⋯ Similar to Syria, government-generated electricity provides a daily maximum of 1-3 hours.

The rest is covered by private generators which are not available in Syria.

Reporter Salem Zahran, close to Amal Movement: "The Americans informed Lebanon that claiming Line 29 will lead to war [with Israel] and U.S. sanctions."

Line 29 is where the Lebanese maritime border with occupied Palestine ends.

In an updated statement a short while ago, the Syrian ministry of transport reported that Damascus airport is closed "until further notice", after the Israeli attack severely damaged all runaways, the lighting and navigation equipment, and the infrastructure of the airport.

Lebanese officials' standpoint is likely as follows:

1- We legally own line 29
2- We will not claim line 29
3- Israel claims line 23 is disputed
4- UN recognizes line 23 as ours
5- We will negotiate to give Israel line 29 and we get line 23 undisputed, thus don't share Qana

⋯ Qana is a possible gas field over the line ⁠23 and beyond.

Karish is a proven gas field with massive riches to be generated from. Karish lies at line ⁠29.

Lebanon might be gambling for nothing.

⋯ The French energy company Total, which Lebanon renewed its contract few weeks ago, said that it will not drill in contested waters. So it won't drill in line 23 nor 29.

⋯ Energean, the Greek energy company which has the rights to exploit the Karish energy field, has taken out a $2.5 billion loan to finance the Karish project. The first instalment of that loan, some $625 million, needs to be repaid by first quarter 2024.

⋯ A better version of the map above:

⋯ On a final note, despite Hezbullah strongly stating line 29 is lebanese, and despite it believing that Karish is mostly Lebanese, it will likely drink the poison and accept line 23 if the Lebanese government ends up negotiating that.

Osama Saad, commenting on Sayyed Nasrallah's threats to the Israeli enemy, says: "The state is not ready politically, economically or legally for any confrontation with Israel. Let them negotiate [with Israel], and after that we can start preparing for this confrontation."

"Exactly 23 years ago, NATO, led by the United States, bombed Yugoslavia blindly, without having the UN Security Council's sanction for it."

China's special representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming reminded the United States and NATO about this..

It lasted 78 days, the alliance dropped 420 thousand bombs on Yugoslavia with a total weight of 22 thousand tons, including 15 tons of depleted uranium ammunition, the diplomat recalled.

The situation is miserable!

Maronite patriarch Al-Rahi, commenting on Nasrallah's speech that aimed to maximize the Lebanese right of natural gas resources: "We should not get involved again in situations that would return Lebanon into a military arena for the benefit of foreign countries."

Tariq Tayah and Shadi Kreidi, who were on board the helicopter that crashed in Italy, are confirmed to have passed away.

⋯ Tariq, who died in a helicopter crash in Italy, lost his wife in the Beirut port explosion on August 4,2020.

Senior US officials have conveyed to Saudi Arabia that the US is prepared to move forward with a reset of the relationship, effectively moving on from the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi in order to repair ties with the key Middle East ally. www.cnn.com/2022/06/10/po…

Yesterday, 17-October MPs organized a demonstration in Naqoura near the Palestinian border demanding Lebanon acknowledge line 29 as its own.

There was no chants against Israel, despite being the belligerent in this ordeal, and attacked someone carrying the Palestinian flag.

⋯ The Lebanese communist party was also present at the protest.

The party for several decades have aligned ideologically with 14-March parties and kept a strong anti-Hezbullah sentiment. They are currently led by a drunken.

🚨 Israeli jets and UAVs are on high alert on the northern borders, expecting a UAV flyover by Hezbullah over Karish field and an Iranian UAV attack from the direction of Golan Heights.