@FitzherbertLuke

Reporter @DailyStarLeb

 Beirut
lukefitzherbert.wordpress.com/
Joined August 2018
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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
Timour Azhari
@timourazhari17 Jun 2021
EXCLUSIVE: #Lebanon banks have swallowed at least $250 million in UN humanitarian aid for Syrian & Palestinian refugees and poor Lebanese since 2019 via bad exchange rates negotiated with UN agencies, a @TRF_Stories investigation finds news.trust.org/item/20210617… Thread (1/12)
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great report @DailyStarLeb dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lo…
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DANISH PARLIAMENT ERUPTS IN HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER fb.watch/1eqokk78Ke/ via @FacebookWatch
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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
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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
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Replying to @FitzherbertLuke
@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. dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebano…
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في بلد الصُدف، تحترق أجمل معالم بيروت. غريبة الصدف.
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In the wake of the Beirut explosion on August 4th, contempt for Lebanon's traditional power brokers has reached epidemic proportions writes Luke FitzHerbert. cassandravoices.com/current-… @broadsheet_ie @FitzherbertLuke #lebanon #Lebanonexplosion #currentaffairs #Cvoicescurrentaffairs
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Replying to @MohanadHageAli
@MohanadHageAli writes that Turkish influence is increasing in Lebanon, as the county's Sunnis look for a new regional patron, at Diwan: carnegie-mec.org/diwan/82554
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STL: No proof Hezbollah leadership, Syria involved in murder buff.ly/2FuD8Hf
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Army's order for volunteer permits prompts resistance buff.ly/3az9496
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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 dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebano…
#Breaking: #Lebanon parliament approves state of emergency that gives the army sweeping powers. Only opposition came from MP Osama Saad.
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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.
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A good insight into @lebanon corrupt paralysis despite unprecedented media attention and public pressure following the @beirutblast .
The Daily Star Lebanon@DailyStarLeb13 Aug 2020
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 dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebano…
President Trump urges the Lebanese government to conduct a full and transparent investigation into Beirut blast, which the US stands ready to assist dailystar.com.lb//News/Leban…
On World Report with @JohnBurkeRTE — as anti-government protests took place overnight in Beirut @FitzherbertLuke reports from the Lebanese city on the aftermath of last week’s deadly port explosion and its implications for change in a country already struggling before the blast
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