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Lebanon’s BDL Directive against Al-Qard Al-Hasan part of US pressure on Hezbollah domestic front
US-BACKED zion*st war on loan/interest-free Islamic banking to hurt the most in need.
Banque du Liban (BDL) has issued a directive earlier last week prohibiting banks and financial institutions from engaging with what it terms “unlicensed exchange houses or unlicensed associations and bodies.” The directive specifies several entities under this designation, including: Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association, Cedars Inter S.A.L., Al-Moyassar Finance and Investment Company, Bayt Mal Al-Muslimin, and others that appear on international sanctions lists.
This decision comes against the backdrop of heightened US pressure on the Islamic Resistance of Hezbollah, Al-Akhbar’s Yehya Dbouq reported on Saturday.
The directive has stirred debate over its actual repercussions: Is it truly a financial blow to the party, as Western sources assert? Or is it a blow to Lebanon’s impoverished citizens, who depend on these institutions in their daily lives?
Double Standards
The associations and companies listed in the decision—such as Al-Qard Al-Hassan—offer interest-free financial and economic services, manage gold and jewelry deposits, finance small businesses, and support education and medical care. These are legally registered organizations in Lebanon that have been operating for decades. Their operations rely on local donations and deposits of gold and jewelry to secure loans, rather than on international transfers or for-profit activities. Comparable institutions in other countries are regarded as development organizations.
Indeed, similar charitable and financial structures exist throughout the Islamic world: The Zakat House in Kuwait, the Khedmat Foundation in Pakistan, zakat associations in Indonesia, and microfinance institutions in Egypt and Sudan. The primary distinction lies in the Lebanese political context. In Lebanon, any institution operating in areas associated with Hezbollah is subject to suspicion, while their counterparts abroad are considered legitimate developmental actors.Accusations Without Evidence
Despite persistent accusations from US and Zionist officials, no definitive evidence has been presented proving that these institutions fund Hezbollah or its military operations. In fact, there is no documented connection between them and the alleged financing activities. Rather than benefiting Hezbollah financially, these institutions often represent a financial liability, particularly when borrowers default—costs the party may ultimately bear.
These accusations also serve to legitimize the Israeli targeting of Al-Qard Al-Hassan’s multiple franchises spread around the whole breadth of Lebanon during the last Zionist land operation of the country that ended in failure. 11 Lebanese citizens who work at these franchises as civilian clerks and managers were martyred in these attacks as they were simply doing their duty to defend their community.
Thus, this move appears to fit squarely within a broader campaign of Western and Israeli pressure, aimed at enlisting the Lebanese state in efforts to weaken Hezbollah’s social and financial infrastructure. While the direct financial damage to the party may be symbolic, the strategy seeks to isolate it from its support base, erode its image as a provider of genuine social services, and paint it as incapable of protecting the institutions within its orbit.
The broader implications of the decision reveal an undeclared war on the social fabric that the Islamic Resistance of Hezbollah have built together with their community over the decades. The primary victims will not be the party’s financiers, but Lebanon’s vulnerable communities who depend on these institutions for financial assistance, education, healthcare, and more—services that remain unparalleled elsewhere in the country.
What is even more alarming is that this measure could signal the beginning of a wider, more damaging campaign—not limited to financial entities, but potentially targeting a vast array of economic, social, educational, charitable, and even sports organizations operating in resistance-affiliated areas.
This is not merely a financial decision. It is a precursor to a possible escalation whose consequences could deeply affect the daily lives of large swaths of the Lebanese population, sparking unpredictable reactions and further destabilizing Lebanon’s already fragile internal landscape.
Source: Al-Akhbar Lebanese Newspaper (translated by Al-Manar English staff)
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Internet, communication cut off in Sweida, as Jolani’s HTS patrolling in the outskirts
The Druze Spiritual Leadership in Syria announced a prisoner swap with the government tonight, demanding an immediate end to military attacks and withdrawal of Syrian forces [Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists] from Sweida.
It has also been reported that the internet and communications have been cut off in Sweida, likely by Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists.
At present, the Druze community maintains control over Sweida.
However, Jolani’s thugs are in the outskirts and might invade at any moment.
This is only the calm before the storm.
Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists is not willing to allow power sharing or regional authority in any part of Syria.
The dictator is willing to concede to Netanyahu only.
Since Sunday, July 13, the death toll due to the clashes, executions and zionist airstrikes has risen to 1,017 people,
including 18 Bedouin fighting tribesmen.Three members of Bedouin tribes, including a woman and a child, were executed by Druze militants.
The small number of dead Bedouins is a stark indicator that this war is not between the Bedouin and the Druze, and the war is far from over.
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Engaged in Druze massacres, Jolani refuses the release of Alawite genocide investigation findings
Jolani of HTS received the full report on the bloodshed from the fact-finding committee on July 13, the statement from the presidency says — the same day sectarian violence erupted in the heavily Druze province of Sweida.
He asked the committee to hold a press conference to present its findings as soon as possible “if it seems appropriate,” the presidency adds, without releasing any details of the report.
It is unclear when, or if, the findings will be released.
In March, on Syria’s Alawite coast, gunmen stormed homes and asked residents whether they were Alawite or Sunni before killing or sparing them, according to testimonies documented by survivors, rights groups and international organizations.
Entire families — including women, children and the elderly — were killed, with some of the violence recorded on video as victims in civilian clothing were executed.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor reported at the time that the government forces and allied groups committed massacres, killing more than 1,700 civilians, mostly Alawites.
AFP via ToI report
In March 2025, Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists murdered over 1700 members of the Alawite community in the Syrian coast. 
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Alawite man and his child were murdered in Syria’s Hama
Hama province: An Alawite man and his nine-year-old child were killed by unknown gunmen after storming their home in Jadrin town in western Hama countryside.
The victims belonged to the Alawite community, raising fears of sectarian motives or veiled security messages, especially with similar incidents recurring in areas where security tensions are increasing.
The Syrian Observatory has documented the death of 870 people, including 30 women and 16 children, in murder crimes and eliminations that come under retaliatory actions in different Syrian provinces since early 2025.https://www.syriahr.com/en/366241/
In March 2025, Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists executed over 1700 members of the Alawite community in the Syrian coast. -
Death toll +1000 with total Damascus embargo on Sweida as Jolani’s HTS attempt enforced entry
No electricity, no water, no medicine! Rough Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terror and violence.
Al-Suwaidaa remains under the control of local Druze militants, while tribal fighters have withdrawn from several areas within the province.
Al-Suwaidaa has been experiencing a cautious calm since the early hours of Sunday morning after several days of bloody battles between local armed members of the Druze community and tribal gunmen backed by Jolani’s Hay’at Tahriral-Sham terrorists.
The severe shortage of basic medical supplies and the absence of actual support, which exacerbates the suffering of patients and chronic patients.
The lack of drinking water and electricity and an acute shortage of food and medical supplies, amid the presence of a large number of injured people who are not receiving the necessary care.
Earlier this week, it was reported that Damascus has imposed a complete embargo on Sweida.
According to Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists the spiritual leadership in Sweida rejects the entry of HTS-BACKED medical convoys entry, likely to prevent further massacres.
The Spiritual Leadership of the Druze in Syria called for the withdrawal of all Syrian government forces from Jabal al-Arab and its surrounding towns and villages.
Sheikh al-Hijri refused the entry of a government delegation accompanying a humanitarian convoy into Sweida.
Syrian Health Minister under Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terroristsMore than 1000 people killed in 7 days, including 194 civilians executed in Al-Suwaidaa.
Since Sunday, July 13, the death toll due to the clashes, executions and Israeli airstrikes has risen to 1,017 people.
The fatalities are distributed as follows:
● 440 from Al-Suwaidaa province, including 104 civilians, among them six children and 16 women.
● 361 members of the Ministry of Defence and General Security forces [Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists], including 18 Bedouin tribesmen and one armed individual of Lebanese nationality.
● 15 members of the Ministries of Defence and Interior [Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists], killed in zionist airstrikes.
● Three individuals, including a woman and two unidentified persons, killed in an zionist airstrike targeting the Ministry of Defence building.
● A journalist killed during the clashes in Al-Suwaidaa.
● 194 individuals, including 28 women, eight children, and an elderly man, executed by gunmen affiliated with the Ministries of Defence and Interior [Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists].
● Three members of Bedouin tribes, including a woman and a child, executed by Druze militants.
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New zion*st Attacks on South Lebanon Leave Martyrs and other incursions
zion*st drone attack on a motorcycle in Yohmor Shaqif town, South Lebanon, left one martyr.
Besides, a civilian was martyred in a drone strike on a rooftop in Matal Al-Jabal, in the outskirts of Al-Khiam, South Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Al-Manar correspondent reported that a zionist drone dropped a bomb on the town of Dhahira in Tyre district.
A Merkava tank advanced from the occupation site in Jal Deir area in the outskirts of Aitaroun border town into a position 1000 meters away inside the Lebanese territories before it retreated.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
Footage of the motorcycle targeted in the strike on the town of Yohmor al-Shaqif, South Lebanon.
https://t.me/alakhbar_english/26490?singleFires broke out in the Al-Mahafir plain on the eastern outskirts of Aitaroun, South Lebanon, after zionist occupation forces threw incendiary bombs.
The fate of a fisherman is unknown after two zionist boats approached his boat in the Naqoura sea, having crossed the maritime borders, while a zionist drone dropped a sound bomb near him.
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Kurds in Syria may become the next target of Jolani’s murderous Sunni Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists
The slaughter of minorities by Syria’s Western-Arab-Muslim-backed Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorist majority.
Kurdish women in Syria demonstrate in the northeastern city of Qamishli in support of the Druze in Sweida. AFP -
Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists-led slaughtering of the Druze in Sweida
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 940 people had been killed in the violence since Sunday.
They included 326 Druze fighters and 262 Druze civilians, 165 of whom were summarily executed.
They also included 312 Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists and 21 Sunni Bedouin, three of them civilians who were “summarily executed by Druze fighters”. Another 15 government troops were killed in zion*st strikes, the Observatory said.SOHR report
Reports state that other Bedouins or tribals from across Syria have joined the local Bedouins to attack the Druze.
However, the Druze and other sources state that Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists had joined the Bedouins in slaughtering the Druze.
On Friday night, the zionist entity granted access to Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists for 48 hours, who continued the killing spree.
The few number of killed Bedouins testifies that it was not a slaughter carried out by the Bedouin. Rather, it has been Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists.
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Mythos humanity
Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists entered a house in Sweida and forced Druze men to jump from the balcony after shooting them.
Most certainly, there is no difference between these Sunni butchers and the zionist entity.
The zionist colony and the so-called Sunni/ Arab leaders are the peasants on America’s chess board.
Jolani of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists, granted the rule of Syria by Arab and Western powers, who overlook his brutality,
claims, “all those who seek to fuel sectarianism must be firmly confronted.”
This illegitimate ISIS/ Al Qaeda product ousted the rightful leader of Syria with the support of sleazy Sunni leaders and forever regime-changers in the West.
This once-a-foreign-terrorist-list-candidate and backboneless maggot, who has first butchered the Alawite minorities in the coastal area and the Druze in the South, has no moral grounds to lecture others.
It seems like the Arabs and the Muslim leaders live by and accept the Western theory of evolution, the survival of the strongest, and the rule of the majority.
It would appear there is no room for improvement for humanity, as the world is clapped in the fangs of vultures.
I would like to imagine a better world, maybe a parallel phantasy univers where it does not matter whether minority or majority, as every life would matter!
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Update on Sweida
International Organization for Migration: Nearly 80,000 people are displaced due to violence in southern Syria.
Fighting renewed on Friday in the southern Syrian city of Sweida despite a ceasefire that was announced earlier, amid zion*st strikes and incursions into the Syrian territory.
Local sources reported clashes between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes who are allied with the new authorities in Syria. Medium weapons and rockets were employed in the clashes that erupted in the city and the nearby towns, according to the sources.
Medical and local sources put the death toll of clashes that erupted several day ago at 600, including at least 275 members Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists and allied armed factions.Interior ministry belonging to Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists said on Friday that security forces were preparing to redeploy to Sweida, just a little over a day after they withdrew from the area.
In a statement, the Jolani terrorists accuses “outlaw forces” — the term Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists use to refer to Druze fighters in Sweida — of violating the agreement by engaging in “horrific violence” against civilians including “crimes that completely contravene the obligations of mediation, directly threaten civil peace, and push towards chaos and security collapse.”Meanwhile, Syrian state media reported zionist strikes near Sweida.
SANA said “occupation aircraft carried out a raid on the outskirts of Sweida city.”
It is likely that the strike targeted positions belonging to Bedouin tribes allied with Syrian security forces, local sources reported.
Other strikes also targeted tribes in the central city of Homs, according to the sources.
The zionist air raids on Syria were accompanied by the enemy’s daily incursions into the Syrian territory.
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a sudden zionist incursion into the Druze-majority town of Qalaat Jandal in the Damascus countryside, 35 kilometers from the capital.
Local sources also reported that zionist occupation forces had reached the town of Qatna, some 10 kilometers from Damascus.Syrian Druze in southern Syria welcome the zionist military convoy as Israeli forces deepen their incursion and head towards Damascus.
https://t.me/presstv/149325The Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists had entered Sweida earlier this week amid fighting between Druze and HTS-ALIGNED Bedouin tribes, which reportedly began after HTS-ALIGNED Bedouin gunmen assaulted a Druze vegetable vendor on Sunday.
Witnesses reported that Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists joined with the Bedouin in attacking Druze fighters and civilians in a bloody rampage through the city.
Al Manar report
Via Al Manar
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