⋯ 🇷🇺 Lavrov: "Russian companies want to rebuild the Beirut port, but this decision is for the Lebanese to make."

🇱🇧 Bouhabib: "We are at odds with the West over the return of the displaced Syrians. We support the Russian initiative."

Beqaa: Armed clashes resumed between locals and the drug cartel connected to captagon manufacturers on the Syrian-Lebanese border.

The latter is attempting to confiscate more lands to expand production.

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An IDF soldier, who serves in the Iron Dome air defense units, was arrested for raping a female soldier at base.

IDF has a very high sexual assault and rape cases in its mixed male-female units. twitter.com/IAFsite/statu…

⋯ In an internal IDF survey, it was found that 1/6 female soldiers declared that she had been sexually harassed during her service, with 6% saying they had been harassed two or three times and another 3% responded that they had been harassed four times or more.

Today: After an Israeli visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an Israeli delegation visited the kingdom of Kuwait, through Jordan.

The US Navy did not kill 9 ⁠Iranian Navy personnel recently, contrary to what claimed this Twitter account.

In fact, the Iranians were killed 3 ⁠decades ago. 7 ⁠of them died on the same day during the 1987 naval confrontation.

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The Lebanese Minister of Education announces the registration of 313 cases of COVID-19 in Lebanese schools within two weeks.

The number is actually much higher, but schools are underreporting to avoid teaching online and deducting tuition fees.

Malaysia stands firm, denying Israel the chance to participate in the World Squash Championship that will be hosted in the country.

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Hezbullah issues a statement denying all alleged leaked internal documents, stating they are all fake, calling on supporters and fellow Arabs not to believe them.

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Several Israeli jets are violating Lebanon's airspace over Beirut.

This comes one day after Lebanon's independence parade.

⋯ A total of 6 Israeli jets violated Lebanon's airspace throughout the day.

Yesterday at 1:26 am, the Zionist Israeli occupation carried an air aggression against Syria from over Beirut killing several Syrian civilians and injuring several soldiers.

The Lebanese Mahmoud Ali Fadel, from the southern town of Al-Malikiyah (Tyre District), was found dead inside his residence in the German capital, Berlin.

During the aggression, a Syrian AD missiles chasing the Israeli jets in Lebanese airspace exploded between Tyre and Palestine.

Israel is endangering thousands of Lebanese with its aggression from over Lebanon.

⋯ The Lebanese army has not yet considered asking its western and NATO allies to end this aggression, especially the American side

The Lebanese foreign Ministry didn't issue a statement to condemn the attack, or the flights over Lebanon, or the aggression on Syria

In the upcoming elections, Bahaa Al-Hariri is expected to face his brother Saad Al-Hariri over the 14-March base.

Bahaa is funding several NGOs to attract his brother's supporting base and is recruiting several figures for his electoral campagin.

⋯ This created tension between the brothers, since Saad is in the UAE trying to get out of debt and is not focusing on the elections.

Mustafa Alloush: "Welcome Bahaa, but I remind everyone that we have been struggling for 16 years while he was increasing his wealth."

⛽ Prices (per 20 L)

- Gasoline 95 octane: 311,400 LBP (13.1 USD)

- Gasoline 98 octane: 321,200 LBP (13.5 USD)

- Diesel: 321,000 LBP (13.5 USD)

- Gas: 276,500 LBP (11.6 USD)

Current exchange rate: 23,700 LBP/USD

An Ottoman empire era tunnel was discovered in northern Lebanon, buried deep under a river that dried up recently.