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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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The Swedish ambassador to Lebanon has left back to her home country.

Neither the Lebanese government or any party forced this decision.
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Whole units and brigades in the Israeli army are at risk of losing their operational capability next week, after thousands of soldiers threatened to not attend their posts if the Israeli government approves the judicial changes

Even after the matter ends, the IDF is torn forever
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Lebanese security forces increased the measures around the Swedish embassy to protect it from any possible attack or vandalism.
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Influential Iranian politician, Ali Larijani, issued a statement calling Iranian officials and Islamic leaders to follow the advice of Hezbullah's secretary-general and expell the Swedish ambassadors.

Text in Farsi
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Security forces arrested two siblings for various crimes in Mount Lebanon.

When being investigated, they found footage of rape on their phones of their 17 y/o sister.

Their mother was arrested for hiding the crime. She kept silent because the two siblings provided her money.
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"Village of love and peace" association in Mount Lebanon was closed by the judiciary after evidence that indicated they sold orphans to families in exchange of money.

Investigations also revealed cases of sexual assault for infants and old children under 17.
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Israeli army Chief of Operations Department:

"I still think that a war or a battle for a few days with Hezbullah is still far away."

(Illustrative image)
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Lebanon is expected to witness another shakeup, as soon the tenure of the central bank governor ends in a few weeks.

Without a president, no new governor can be elected.

Lebanon will not have a president, government, nor central bank governor.

With no governor, his 4 deputies are expected to carryout his duties.

However in a recent public letter, they threatened their registration if forced to carry the burden of the financial situation.

Additionally, they asked to be allowed to use Lebanon's gold & cash reserves.
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⋯ "How can we, the deputy governors who are going to lead monetary policy as of August 1, be able to stabilise [the pound] in the absence of any government reforms?” Salim Chahine said in an interview.

"No monetary policy will succeed without supportive government policies."
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The Criminal Court in Baabda issued a decision to close the orphanage NGO "Village of Love and Peace", after it became clear that it covered up the harassment of two female minors by Gebran Kali, who urged them to take drugs and practice masturbation.
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⋯ Additionally, the owner Norma Saaed, took the girls to clean homes and threatened them with imprisonment if they exposed what was going on inside the association.

Gebran Kali is the head of the Syriac Christian League, and the founder of a number of NGOs funded by Sweden.
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Israeli airline association in an open letter to Netanyahu:

"Stop the madness"

Day-by-day, Israel continues to be torn from inside, like all Jewish kingdoms.
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Dory Muhanna and his wife, Vivian Saad, died in a tragic hotel fire in Turkey.
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State Security raided the office of the mayor of Hilaliyeh (Sidon), Joe Saliba, head of the local branch in the Lebanese Forces Party, on charges of forgery, human trafficking and selling children to the NGO "Village of Love & Peace" in Mansourieh.
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"Samir Geagea smuggled $16 million out of the country between August 8 and September 2019, [based on insider info and in cooperation with banks]"

...says the President of the Association of Qualified Anti-Corruption Managers, Gina Al-shammas.
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In exactly 48-hours, the Israeli army will lose its operational ability and become crippled, if soldiers, who pledged to stop serving in the army, fulfill their promises.
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Nearly 500 active duty reservists in the Military Intelligence Directorate have issued a letter announcing that they are suspending their volunteer reserve duty in protest of the government’s plans to overhaul the judicial system - Israeli media
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On 21 July 2017, Hezbullah launched its offensive battle in Arsal countryside, against Al-Qaeda and ISIS fighters, to end the presence of foreign and local terrorists on the Lebanese border once and for all.
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Second Lebanon War - August 2006
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Standoff between the Lebanese army and the Israeli army in Kafarshouba hills, during the visit of opposition MP Elias Jradi to the area.

Jradi is an ex-communist and an opponent to Hezbullah.
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