Lebanon's health sector can deal with at most 4,000 new cases a month.
At this rate, we'll be achieving that every 13 days.
At this rate, we'll be achieving that every 13 days.
@manniefabian You forget to say all injures are civilian kids and one pregnant women.
Putin appoints Alexander Rudakov as Russia's new ambassador to Lebanon.
Prior to the appointment Rudakov served as deputy director of the Department of Middle Eastern and North African Affairs at the @mfa_russia. https://t.co/D3vVIJ3Ve9
Prior to the appointment Rudakov served as deputy director of the Department of Middle Eastern and North African Affairs at the @mfa_russia. https://t.co/D3vVIJ3Ve9
On this day, 15 August 2013, a VIED exploded in Beirut's southern suburb, killing twenty seven people and injuring over 226 others.
ISIS took responsibility. https://t.co/XI32tINNl1
ISIS took responsibility. https://t.co/XI32tINNl1
Majdal Zoun village in South Lebanon will be quarantined for 3 days due to the increase of COVID-19 cases in the village. https://t.co/pJhosAu3C8
“We can never go back to an era in which anything goes at the port or the borders of Lebanon that had to contribute to this situation,” David Hale, US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said. (1/2) https://t.co/yrMfmsRAIC
“Every sovereign state controls its ports and its borders thoroughly and I imagine all Lebanese would like to return to that era,” Hale
FBI agents would be arriving this weekend to help find out what exactly happened and “what led to the circumstances of this explosion”. (2/2) https://t.co/nyi3Rz8Qjx
FBI agents would be arriving this weekend to help find out what exactly happened and “what led to the circumstances of this explosion”. (2/2) https://t.co/nyi3Rz8Qjx
Note: Although he, the USA, and everyone knows this ammonium nitrate is not connected to Hezbullah and that Hezbullah has no presence at the port, he mentioned the borders for that sole reason.
He is currently advocating cutting Hezbullah's access to the Syrian border, and deploying UNIFIL forces along that border in order to stop any weapon shipment from Syria to Lebanon. This was a condition of ending the 2006 war, but it failed to be enforced.
Knowing that UNIFIL'S mandate is on the line now, this topic is back and is being discussed.
He is currently advocating cutting Hezbullah's access to the Syrian border, and deploying UNIFIL forces along that border in order to stop any weapon shipment from Syria to Lebanon. This was a condition of ending the 2006 war, but it failed to be enforced.
Knowing that UNIFIL'S mandate is on the line now, this topic is back and is being discussed.
A USA point of view
https://t.co/FYQDrkOpym
https://t.co/FYQDrkOpym
Brookings
Debating UN peacekeeping in Lebanon
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon mission is up for its annual mandate renewal before the Security Council in August. What has UNIFIL achieved, and not? What is a realistic expectation of UNIFIL under current circumstances, and how should Washington…
Three Egyptian and two Kuwaiti cargo planes with aid landed today in Beirut. https://t.co/hk230C3ITS