We've known for a while that the real-world value of aid being given to Lebanon's poorest communities has been slashed by exchange rate trickery, but @timourazhari revealing that banks have absorbed more than $250 million in humanitarian aid really brings it home
محزن مشهد الحريق في #نيحا هذه البلدة الشوفية الجميلة، بلدة الراحل الكبير وديع الصافي التي كانت لا تزال تتغنى بطبيعتها الرائعة، نتمنى على كافة المعنيين الاسراع في إطفاء هذا الحريق في البلدة العزيزة على قلوبنا جميعا #نيحا_الشوف
Respect to @MustaphaAdib72 for refusing to form a compromised government. This is a failure for the political class but also an accomplishment of ongoing popular pressure making Lebanon an ungovernable country without reform #اديب
@FitzherbertLuke reports on what many are calling a mass exodus from Lebanon: "I was born in a war, I don't want to die in one," said a former Mar Mikhael resident, who boarded a flight to Turkey four days after the blast.
https://t.co/uHxUPddEm0
@MohanadHageAli writes that Turkish influence is increasing in Lebanon, as the county's Sunnis look for a new regional patron, at Diwan: https://t.co/iAQrQ37WGb
My latest for @DailyStarLeb the week following @beirutexplosion; the state response seems to have failed to place itself at the center of the collective spirit. Quite the reverse. Given the state of Lebanese politics, this is a massive failure
https://t.co/6z76nxrKNu
lefties of the world: Lebanon’s activists are struggling for an alter-political space not dominated by the sclerosis-inducing anti-Hizbollah imperialists/pro-Hizbollah pseudo anti-imperialists conflict. they say: another anti-imperialism is possible. they deserve your support.
As the search for justice after #BeirutBlast begins through #Lebanon's judicial system, clear obstacles and conflicts of interests pepper the road ahead. @n_newsom reports, with comments from @nsaghieh, @ZiyadBaroud and Wissam Lahham
https://t.co/2OiSCnOtmZ