choueifat area was targeted with a molotov.

-- In protest, a Lebanese paid his car loan (350$) in 500 LL coins.

Counting took a couple of hours.

^^ For reference: 1$ = 1500 LL officially.

-- A large number of protesters from Kahldeh and Choueifat are heading to Martyrs Square in Beirut.

The moment a molotov was thrown at the Lebanese army soldiers by the rioters. https://t.co/lSY4rWpMw9

-- An army checkpoint was burned in Al Badawi injuring 3 soldiers.

The army just evacuated it's positions under Al Badawi bridge.

-- Intense clashes are still taking place in Tripoli right now. The attacks on the army are persistent and the injuries are in the 10's.

-- IDF fired 8 illumination rounds over Al Sahal and Birkat Al Naqar area in South lebanon.

🇩🇪-- Berlin has now officially banned the political wing of Hezbollah, labeling the group a terrorist outfit as German police carry out raids on those suspected of being members.

Police descended on several mosques and cultural centers – believed to be linked to Hezbollah – in Berlin as well as North Rhine-Westphalia and Bremen. Flats occupied by their leaders, treasurers, and tax advisers were also searched.

🇺🇳 -- 8 UNIFIL soldiers were injuried today after an Indian UNIFIL APC rammed a French UNIFIL APC during a routine mission. (The injuries consist of 3 Indian and 5 French)

🇮🇱 -- IDF jets were reported flying at medium altitudes over Al Nabatiyeh and Marjaiyon.

-- PM Hassan Diab will deliver a speech at 5:30 pm from the Grand Serail.

He will announce the econimal reforms that will be done and the steps towards fighting corruption.

Note: No journalists will be present.