Why Didn’t The Authorities Handle The Port Threat like They Did with The Khaldeh Incident?

Heavy clashes between Hezbollah and local tribes erupted today in Khaldeh and lasted over 4 hours. Two were killed, a Lebanese and a Syrian citizen and three members of the same family were wounded. The tensions spread to Naameh and even to some streets in Beirut before the army contained the situation. However, and just like every time, political factions began "negotiating" between each other, while denying responsibility, to try and calm the situation. First…

Health Ministry Wants Hospitals to Report Injured Protesters to Security Forces

Two days after Human Rights Watch documented the use of lethal force by Lebanese security forces against protesters, a memo issued by the Health Ministry is circulating online where the minister is asking hospitals to do the most immoral thing ever: Report injured protesters, no matter what the injury is, to the security forces. They want to turn doctors into snitches, instead of condemning the brutal acts by the police and treating the injured civilians…

Jad Ghosn Leaving Al-Jadeed & Moving To Dubai-based Al Sharq Bloomberg Channel

It's quite common for journalists & reporters to move between TVs, but it's sad to hear Jad leaving Al Jadeed & Lebanon in such times, especially that he's been covering extensively the revolution and all aspects of the economic crisis among other things. Jad has been a huge influence on a lot of Lebanese, especially those in support of the revolution and against this rotten political class, he spoke our minds on almost all occasions…

Why is Diab’s Government Rushing to Get Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine?

Russia is looking for guinea pigs around the world to test out its unproven vaccine and Lebanese caretake PM & Health Minister seem to be in a rush to get their share of the new Russian COVID19 vaccine. Basically, Russian President Putin announced they found a vaccine even though it has yet to go through crucial Phase 3 trials in which it would be administered to thousands of people. Health Minister/Wannabe Poet Hassan Hamad announced…
Critiques

عرفتو هلأ لي كلّن يعني كلّن ؟؟

5 years ago
…يللّي عم بصير من بعد الإنفجار جريمه أكبر من الانفجار من تمييع، تضليل، ترهيب و كذب  … ما بعرف كيف حدا معقول يكون عندو أدنى شك بعد أنو كلّن يعني كلّن  اهمالهم دمّر بيروت، قتل ...
Lebanon

BDL To Allow Transfers to Lebanese Students Abroad for Up to $10,000

5 years ago
BDL issued a new circular today where it allowed transfers abroad for students for a maximum amount of $10,000 on two conditions: – The transfer has to be done from a dollar account. – The ...
Critiques

Special Tribunal For Lebanon (STL) Verdict is Out

5 years ago
Fifteen years after Rafik Hariri was assassinated along with 21 others in a huge suicide bombing in Beirut, the STL judgment, which is 2600 pages long, including 13,000 footnotes and a 150 pages summary is ...
BeirutBlast

Instead of Encouraging Volunteering, Lebanese State is Cracking Down on Volunteers

5 years ago
Beirut governor issued a memo yesterday requesting that all volunteering organizations obtain a permission from the army’s emergency room, and prohibiting those without a permit from entering the affected areas by the blast. At a ...
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