President Aoun travelled this morning to Qatar at the invitation of its Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to participate in the opening of the Arab Football Cup, and to discuss and strengthen bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries.

Tripoli: From the demonstration in the city's main square.

As of now, the number of protestors around Lebanon is small.

⋯ Sidon: Forcing shut exchange offices.

Summary of today's protests:

1- Few (less than 5) men and youth block a road

2- Security forces actually block the road few meters away from the protestors

3- People can't move around and lose one day worth of work or errands because security forces decided to block roads!?

Protesters poured car oil on the ground at the intersection of the Sports City, in an attempt to cause car accidents.

Lebanon's @‌‌‎LibanPost halted the sale of postage stamps in preparation of a massive price hike in fees on mail.

There was no official announcement of the matter.

IDF scandal: The head of the Technology and Logistics Division, Major General Michel Janko, announced the dismissal of Lt. Col. Dan Sharoni, who secretly photographed dozens of female soldiers who served under him at the IDF Driving School.

#metoo twitter.com/LebUpdate/sta…

Aoun to Al-Jazeera: I do not agree with Hezbullah on the dismissal of the investigator in the Beirut port case. As for the Banque du Liban, it is subject to a criminal investigation, and the governor of the bank is responsible for the lost money.

⋯ Aoun to Al-Jazeera: I will leave Baabda Palace at the end of my term, but if the House of Representatives decides I should stay, I will stay.

Report: Facebook's @‌‌‎WhatsApp service promises privacy. But an FBI document obtained by @‌‌‎RollingStone shows that the feds can get your WhatsApp data in near-real-time.

www.rollingstone.com/poli…

Dozens of trees were destroyed in the Bchamoun forest fire.

Civil Defense and Beirut Fire Brigade are currently attempting to control the fire.

Israel: The settler who insulted the Prophet, during the Israeli flags march in Jerusalem 5 months ago, identified as David Balvani (25 years), was arrested a few days ago on charges of committing sexual crimes with minors (Pedophilia).

North Lebanon: It was revealed that more than 35 between the ages of 16-20 left their homes about a year ago, and later on informed their families that they joined ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

The numbers are increasing sharply since 2020.

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⋯ Recruitment is done by sheikhs at mosques.

Back in 2011-2013, sheikhs used to stop young men after prayers and talk to them about heaven and jihad and how Syrians need help to fight against an evil ruler. Many got persuaded and dragged into the war.

Little is spoken about the anti-Assad Lebanese militants that were recruited to fight against the Syrian army.

Recruitment slowed down in 2014-2016.

⋯ I remember when I was at Imam Ali mosque in Tariq Al-Jadideh in 2012 on a Friday.

I still remember how as the only Shia there it was very awkward when the imam, during his speech, stated: “May God curse the Rawafid (Shia), may God curse Hezbullah, may God curse Bashar.”