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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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UK advises against all but essential travel to Lebanon.
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A video showing some of the arsonists setting fire to a field near Srifa in southern Lebanon.
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An IED placed inside a chocolate box was discovered and diffused in Bchamoun area.

As of now, it is not related to terrorist organizations or foreign agents.
⋯ A military expert is currently dismantling the IED.

Back story: The chocolate box arrived as a gift to the daughter of a Brigadier General.
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⋯ Plot twist: The package was sent to the office of a brigadier general in the Lebanese army about a year and a half ago, and he in turn, gave it to his daughter, who discovered by chance, the explosives.

The aforementioned brigadier was retired more than a year ago.
⋯ The IED was assembled using ammonium nitrate and not military grade explosive compounds.
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UK advises against all but essential travel to Lebanon.
UK Travel Advice's new data.

All areas of Lebanon are advised against unessential travel due to the severity of the economic crisis. The British ministry notes that “basic commodities have become increasingly scarce”. (Corrected)

This is in addition to increased levels of crime, and risks of terrorism and war with Israel.

www.gov.uk/foreign-travel…
Hebrew media: Israel asked the United States of America not to provide aid to Lebanon without the following preconditions:

- The removal of Hezbullah from the southern border

- The end of smuggling weapons to Hezbullah

- The end of Hezbullah's precision missile project
⋯ The above conditions gives the following insight:

1- Israel is unsafe and unsatisfied with its border protection procedures.

2- Israeli attacks on Syria failed to stop the flow of weapons and PGMs to Hezbullah
“Say Cheese” Israeli soldiers heard after pulling Palestinian kids out of their beds at night and taking their photos.

IDF is breaking in house after house in the West Bank, clearly without warrants, to collect photos of minors for its database.

Read more: t.me/LebUpdate/21752
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At dawn, the Zionist army fired two missiles at the Syrian capital, Damascus.

The Syrian army shot one down. Only material damage.
Azerbaijan resumed its aggression against Armenia this week, in an attempt to grab more land and occupy a major border with implications on regional trade.

Azerbaijan is abetted in this war by Turkey and Israel. twitter.com/301_AD/status…
⋯ And of today, Israel and Turkey refuse to recognize the Armenian genocide and continue to aggress against regional neighbors.
In a Lebanese army tier ceremony, the IDF celebrated its acquisition of new forklifts to replace its decades old stock.

After the new budget passed, IDF is currently buying new equipment and carrying large scale drills.