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Saturday, 29 July

12:38

Will rally on Saturday in defense of Quran, all oppressed: Nasrallah "IndyWatch Feed War"

July 29, 2023 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah underlines that the resistance part does not seek to garner power in Lebanon, but rather to protect the peoples interests. The perpetrators of the bombing in the Sayedah Zeinab area in Damascus are terrorist extremists with a clear objective, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan []

02:51

Saudi Arabia expanding e-visa system to 12 countries including Turkey, Lebanon and Pakistan "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Saudi Arabia expanding e-visa system to 12 countries including Turkey, Lebanon and Pakistan

Under the new system, travellers arriving in Saudi Arabia will no longer require a visa sticker on their passports

MEE staff Fri, 07/28/2023 - 17:51

A woman holds her passport while sitting in a waiting room before boarding a Pakistan International Airlines plane, on 13 September 2021 (AFP)

The government of Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday the expansion of it's e-visa system to include 12 more countries, making it a total of 19 countries.

Under the new system, travellers arriving in Saudi Arabia will no longer require a visa sticker on their passports.

Saudi Arabia will now use a printed e-visa with a QR code instead of visa stickers, the kingdoms General Authority of Civil Aviation announced. This code will encompass all the necessary data and details about travellers.

The e-visa will also serve as the new format for labour, visit, and residency visas. The timetable for phasing out visa stickers in visitor passports will occur from 24 July to 4 September.

The countries include Pakistan; Yemen; Sudan; Uganda; Lebanon; Nepal; Turkey; Sri Lanka; Kenya; Morrocco; Thailand; and Vietnam.

Friday, 28 July

08:28

French Presidential Envoy Visits Haret Hreik to Meet with Head of Hezbollah Parliamentary Bloc "IndyWatch Feed War"

July 27, 2023 Head of Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammad Raad, on Thursday welcomed the French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian at the blocs headquarters in Haret Hreik, Beiruts Dahiyeh. The meeting was also attended by Hezbollahs Head of International and Arab Affairs Sayyed Ammar Moussawi and the French ambassador to Lebanon, Anne []

Thursday, 27 July

12:07

Energy Ministry Fined for Refusing To Hand Over Mseilha Dam Documents "IndyWatch Feed World"

Three years ago, I posted about the Mseilha dam asking why wasnt it completed yet; the Energy Ministry claimed back then works are still underway and that we have to wait till 2021 for the dam to be fully operational. Fast forward to 2023 and the dam is still not working so whats happening?

The Mseilha dam is failing repeatedly to retain any waters apparently due to major flaws in its construction and is proving to be yet another gigantic waste of money. Also, the ministry has yet to provide a valid justification for this failure and is even refusing to hand over all documents and information related to the Mseilha Dam as per the the Access to Information Law.

In fact, the matter was raised to the Shura council by journalist Edmond Sassine and lawyer Ali Abbas and State Shura Judge Karl Irani decided to fine the Ministry of Energy and Water LBP 3 million Lebanese starting yesterday, and for every day of delay in implementing the judicial decision issued last April to hand over data related to the dam.

The minister will most likely continue to ignore the request and avoid sharing information that might embarrass the party which brought him to power.

In the mean time, the Mseilha dam is empty of course and wont be full before winter or before upcoming elections (manual fill).

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edmondsassine (@edmondsassine) July 26, 2023

Wednesday, 26 July

03:31

'Olive oil has become gold': Middle East demand skyrockets amid European drought "IndyWatch Feed War"

'Olive oil has become gold': Middle East demand skyrockets amid European drought

Middle East producers 'swimming in olive oil' sense opportunity as Europe's crops wither in heat wave

Sean Mathews Tue, 07/25/2023 - 18:31

A Jordanian man tastes freshly-pressed olive oil at an automatic press in Mahis, west of the capital Amman, on 20 November 2020 (AFP)

The Middle East has a sizzling new commodity: olive oil.

In Tunisia, the price for a kilo of extra virgin is up more than 100 percent from a year ago and demand for bulk olive oil in Turkey is so high that the government just rolled out a tax of $.20 cents for every kilo exported abroad.

The market is so tight that even small producers like Lebanon are seeing unprecedented demand for their olive oil. Earlier this month, a Spanish company arrived in the crisis-wracked Mediterranean country and bought up all the local wholesale reserves, prompting worries about shortages for Lebanons own branded label exports.

If I had a big order today coming from the US or Europe, I wouldnt be able to fill it. The Spanish have emptied Lebanon out of olive oil, Christian Kamel, a project director with Fair Trade Lebanon, told Middle East Eye.

Soaring temperatures in southern Europe are causing prices to skyrocket. Spain - where half of the worlds olive oil is made - is suffering an acute drought. It...