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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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🇱🇧l🇮🇱 As for the other Israeli violations today:

- Israeli occupation forces fired machine gun bursts from the Asi position opposite Mays al-Jabal toward the outskirts of the town adjacent to the border.

- Enemy forces fired machine gun bursts from their position on Tallet al-Hamams toward the Wazzani orchards adjacent to the Lebanese Army checkpoint.

- Israeli drones were active over Ain al-Arab and Wazaneh area

Etc etc
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As some are aware, the Information Branch in the ISF is one of the most technically advanced intelligence units in Lebanon which has many achievements.

The branch was the baby of the cooperation between the EU and both KSA and UAE on behalf of the Lebanese Sunni majority party the Future Movement (Hariri)

The branch also played a big role in uncovering many Israeli spies whenever they decided to care enough to work on the topic.

What I noticed in the few days and in brief:

- The Lebanese president wants to minimize the power of this branch and break it away from the Future movement in favor of the Lebanese army Intelligence branch

- The ISF leadership has been infighting over $ and a woman, as some media claim

- Pro-Hezbullah journalists have posted many tweets hailing the branch despite the political difference and expressed sadness that its most senior and capable officer (sunni) was not promoted to lead the branch

Here are the tweets that I thought were interesting and inspired this post. I'm not very knowledgeable and that deep in these details.

They talk good about Khaled Hamoud, who not leading the branch is a loss for it, but at the same time its weakening is allegedly a blow for 14-March and a relief to Hezbullah

- https://x.com/Hasanillaik/status/1900174976394703026

- https://x.com/radwanmortada/status/1899878288203419675
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🇱🇧 Today the Lebanese president picked the heads of the Lebanese security branches, filling the gaps.

The picks are interesting, especially the christian ones who all had a role in either commanding in south Lebanon or coordinating the ceasefire with the IDF (previous years etc)
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The Council of Ministers appoints Brigadier General Rodolphe Heikal as Commander of the Lebanese Army. (Christian)
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Brigadier General Raed Al-Abdullah is the Director General of Internal Security. (Sunni)
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Brigadier General Edgar Lowndes, Director General of State Security. (christian)
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Brigadier General Hassan Ezzat Choucair is the Director General of the Lebanese General Security. (Shia - Pro Amal)
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🇱🇧l🇮🇱 Jews reveal their true color, and confirm they will never leave the 5 Lebanese hills regardless of the results of diplomatic negations with Lebanon

Jewish Defense Minister Israel Katz says the IDF will stay at five strategic points in southern Lebanon "indefinitely," regardless of negations over 13 disputed points on the border.

During an assessment yesterday with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other top military officials, Katz "clarified that the IDF will remain at the five points that control the buffer zone in Lebanon, indefinitely, for the sake of protecting the residents of the north, and this is without any connection to future negotiations on points of dispute on the border," his office says.

Katz instructed the IDF to fortify its positions at the five strategic points and prepare to stay there for a long period, his office adds.

The IDF presence there voids the ceasefire agreement and voids the 1701
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"Others' wars on our lands"
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🇱🇧l🇮🇱 Citizen Jaafar Mustafa survived after the Jewish occupation forces opened fire on him while he was grazing his flock in the Wazzani Plain, which led to the death of a number of heads of livestock.

Jews murdering sheep/goats in Lebanon, after they did in Syria yesterday and almost daily in the West Bank

Jews continue to be the embodiment of terror and all what is evil
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🇱🇧 And while Israel is at its height announcing a permanent occupation and while the Lebanese army is still begging the UN to remove a sand barrier created by the IDF inside Lebanon...

...the Christian Ministers in the Lebanese government have demanded the gov set a timetable to enforce the full disarmament and confiscation of Hezbullah's weapons

.... subliminally in hopes to eventually drive Lebanon into full surrender and normalization with Israel
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Adeeb Abdel-Masih (Slave of Jesus): Israel is exploiting Hezbullah's activity in the south to strike.

Adeeb Abdel-Masih (Slave of Jesus): also: Israel has increased its violations and is giving Hezbullah an excuse to act.
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🗣 Paula Yacoubian, MP which represents many NGO MPs: Talking about peace with Israel should not be forbidden."
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🗣 Fares Saeed: "We've entered an era of talk of peace. Before, they wanted Israeli flag was erased. Now, we're in a different world"

In the same interview he talks about how good it is to be now under U.S. and Saudi interference.
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In Lebanon, after the civil war where the Christian parties dragged Lebanon into its bloodiest era without any repercussions...

...the balance of power shifted toward the council of ministers and not the presidency which was the most powerful seat in the state and headed by a Christian

However despite that, Christians in Lebanon maintained an exceptional representation that extends from the president, to the head of the central bank, to the head of the Army and most level #1 jobs in the government and state.

Despite that, most appointments are meant to be discussed within the minister of council and in coordination with the PM.

What's interesting and what has happened, is that president Aoun whose election itself is not "constitutionally sane" has picked the new heads of security services alone and didn't consult the PM Nawaf Salam nor the minister of councils.

He alone picked the Christian positions, and for the Shia ones, consulted with Nabih Berri. Shia get the Head of General security and the deputy Head of state security.

So far, Aoun has been treating Berri well in terms of Shia state positions.

Nawaf had no say, and the government accepted the nominations without any protest.

The Lebanese Forces party who assumes they won the situation after the war, and now back in the government with 4 seats was also not consulted and they voiced "questions" but eventually didn't dare protest.
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According to MTV, the LF party "had questions" but the council didn't allow discussion.

So where did Aoun get this much momentum and power?
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🇱🇧l🇺🇸l🇸🇦 The Council of Ministers, which appointed new leaders for the security services (March 13, 2025), recorded two serious violations accompanying the security appointments file, which affect the Lebanese state's constitution and sovereignty:

- foreign interference
- the exclusion of the Council of Ministers, its Prime Minister, and the relevant ministers from the discussion

Beirut Review has learned that President Joseph Aoun unilaterally selected the two Christian officers who assumed command of the army and State Security.

He consulted with Speaker Nabih Berri regarding the names of the two Shiite officers (General Security and Deputy Director of State Security), without consulting the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (LF)

Regarding the Sunni aspect of the appointments, Beirut Review reports that President Aoun brought with him to Riyadh during his recent visit several files containing the names of Sunni candidates for security positions, along with their CVs.

He discussed these names with Saudi officials, headed by Prince Yazid bin Farhan.

According to sources, the result was approval of the name Aoun proposed for the General Directorate of Internal Security.

This step indicates that the decision in this regard was not a sovereign Lebanese one, but rather was governed by Saudi "inspirations," raising questions about the independence of Lebanese decision-making, as promised by the "new era."
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Most dangerous in this context, Beirut Review sources indicated that the Americans are behind keeping the current Army intelligence director in his position, despite the president's attempts to persuade them to appoint another name on the grounds that "it would be better for you."

These facts prove, once again, the existence of a Saudi-American tutelage over Lebanon.

The most worrying aspect of the appointments is the violation of the Lebanese Constitution, with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Defense Minister Michel Menassa, and the Interior Minister (who was appointed by the President of the Republic) excluded from the security appointments scene.
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And as you'd expect, the hypocrites in the Lebanese Forces party didn't know how to justify their position.

After claiming they were consulted, they issued statement saying they protested the appointments made and the mechanism

However the situation gets more embarrassing for them, especially after they failed to secure the sovereignty over other civil war era Christian jobs.

Notably this time? The airport jobs
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In brief, there were new positions appointes for the Lebanese Civil Aviation, another Lebanese state institute dominated by Christian-only positions.

However this time, several seats were stripped from them, and all the LF could make excuses.

With all love to my Christian brothers and sisters in Lebanon, in pro-ending the 50/50 distribution and the dominated #1 level jobs for them. It should be based on merit and not forced.

FPM (Aoun) was able to use this as talking point against the LF, for failing to secure Christian representation after they claimed to have the biggest Christian representation and now seated in the government. The beef is all over Twitter

So what exactly happened?

- The general manager was a Christian, he became a Shiite.

- The airport chief was a Christian, he became a Druze.

- The head of the maintenance department is now a Shiite.

- The head of the guidance department is now Shiite.

It's quite funny that despite the results of the war, the loss of Sayyed Hassan, and the high the others felt and their readiness to walk over the carcass of the Shia...this happens.

These are unrelated to Aoun, and done by the Druze minister of Works who is from Joumblat party.

Again, our buddy PM Nawaf Salam is nowhere to be seen, as if he doesn't exist.

See, I'm not very comfortable about the situation and everything feels like a trap. Because it is.
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