Agence France-Presse quoted the Spanish authorities as saying that a group of 39 Lebanese, who were traveling between Egypt and Latin America, took advantage of the landing of their plane in Barcelona to seek political asylum in Spain.

💰 The amount of remittances in foreign currencies sent by expatriates to their families in Lebanon is estimated at a value ranging between 7 and 8 billion dollars annually.

Add to that, about 3 - 4 billion dollars annually with travellers to Lebanon, which brings the total value of the sum entering Lebanon annually to 11 - 12 billion dollars.

About 220,000 families benefit from these remittances, which is about a quarter of Lebanon's population.

The results of the 14th edition of the "Global Innovation Index" report 2021 showed that Lebanon fell from 87th place last year to 92nd, out of 132 countries.

It is explained by the emigration of the educated and the decaying state of the educational system.

al-akhbar.com/Community/3…

Kingdom of Bahrain is hosting a summit of the Israeli think tank INSS, that has a major influence on the Israeli government and the IDF war against its neighbors and Palestinians.

In addition to that, Israeli journalists are in there to attend and visit Saudi Arabia.

Former Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja:

"Hezbullah is Iran’s Trojan horse in Lebanon, it is our enemy – we should not be expected to deal with Lebanon’s government since Hizbullah is part of it."
 (Al-Arabiya, 12 ⁠November 2021)

Hezbullah's SG Nasrallah stated that in 2006, Saudi Arabia abetted Israel to continue the war on Lebanon till the total extermination of Hezbullah. Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja, seen here, was Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon in 2006.

The Lebanese ambassador to Spain: We are trying to find out additional details about the Lebanese request for asylum at the airport in Spain, but the Spanish Foreign Ministry refuses to provide us with any information about them.

Despite the rain and thunderstorm, a fire is reported in the southern village of Khiyam.

The price of a single chicken egg rose to 3,550 LBP and the price of a tray to 100,000 LBP. A sharp increase from last week's 75,000 LBP/tray.

The price of an egg used to be 300 LBP before the economic collapse.

During the Bahrain-based international conference, Israeli officials met with the Indonesian Minister of Defense.

Indonesia, the most populated Muslim country, iterated Israel's right to exist alongside a Palestinian state.

Indonesia was supposedly the next country to normalize ties with Israel during the Trump administration after Sudan. There is existing economic trade between both states, worth hundreds of millions, and security coordination.

Diaspora registration to vote in the upcoming elections, which ended today at midnight, reached a record 244,442, exceeding expectations.

The number registered in 2018 was just 92,810.

Elections are expected to take place in 3-2022

Vote Yellow!