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Lula, Brazil's iconic working class president, wins historic fourth term
L'Orient Today: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins a historic fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating Flavio Bolsonaro and overcoming a conservative…
Reuters, citing Brazil’s electoral authority: Lula da Silva re-elected president of the country in the runoff
Al Manar: Reuters, citing Brazil’s electoral authority: Lula da Silva re-elected president of the country in the run-off…
Israeli Elections: The Names Change, but the Red Lines with Lebanon Remain
CH23: One day before the Israeli elections scheduled for October 27, the most pressing question for Lebanon does not appear to concern only Benjamin Netanyahu’s fate or the chances of former army chief Gadi Eisenkot succeeding him. More important is whether the next Israeli government will set a path…
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Video: Asaad Saeed recounts the history of the “Forces,” from the War Council to Maarab (3 of 6): The Zahle war and the story of the famous call by Bashir—why didn’t the “Forces” take part in the 1982 invasion?
Nidaa Al Watan: How did preparations for the Zahle war begin, and who were the military commanders whom Sheikh Bashir Gemayel asked to go to Zahle? What is the story of the call between him and them, when he asked them to decide whether they would stay or withdraw before the road to Aayoun al-Siman was cut off? And how did Dr. Samir Geagea get to…
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"كرسي ساب – بيروت" تحية فنية للصداقة اللبنانية - الفرنسية
Nidaa Al Watan: على شاطئ بيروت، حيث يلتقي البحر بالأفق، وتحمل الأمواج حكايات مدينة لا تكفّ عن النهوض، يستعدّ كرسي أزرق من نيس الفرنسية بنسخة بيروتية ليحجز مكانه في ذاكرة العاصمة، لا بوصفه عملا فنيًا فحسب، بل رمزًا للصداقة والأمل والقدرة على الحلم رغم الصعاب. غدًا الثلثاء 27…
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The Fanqith of the Loiza and an Ancient Maronite Prayer for Lebanon
Nidaa Al Watan: Maronite liturgical manuscripts from before the liturgical reform period—that is, before the sixteenth century—are scarce. When one is found, it is usually a manuscript of the Passion (the sufferings) or of the fast. As for the old Maronite feast fanqiths (the commemorations of saints), they were either deliberately destroyed by…
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Halwani refutes Tripoli’s waste plan and warns against the marine landfill and incinerator
Nidaa Al Watan: After Akkar, Minieh and Deir Ammar refused to receive Tripoli’s waste, and the current landfill reached its maximum capacity, the government found itself facing difficult options for addressing the waste crisis in the city. While Tripoli Municipality is moving toward a plan based on temporarily reopening the current landfill and establishing a landfill…
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What Remains After the Cities Vanish
Nidaa Al Watan: The priest went out to the seashore, thinking deeply, and felt a strange presence surrounding him. Misty mermaids appeared to him, calling from afar, from beyond the clouds. Were they the product of his vivid imagination, or were they a fleeting reality? He found no answer, so he moved to a rock facing the sea and sat on it. Spring was sending light breezes that caressed…
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“My Experience” by Jean Hawat… The story of a nation searching for salvation
Nidaa Al Watan: In the pages of “My Experience” by Jean Hawat, nostalgia for Lebanon, the message, meets a frank critique of the reasons for its faltering. In Hawat’s view, the entity has not fallen despite the failures of its rulers, and the Lebanese people’s will to survive still offers a way to hope. But this hope will not become salvation unless the law and institutions…
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Forget the Judicial Council
Nidaa Al Watan: The Dhahr al-Baydar truck case will not be referred to the Judicial Council, at the very latest. Does this mean, by inference, that there is a green light for “Hezbollah” to continue transporting weapons? The Dhahr al-Baydar truck case is not merely a security file awaiting the completion of investigations, but a real test of the Lebanese state’s ability to implement…
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Apple develops a new tool to inspect iPhones inside their boxes... What is the reason?
Lebanon 24: Apple is preparing to introduce a new tool in its stores that will allow iPhones to be inspected and their condition verified while they are still inside their sealed packaging, in a move aimed at curbing fraud related to product returns and reducing losses resulting from inventory tampering. This move comes amid a rise in…
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Mr. President: Better late than never
Al Liwaa: President Joseph Aoun’s visit to Tripoli and his extensive tour of all its security, public service, economic and judicial facilities came at an opportune and pressing time, even if it was a little late. Still, it was better than never visiting it, since Tripoli, the capital of the north, needs everything, and these needs are pressing…
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Hezbollah gave no one assurances that it would not enter the war... and there is no fundamental disagreement with Berri
Al Liwaa: It is not true that Hezbollah gave assurances that it would not enter the war if a confrontation broke out between Iran and the United States... The party’s position, as one of its leaders confirms, is clear: “We have not given and will not give anyone assurances on this matter, because the decision whether to enter the war is linked to what the battlefield will witness and what may…
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Suleiman visited Karami in Tripoli to offer condolences
Al Liwaa: The head of the Dignity Movement, MP Faisal Karami, received President General Michel Suleiman at his residence in Tripoli, accompanied by former minister Nazem El Khoury. During the meeting, they discussed the general situation in Lebanon and the latest political developments in Lebanon and the region. The visit was an occasion during which Suleiman…
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Lost Trust Between the State and the Party
Al Liwaa: A prominent political source reveals that the state is apprehensive about the risks and repercussions of any potential American or Israeli military strike, or the resumption of an all-out war against Iran in the near future, on all of Lebanon, as senior officials of the two countries have announced. It also fears the damage and destruction this would cause in Lebanon, as happened after the outbreak of war…
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Can Lebanon Be Pulled Out of the Quagmire of Crises? Hezbollah Faces the Choice of “Commitments” or Joining a Future War
Al Liwaa: It is extremely difficult to pull Lebanon, as one might pull files, out of the quagmire of escalating crises in the Middle East, especially after the return of the colonial and aggressive practices of the countries controlling global decisions and, at the level of world leadership, particularly the United States’ entry into conflicts, with a personality…
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Bloomberg: Democrats plan to investigate the Epstein files if they win the election
Al Manar: Bloomberg reported that, if they win the congressional elections, Democrats plan to launch investigations into the files of Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of minors. The agency’s sources indicated that Democrats believe President Donald Trump’s administration did not do what…
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The President’s visit... Will Tripoli receive justice?
Al Liwaa: Welcome to the Lebanese President in his second homeland, Tripoli... Yes, forgive me for putting it this way, but I say it with bitterness... Tripoli, which has always been an integral part of Lebanon’s identity and history, has long left its residents feeling that their city is outside the state’s calculations, not on its map…
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US warning against approaching the Dahiyeh... and Hezbollah has not yet given assurances that it will not intervene in the war!
Al Liwaa: The month of T1 2026 is drawing to a close, leaving the Lebanese facing a disturbing scene: tracking conditions in the occupied villages in the south, the daily destruction of homes by airstrikes and drones, and the signs of life in these villages, in addition to artillery shelling, at a time when the skies over the south are never free of reconnaissance aircraft…
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The Saudi Crown Prince and the Greek Prime Minister discuss regional and international developments
Al Liwaa: The Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, received Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Riyadh yesterday, where an official reception ceremony was held for him. The two sides held an official meeting that addressed bilateral relations between the two countries, prospects for joint cooperation and ways to…
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لقاء الأربعاء البيروتي يكرّم رئيس تحرير «اللواء»
Al Liwaa: إستأنف «لقاء الأربعاء البيروتي» نشاطه بعد غياب لسنة، باستضافة الصحافي والكاتب السياسي البيروتي صلاح سلام، في لقاء حواري بعنوان «بيروت بين الأمس والغد»، أقيم في قاعة «ليتوال دو بريستول» في بيروت، في حضور شخصيات نيابية ووزارية وقضائية وعسكرية ودينية وفاعليات…
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Record demand for emergency equipment in Britain.. what is the reason?
Lebanon 24: The British government’s launch of an awareness campaign urging residents to stock supplies sufficient for three days in anticipation of crises and disruptions to essential services led to hand-crank radios and emergency equipment selling out in stores, amid a marked increase in demand for them. Stores reported seven models of radios selling out…
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Beirut honors Najah Salam’s success by naming a street in Mazraa after her
Al Liwaa: Ambassador Sahar Baassiri Salam, representing Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, inaugurated a street named after the late Lebanese artist Najah Salam in the Mazraa area of Beirut, in tribute to her artistic career and contributions to spreading Lebanese song across the Arab world. The opening ceremony was attended by the head…
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He and She 26-10-2026
Al Liwaa: ☐ A seminar entitled “The Impact of Service Reengineering: Digital Transformation as a Lever for Efficiency and Financial Impact,” held at ten o’clock this morning at the invitation of the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Development, and organized as part of introducing the Sharjah Award for Public Finance. The opening will include a speech by Minister Fadi…
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Who Let Whom Down... the People or the Homeland?
Al Liwaa: Whenever I meet a Lebanese person abroad and the conversation turns to the homeland, the same phrase is repeated, with sorrow tinged with bitterness: “Lebanon let us down... It left us no choice but to leave.” And each time, I ask myself: Did Lebanon really let us down, or did we, in one way or another, contribute to letting it down? The homeland is not a government…
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Netanyahu and Iran: Are elections a gateway to war or a settlement?
ASAS Media: Israeli elections are no longer a purely domestic affair, after Iran became a central issue in the struggle for power inside Tel Aviv, and a card where electoral calculations intersect with the stakes of war…
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Yair Lapid: The journalist who gave in to bring down the king
ASAS Media: Yair Lapid’s real strength lies in his early grasp of the rules of the political game and coalition equations in…
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President of the Lebanese-Canadian Chamber at its annual gala in Montreal: To strengthen the partnership between the two countries on the basis of the values of openness and innovation
El Shark: The Lebanese-Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Industry held its twenty-sixth annual gala, the second under the tenure of its president, Bassam Touche, under the title “Cedar and Maple 2026,” at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Montreal, celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship and excellence in the business world, and in recognition of the achievements of pioneers…
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لقاء تشاوري بين «اليونيفيل» ورؤساء بلديات
El Shark: عقد قائد الكتيبة الإيطالية العاملة ضمن قوة الأمم المتحدة الموقتة في لبنان (اليونيفيل) – مركز المنصوري العقيد ليوناردو كورينا، لقاء تشاوريا مع رؤساء البلديات العشرين الواقعة ضمن نطاق عمل الكتيبة، في مقر اتحاد بلديات قضاء صور، وبمشاركة القائد العام لقوات…
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“Saydet el-Jabal”: What is required is for “Hezbollah” to hand over its arms and decision-making to the state
El Shark: The “Saydet el-Jabal Gathering” held its weekly meeting at its headquarters in Ashrafieh, in person and online, and those present issued the following statement: First—the heinous and reprehensible crime that took place in Jordan is part of a cycle of violence affecting the entire region, as if the “monsters” had emerged from their lairs from every direction.…
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Egypt’s Ambassador Visits Mikati and Salameh
El Shark: Egypt’s new ambassador, Tameem Khallaf, visited President Najib Mikati yesterday on a courtesy call marking his recent assumption of duties. They discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and the current situation in the region. Also as a courtesy call, Ambassador Khallaf visited Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh in his office at the National Library. And did not…
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Mroue discussed cooperation with the German ambassador and received an Italian technical delegation
El Shark: Information Minister attorney Dr. Paul Mroue received a delegation from the Lebanese Private Sector Network in his office at the ministry and discussed technical matters with an Italian technical delegation. He also received German Ambassador Thomas Zanaizen, accompanied by First Secretary for Political Affairs Philip Barman, on an introductory and protocol visit, the first…
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Pharaon briefed the President of the Republic on the results of his discussions on neutrality
El Shark: President Aoun received former minister and MP Michel Pharaon, who briefed him on the results of discussions he is holding with a group of thinkers, intellectuals and politicians on the subject of neutrality, particularly after completing the second book containing the results of these discussions, in preparation for its publication. Pharaon placed the President of the Republic…
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Issa Al-Khoury discusses removing obstacles to exports to Iraq
El Shark: Industry Minister Joe Issa Al-Khoury said during his meeting with Iraq’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammed Reza al-Husseini, that “the Iraqi market is very important for Lebanese industrial and agricultural products, and reciprocal relations between Lebanon and Iraq date back decades,” stressing “Lebanon’s commitment to developing and strengthening them from…”
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Sayyed Fadlallah: Let us make our unity a daily project, not a slogan for consumption
El Shark: The “Shamlan Cultural Forum” hosted Sayyed Ali Fadlallah, who delivered a lecture entitled “National Unity Between Obstacles and Solutions,” at the home of the forum’s president, journalist Nabil al-Muqaddam, in the presence of a number of cultural, municipal, religious and social figures and a crowd of interested attendees. The lecture began…