It is noteworthy that the silos were built by the Czech company prumstav between 1968 and 1970, funded by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and suggested by the famous Palastinian banker Yousef Beidas. https://t.co/sgsKDUAOSw

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Israel Ministry of Defense spokeswoman:

The Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense recently conducted a pre-planned flight test of the Arrow 2 system with the Arrow 2 interceptor in the mediterranean.

More details in the coming hours. https://t.co/kYrOem4Tfa

Update:The Israel Missile Defense Organization & the U.S MDA have successfully completed a flight test of the Arrow 2 system. It successfully engaged a Sparrow target missile, which simulates a long-range surface-to-surface missile. Updated operational capabilities were validated

- The joint Israeli-American test reflects the partnership & friendship between the two countries & the deep commitment of the U.S. to the safety of the citizens of Israel. We will continue to work together to strengthen the capabilities of the defense establishment on all fronts

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Lebanon on Friday and meet with his Lebanese counterpart in the caretaker government. https://t.co/1HL7xuTirZ

Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale will travel to Lebanon from August 13-15. https://t.co/Q4limfsz73

Erdogan: “We are in Lebanon based on eternal brotherhood ties, and we are not there to take pictures or perform in front of the cameras, as some do.”

A statement in the context of the escalating competition with France and the UAE in the Eastern Mediterranean. https://t.co/BjrFQrddEC

Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: The French President has colonial goals in Lebanon and his recent visit to Beirut is an exhibition. https://t.co/bPyFP9Qh1w

It seems that Lebanon is now stuck between two deadly geopolitical adventures it didn't ask for.

Turkey vs France and USA vs Iran.

All their officials will be in Lebanon this week, in the light of the Turkish and French verbal attacks on each other regarding Lebanon.

Sunday August 13, 2006 the Israeli army targeted the Imam Al-Hassan complex in Dahyeh with 23 tons of explosives aiming for a large blow against Hezbullah in the last day of the war.

30 civilians were killed, hundred injuried, with two whose bodies were never recovered. (1/2) https://t.co/QooQ1kQvIy

241 apartments were destroyed, adding to the already leveled Dahyeh from IDF strikes.

Why did this happen? The IDF was given false intel by the Lebanese minister and MP from the PSP party, Marwan Hmedeh who claimed this is a military complex and Nasrallah is there. (2/2) https://t.co/tN1ZOQLmWJ

Regarding the fake news about certain political parties buying buildings and houses in the areas most affected by the Beirut blast for "demographic changes", this is not accurate at all and secterian propaganda by some secterian accounts here.

This is exactly what is happening:

Since the collapse of the banks in Lebanon, Real estate and construction owners lost access to their dollars in the bank; them aside, all rich investors too.

Therefore in order to compensate for that, they have been buying land and properties for months using Chèque de banque

This allows them to send money from their bank accounts to other bank accounts, as they are unable to withdraw their money

This has been going on for months, and what's happening in Beirut is simply the continuation of this. Nothing shady or political or secterian is happening.

Lebanon's Civil war was a fight over power, and when it ended the civil war parties distributed the power over secterian basis and since that day Lebanon's top positions have been distributed for 1/2 between Christians and for 1/2 between Muslims; between 18 sects.

Since that day, the secterian polarization of the Lebanese increased, not decreased leading to the regretful hate we see today between Lebanese. That aside, this distribution of power, although unfair due to the Lebanese demographics, have led to mismanagement and nepotism.

What used to happen is that people were not chosen on basis of merit, but rather on the basis of ensuring equal secterian representation in the gov, army, and jobs.

This along with political parties being those war lords and those controlling the sects, Lebanon collapsed.

This all enabled secterian protected corruption.

Therefore the only true path of reform would be to end this secterian system by ending the secterian distribution of power and creating a parliament based on true representation of the Lebanese outside the label of religion

This is what democracy is supposed to mean, true representation and the rule of the majority

Political parties are in the core of this understanding and are not alien to it. However the issue here is not simply that the secterian political people don't want this, it's the people

As many know, Hezbullah got the most votes in the last elections but got only 12 seats while others got 1/2 his votes and twice his seats

This for example is an undemocratic political process, regardless of what we consider Hezbullah. They got those votes but it didn't translate