🇱🇧🇮🇷🇺🇸 -- IMPORTANT: The CBP lied when they said there was no directive to profile people at the border. Looks like there is indeed a directive asking officers to profile people based on their national origin (Iranian, Lebanese, Palestinian) and their religion and sect (Shia).

🇱🇧🇨🇳 -- The Lebanese Health minister assures that none of the Lebanese in Wuhan and China in general are infected with ncov(Corona virus).

-- Lebanon finance minister calls on banking association to reduce interest rates in the coming period.

-- Lebanon finance minister says bank deposits will not be touched.

🇱🇧🇨🇳 In the face of all this unjustified hate the Chinese are facing around the world, we as Lebanese send our solidarity and support and then condolences to all those who have died.

-- UNIFIL’s vehicle patrol in El Fardis South Lebanon.

-- UNIFIL UN Peacekeeping troops, in coordination with the Lebanese army, perform daily patrols to maintain calm in the area.

🇸🇦🇱🇧 -- A Saudi national was stopped in the Lebanese international airport for the possession of 39 grams of cocaine and 25 grams of hash.

-- A group of protesters gathered in jounieh, protesting ISF's arrests of few protesters.

-- The Lebanese army is deployed to stop any attempt at blocking the roads.

-- There are rumors that Lebanese banks will replace dollar based accounts with Lebanese pounds at the official exchange rate of 1$=1515.

Not only will people lose their forigen currency, they would lose a large % of their purchasing ability due to inflation and the real exchange rates of 2000=1$.

-- The weather in Dahr Al Baidar, north Lebanon right now.

-- However, it's sunny in Beirut.

-- A March is now ongoing in Achrafieh Beirut, and another parallel protest in Forn Al Shibak.

Note: The video is from the AUST University in Achrafieh, and is taken by a student.

-- Protesters roam the streets of Tripoli.