⋯ A closeup photo

Chemical weapons during Iraq's war on Iran (1980-1988).

From at least 1983, Saddam Hussein used prohibited chemical weapons against Iranian troops, civilians & Kurdish population, such as the “Tabun nerve agent (GA)”. Iraq could not produce them itself and was “heavily dependent on foreign equipment”, e.g. from Italy. (RT)

In March 1988, “Iraq launched a nerve gas attack on separatist Kurdish village of Halabja, some 240km northeast of Baghdad, killing 5,000, while 7,000 more suffered long-lasting health problems”. It was dubbed the ‘Blessed Ramadan Offensive’ and became the largest use of chemical weapons in modern history. (RT)

Iran refrained from using such weapons, as Iran's leader Ruhollah Khomeini wanted, but research was initiated in 1983 and development was later publicly acknowledged. The US DoD said Iran used chemical artillery shells/bombs, but it had also accused Iran for Halajba (a lie, now dismissed). In 1997, Iran became a party of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

President Aoun received UNIFIL’s new commander, Aroldo Lazaro: "Lebanon is committed to implementing Resolution 1701, and Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty threaten stability in the south."

Tonight is the 15th of Shaaban month, where Shia Muslims celebrate the night of the birth of the 12th imam, Mohammed Ibn Al-Hassan Al-Mahdi. Sunni Muslims also celebrate and pray tonight for different reasons.

Video: Al-Huja prayer by Hezbullah's martyrs.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, known for nothing but lies, is falsely claiming Russia will recruit Lebanese Hezbullah to assist in the war in Ukraine.

That's false, no Hezbullah (active, reserve, or ex) will participate in Ukraine.

Death of the general manager of the Mokatof Exchange Company, Michel Moktif.

He was part of a scheme by politicians to smuggle billions of dollars from Lebanese banks to foreign accounts.

📊 The “unhappiest” country in the world is Afghanistan, according to the UN.

Lebanon is ranking second, followed by Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Botswana. (In 2020, Lebanon ranked 4th). On the opposite, Finland is the “happiest” country, Israel is 9th and Bahrain 21st.

The World Happiness Report is a composite index, based on data from Gallup World Polls, that weights six factors: levels of GDP, life expectancy, “social support”, “freedom”, “generosity” and “perception of corruption”. “Dystopia” is a Cantril value (1.83) with an average residual for 2017-2019.

t.me/Sptnk_News/180

Note: This index is greatly arbitrary, notably the weighting of the six factors; the GDP for 2021 is not available yet and is an extrapolation; life expectancy is an interpolation & extrapolation; “generosity” is a regression of answers to “Have you donated money to a charity in the past month?” relatively to GDP/capita; social support is the average of binary answers to “Do you have relatives or friends you can count on to help you (...)?”; “freedom” is the same for “Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your freedom to choose what you do with your life?”. The value of “Dystopia” (1.83) is “the predicted Cantril ladder [0 to 10 scale] for a hypothetical country with the world's lowest values for each of the six variables”, and it is used “as a benchmark against which to compare contributions from each of the six factors”, according to the report.

The mathematical models of economy (also epidemiology or climatology) are not science, but pseudo-science. They don't fit the criteria of science.

In a non-televised meeting with Hezbullah's scouts, Hezbullah's SG denies the involvement or possible involvement of Hezbullah soldiers or advisors in the Ukrainian war alongside the Russian army.

⋯ Just 10 years ago UAE's position was different, where it was abetting Arabs and the world community to topple the regime in Syria and destroy it.

The Lebanese gov will meet tomorrow for “exceptional reasons” to discuss how to derail the current judicial effort to hold banks accountable for their role in the recent economic collapse and mismanagement of deposits.

PM Mikati said he'll resign if Central Bank governor resigns.

Ukraine's embassy to the Israeli occupation: "Nazi Russians are intentionally destroying synagogues and centers of Jewish culture throughout Ukraine. What else needs to happen for the Israeli government to help Ukraine in self-defense?"

From a Lebanese military accessories shop. (RIA Novosti)

Z is the unofficial symbol of the Russian operation in Ukraine.

Fearing an Iranian drone attack and due to the high alert situation, several Israeli jets rushed to the northern borders of Palestine to intercept a possible formation of attack UAVs.

Jets are back at base after discovering it was just a flock of emigrating birds.

Back to square one twitter.com/LebUpdate/sta…