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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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Al Jadeed: COVID-19 sets a record number today exceeding 1,300 case.
An unidentifiable gasoline vessel entered the Lebanese waters towards the Zahrani oil facilities and it turned out that it did not come at the request of any official body or any private company.

Who's sending gifts?
Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces:

Tomorrow and at exactly 3 pm a press briefing by the spokesperson of the armed forces to reveal the relationship of the former regime with the Zionist entity and the Israeli interventions in Yemen. https://t.co/Im9R7GVwPw
Reports: The meeting between the French ambassador in Lebanon and the international relations official in Hezbollah was friendly and frank

- Hezbollah reaffirmed respect for the French initiative as stated https://t.co/hKwK3clkNP
- The French ambassador expressed his understanding of what Sayyed Nasrallah said in his refutation of what surrounded the initiative and how to implement it.
The ship is sailing under a Panama flag and came from Greece. https://t.co/wnnDO9zYoa
I think this shipment is for Syria but came here to avoid Sanctions.
Reports indicate Mohammad Baasiri might be nominated to become the new PM.

He is said to be close to the USA. https://t.co/Q2tf23bHq3
He's an ex deputy Central Bank governor who said that the depositor's money is safe and that the currency is stable...in 2019. https://t.co/NsjE6SjlBT
Baasiri to "Al Jadeed": I have no knowledge of my name being put forward to head the government, and I accept to be in any position to serve Lebanon. https://twitter.com/UpdatesLebanese/status/1312511223817142272 https://t.co/UASHgesMCv
Baasiri: We are a natural extension of the USA banking sector, considering that our economy is dollarized, and it is necessary for us to have the best relations with the USA. As the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, it was my role to facilitate these relations.
Baasiri: Hezbollah refused my return to the Banque du Liban and placed a veto on me because they think I'm an "American deposit".

Note: The USA ambassador pressured the government to keep him as the deputy.
Baasiri to Al-Jadeed: We have gold reserves of nearly 10 million ounces, or about $ 18 billion, so why not resort to this reserve by mortgaging it to compensate those affected by the Beirut port explosion?
2006 only costed $5 billion, and we can notice the difference in damage.

Today, we need to invest the reserves in fixing the economy. The damage of the Beirut port explosion isn't worth 18 billion... https://t.co/WBBK0m3bgm
Baasiri to "Al-Jadeed": Hezbollah is a political party that has hundreds of thousands of supporters and influences in successive governments and the Parliament, and it is an essential segment of Lebanese society but for Washington it is a terrorist party.
Baasiri: Hezbollah is a basic component of the people, but I am, as Lebanese, with the full exercise of Lebanese sovereignty, especially with regard to weapons, which must be confined to the hands of the Lebanese army, and the decision of peace and war must be the state's