Lebanese currency continues to rapidly deteriorate, as the USD exchange rate rose sharply to a historic high of 42,400 LBP.

Iran: Students at Iran's Sharif University loudly protest and silence a female student who deliberately insulted the Secretary-General of Hezbullah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. (Video: Farsi/Arabic)

Iran executed the first of several rioters involved in the murder of police men and soldiers, during the latest wave of sedition.

For the first time, they publicly share the trial details and video footage of the convicted during their crime, for the sake of transparency.

🔴 Lebanese Interior Minister, Bassam Mawlawi:

"Regarding the sanctioned IRGC airplane that landed in Beirut, we are keen to implement the laws and protect Lebanon."

⋯ The IRGC-affiliated Meraj Airlines has begun flights to Beirut in recent days, raising concerns in Israel and Gulf states.

The first flight run by the airline to Beirut took place on November 14 and has continued on a weekly basis, according to the report.

⋯ Flight tracking from Flightradar24 shows that the aircraft has made a number of flights to Beirut recently, turning its transponder on over Baghdad and over Syria, but keeping it off in much of Iraq and Iran.

Previous Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, filed a lawsuit against an influential Jewish rabbi who revealed that Bennett's father is Jewish, but his mother is Christian.

Therefore Bennett is considered pagan and non-Jewish, according to Jewish law.

⋯ Bennet was born in the USA.

He is responsible for the 1996 massacre in Qana, Lebanon, where more than 106 civilians at a UN base, were killed by Israeli artillery.

Lebanese security forces have rounded up 185 people suspected of working for Israeli spy agencies since the start of the manufactured economic collapse in 2019.

Security sources that spoke with AFP say that 165 of the suspects have been prosecuted, with 25 having been convicted and sentenced. Only three of those arrested had allegedly been working with Israel prior to the crisis.

By: The Cradle

🔴 The Free Patriotic Movement:

"The statement by Hezbullah is very ambiguous, and there is a lack of clarity among their leadership regarding what happened."

Note: They are accusing Hezbullah SG, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, of lack of understanding.

#Israel | Today, Thursday, Israel and the United States completed their largest joint cyber training, simulating an Iranian attack.

Financial Judge Ali Ibrahim has mandated the arrest of actress Stephanie Saliba, and handed her over to the Financial Crimes Office for further investigation.

For years, she was the Central Bank's poster lady.

Iran: To veil or not to veil

During a two-week visit to Iran in November, Sharmine Narwani witnessed women of all ages walking freely on the streets without the hijab. But, what we're not told, is that they have been doing so for years.

Article: thecradle.co/Article/Colu…

Lebanon: A scuffle took place at a cafe in Tyre in the wake of the Brazilian loss at the World Cup.

🇨🇳 🤝 🇵🇸 “China and Palestine enjoy a time-honored friendship... No matter how the international and regional situation may change, China firmly supports the just cause of the Palestinian people and will always stand with them.” — President Xi Jinping

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Social work in Hezbullah provided a donation of diesel fuel to operate 7 water stations in Byblos and Keserwan on the occasion of Christmas and New Year.

Israeli lawmaker and a member of Benjamin Netanyahu's new majority coalition:

“If it's (a choice between) 1 Israeli mother crying, or 1,000 Palestinian mothers crying... 1,000 Palestinian mothers will cry"