The USD exchange rate is now trading almost 2,000 LBP lower than the Central Bank's Sayrafa platform for importers, as the bank continues to pump USD into the market, crossing 100 million USD in just few days.

I'm really tired of these rumors about war in Ukraine. The probability of Russians attacking first is very low. The probability that Ukrainians start offensive operation in Donbass and Russia will have to retaliate is higher.

Still, majority of Ukrainian politicians don't want the war, because Ukrainian economy cannot endure the conflict against Russia. It's not about obvious inability of Ukrainian troops to fight against full-scale Russian intervention.

In recent two years Ukrainian economy faced many challenges, especially in energy sector, and now every Ukrainian action in military sphere will lead to rolling blackouts without Russian gas and oil. This dependency is aggravated by spoiled relations between Belarus and Ukraine. I do not believe that in war scenario Belarus will let Russians attack Ukraine from its territory. Nevertheless, the transit of Russian oil and gas through Belarus will be stopped.

#international #Ukraine

BREAKING: Banque du Liban reiterated that it will keep injecting unlimited dollars to bolster the lira value.

The decision was agreed upon during a meeting between BDL chief Riad Salameh, PM Najib Mikati & Finance Minister Youssef Khalil, the central bank said.

By: @‌‌‎OmarTamo19

⋯ Unless Riad Salameh found a machine to print USD, how exactly is he planning to keep injecting USD in this failed economy?

Israeli journalist Emanuel Fabian:

“I know this incident is nearly two years old now, but finally, the military released a high-quality image of the sniper rifle used by the Hezbollah squad in the attempted attack [on 27 ⁠July 2020] in Shebaa Farms. (Still no footage).”

Comment: Odd serialization on the sniper. Neither Hezbullah nor Iran does that on any of their weapons. That's a Syrian army standard.

IDF is yet to release footage of the alleged infiltration of 3 Hezbullah fighters in broad daylight, which resulted in IDF shelling Lebanese fields and a ⁠house along the border. Hezbullah was due to retaliate for its fighter Ali Mohsen (martyred 7 ⁠days earlier) but has not retaliated.

Thanks @⁠⁠⁠intelslava for mentioning @⁠⁠⁠LebUpdate. Congratulations on the 30k subscribers.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/intelslava

🛑 Graphic footage of the Saudi-UAE airstrikes on civilian homes on Yemen yesterday, that caused dozens of civilians casualties, mostly women and children.

⋯ Hundreds of civilians were murdered in the continuous aggression since yesterday night by Saudi-Emirati jets on Hodeidah and Saada in Yemen.

Many of the casualties are prisoners whose cells were bombed.

Saad Hariri's motorcade passed by Aisha Bakar to visit the Sunni Mufti, Derian. Dozens of cars, security measures, and evacuation of streets.

Hariri doesn't currently hold any official position. Currently just the son of a dead corrupt billionaire.

More graphic footage of the US-UK-‌backed KSA-UAE war.

Children, women and elderly stuck under the rubble, as Emirati warplanes attacked residential homes and service buildings.

The Saudi coalition involves nearly all Muslim countries. From Morocco to Pakistan.

@‌‌‎aaronjmate: When the US was accused of bombing Syria's largest dam, the Pentagon dismissed the allegation as "crazy reporting."

The New York Times now reveals that they were lying: they did bomb it.
www.nytimes.com/2022/01/2…

⁠5-fold increase in sudden cardiac and unexplained deaths among FIFA athletes in 2021.

As a first approximation, “according to Wikipedia's ‘List of association footballers who died while playing’, in 2001-2020, there was an average of 4.2 deaths per year attributed to SCD (sudden cardiac death) or SUD (sudden unexplained death), the vast majority being SCD. In contrast, in 2021, there were 21 cases of SCD/SUD among FIFA players”, America's Frontline Doctors, a right-wing organization, wrote on November ⁠18 and later updated.

It must be noted, according to a December 2020 study, that, every year, more than a hundred SCD/SUD occur globally in football – 95.8% of which concern recreational football, per another study in Turkey.

Note: In its fact-checking, Reuters published a smear article on December ⁠23.

americasfrontlinedoctors.org/…

Turkey and Israel foreign ministers held a phone call today, the first between the two countries' top diplomats in 13 years, according to Israeli media.

Reports that the upcoming government budget will include new high taxes, lifting the official rate (thus the internet, electricity, water), and increasing tariffs.