Barley Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck

Most Lebanese live paycheck to paycheck and our government isn’t far behind. Take a look at electricity supplies during the winter. How many times do we hear the same story: “ship carrying fuel cannot dock due to sea conditions, therefore we need to further ration the power supply”. And let’s not forget the recent embarrassment at Rafik Hariri International Airport where we asked airlines to bring their own fuel because our ‘paycheck’ was not correct. Well, apparently there is another shipment of resources that will also be arriving late, though I think this might only affect Almaza this time around:

A Maltese-flagged freighter carrying barley is reported to have run aground in Greece. The Palmali Discovery, which has 13 crew, is said to have grounded on a rocky islet off the island of Lesvos, en route to Beirut from Russia.

Barley: Shipment of barley bound for Beirut runs aground

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Lebanon’s MiGs on their Way

The 10 MiGs promised by Russia may hit the Lebanese skies very soon:

Russian military group of experts will be visiting Lebanon in the next few days, on a mission that consists of exploring the capabilities of Lebanese airports to maintain the MiGs. Days later, Lebanese military envoys will pay a visit to Moscow in order to put the final touches on the deal,

I’m not going to bore you with the analysis and criticisms that followed the initial news report. I recommend checking out Pierre Tristam’s post on the motives for the Russian move.

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