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Najib
Sep 18, 2021 06:53
Security forces raided today a warehouse in the eastern Bekaa Valley, considered a hub for smuggling operations between Lebanon and Syria, and seized 20 tons of ammonium nitrate stored inside a truck. The chemical is the same one behind Beirut's port explosion and was transported to a "safe place" according to the National News Agency . The owners of the warehouse stated that they're using the chemical as a fertilizer for agricultural use but even…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 18, 2021 06:35
Looking back at Lebanon's governments since 2005, they all had redundant and cliché names and the latest government is no different. The latest cabinet's name was declared as "Together to the Rescue” , a very bold name for a cabinet that barely has 8 months to achieve its goals and prepare for the 2022 elections. Here's the list of government names since 2005: - 2005: National Unity Government - headed by Fouad Sanioura - 2009:…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 18, 2021 05:45
Al Jadeed reporter Layal Saad was denied entrance to the Presidential Palace's press office last week because of a previous incident that took place months ago where Saad referred to the president as ‘Aoun’ and not ‘his excellency President Aoun’. Layal claims that she was verbally abused after that first incident and that she referred to the president as 'Aoun' off the air, while Baabda claims she offended the President of the Republic during a…
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Najib
Sep 15, 2021 04:16
The Gherbal Initiative launched an interactive page showing all the amounts transferred from the revenues of the Municipal Fund to all municipalities since 1993 until 2017 . Here are some interesting numbers: - Beirut municipality received 88,118,039,000 LBP in 2019 while Zahle received 86,661,993,608 LBP since 1993. - Mount Lebanon received 1,529,703,094,941 LBP since 1993, twice as much as North Lebanon . - Akkar & Baalbeck-Hermel received the lowest amounts since 1993, followed by Bekaa…
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