Sunday 9 August 2020 - 18:44
Latest Updates on Lebanon, 9 August 2020
Latest news of the protests and developments in Lebanon
Latest news of the protests and developments in Lebanon
Turkish Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar with Turkish Army Chief of Staff and Ground Forces Commander visited Turkish Army units stationed on the Iraqi border.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Saraya Thorat Al-Ashrin Al-Thaniyah group declared that its forces targeted a convoy of US coalition equipment by an IED in the Nasiriyah highway.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Dalia Samoudi, a young Palestinian mother, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the city of Jenin.
Following the massive explosion in the port of Beirut and the widespread destruction in the city, certain currents once again started a new wave of protests and street riots in Beirut with a new line and using of the critical situation in Beirut.
ISWNews Analysis Group: John Bolton, the former US national security adviser and one of the US foreign policy theorists, made important remarks in an interview with the Rudaw network about US future plans for the West Asian region.
ISWNews Analysis Group: According to the latest information released by the Lebanese Ministry of Health, 158 people have been died and more than 6,000 injured in the explosion at the port of Beirut.
ISWNews Analysis Group: More than 20 Yemeni civilians including children have been killed and wounded in the bombing of al-Ma’atara area Khab and al-Shaaf district by Saudi-led coalition warplanes.
On August 5, the Iraqi group Saraya Thorat Al-Ashrin Al-Thaniyah targeted a US-led coalition convoy with an IED in Tal al-Lahm area north of city of Nasiriyah.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Local sources in Iraq reported that a rocket was fired at the US Embassy area in the Baghdad security zone. No casualties were reported.
ISWNews Analysis Group: A huge explosion in the port of Beirut this evening caused widespread damages and casualties in the Lebanese capital.
According to local sources, on August 3 a Turkish soldier was found dead in the Turkish controlled area in the city of Ras Al-Ain in the northwestern Hasakah countryside.
