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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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The Army Command - Directorate of Orientation mourns Abdul Rahman Warda from Akar who was killed by gunfire in the outskirts of the town of Arsal while stopping a drug smuggling operation to Syria. https://t.co/B0hYtBMgwr
Internal Security: The airport searching platoon thwarted the smuggling of a quantity of subsidized medicines into Egypt that was elaborately hidden inside a loudspeaker.

Note: This is the 4th or 5th attempt to smuggle medicine to Egypt.
In an attempt to ease transactions and withdrawals during COVID-19, Al Qard Al Hasan, a non interest non profitable bank created by Hezbullah to assist the local community in the 1980's, set up new ATM machines

Technically the only ATM machine left in Lebanon that gives dollars. https://t.co/gazmW6rCKN
Lebanese Forces: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ghassan Hasbani to MTV: The new sanctions are a path that the United States started; they are serious and will continue. https://t.co/sR7L7DGy5D
Hasbani to MTV: The Lebanese Forces party does not intend to take advantage of the sanctions against Bassil and make emotional or popular reactions because we know that these decisions are coming.
The Free Patriotic Movement: "In the light of the spontaneous marches by activists in support of Gebran Bassil, the movement asks its supporters not to go to the American embassy and protest there." https://t.co/i1hYPrPjmX
@_mreidy_ @eeecs_ And since the money was never invested anymore they still preserved people's money and people can still get them anytime. If you had 1k or 50k you can withdraw any day any time.
Ah well. Goodbye Donald Trump.

#Elections2020 #ElectionDay
The National Agency: The body of a woman with a gunshot wound to her head was found in a house in the town of Al-Qatine, Kesrouan.

Several homicides were reported this week.
Officially: Iranian Ministry of Youth and Sports denies the participation of Iranian athletes in a tournament in the Zionist entity.

CC: @MiddleEastNW https://t.co/opHNevViv0
The Ministry of Health: 1769 new infections and 13 new deaths.

https://www.aljadeed.tv/arabic/news/local/0711202034
President Aoun telegraphed US President-elect Joe Biden congratulating him on his election as President of the United States of America, expressing his hope that during his term there will be balance in Lebanese-American relations for what is in the interest of both nations. https://t.co/6QYBnLhIHy
Hizbullah sought to reinforce the doctrine of the Squadron, which is a group of small ships or drones that will simultaneously operate against Israeli targets such as drilling rigs, beaches, and the Israeli army.

Amir Bohbot- Israel https://t.co/iKfjiWd8x1
Secretary General of the Red Cross: There are many cases that the Red Cross is transferring to the hospital and are infected with Coronavirus, however there are no beds at the hospitals to provide the much urgent assistance. https://t.co/GtzjrX5aBF
The head of the Doctors Syndicate, Sharaf Abu Sharaf: What we see in restaurants, cafes, vegetable and fruit shops, and places of worship of violations is equivalent to criminality and the necessity for a complete closure. https://t.co/t0tYfoSyfH
Did Biden give Jerusalem and Golan to Israel? No it was Trump

Did Biden kill the Iran deal and Qassem Soleimani? No it was Trump

Did Biden Tomahawk Syria? No it was Trump

Did Biden sanction Lebanese political parties? No it was Trump

They are both bad, but one is wiser.