Lebanon's S. Hariri suspending role in politics
Michel Aoun: There is a firm desire to preserve the best relations between Lebanon and the Arab countries
2 year agoUS sanctions Lebanon-based Hezbollah financial facilitator, his company, business connections Adnan Ayad, his partners "have helped Hezbollah obtain funds thru networks of companies that operate under the guise of legitimate business enterprises" per @USTreasury
Initial reports: One rocket/ mortar shell fired from southern Lebanon towards northern Israel
A Lebanese radio station claims a rocket was launched from south of Tyre toward Israel. A spokesperson for the military says it is looking into the reports
2 year ago.@StateDept on designations of Hezbollah linked financiers. Lebanon-based travel company
Today, @USTreasury designated three Hezbollah-linked financial facilitators and their Lebanon-based travel company
On January 18, 2022, the concerned army units resumed the process of distributing compensation to the citizens affected by the explosion of the Port of Beirut, and an amount of 2,803,100,000 Lebanese pounds was distributed
2 year agoFamilies of the Beirut port blast victims are blocking the road outside the Justice Palace in Beirut (video via @salmanonline)
The Internet began to die today in Lebanon, the latest symptom of collapse. The state news agency NNA is out & Radio Lebanon is off-air because the Information Ministry has no fuel for its generators. Many areas have gone dark
State Dept.: Media reports that the United States has brokered an energy deal between Israel and Lebanon are false
Lebanese Energy denies Israeli reports on Tel Aviv supplying Lebanon with gas
2 year agoConfirmed: Internet has been disconnected across parts of Beirut, Lebanon amid diesel shortages. Hours earlier, CEO of national telco Ogero stated that communications "will stop working as our last liter of diesel runs out"
Ogero chief Imad Kreidieh warns that telecom's communications in Beirut third district will be cut off on Sunday morning as its central in Mazraa will shutdown after running out of diesel to generate power
Israel's @N12News is reporting that the country will transfer natural gas to Lebanon via Jordan and Syria "in an attempt to cut off Iran"
Lebanon: 3 month Govt deadlock ends - Shia political parties Amal and Hizbullah say they will agree to attend cabinet session to approve the 2022 state budget / they were demanding Judge Bitar who heads port blast probe is removed; that didn't happen but Bitar's hands are tied
Banque du Liban injected at least $30 million in the market today in a bid to strengthen the Lebanese lira's market value, the bank's Sayrafa report shows
2 year agoThe Israeli army Arabic-language spokesperson releases footage of alleged Hezbollah operatives failing to launch a drone over Israel's border with Lebanon
Lebanese media: The explosion in southern Lebanon yesterday occurred in an area that includes a military center for Hezbollah
Dozens of roads already blocked today across Lebanon ahead of a "Day of Rage" and as the transport union also called for a strike
2 year agoWeapons storage appears to have exploded in southern Lebanon, reportedly near Houmin al-Fouqa area
Multiple explosions reverberating across Beirut. Sustained gunfire
2 year agoHezbollah accepts President Aoun's invitation for a national dialogue, which includes addressing Lebanon's defense strategy. Aoun has called for state to take lead role rather than Hezbollah. But no news on when Cabinet will meet though. They haven't met since October 12
Electricity of Lebanon: Protesters cut off the interconnection transformer in Aramoun, which led to a general outage.
Full blackout in Lebanon after issues with substation
Electricité du Liban cuts off electricity to all Lebanese territories as a result of problems at the Aramoun station resulting from protesters attempts to storm the station, which led to the shutdown of all factories from the network
The Saudi ambassador to Lebanon: We call on the Lebanese government to stop activities affecting the Kingdom and the Gulf
Israeli army personnel fired several shots towards several suspects approached the vicinity of Technical Fence near Kiryat Shmona City, northern Israel borders with Lebanon; No injuries
2 year agoFire breaks out in northern Quneitra due to Israeli tank fire, via @AlMayadeenNews
Reports in Syria that Israeli tanks attacked targets in Quneitra, near the border
