#Lebanese

Annia Ciezadlo

annia

Last week, a big American newspaper asked if I wanted to weigh in on the Beirut Explosion.I lived in Beirut for the better part of 15 years. I wrote a

Franck Salameh 🇱🇧🇦🇲🇫🇷🏴

oldlevantine

Thread:1- To the amebae going apoplectic over the desperate calls of some Lebanese for the “reinstatement” of the “French Mandate,” it may be helpful to bone up history and the

Robert Nicholson

rwnicholson_

I don't think anyone grasps how bad things are in Lebanon right now. Political stalemate, Iranian domination, Syrian refugees, economic failure, covid -- the country won't survive without dramatic action

Erling L. Sogge

e_l_sogge

Yesterday, the #Palestinian_Civil_Defense (PCD) took part in extinguishing a fire that ignited in diesel tanks in a large building in the city of Saida in South #Lebanon. The Saida Fire

Waël Atallah

wael_atallah

1/Thread: Lebanese emigration 1860-1929Today Lebanon is faced with the threat of massive emigration. This is very reminiscent of the second wave of emigration from Mount Lebanon post WW1. Emigration driven

Lebanon Support

LebanonSupport

Local civil society actors and initiatives are, as usual, the first responders following the #Beirut explosion. With global calls for support and aid to Lebanon, it is essential that

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OmarTamo19

THREAD: Because the government has to pay its bills just as we do, it has budget constraints. There are 3 sources to finance the gov's expenditures: taxing, borrowing or printing

Michael McDowell

Mik3Mcdowell

How French Colonialism destabilized modern Lebanon (and why this petition is horrid): a threadhttps://twitter.com/nptluiromulus/status/1291361201994309633 This began with the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire via the Allied powers. Two of t

David A. Daoud

DavidADaoud

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah to give speech “on latest developments” tomorrow at 5:30 PM Lebanon time (10:30 AM ET)https://t.me/almanarnews/90631 1-Nasrallah's speech begins 1-Nasrallah's speech begins 2-Nasralla

Quentin Sommerville

sommervilletv

Beirut is a city of a thousand aftermaths. Four months on from the explosion, we looked at the story of one, The Orient Queen, Lebanon's only cruise liner. it was

Emile Hokayem اميل الحكيّم

emile_hokayem

Quite clear where the STL is going with its verdict -- named Hezbollah operatives will be not found guilty for lack of evidence beyond reasonable doubt. It will be a

Xy5Z89🇩🇪🇪🇺

Xy5Z89

A Longer #Threade I observed the last weeks#Lebanon #IWF #China #Beirut #LebanonProtests #Financialcrise #bankruptcy In Beirut there is hyperinflation, prices rose by 250 percent within a month, plus corruption, coronavirus,

David A. Daoud

DavidADaoud

Hezbollah benefits from, and therefore feeds into, Lebanon's nepotistic system, whose corruption and incompetence led it to neglect a timebomb in heart of Beirut. But, based on available concrete (as

Sarah Leah Whitson

sarahleah1

Amer Fakhoury evaded justice in #Lebanon NOT because of the "statute of limitations" in the case but because the US threatened Lebanon with sanctions unless they released him, then

Hadi Khachab

hadito13

Let us discuss the russian vaccine #thread , news have been circulating that @Hamad_hassan20 asked for the russian vaccine, also a recent meeting took place between @Hassan_B_Diab and the russian

Elie Sfeir 🇱🇧

Politicalizable

- THREAD -On how and why the 2,750 Tons of nitrate ammonium could have ended up in the heart of the city, here are some facts that beg for questions:

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