Lebanese News and Updates – Telegram
Lebanese News and Updates
75.5K subscribers
30.2K photos
8.27K videos
36 files
5.76K links
Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
Download Telegram
Commander of the Northern District in the IDF, Amir Baram:

- In one of his recent speeches, Nasrallah said the Israeli army is "at a foot and a half, shrunk and on standby awaiting a response", it's right, we're ready.

- The next war will not be in one arena only, it will be the first north war, because Hezbollah is planning that while we are fighting in Lebanon, there will be another front against us from Syria.
The Special Forces of the 769th Brigade on the northern border are on high alert. https://t.co/8Vuki22cAZ
🔁 RT @wikileaks: 2007 WikiLeaks Cable on Khalid al-Masri: https://t.co/bsxKnmSAVD

Al-Masri is a German/Lebanese citizen who was mistakenly abducted, handed over to the @CIA and tortured. Shortly to testify: #Assangecase #amnestyinternational @hrw https://t.co/VhUzHUBnt1
New information: The Indictment Commission in Mount Lebanon headed by Judge Rabih Al-Husami released all those arrested in the fraudulent fuel file with financial bail ranging between 5 and 20 million pounds. (As in 600$ - 2,500$ for losses worth tens of millions of dollars)
Palestine TV: Dr. Nidal Jabareen, a dentist, was killed by a stun grenade being thrown near him by the occupation forces, which led to heart stroke.

He was transferred to the government hospital, arriving as a martyr.
Fayez Al-Masry, the man who was kidnapped on Thursday in broad daylight in the Chtaura area, has been released, according to LBCI.

Roads in the center of Chtaura Square, which were sealed with dirt mounds to protest his abduction, were reopened.
A woman was killed while crossing Zahle highway towards Al Kark. The other lady is in good condition. https://t.co/YsYEhFkF1W
Unconfirmed reports of an explosion in Beqaa.

- Can be anything from a security incident, to a tire or a gas canister explosion, to Lebanese army training.

- (Update 22:30) It was RPGs fired in the air, celebrating the release of someone from prison.
As part of the survey work carried out by the army units in the port of Beirut, 1,320 kilograms of fireworks packed in 120 carton boxes were found and stored in one of the wards.

Immediately, the Engineering Regiment removed it, and disposed it. https://t.co/N364YhFfdk
The Ministry of Health: 750 new COVID-19 cases were recorded and 18 deaths.

I think this is the highest recorded so far, for both.
11,756 tests were done today, including 8,806 locally.

The positivity rate is 8.2% https://t.co/g45ru5UqCD
State department official David Shenker is the man behind the negotiations now, as I mentioned before.

Interesting how Shenker thinks he met with the transitional government in Beirut when he actually met with no bodies. What is he trying to do? A coup?
IMPORTANT: - Experts from active European states have begun to review the available agreements between the Lebanese parties, from Lausanne, the Tripartite Agreement, Taif Agreement to Saint Cloud and Doha agreements in case things go wrong in Lebanon.

- These European countries, in case of something, are preparing to sponsor a conference that brings together the Lebanese parties, in preparation for a new formula to rule.

(As reported by Lebanese French journalist @tammam1975)
This being said, Jumblatt who was in France, said today: "We're marking the end of Greater Lebanon". It seems to hint we are soon (likely) going to an internal war that might later involve several external players.

As I said, we entered the beast mode. Embrace.
Following @politico’s story, South African officials say they have now spoken w/ US counterparts on the claim that Iran wanted to assasinate the Amercian Amb. in SA. They say the intel US side shared “is not sufficient to sustain the allegation that there is a credible threat” https://t.co/LNkIpajOF1