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By-election in western Bekaa despite the extension of Parliament’s term?!

CH23: At a time when Parliament’s term has been extended and it has not been possible to hold general parliamentary elections, ballot boxes are back in the spotlight through western Bekaa–Rashaya. The vacant Orthodox seat, left empty since the death of MP Ghassan Skaff in December 2025, has revived the issue of by-elections, amid…

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A family vacation, Rami Ayach style

CH23: The artist Rami Ayach spent a quick vacation with his wife Dalida and their three children in Antalya, Turkey, noting that this area is one of their favorite destinations for a family vacation. Join our news channel on WhatsApp and follow the latest news and breaking updates directly through our channel…

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What do we know about the Israeli elections?

Al Jadeed: The Israeli parliament, known as the Knesset, consists of 120 members elected every four years, while Israel is considered a single electoral district with about 7.3 million voters. The electoral system is based on proportional representation, with lists required to exceed the 3.25% threshold of the votes to enter the Knesset. And...

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The pharmaceutical cartel turns a scientific review into a sectarian war

CH23: Outside the agenda, the first decisions announced after Thursday’s Cabinet session last week were to suspend the use of biosimilar drugs imported from non-reference countries and restrict their purchase to reference countries. It seemed that the authorities wanted this to make themselves appear concerned about health…

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They barricaded themselves in an abandoned house… Jordanian security forces arrest 3 suspects in the Karak attack

Al Anbaa: Jordanian security forces arrested three suspects this morning in the deadly attack that targeted the Church of Saint George in Karak Governorate, according to a statement by the Jordanian Public Security Directorate. The statement said that “security agencies managed at dawn today (Monday) to determine the location of the terrorists…”

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Ad-Diyar: The Finance and Budget Committee is holding its first session this morning to study the 2027 budget bill, in the presence of Finance Minister Yassin Jaber, to hear a presentation he will give on the bill and its general direction, and the assumptions on which estimates of revenues, expenditures and the deficit were based, in addition to the policy…

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“Hezbollah” without prior commitments… and its decision depends on developments

Al Anbaa: The newspaper Al-Liwaa reported that political circles were busy assessing the position Hezbollah might announce if a confrontation broke out between the United States and Israel on one side, and Iran on the other, as well as what took place during the visit of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh, and the efforts being made to address…

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Wadi Araba: Peace on the border and anxiety at home

Nidaa Al Watan: Thirty-two years ago, on October 26, 1994, Jordan and Israel signed the Wadi Araba Treaty, amid hopes that the region had entered an era of settlements. Today, the gap between those promises and a reality still governed by wars and fears of displacement and extremism seems wide. So what has peace achieved for Jordan,…

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Will We “Mourn” Netanyahu?

CH23: As in Israel, so too in Lebanon, all eyes are on who will prevail at the ballot boxes on the 27th of this October... Between Benjamin Netanyahu, who dreams of remaining in power, and Gadi Eisenkot, who presents himself as an alternative to change the leadership and reorder priorities, who will be the Lebanese people’s nightmare…

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French Prime Minister to meet student representatives on Monday

LBCI: The office of French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Sunday that he would meet student representatives on Monday, with the participation of the ministers of education and higher education. The two ministers will hold a press conference after the meeting. The announcement came after a weekend that saw new protests over conditions in high schools…

Losing the “big brother”... What most worries Hezbollah

MTV Lebanon: What Hezbollah fears most at this stage may not be an Israeli escalation or a tougher international stance, but rather that the dispute within its political milieu will worsen and the differences with the Amal Movement will turn into an internal Shiite rift that opens the door to a shift in the balance of power from within the house…

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Emergency preparations... in anticipation of any war!

CH23: It was learned that crisis cells affiliated with parties in several Lebanese areas have resumed their work and emergency preparations in anticipation of any war that may occur, while an increase in demand for home rentals was recorded, according to “An-Nahar”’s Secrets. Join our news channel on WhatsApp and follow the latest news and developments…

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Aoun, hostage to Christian one-upmanship, and Nassar sticking to his proposal to refer the case to the Judicial Council: Is the Dahr al-Baidar truck case returning to the Cabinet?

CH23: The file on the Dahr al-Baidar truck was not closed when the proposal to refer it to the Judicial Council was withdrawn from discussion at last Thursday’s Cabinet meeting; rather, it entered a more ambiguous phase. Not raising the referral did not mean it had been definitively dropped, just as the understanding between President of the Republic Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, and the head of the Council…

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Netanyahu, the West Bank, and election calculations: Will escalation shift away from Lebanon?

CH23: Israel’s elections are drawing near as the region stands on the threshold of a phase open to several possibilities, from consolidating the existing dynamics of confrontation to sliding into broader regional escalation. Between the electoral calculations of Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Washington’s position on the two fronts…

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A British village shrouded in mystery... Tales of witches dating back to the seventeenth century

Lebanon 24: The Pendle area in northwestern England attracts visitors with its green hills and quiet villages, but conceals a dark history dating back to the witch trials that ended with the execution of ten people. Between natural beauty and frightening tales, the area offers a tourist experience combining exploration of the countryside with learning about one…

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A Reassuring Message to Berri... and Defusing the Internal Confrontation

Ad-Diyar: Sources close to Hezbollah reported how displeased its leaders were with the proposal to refer the explosives shipment file to the Judicial Council and the repercussions that could result, including putting the judiciary in a political confrontation with it. President Berri worked to contain the situation and received assurances from Presidents Aoun and Salam that matters would not reach…

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“Baabda and Maarab”: The disagreement is over the approach, not the goals and outcomes

Lebanon 24: Al-Akhbar wrote: “The case of the Dahr al-Baidar truck was not closed when the proposal to refer it to the Judicial Council was withdrawn from discussion at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, and the disagreement went beyond the limits of a government difference over a judicial measure, turning into material for one-upmanship within the Christian arena. The insistence of the head of the Lebanese Forces party…”

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“Netanyahu’s victory” is the most dangerous scenario… What awaits Lebanon and “Hezbollah”? (Al-Modon)

Al Jadeed: “Netanyahu’s victory” is the most dangerous scenario… What awaits Lebanon and “Hezbollah”? (Al-Modon) Al-Modon newspaper reported that “Netanyahu’s and the Republicans’ victory is the most dangerous, as the project will move forward, because Netanyahu will not back down from his efforts to achieve his goals, neither in Lebanon nor in Syria, nor even across the region as a whole.…

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