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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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- MP Michel Moawad announces his resignation from the parliament.

He is of several independent MPs to resign, though was initially part of FPM's bloc during the elections.

FPM had many non party MPs. https://t.co/FG4LxIpNwQ
President Trump called for calm in Lebanon and acknowledged the legitimate demands of peaceful protestors. https://t.co/Gj6Pc55dk3
Important news soon about the government, and some reshuffling.
- Chief of staff of the Lebanese army visited the field hospitals set by several countries. https://t.co/PakUQU3iGv
- Saudi Foreign Ministry: Lebanon desperately needs political and economic reform, and the continued destructive hegemony of Hezbollah raises our concerns. https://t.co/f2jQhEl6w2
- A small protest is ongoing now in downtown Beirut.

- Security forces are firing tear gas to disperse protesters in Beirut.

Note: The price of one gas canister costs 30€. Many of those being used are expired.
Lebanon records its highest COVID-19 toll today with 294 new cases.
Out of 6,223 cases, 4,102 are active cases.

People need to wear masks, as the health sector is already collapsing.
- Former minister Youssef Fenianos denies to MTV that he received any report on explosive materials and denies that he gave Hariri such a report while he was in office.

Note: They should have been informed by security forces, and army intellegence that is found in the port.
For the sake of clarification:

This is the real photo from Soleimani's speech, the other photo (second) is from the mourning in Ashoura.

Here's the video: https://t.co/EKJMRl4XI8 https://t.co/4PpufmL1AD https://t.co/t7winMFVWd
As for the first, that was for moments, yet the general atmosphere of the speech was different.

That aside, this is Nasrallah in 1998 during his eldest son's funeral who was killed by the IDF and retrieved a year later. https://t.co/OYKZd141qY
- According to Al Jadeed news, Zeina Akar (Minister of Defense - Independent), Raoul Nehmi (Minister Of Economy - FPM), and Ghazi Wazni ( Minister of Finance - Amal) are currently considering to resign. https://t.co/rdsqVWhmwf