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Major Nadaf was the first to discover the presence of ammonium nitrate in warehouse 12 (aside from the Customs and Port security officials), and he informed the concerned authorities.

His father, a Brigadier General, was killed in an Al Qaeda ambush in year 2000. https://t.co/dX8YaCp9rO
Do you think the French will be able to force Lebanese politicians to do reforms and create an effective government that will access the much needed aid to save Lebanon?
Final Results
66%
No, they are useless
34%
Yes, highly likely
Lebanon recorded today 598 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths.

9,081 tests were done with a positivity rate of 7.7% https://t.co/6YnGduIbGk
Jumblatt: I advise the Americans to abandon the missile theory and sanctions. The sanctions against Hezbollah will not weaken it, but rather the Lebanese economy, and I advise the Gulf to join the French initiative. https://t.co/ULvIe9kuWj
Jumblatt told LBCI: I have no advice to give to the designated PM, except for the French paper. It is not possible to cling to the ministries and follow the quota system, otherwise we will commit a crime.
Jumblatt told LBCI: I named Mustafa Adeeb because there is a unique French initiative which is a rescue of what is left of Greater Lebanon, and I trust France and the modest rescue program.
Jumblatt presented to LBCI: I do not accept a change from the Taif Agreement, but if the people of the relationship want it, then this is their affair and I said that the agreement ended because unfortunately some forgot it.
After the governor of central bank announced that in 2-3 months he won't be able to support imports, merchants and shopkeepers started to raise prices and hoard leading to a sharp increase in prices of food and co.

Medicine is expected to the first to lose the bank support.
Meeting between Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of Hamas, the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad, Ziyad al-Nakhala, and the delegation of the movement's leadership. https://t.co/vM46gClKax
According to LBC, David Schenker said if the Lebanese side didn't change its stand on the border & marine deal with Israel, he won't be meeting the parliament speaker who is tasked with negotiating such a deal with the American. https://t.co/IY1tDpZJwW
David Schenker didn't inform the president or the PM about any meetings with them.

The only confirmed thing is that he said he'll be meeting the 7 resigned MPs (Moawad won't be in Lebanon, that's the only reason why he won't join them)

How is this acceptable by any diplomatic norm?
The US State Department spokeswoman to Al Arabiya:

"Hezbollah should not be part of the Lebanese government." https://t.co/YXusOr9EDv
Spokesperson for the US State Department told Al-Hadath: We are working closely with France to support Lebanon.
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U.S. state department Mike Pompeo: Washington will impose sanctions on the ICC prosecutor. https://t.co/23zg1sccA5
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We get why Pompeo sanctioned the ICC.

That's a lot of senators and representatives in the #1 democracy promoting freedom, justice, and the rule of law, within the legitimate international bodies...
Fun fact:

When prime minister Rafic Al Hariri was murdered, the political class close to him changed the inheritance law for just 24 hours to pass his wealth untaxed to his children causing the Lebanese treasury the loss of 2.2 billion dollars. https://t.co/zCq4avYDtv