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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Ben-Salman:

"We view Israel as a potential ally, but before that, it must solve its problems with the Palestinians."
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According to Israeli officials, and recently the Russian ambassador in Vienna, a nuclear deal between Iran and the USA might be concluded very soon.
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Palestine: 10 IDF occupation soldiers were lightly injured after their Namir APC overturned in the south.
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Touch mobile telecommunications provider converted their customers' data balances from USD to LBP at the rate of 1,500 LBP/USD.

It's unclear at what rate they will continue to offer their services, but regardless a loss for many who attempted to save data.
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Israel announced that they are now hosting 1,555 Ukrainian refugees, of which 150 started the process to gain Israeli citizenship on occupied Palestine because of their Jewish ancestry.

Israel stated that it's ready to give 100,000 Ukrainian Jews Israeli citizenship.
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PM Mikati stated that Lebanon's condemnation of the Russian operation in Ukraine is based on "Lebanon's historic principal of condemning any country attacking its neighbors".

Note: Lebanon didn't condemn the Saudi invasion of Yemen, or Turkey's invasion of Syria.
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The US Treasury imposes sanctions on the two Lebanese businessmen in Guinea, Ali Saadeh and Ibrahim Taher, accusing them of financing Hezbullah.
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Lebanon's government postpones municipality elections for one year.

They were supposed to be conducted on the same day with the parliamentary elections.
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As a middle east correspondent, may you kindly share a similar infographic about Israeli armor.

Asking for a concerned friend. twitter.com/BowenBBC/stat…
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It's unclear if Russia still doesn't know how many cards it can play or it doesn't know how to play them!

The whole west led by the USA is making you bleed in Ukraine, so make it bleed in Syria, Iraq, and Israel, etc

Why is Al-Tanf safe when Russian soldiers in Ukraine are not?
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Several petrol stations around Lebanon started to ration, with many closing due to severe shortages.

Products (e.g. foods and goods) have also increased in prices, although the exchange rate is stable.
A group of Lebanese students are still trapped inside the city of Kherson in Ukraine.

According to the reports, all attempts to evacuate them have not succeeded so far.
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Israeli PM and war criminal Naftali Bennett visited Moscow, secretly, to meet president Putin.

They discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine, coordination in Syria [against Iran and Hezbullah], and de-escalation.
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Lebanon will start rationing wheat, and offer them exclusively for the production of pita bread, due to the expected worldwide wheat supply chain problems resulting from the Ukrainian - Russian war.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog will meet Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his visit to Turkey on the 9-10th of March.

Herzog will be the first Israeli leader to visit Turkey since 2008.
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Lebanese News and Updates
Several petrol stations around Lebanon started to ration, with many closing due to severe shortages. Products (e.g. foods and goods) have also increased in prices, although the exchange rate is stable.
The new fuel prices will be issued on Monday, and the increase in the price of gasoline is expected to be about 20,000/20L.

The available quantities in the market are sufficient for 7 days.
Minister of Agriculture announces a plan to halt export of agricultural goods from Lebanon.