Riad Salameh is gone and so is his shady exchange platform "Sayrafa". Instead, the Council of Ministers has agreed to adopt a new Bloomberg-operated platform for dollar trading, which is expected to reflect the actual and free exchange rate, limit the cash economy and replace the numerous parallel market exchange rates. This is in theory of course, but the truth is that while this platform may provide more transparency, the absence of reforms and the…

Hundreds of thugs identifying themselves as soldiers of God attacked partygoers at a bar, beating them up, threatening the owner and destroying furniture. How did the security forces respond? They stopped them from entering the bar, helped guests to flee the place but did not arrest any. Meanwhile, Nour Hajjar shared a joke on the Lebanese Army working as Toters, and he's being summoned by the Military Police at their barracks in Rihaniyye. It's quite…