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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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⋯ The documents also revealed that some of the Lebanese were part of the Lebanese resistance against the Israeli invasion, before traveling to the US.

Photos of Mohammad Darwich, one of the arrested Lebanese.

It's unclear if he is still in prison.
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🔴 2 year old Palestinian baby, Mohammed Tamimi, is now pronounced killed after being shot by Israeli occupation forces 2 days ago near the town of Nabi Saleh, West Ramallah. The Israeli military first accused Palestinians, but hours later backtracked and…
UPDATE: The Israeli army says that they won't punish the soldier who purposely shot and killed the Palestinian baby.

The soldier was quoted saying "sorry" and that the IDF will do whatever to defeat terrorism.
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Israeli arms exports reached a record high in 2022, totalling $12.5 billion.

The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco, accounted for 24% of the arms purchases.

The Asia-Pacific region was the largest purchaser of Israeli defense goods, buying 30% of total exports.
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🔴 The Lebanese parliament failed to elect a new Lebanese president for the 12th time. Top IMF official Jihad Azour received 59 votes, while Suleiman Frangieh received 51. In the first round, 86 votes were needed to win. Hezbullah and Amal blocked the second…
🗳 Suleiman Frangieh got 14 Christian votes, 27 Shia votes, about 8 Sunni votes and 2 Alawite, but no Druze.

Jihad Azour didn't get any Shia or Alawite votes, and got mostly Christian votes (FPM + LF)

In conclusion, Frangieh defeated the narrative that he lacks transsectarian support.
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An outlaw was killed in the town of Horta'la during a raid to arrest him by the Lebanese army.

As a result, Dar al-Amal Hospital was surrounded by fellows of him in anger for his death, which erupted into clashes with the army.
Israel's Rafael defense contractor says it has been developing an anti-hypersonic missile, dubbed Sky Sonic.

Earlier on 6 June, the Israeli defence minister rediculed Iran's alleged hypersonic missile, stating that they don't care and have a solution for everything.
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The US State Department expresses its concern after several Lebanese parliamentarians left to thwart the voting to elect a president.

No such statement was issued when such, legal and constitutional tactics, were used by US-allies in Lebanon on earlier occasions.
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During a protest that attacked Byblos Bank today, one of the organizers told another to shout “Jaafar” instead of “Charbel”, a protestor's actual name, to imply that Lebanese Shia are the ones behind the destruction of a bank in a Christian-majority area.
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The Shia Islamic Council:

"There is a need to educate Lebanese families of all honorable sects and religions, to reject all forms of homosexuality that contradicts divine nature."
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UAE is expected to resume issuing visas to Lebanese soon, after a brief halt due to an unknown trigger a few weeks ago.
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The Lebanese army continues to crackdown on a gang in Hours'la in Beqaa.

The gang is responsible for killing 3 Lebanese army soldiers, kidnapping, drug dealing, and theft.
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🔴 The Israeli army received an offer to sell up to 200-300 of its Merkava-2 and Merkava-3 tanks to two countries, including a European one.

The Merkava tanks were used in the invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and the war in 2006.

The tanks are vulnerable to RPGs and to ATGMs, unlike the Merkava-4.
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US president Joe Biden's pick for counterterrorism coordinator, Elizabeth Richard, is facing a severe backlash by the republicans, who accuse her of failing to counter Hezbullah during her tenure as ambassador to Lebanon and funding Lebanese security services (army and police).
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⋯ The campaign is spearheaded by Ted Cruz who accuses her of funding Hezbullah and groups allied to it.

Additionally, he accuses the Western-trained and funded Lebanese armed forces of killing Amer Fakhoury, a US citizen, who worked with Israel during the occupation era.
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Israeli settlers on the border area in Lebanon are protesting the continuous controlled-detonation of mines in Lebanon.

The shockwaves led to the damaging of few windows and solar panels.

The mines are all Israeli, set during their occupation era between 1978-2000.
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