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☆ How Hezbollah could draw US troops into a wider war in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Israel-Hamas war could spark a wider regional conflict in the Middle East. AdvertisementAdvertisementPresident Joe Biden this week touched down in Israel as the Middle East was engulfed in new turmoil. AdvertisementAdvertisementThey'd threatened to attack Israel in support of Hamas before the hospital attack, with clashes in recent days between Hezbollah and Israeli forces on Israel's northern border intensifying. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn Hezbollah, Israel faces an opponent that is better armed and trained than the Gaza-based Hamas militia. "They want to pressure Israel via Hezbollah when Israel is already stretched and distracted," said Burrows.

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☆ Protests Break Out After Hospital Blast
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Protesters clashed with Lebanese security forces outside the U.S. Embassy in Beirut early Wednesday during a demonstration in solidarity with the people of Gaza. (Joseph Eid/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Persons: Joseph Eid Organizations: U.S, Embassy, Agence France Locations: Beirut, Gaza

☆ In bankrupt Lebanon, locals mine bitcoin and buy groceries with tether, as $1 is now worth 15 cents
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +32 min

Others arrange clandestine meetings via Telegram to swap the stablecoin tether for U.S. dollars in order to buy groceries. In Jan., police raided a small crypto mining farm in the hydro-powered town of Jezzine, seizing and dismantling mining rigs in the process. But mining crypto tokens to earn a living is not for everybody. Younes tells CNBC that he initially moved 15% of his money into bitcoin, and he kept the remaining balance in cash. Lebanon has six bitcoin ATMs — one in Aamchit and five in Beirut, according to metrics offered by coinatmradar.com.

☆ (Фото) Взрыв в Бейруте: художница создала статую из обломков и битого стекла
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-17 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +2 min

В столице Ливана появилась необычная статуя женщины, сделанная из битого стекла, строительного мусора и различных обломков, оставшихся после взрыва в Бейруте 4 августа. Статую создала художница Хаят Назер. Lebanese artist Hayat Nazer used broken glass and rubble from the Beirut explosion to create this outstanding statue, marking the time (6:08 PM) of the mega blast at the port of Beirut. 📸: Joseph Eid/AFP pic.twitter.com/kXr9r3Yuyp — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 22, 2020Хаят Назер — художница-самоучка из Ливана, закончившая Американский университет в Бейруте. 4 августа в порту столицы Ливана прогремел мощнейший взрыв, в результате которого 170 человек погибли, а более 6 тыс.

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