Beirut: Youths marched in Hamra Street to protest the economic situation
Lebanon PM Hariri reportedly gave South African model Candice Van Der Merwe > $16 Million in 2013. News comes as Hariri's TV station shuts down in Lebanon and protests mount over massive economic problems
Byblos Bank sets withdrawal limits of USD 1k per day and 2k per week, ATMs not dispensing USD to customers even with dollar accounts, checks written out in USD being paid out in Lebanese pound, VDL (93.3) reports
Lebanese Central Bank is securing the foreign currency needs of private and public sectors - Governor Salameh
Lebanon's central bank "regulating" access to US dollars "for importing fuel, medicine, and flour."
ATMs in Beirut no longer giving out USD. Talk of pegged exchange rate or roughly 1500 ignored for a rate of 1650LBP at exchange places
1 year agoUSAF U-2S Dragon Lady 80-1085 tracking oover Eastern Mediterranean
Hariri chairs meeting of committee tasked with discussing reforms, meets with UAE ambassador
Israeli army installs modern machine guns across sites in Shebaa Farms and Ghajar
Lebanese media: heavy Israeli warplanes traffic over southern Lebanon
IAF jets over Beqaa and Iqlim At Tufah Lebanon
1 year agoUS NAvy P8 Poseidon 169328 patrolling at low altitude 594m off the coast of Syria
Al-Jubeir: Iran must act as a good neighbor and respect the sovereignty of its neighbors
1 year agoCurrently on intelligence-gathering ops over eastern Meditrranean, off the coast of Syria at 1142z are: USNavy 169328 P8A Poseidon OIRE970 - could be a miscoded ADSB Hex - unknown aircraft using hex of C130J of usaf
Hariri leaves legislative session, rejoins shortly Lebanon
1 year agoUSAF RC-135U Combat Sent OIRE970 tracking off teh coast of Lebanon
US Assistant Secretary of State for Counter-Terrorism Calls on Lebanese Political Forces to Stay Away from Hizbullah Militias
A loud explosion was heard in the area of the Galilee panhandle, a plume of smoke is being seen. Details are being checked
Lebanese Central Bank governor says dollar is available in the Lebanese banking sector
Iran "will destroy you," Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah tells KSA
Hassan Nasrallah: I tell Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that stopping the war in Yemen is the least costly to protect your countries
Lebanese Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah will reportedly deliver a new speech shortly at an event taking place in Lebanon
1 year agoUS NAvy P8 Poseidon 168997 orbiting off the coast of Lebanon
Hariri: Macron is working on a peace plan for the Middle East
Hariri: Macron pledged to provide the necessary assistance to the Lebanese economy
Israeli reconnaissance planes overflew the Naqoura area in southern Lebanon
1 year agoMahan Air Airbus A310 (EP-MNX) touching down in Beirut from Tehran; EP-MNX was one of 117 aircraft sanctioned in 2012 by US, which said Mahan was facilitating IRGC-Qods Force
Lebanese Minister of Defense: 2 UAVs have been seized after several were flying in airspace over Lebanon
Lebanon Minister of Defense press conference on recent developments with Israel: One of the two drones was carrying 4.5 kg of explosives
Lebanon Minister of Defense: Al-Dahiya District is the most serious Israeli violation of Resolution 1701
