#Hariri

1/ LONG ARCHEO THREAD ON MARI - Tell Hariri.After being reminded of the horrifying state of the site of Tell Hariri, ancient Mari, earlier today, I decided to dedicate a
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Very useful background to the "negligence" that caused the tragedy in Lebanon by @glcarlstrom of @TheEconomist https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2020/08/06/its-unbelievable-negligence-even-on-the-scale-of-the-perennially-negligen
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I don't know if anyone cares, but here we go.My 2020 resolution was to read more, and I set a target of 52 books, or 1 per week.Little did I
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Holidays off to a good start. Finished - "Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power", one of @FT 's 2020 book shortlist. Cocktail of history, palace
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This summer, I was tipped off about a Delaware shell company, Delta Crescent Energy, with deep connections to State Department leadership and the Trump administration that had been granted special
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LONG THREAD1)#Iran’s regime is growing extremely concerned over Hezbollah’s decreasing influence in #Lebanon following the devastating August 4 port blast.And the @FBI will be heading to Beirut to investigate
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What we are listening to so far is a step by step catalogue of every accusation and a summary of the conclusion for each. The verdict will come at the
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Explosions destroy Beirut Harbor; 130+ dead; 5000+ injured, 300K homeless; 80% Lebanon Grain destroyed; Military placed in control. Fireworks? Nonsense.(Thread)https://twitter.com/SouledOutWorld/status/1290702823785746442 Lebanon Government
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On this anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005, dare we raise again the question that so many have asked for 14 years:
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20 years ago today, I was at a Damascus hair salon when an assistant rushed to tell us Hafez Assad had died. What I saw and lived in the next
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WHY THE BEIRUT EXPLOSION WAS AN ATTACK, NOT AN ACCIDENT.This is not another superficial "bad things are happening in this part of the world" thread without any context of imperialism,
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