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Overall, it is not clear what the local share of the global cybersecurity market – estimated by Gardner at $81 billion in 2016 – is or might be. Estimates and anecdotal evidence suggest, however, that the local market is still small. Salah Rustum, president of local firm Commercial & Industrial Enterprises of Lebanon (CIEL) and a veteran in the data protection business here as partner with electronic signatures authentication services company GlobalSign, estimates the market at currently “around $10 million” when queried by Executive. Other decision makers in Lebanese cybersecurity consultancies and network operating companies say they prefer not to make any estimate about the current size of the cybersecurity market, citing the known dearth of reliable statistics in the country. Beirut-based cybersecurity stakeholders also have only vague estimates on the number of qualified competitors that they face in the Lebanese market or on the number of highly skilled analysts with the required expertise to staff a Security Operations Center (SOC) – not currently existing in the country – as top-level forensic experts. General agreement, however, among stakeholders is that this specialist subsector of the information technology (IT) industry is set for substantive growth – at least double-digit year-on-year – over the coming years and that the biggest challenge is not to find new customers but to obtain qualified engineers that either already have or can obtain cybersecurity skills.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) marked Monday the 39th anniversary of its establishment with a ceremony at its Headquarters in Naqoura highlighting “the Mission’s commitment to providing a safe and secure environment for the local population in southern Lebanon,” a UNIFIL statement said. “Since 2006, UNIFIL successfully facilitated the development of communities and civil society, while simultaneously assisting the Government of Lebanon in extending its authority in the South of the country,” said the UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary. “Our work, conducted in conjunction with our valued strategic partners and colleagues in the Lebanese Armed Forces, has also created an environment for economic development and investment, activities that will, in time, facilitate meaningful economic growth for the growing population of South Lebanon,” he added. In attendance at the ceremony were representatives of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and other security agencies, the Governor of Nabatieh Mahmoud al-Mawla, local mayors and religious leaders.
Beary and Brigadier-General Mohamed Janbay, representing LAF Commander, laid wreaths at the UNIFIL cenotaph paying tributes to the memory of the 325 U.N. peacekeepers from all around the world who have “given their lives in the cause of peace in southern Lebanon since UNIFIL’s establishment in 1978,” the UNIFIL statement said. During the ceremony, UNIFIL's leadership and the LAF representative awarded 45 military staff officers with the U.N. Medal for their contribution to fulfilling the Mission’s mandate. In addressing the ceremony, the UNIFIL Force Commander highlighted the Mission's continued presence in south Lebanon as “a clear demonstration of the U.N.’s commitment and enduring support to Lebanon and its people.” “I will never tire from expressing my admiration of the residents of the South. UNIFIL and its 40 different Troop Contributing Countries have been welcome guests since 1978 throughout our entire area of operations,” Beary said.
BEIRUT: There's no need for protests over proposed taxes, as the government is looking for revenue to fund a wage hike for public employees, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Monday. "All political blocs are seeking to resolve this crisis," Hariri told reporters after meeting with President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace. He reiterated calls for protesters to form a new committee to convey their demands.
A few thousand Lebanese flocked to Beirut’s Riad al-Solh Square at noon on Sunday to protest Cabinet plans to impose a string of taxes to cover the cost of long-awaited salary increases for both civil servants and public school teachers estimated at $800 million. Sunday’s protest capped four days of street demonstrations staged by civil society activists and supporters of various political parties denouncing the proposed taxes and demanding action against rampant corruption and the theft of public money. Hariri said he and President Aoun were keen on combatting corruption and the squandering of public funds. "Our stance is clear. The government wants to restore the peoples' confidence," the premier said.
He stressed that the Cabinet cannot approve the salary scale without allocating the needed revenues. "Our taxes don't aim to target people, we added [taxes] on marine properties and financial companies to end the deficiency." During two sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, lawmakers discussed a host of taxes proposed by the Finance Ministry to cover the cost of the salary scale bill. Lawmakers approved an increase in the value added tax from 10 percent to 11 percent. However, the session was adjourned over lack of quorum as Deputy Speaker Farid Makari and Kataeb chief Sami Gemayel exchanged accusations over the matter.
Turning to the ongoing debate on the country's new electoral law, Hariri described talks on the vote law to govern the upcoming parliamentary elections as "positive." "We are approaching pressing deadlines but I am certain that we will have a new electoral law that represents all Lebanese," Hariri said. He said that he was "open" to discuss all proposed electoral draft laws, stressing that his political group "wasn't the obstacle." In addition to being premier, Hariri also heads the Future Movement.
Population Movements to Keserwan - The Khazens and The Maans
ما جاء عن الثورة في المقاطعة الكسروانية
ثورة أهالي كسروان على المشايخ الخوازنة وأسبابها
Origins of the "Prince of Maronite" Title
Growing diversity: the Khazin sheiks and the clergy in the first decades of the 18th century
Historical Members:
Barbar Beik El Khazen [English]
Patriach Toubia Kaiss El Khazen(Biography & Life Part1 Part2) (Arabic)
Patriach Youssef Dargham El Khazen (Cont'd)
Cheikh Bishara Jafal El Khazen
Patriarch Youssef Raji El Khazen
The Martyrs Cheikh Philippe & Cheikh Farid El Khazen
Cheikh Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Hossun El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou-Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Francis Abee Nader & his son Yousef
Cheikh Abou-Kanso El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou Nader El Khazen
Cheikh Chafic El Khazen
Cheikh Keserwan El Khazen
Cheikh Serhal El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Rafiq El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Hanna El Khazen
Cheikha Arzi El Khazen
Marie El Khazen