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Baghdad woke up covered in a thin layer of snow this morning for only the second time this century, and the first in over ten years. Snow falls in...![Lebanese Member of Parliament Ziad Aswad, 7 April 2017 [Twitter]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ziad-AswadC8y92msVYAAML7D.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Lebanese anti-government protesters have gathered outside restaurants after spotting Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Member of Parliament Ziad Aswad having dinner in suburbs north of Beirut two nights in a...![Lebanese demonstrators gather at Martyrs' Square and Riad Al Solh Square during an anti-government protest against dire economic conditions and new tax regulations on messaging services like Whatsapp, in Beirut, Lebanon on 19 October 2019. [Mahmut Geldi - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20191019_2_38839551_48637613.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
“This is the most exciting, unifying thing that has happened since the end of the civil war,” said Fabio Irani, 25, a protester in Beirut. Lebanon is experiencing the...