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⭕️ So far, Hezbullah Jihad al-Binaa foundation have scanned the damages from 185,720 buildings and apartments around Lebanon.

They have set 46 HQs ans 1,319 volunteers and experts.

(I noticed the volunteer engineers are from all "walks of life". Saw a liberal girl from my school in their staff lol)

They have scanned:
- South of Litani: 40,731
- North of Litani and Western Beqaa: 50,227
- Beirut and Matn: 70,813
- Beqaa and Baalbek: 23,781

The number of south of Litani is expected to be 2-3 folds more after the Israeli withdrawal.

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2006: 127,000 apartment damaged
2024: 317,500 apartment damaged

2006: 17,500 apartment destroyed
2024: 43,750 apartment destroyed

Unfortunately, the war was at a time when Hezbullah is not very liquid and Iran is facing an extreme economic situation and inflation. No Arab state is willing to contribute and help.

If funding is available, the reconstruction will take about 4 years.

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To read and get more information on this topic, there is a topic in Arabic: https://al-akhbar.com/lebanon/817333

To follow Jihad al-Binaa: https://news.1rj.ru/str/jihadbinaa

My family and I weren't affected by this war, in terms of notable destruction, so I'm in no position to advise people who have.

However its important for those people to be patient and know that Hezbullah is doing everything they can to help. They aren't tycoons nor are they a state. They are doing their best and inshallah they'll be by your side to compensate.

Everyone ofc is sad if they lose their house and their memories, but also the money spent to make it home. But that's unfortunately war and it was fought against a criminal one that disregarded civilian infrastructure.

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Promise and commitment
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🇱🇧l🇸🇾l🇪🇬 After visiting Syria to celebrate the new state, AbdulRahman Yousef al-Qaradawi visited Lebanon where he was arrested by the Lebanese security services.

He is at the risk of being deported to Egypt, where he is a wanted man for the actions of his father against Al-Sisi.

If you are wanted by any Arab State, don't visit Lebanon. They are arresting and deporting to appease the rulers.

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🇱🇧 Member of the "Loyalty to the Resistance" bloc, MP Hassan Fadlallah, confirmed that Hezbullah will continue to adopt the nomination of Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh as long as he is a candidate.

He also indicated that there is no agreement on a specific name that will have the required majority so far.

The parliamentary presidential elections are on 9-Jan.

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Syrians went from:
Bachar or we burn the country

To:
Jowlani or all to the cemetery
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🇸🇾l🇮🇷 Previous Syrian Prime Minister: Iran's debts are $30 billion

He claims they supported the regime with $3 billion annually, in addition to providing it with two million barrels of oil per month for free, and another million barrels that were paid for.


I wanted to note here for everyone, to observe the level of friendly and respectful Iranian relationship with Syria before and how they didn't interfere but within the limits of what the state allowed verses Turkey who now is not only demanding Israel to coordinate with them before attacking Syria, but wants to print the Syrian money and passports, upgrade the Syrian airports, invest in Aleppo's factories, and is daily talking about the Kurds.

People are just hypocrites. It was never able what Iran was doing, but what they wanted to be done.

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📰 A building collapsed completely in the Saint Therese area in the southern suburb.

The building's foundations ware cracked due to the Israeli aggression and the heavy rains caused it to collapse, resulting in a loud noise that was heard around Beirut.

Several buildings are expected to be demolitioned, after being compromised by nearby Israeli attacks during the war.

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❗️Hezbullah votes its MP Mohammad Raad, the highest voted parliamentary in Lebanon, as the deputy Secretary General of Hezbullah.

Raad was part of Hezbullah's shura council, who led Hezbullah's parliamentary bloc and was close to Hezbullah's executive and military leadership.

His son was martyred early during the support front.

Since the war started, he has not been seen publicly. I hope Hezbullah keeps him in the parliament too

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Mohammad Raad was known as the man who doesn't usually smile, but after his eldest son was martyred his smile never left his face and took it as his personal duty to visit the families of all Martyrs and comfort them and be by their side.

He told them, now I can feel what you feel and now I'm no longer shy from you.

May God support him in this role, and guide him to correct decisions.
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📰 MP Hassan Fadllah is now likely the new head of Hezbullah's parliamentary bloc.

He has been the most vocal and active MP recently. Unclear yet if Raad will resign from the parliament.

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📰 The new Head of the Executive Council of Hezbullah will be Sheikh Ali Damoush.

He is the successor to our late martyr Sayyed Hashem Safieddine.

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📰 Despite very reliable sources announcing the previous news, Hezbullah issued a statement stating that any "positions" will be announced in official statements.
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🇱🇧l🇮🇱 In a new breach of the areas that they were unable to enter during the confrontations, 3 Israeli tanks and an enemy military bulldozer advanced this morning from the town of Adaisseh towards the town of Taybeh and from there to the town of Deir Sarian.

The destination of the Zionist force and the nature of its new incursion are not yet clear due to the lack of visibility and the stormy weather.

The enemy forces had sent a notice to the international UNIFIL forces requesting them not to move in the area, or they will be attacked.

At least a couple of civilian houses were burned.

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🇱🇧 Abu Malek al-Tali the wanted terrorist in Lebanon who kidnapped and killed dozens of Lebanese soldiers during an invasion of Arsal town and who occupied for years the northeastern border with Lebanon, is now active again and calling on the new administration in Syria to "re-secure the border"

Hezbullah fought against him in 2017, liberating the area, finding the burial location of the Lebanese army soldier and bussing him to Idlib.

He was sidelined later by Jolani, and not given important roles but now he might use him again due to his experience.

Abu Malik and his initial crew were smugglers before making their beards longer and become "Jihadists"

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🇱🇧l🇸🇾 Even though Lebanon welcomed hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees from all political parties and ideologies, the situation has now changed.

Locals in Tripoli and other Sunni-majority areas started to attack Syrians who are recently coming from Syria and and anyone affiliated with the army or simply a supporter of the old system is being being assaulted and attacked.

This is happening, while tens of thousands of Syrians continue to live in Shia (Hezbullah) areas safely even though now hundreds are being open to their support about the rebels.

There is Syrian who owns a supermarket nearby someone. He literally went to Idlib to celebrate and came back a few days to his supermarket in Dahyeh.

But all the media ever does is highlight some irregularities in Hezbullah's community and highlight it while they stay silent about the elephant in the room

I find it quite ironic too. Tripoli and other areas stayed silent when Gaza has been massacred daily for 14 months, and when the war started their politicians stayed silent and even took extra steps to hide their party offices to avoid any heat.

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🇸🇾 In Syria, executions are ongoing without any "legal processes" or courts as the new government is sending hit squads to all towns and killing anyone who was a member of the old state from low rank officers to informants who were forced to play this role.

They are kidnaped from homes, and then dumped in the fields and the roads.

I'm all for punishing those who committed war crimes or drug offenses, but they aren't doing that. They are chasing everyone.

And they don't really care about evidence or courts, as for now, not a single effort has been done by the new administration to secure the records in prisons, government ministries, and even intelligence offices.

Some were burned, some rebels themselves screwed while searching them, some are being burned by low-rank employees from the previous state to avoid being incriminated.

This crackdown will continue for years and it'll always be the excuse to shun any opposition. "Old regime elements", they will pin any issue on them.

Believe it or not, no one believes the old Assad administration can be restored and not a single one is fighting for him or old Syria. There is no resistance.

Those clashes are ongoing with outlaws, or with people who do not want to be disappeared in Jowlani's prisons forever or assassinated.

The videos we see today under the new state, are worse than what we saw during the old state. Beating, degradation, and humiliation.

Finally, Jowlani announced no elections or constitution for 4 years. So now, he's the overall ruler with no position.

I hope to the best for the Syrians, but I know well, the only common I have with the collective Arab world is that we speak Arabic.

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📰 Report on Lebanese social media:

A Lebanese car was shot at on the Homs-Damascus road in Syria, wounding three people.

According to the source, the shooting was carried out by an armed group.

A military operations force immediately arrived and imposed a security cordon on the area to control the situation and investigate the circumstances of the incident.

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🥀 In Lebanon, Hezbullah continues to bury its martyrs in their hometowns weeks after the ceasefire started.

Many are being relocated from where they were buried to their towns. Newly found martyrs are being buried also.

Hopefully when the Jews withdraw from the south, the remaining bodies will be found, on the assumption they didn't kidnap those from the fields.

📸 From the funeral of two martyrs in Safad al-Batikh

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