This tread is a historic one.
It's the first time in recent history that pilots in the ME area were united and went on strike to protest the degradation of pilot's conditions of service.
Unfortunately pilots always complain on this PPRUNE Middle East thread about the same problem, but can't do much.
Pilot strikes are usually only done in Europe or the USA. Lebanese pilots made history today as 100% of MEA pilots responded to their Unions call for a strike.