#lenanon

[ernestbruce]

With another setback for cease-fire talks, worries of full-scale war for Israel and Lebanon escalate

The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia terrifies people on both sides of the border.

go, Lebanon, go!

FUCK ISRAEL

[aymanhamzeh]

#behave_well #behavewell #bespoke #made_to_measure #madetomeasure #haute_couture #hautecouture #lovinghautecouture #voguearabia #voguemagazine #voguehautecouture #ammamstreetfashion #fashionpolice_fp #fashion_man #fashiondesigner #fashion_style #instafashion #insta_design #instaman #instasuit #charm #kiton_ss17 #kiton_2017 #kiton #jordan #saudiarabia #lenanon #bahrain #image_consultant #personal_shopping #personal_shopper_consultant #sumisura #tailor #suit (at Amman, Jordan)

[aymanhamzeh]

Terzi Amca, the man who tailors President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s suits. Mr Amca has a workshop in a flat situated opposite to Taksim Square at Cumhuriyet Cad. 29. #behave_well #behavewell #bespoke #made_to_measure #madetomeasure #haute_couture #hautecouture #lovinghautecouture #voguearabia #voguemagazine #voguehautecouture #ammamstreetfashion #fashionpolice_fp #fashion_man #fashiondesigner #fashion_style #instafashion #insta_design #instaman #instasuit #charm #kiton_ss17 #kiton_2017 #kiton #jordan #saudiarabia #lenanon #bahrain #image_consultant #personal_shopping #personal_shopper_consultant #sumisura #tailor #suit

[childrenofbeqaa-blog]

Repost from @eliasamatar using @RepostRegramApp - Great screening of Children of Beqaa at @highlandhall . Thank you @sabinemf55 and @gissita1 for an amazing panel. @salamladc @flightoftherefugees @lpicorp #nobannowall #nomorewalking #refugeeswelcome #refugees #syria #flightoftherefugees #childrenofbeqaa #lenanon

[aymanhamzeh]

#behave_well #behavewell #bespoke #made_to_measure #madetomeasure #haute_couture #hautecouture #lovinghautecouture #voguearabia #voguemagazine #voguehautecouture #ammamstreetfashion #fashionpolice_fp #fashion_man #fashiondesigner #fashion_style #instafashion #insta_design #instaman #instasuit #charm #kiton_ss17 #kiton_2017 #kiton #jordan #saudiarabia #lenanon #bahrain #image_consultant #personal_shopping #personal_shopper_consultant (at Amman, Jordan)

[newstfionline]

Thousands flee as Lebanon battles Syrian militants

By Bassem Mroue, AP, Aug 4, 2014

LABWEH, Lebanon (AP)--Thousands of Lebanese civilians and Syrian refugees crammed into cars and pickup trucks fled Monday as Lebanese artillery pounded a border town that had been overrun by militants from neighboring Syria.

The civilian exodus came in the early morning hours during a relative lull in fighting and just a few hours later the bombardment around the town of Arsal had reached an intensity of three shells every minute.

The fighting is the most serious spillover of violence from Syria’s civil war into Lebanon, compounding fears that tiny Lebanon is fast becoming a new front in its neighbor’s conflict, now in its third year. The government has rushed reinforcements to the scene, including dozens of armored personal carriers and tanks.

The three days of clashes in Arsal, a predominantly Sunni town surrounded by Shiite villages, could worsen already bubbling sectarian tensions in Lebanon. The Syrian government, which is battling a largely Sunni insurgency, has the support of Lebanon’s premier Shiite militia, Hezbollah.

The town of 40,000, whose population has almost tripled because of the presence of Syrian refugees and rebels, is wedged between Syrian government-controlled territory and Lebanese Shiite villages sympathetic to Hezbollah.

A senior Lebanese security official said 17 soldiers have been killed in three days of fighting, including two lieutenant colonels, and 13 others were missing. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.

Lebanon’s state-run news agency said the rebels were looting homes and shops in Arsal and a resident on the outskirts told The Associated Press that the militants were committing “atrocities” and shooting at people attempting to flee.

Syrian refugees who had earlier fled the war at home for Arsal’s safety found themselves on the road again. Fatmeh Meshref from the Syrian central city of Homs, said she and her husband and five children were terrified.

“Our children were screaming and we had no place to hide,” she said.

The Syrian incursion and capture of Arsal came after the Lebanese army said its troops had detained Imad Ahmad Jomaa, who identified himself as a member of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front--one of the most powerful rebel groups fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s troops.

The state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday that Jomaa was detained as he was being brought to a hospital in Lebanon after being wounded while fighting Syrian troops.

Lebanese army chief Gen. Jean Kahwaji said on Sunday that the Syrian fighters in Arsal belonged to extremist Sunni groups, without naming them. He said the fighting was “more serious than what some people imagine” and called on Lebanese politicians to show unequivocal support for the military.

[otraficantedesonhos]

We are told that wars do not determine who is right, only who is left. Imagine a scenario where everybody is left and there are no victors, everything becomes subject to interpration, even historical events (Lebanon does not have a common history book to this day). No wonder that limits between public and private in Beirut are superflous, for if we take two steps back, Lebanon itself is a sort of regional public space.

in Beyroutes, p.9

[newfoundorg]

Of all the newness I've encountered here, the strangest sight has been a reminder of home. Icicle Christmas lights strung along power lines. In a place that never sees snow. In May. #beirut #lenanon #place #travel #christmas #holiday #strange (at Cafe Hamra)