Indictments in the #BeirutBlast probe are set to be limited to low/mid-level officials charged with "willful negligence," judicial sources say. This carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison. No top pol/security officials are officially suspects. aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/2…

Private hospitals across #Lebanon are postponing surgeries and prioritizing certain treatments following a recent central bank decision requiring cash lira from medical importers “Why should the patient go through this?” said Sami Rizk, CEO of LAUMedicalCenter-RH tinyurl.com/yygc34fl

According to Legal Agenda, families of victims killed in the Beirut port blast received relief payments three months later...by checks that the banks won't allow them to cash legal-agenda.com/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D…

It's not the first time Aoun's relations with the US reach such a low level. He was the scapegoat of a Syrian-American rapprochement over Lebanon in the late 1980s.

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Episode 94 is available now! Nizar Hassan || نزار حسن & Benjamin Redd 🏳️‍🌈 analyze the sanctions against Bassil, the delays to BDL's forensic audit & government formation and the ongoing lack of accountability over the Beirut port explosion 🎙️ soundcloud.com/lebpoliticspod…

My latest: A Russian-organized conference in Damascus, with Lebanon's participation, seeks to promote Syrian refugee returns. I look at previous efforts to do this in Lebanon, why they haven't worked, and why this one likely won't either today.lorientlejour.com/article/1240459 via L'Orient Today

In letters to/meetings with Human Rights Watch, #Lebanon's security forces denied wrongdoing during the #Beirut Aug8 protests that injured >700 & instead traded blame for the abuse But overwhelming evidence we gathered contradicts their claims. Latest for L'Orient Today today.lorientlejour.com/article/124049…

My latest: Aid checks were given to families of the victims of the Beirut port blast...but banks wouldn't cash them today.lorientlejour.com/article/1240861 via L'Orient Today

Had a great conversation with Nizar Hassan || نزار حسن and Benjamin Redd 🏳️‍🌈 yesterday. We are all getting tired of talking about forensic audits, but it's important to document the details so we don't forget. Banking secrecy is a secondary issue at this point. The problem is there's no will to cooperate.

Venezuelans implicated in a mind-bogglingly huge money laundering scheme, one of whom is wanted by Caracas and indicted in Andorra while another is the brother of a fugitive former oil czar, established a mysterious web of offshore firms in Lebanon bit.ly/3kN2DCw

I went to Tripoli today to speak to some of the approximately 270 Syrian families who were driven out of Bsharri after a Syrian man killed a Lebanese man in a personal dispute Monday. My latest: today.lorientlejour.com/article/1242727 via L'Orient Today

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Video of the moment #Lebanon security forces open fire on rioters in northern Tripoli, #Lebanon.

We're back! And we brought reinforcements... Excited to have my friend and colleague Timour Azhari joining us for our fourth season!