-- A Syrian lady in Lebanon in FransaBank have been there for two hours begging to get money from her account.

-- She is stuck in a 2*2m room in the bank, in the presence of 5 security guards.

-- She says that without the money, she can't pay her brother's tuition fees and might lose her legal status of stay in Lebanon.

-- The morning USD/LBP exchange rate was: 2450 / 2500. The USD is being traded at 2500 for the first time since September 1992.

-- As for now ( 3:30 pm): The USD buy price dropping back really fast reaching 2400, where market will probably close at 2350. What happened?

Everyone started exchanging their USD when the rate reached 2470, there is no willingness to buy USD at 2550.

-- She is currently held at the police station in Mina Al Hosn.

-- Some protesters have arrived infront of the police station now to protest the unlawful arrest.

-- UNIFIL UN Peacekeeping troops from Finland & Lebanese army troops carried out an exercise in Kawkaba, south Lebanon🇱🇧, one of hundreds of such coordinated activities between the two forces.

-- She was just RELEASED.

In this video she discusses how she was threatened, and how the bank acted so after the manager saw her political opinions on her peronal Facebook account.

-- Al Badawi road, northen Lebanon got blocked by few protesters just now.

-- Everyone knows what is coming.

/Archival Photo/

-- This photo goes back to the black days of the Lebanese Civil War.

-- Local armed militias posing as security to protect an exchange office, after the value of the Lebanese Lira degraded and demand on foreign currency surged.

-- A Molotov cocktail was just thrown at the Lebanese army by the protesters / thugs closing the road in Al Badawi.

-- Lebanon lost its voting rights at the UN General Assembly, for having not paid its dues for two years as @LOrientLeJour⁩ reports.

-- This puts it in a club of nations including Somalia, Yemen & Venezuela.

-- Today ends 16 consecutive rainy days in Beirut (440 mm), which happened only once during the last 40 years.

-- The due amount was only: $459,000.

What a shame

-- Regarding the sad incident of the Ukrainian plane, this is an important read.
https://medium.com/@JohnWight1/irans-admission-of-its-tragic-mistake-over-the-downed-ukrainian-airliner-reminds-us-who-the-real-60f1d0145f88