Julian Elie Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of West Virginia were arrested earlier today and charged for assaulting US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after responding on January 6 to hundreds of rioters who stormed the Capitol. Both protesters sprayed police, including Sicknick, with a toxic chemical spray during the Capitol riot. Khater called what was in the cannister "bear sh*t,". Khater & Tanios are of Lebanese origins according…

Soaring poverty has led to an increase in the theft of manhole covers, and more recently train parts from Tripoli's Railway station. A manhole cover weights around 70kg and is being sold for around $100, which is twice as much as Lebanon's minimum wage, given that one dollar is now worth over LL12,000. The authorities haven't yet arrested the thieves, and the inability to replace these manholes is making the streets increasingly perilous for vehicles…