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#BREAKING
Oct 22 - Beirut, #Lebanon
Sixth day of peaceful demonstrations against poverty, unemployment, government corruption & #Iran's influence through Hezbollah continues.

Reports indicate rallies in Tripoli, Sidon, Baalbek & other cities.
#UPDATE
Oct 22 - Tripoli, #Lebanon
More scenes of hundreds of thousands of people taking part in ongoing peaceful demonstrations calling for a revolution and the government to resign.
#UPDATE
Oct 22 - Beirut, #Lebanon
Protesters display a petition carrying thousands of signatures calling for the government to resign - via @Joyce_Karam.
Demonstrations gaining momentum and escalating across the country.
@Joyce_Karam #BREAKING
Oct 22 - Tripoli, #Lebanon
Estimated 100,000 demonstrators in the city's Noor Square.
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Heshmat Alavi
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1)
 Interesting to see a variety of #Iran apologists/lobbyists raise their voice in an obvious chorus against the U.S. Treasury Department’s “New Humanitarian Mechanism to Increase Transparency of Permissible Trade Supporting the Iranian People.”
home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
2)
 Here you can see these Tehran apologists/lobbyists parrot their talking points in quite a chorus:
@tparsi
@jabdi
@DEsfandiary
@yarbatman
@TylerCullis
3)
 While they won’t admit it, they’re deeply concerned about the interests of #Iran’s regime.

And here’s their issue with this new initiative:
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Heshmat Alavi
@HeshmatAlavi
#BREAKING
Oct 26 - #Iraq
First images of today's demonstrations.
#UPDATE
Oct 26 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Tahrir Square
Security forces using tear gas against demonstrators.
Sounds of gunfire also heard.
#BREAKING
Oct 26 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Tahrir Square
New footage arriving of the Iraqi people's uprising.
Internet crackdown is preventing the flow of news and footage from Iraq to the outside world.
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Heshmat Alavi
@HeshmatAlavi
Oct 25 - Misan Province, #Iraq
Video showing members of #Iran-backed Asaeb Ahl al-Haq shooting directly at demonstrators.
Oct 25 - Basra, #Iraq
Protesters seize five vehicles of #Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) units in what is being described as a counteroffensive against their attacks on demonstrators.
Oct 25 - Misan Province, #Iraq
Reports indicate armed tribes are taking up arms & clashing with #Iran-backed militias after several protesters were gunned down.
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Sarah Abdallah
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Wow. This is what a real Revolution looks like.

Incredible footage from #Beirut, #Lebanon today.

More than a million people are in the streets demanding an end to decades of government corruption. #LebanonProtests
After the “Arab Spring”, I understand the skepticism about #Lebanon... But thus far, there is 0 indication these protests are anything but a genuine, spontaneous uprising against US-Saudi-French-backed elites and the corrupt-to-the-core system they’ve presided over for 30 years.
Why #Lebanon is revolting: Because our country has no proper working electricity, plumbing or health care; joblessness is rampant and living costs are high.

And all the while, the oligarchy that controls this awful system lives in lavishness.

Now Lebanese are saying “enough!”
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ابن بالدوين
@joeyayoub
Shabbiha in Sour/Tyre #لبنان_ينتفض
#LebanonProtests
More Shabbiha in Sour/Tyre (it was reported as Nabatiyeh before but looks like this was also in Sour)



#لبنان_ينتفض
#ثكنة_الحلو

#لبنان_ينتفض
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Rania Khalek
@RaniaKhalek
Protesters in Lebanon are gathering downtown and blocking some roads with burning tires against government attempts to increase taxes. Though it’s unclear, disorganized and chaotic, one thing is clear: people are frustrated w/ the economic situation.
This comes after fires that spread across the country and the state was helpless to put them out bc the government didn’t pay to maintain the aircraft capable of putting out fires. People have had enough it seems
Protests in Lebanon continue. So much discontent over decades of corruption, economic stagnation and decline and a political elite that enriched itself while the country crumbles. This is similar I think to the frustrations that provoked protests in Iraq.
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Saad
@SaadAbedine
#Iran 🇮🇷 border guards commander Qasem Rezaei says Chazabeh and Khosravi, 2 border crossings to Iraq, are temporarily closed because of unrest in #Iraq 🇮🇶
"Dear police officer
If you are really an Iraqi, hug me, don't beat me up
I am your brother & I would never want to hurt you
So why do you chose to hurt me?"

"Just give us a country’" is the hashtag

Thousands in #Iraq 🇮🇶 protest corruption
#نريد_وطن
13 killed on Wednesday as #Iraq 🇮🇶 protests escalate, spread nationwide

- 9 killed, including 1 policeman in the southern city of Nasiriya in Dhi Qar governorate
- 4 were killed in Amarah in Maysan governorate

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Matthew RJ Brodsky
@RJBrodsky
#BREAKING: A reminder to those keeping track, the Red Alerts usually come from rockets from #Gaza, not from #Syria or #Lebanon as this would suggest. #Netanyahu is in #Moscow meeting with #Putin about #Iran’s presence in #Syria. Hoping this is a false alarm.
Netanyahu set to meet #Putin in #Moscow seeking Iran’s ouster from #Syria
i24news.tv/en/news/intern…
#BREAKING: #Israel Defense Forces confirm the #RedAlert was real, a drone approached, and they fired a Patriot missile.
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Paul Antonopoulos
@oulosP
BREAKING: The White House has said that US President #Trump is canceling his upcoming South America trip to remain in the US "to oversee the American response to Syria." - @NBCNews
This sounds like the US is planning to strike #Syria and Trump will remain in the US to closely monitor responses by #Russia. This is terrible.
BREAKING - British forces are now mobilizing at their bases in #Cyprus for strikes against #Syria. It appears very likely that the US, France and U.K. will strike Syria in the next 24 hours. This is dreadful.
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