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U.S. Treasury Delegation Urges Lebanon to Maximize Returns to Lebanese Depositors

A senior delegation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury concluded a three-day visit to Lebanon on Wednesday.

The delegation met with members of the Lebanese government, civil society, and the banking sector to reiterate the U.S. government’s “commitment to stand with the Lebanese people during this time of economic turmoil,” the Treasury said in a statement.

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Nasrallah Reveals Electoral Tactics, Names of Candidates

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday revealed his party’s tactics for the upcoming parliamentary elections and the names of Hizbullah’s candidates, the majority of whom are current MPs.

“In some districts, we will be on the same lists with allies and friends, and in other districts we might be on two lists under an agreement based on electoral interest,” Nasrallah said in a televised address dedicated to the issue of elections.

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Jumblat Blasts West, Voices Solidarity with Ukrainian People

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Wednesday noted that “the colonialist and expansionist West has no unified standards or values.”

“International institutions are a big lie,” Jumblat added in a tweet.

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40 Lebanese Fleeing Ukraine's War Land in Beirut

A plane carrying 40 Lebanese students, who had been trapped in Ukraine, arrived Wednesday morning at Beirut's airport.

The Higher Relief Committee had earlier announced their arrival in a statement.

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Germany's KfW and UNOPS Support Communities Affected by Beirut Port Explosion

The KfW Development Bank and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) have signed an agreement to rehabilitate damaged municipal infrastructure and assets in the areas affected by the Beirut Port explosion in the next 3 years.

"With the support from the Federal Republic of Germany through the KfW Development Bank, UNOPS will rehabilitate damaged public service buildings and public spaces and restore critical urban services including roads, storm and wastewater networks and provide solar energy solutions in the municipalities of Beirut and Bourj Hammoud," UNOPS said, in a press release.

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Aoun Says Presidency 'Should Not be Targeted'

President Michel Aoun tweeted Wednesday that the Presidency "should not be targeted," adding that he regrets the "ignorance" of many Lebanese about the constitution.

"A large number of Lebanese officials and medias, who are ignorant of the constitution, are making harmful statements against the president," Aoun said.

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Raad Slams Presidential Hopeful who 'Cooperated with Israel in 1982'

Head of Hizbullah’s parliamentary bloc MP Mohammed Raad warned Tuesday that some consider “the person who cooperated with the Israeli invasion in 1982” to be “the qualified and eligible candidate for the presidential post,” in apparent jab at Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.

“They want to return us to the Israeli era after we got rid of it. Their arrogance has reached this extent!” Raad added.

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Aoun Meets U.S. Treasury Team, Expresses Keenness on Forensic Audit

President Michel Aoun met Tuesday a delegation from the U.S. Treasury, in Baabda.

"Lebanon will continue to combat corruption, money laundering and terror financing operations," Aoun told the delegation.

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Hizbullah Strongly Denies Israel Destroyed One of Its Drone Depots

Hizbullah on Tuesday strongly denied a media report claiming that Israel had recently destroyed a drone depot belonging to the group.

“Hizbullah strongly denies the reports about a Zionist force entering into one of the resistance’s drone depots and destroying it,” the group said in a statement, describing the reports as totally baseless.

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Nasrallah Says Ukraine War a 'Lesson' for Those who Trust U.S.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday said those who “trust and count on the United States” should draw a “lesson” from the Ukraine conflict.

“Washington has done everything to push for the current scenario,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech commemorating slain Hizbullah leader Abbas al-Moussawi.

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