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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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Iranian residents in Lebanon celebrated Nowruz. A reception will be at the Iranian embassy. (Photos by @⁠⁠⁠Mojtaba_Amaani)

In Lebanon, Kurds also celebrate the holiday. 🌺 Happy Nowruz for those who celebrate it.
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Lanterns were launched in the area of Abi Samra in Tripoli, North Lebanon, on the occasion of the Holy Ramadan's start tomorrow night.
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Syrian Ministry of Defense: “At around 3:55 a.m. today, the Israeli enemy launched several missiles in an airstrike from the direction Mediterranean Sea west of Latakia, targeting the vicinity of Aleppo International Airport, which led to some material damage.”
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A few hours ago, an explosion was reportedly heard over Rafah in the Gaza strip. The Iron Dome was also triggered in the incident.

The IDF commented moments ago, saying that the Iron dome intercepted an alleged Hamas drone over Gaza.
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Syrian Ministry of Defense: “At around 3:55 a.m. today, the Israeli enemy launched several missiles in an airstrike from the direction Mediterranean Sea west of Latakia, targeting the vicinity of Aleppo International Airport, which led to some material damage.”
Aleppo International Airport was forced to halt its services after the runway was damaged in the strikes, according to Syrian media.

This makes the second Israeli attack on the airport since 7 ⁠March.
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⋯ The landmine, which was previously planted by the Israelis themselves, was triggered by a Humvee vehicle. 3 injured Zionists were evacuated via Merkava to a nearby military base. Photos of the Humvee's remains and soldiers' evacuation.
Remains of the Israeli soldier's boot were found. The Hebrew letters translate to IDF. He was allegedly seriously wounded in the landmine explosion on the border yesterday.
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Update: Minister of Tourism Walid Nassar pledged to the owners of the Wazzani resorts yesterday to quickly work on their license applications in order to reopen them. He expressed his desire to have lunch in the park soon, as reported by Al-Akhbar, to encourage…
Minister of Tourism Walid Nassar ordered the removal of the red-wax seals and the reopening of the tourist institutions on the Wazzani Spring, after licensing them for the first time in decades!
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Central Bank's final-straw tactic is to sell unlimited dollars

Yesterday, 21 ⁠March, with approval of the caretaker-prime minister, Central Banker Riad Salameh has begun selling unlimited amounts of US dollars in a bid to halt the spiralling devaluation of the Lebanese pound (see ⁠graph).

As reported by Reuters, when the crisis began (in late 2019), Lebanon had $30 ⁠billion in foreign currency reserves. In February 2023, Salameh said that Lebanon “still” had about $10 ⁠billion.

While the end is nearing, Lebanese politicians are simply counting on the IMF $3 billion aid package that was signed last year in a preliminary deal. One of the steps the IMF requires is to unify the different exchange rates. Yesterday, Salameh set a new rate for the Sayrafa exchange platform, at 90,000 LBP/USD. On 1 ⁠March, it was 70,000.
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Remains of the Israeli soldier's boot were found. The Hebrew letters translate to IDF. He was allegedly seriously wounded in the landmine explosion on the border yesterday.
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Hezbullah's Military Media publishes footage of the incident yesterday, during which several IDF soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion on the border near Aita Al-Shaab.
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🌙 The Holy Month of Ramadan has started tonight, at Wednesday sundown, for both Sunnis and Shias in Lebanon and abroad.

Ramadan Kareem to all Muslims!
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IDF Army Radio: The attacker who crossed the border from Lebanon to Israel to carry out the bombing in Megiddo, crossed the border using a ladder that he climbed [not a tunnel]. It is increasingly estimated that Hezbollah helped him.
💬 Hezbollah SG Hassan Nasrallah, at a ceremony dedicated to the late Hajj Hussein al-Shami today:

“The [Megiddo] operation confused the enemy at all levels. Many commented on Hezbollah's silence. Hezbollah's silence is part of the psychological media warfare with Israel. It is not our responsibility to answer what confuses the enemy, and sometimes our answer is in not commenting on the incident...

“The enemy threatens that if it finds who is responsible, it will do such and such. To the enemy, go tile the sea and do what you want. Israelis are correct to estimate that if Hezbollah is in charge of the operation, it is not afraid to go into the battle.

“Any Zionist aggression, whether military or security, in any area, that affects any person, whether he is Lebanese, Palestinian or of another nationality, the resistance will definitely and quickly respond to it.”
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🌙 From Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, and the Grand Mosque decorated for Ramadan.

By @⁠⁠⁠BintJbeilNews
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After exceptional approval from PM Najib Mikati, the Secretary-General of Council of Ministers Judge Mahmoud Makiya issued a decision to postpone the switch to Daylight Savings Time this year.

DST will begin on April 21 as opposed to March 26 this year. The decision will accommodate Muslims during the month of Ramadan.
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⋯ Earlier today, PM Mikati and Speaker Berri discussed the issue of postponing Daylight Saving Time.

Berri: “From now until the end of Ramadan, my brother, let it go for them.”
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⋯ For those living in Lebanon, keep in mind that your devices are still programmed to switch to DST on 26 ⁠March. Timezone data is changed through software updates on most systems (including Windows). Because of this late announcement, you may be forced to manually adjust the time on your devices to avoid confusion.
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🇷🇺🇺🇸🇸🇾 Armed Russian jets have flown over a U.S. military garrison in Syria nearly every day in March, violating a four-year-old agreement between the U.S. and Russia and risking escalation, according to the U.S. general in charge of air operations in the region.

📎 NBC News
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Syrian observer SAM Syria is speculating a large-scale IDF attack on Syrian airports.

“The Israeli enemy's attacks on Aleppo airport [on 7 and 22 March] are warning messages similar to those we saw in the attacks on Damascus International Airport in April and May 2022, which preceded a major aggression on Damascus International Airport.”

The recent attacks “did not succeed in disrupting Aleppo airport for more than 24 to 48 hours”. The repair operations took place very quickly. Therefore, these attacks were “warning messages to Syria and Iran” before an escalation, in the context of tightening the blockade on Syria through the strategy of the ‘battle between wars’ implemented by the enemy since 2013.
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Forwarded from Resistance News Network
🚨 According to Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, the traitorous Palestinian Authority supplied the IOF with a new kill list of Palestinian fighters at the Aqaba summit, which the IOF used to assassinate fighters this week. The list of fighters included Amir Abu Khadijah, martyred today in Tulkarem, as well as martyrs Jihad Khazem and Yousef Shreim, described as two of the most dangerous militants in Jenin.

According to the report, the PA presented the work that they had done to subdue armed resistance in the West Bank and collected a list of weapons owners in Jenin and Nablus over the last month.

In preparation for a third summit in Egypt, PA heads Hussein Al-Sheikh and Majed Faraj held an secret meeting with the leaders of the Palestinian security services, asking them to increase their work in the West Bank, intensify the effort to collect weapons, and tighten the pursuit of resistance fighters and every person who carries a weapon used to target the zionist occupation.

The security coordination, which PA leaders have described as "sacred" is only escalating as resistance escalates, despite all false promises by traitorous leaders that it is coming to an end. We recognize the "Authority" for what it truly is: an unrepresentative gang of spies that serves as an arm of the colonial occupation.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷❗️ — US Department of Defense via Statement:

— "Earlier today, a U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one additional U.S. contractor were wounded after a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle struck a maintenance facility on a Coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria at approximately 1:38 p.m. local time.

The intelligence community assess the UAV to be of Iranian origin.

— "At the direction of President Biden, I authorized U.S. Central Command forces (US CENTCOM) to conduct precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)," said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. "The airstrikes were conducted in response to today’s attack as well as a series of recent attacks against Coalition forces in Syria by groups affiliated with the IRGC."

These precision strikes are intended to protect and defend U.S. personnel.

The United States took proportionate and deliberate action intended to limit the risk of escalation and minimize casualties."

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🚨 Syria: Rockets target the American base in the Al-Omar oil field east of Deir Ezzor. Explosions resound at the base. More than 20 missiles targeted the base in the Koniko field.

There is mutual rocket and artillery shelling between the Syrian Arab Army and the American occupation forces in Deir Ezzor.

By @⁠⁠⁠SAM_Syria0
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