{"id":58659,"date":"2019-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/58659\/lebanese-mp-why-are-fires-only-reaching-christian-areas"},"modified":"2019-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T00:00:00","slug":"lebanese-mp-why-are-fires-only-reaching-christian-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/58659\/lebanese-mp-why-are-fires-only-reaching-christian-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese MP: &#8220;Why Are Fires Only Reaching Christian Areas?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"In an undeniably shocking turn of events, the ongoing wildfire crisis that is currently happening in areas around Lebanon has been given a disgusting sectarian twist. <br \/>  <br \/>  During a televised interview with OTV, Lebanese politician and member of parliament Mario Aoun said, \u201cthough it may come off as sectarian, we have to wonder why the fires are reaching Christian areas only\u201d. (Loosely translated from the spoken Arabic you can see in the video below).<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%82?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y8f6jjw4Mk\">pic.twitter.com\/y8f6jjw4Mk<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ahmad M. Yassine (@Lobnene_Blog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lobnene_Blog\/status\/1184075396402372609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Yup. No comment. 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