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A new extension for Parliament?

MTV Lebanon: Talk has resurfaced behind the scenes about a new move to extend the term of Parliament, while some blocs are seeking to shorten the term of the current Parliament, whose term has been extended, according to secrets…

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An-Nahar: Post-election calculations in Israel preoccupy Lebanon… Explosives file continues… “Lebanese Forces” boycott today’s session

National News Agency: National – An-Nahar newspaper wrote: If the last forty-eight hours have made official, political and popular Lebanon, like the countries of the region, focus on following and monitoring the results of the Israeli elections in anticipation of their repercussions for Lebanon and the file of war, occupation, negotiations and weapons, which constitutes…

What the newspapers’ “Secrets” columns reported

MTV Lebanon: Al-Nahar reports that people strolling and exercising in downtown Beirut complain about the spread of hookahs and burning charcoal, in a scene that blights the area and threatens public safety. Political and party figures, along with the Lebanese media, closely followed the Israeli elections, given their connection…

Secrets from the local newspapers published on Thursday, October 29, 2026

National News Agency: Al-Nahar reports that people strolling and exercising in central Beirut complain about the spread of hookahs and burning charcoal, in a scene that spoils the place and threatens public safety. There was close monitoring by political and party figures, as well as the Lebanese media, of the Israeli elections, given their close connection to the border situation…

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Newspaper Secrets 29-10-2026

LBCI: Al-Nahar reports that parkgoers and people exercising in central Beirut are complaining about the spread of hookahs and burning charcoal, in a scene that disfigures the place and threatens public safety. Close monitoring of the Israeli elections by political and party figures and the Lebanese media has been noted, given their close connection to the border situation…

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A difficult equation awaits the British Chancellor of the Exchequer in his first budget

Al Manar: British Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey warned of mounting economic repercussions from the war in the Middle East, as Britain faces increasing pressure amid rising energy prices and growing borrowing costs, with fears that these developments could affect the course of inflation and public finances. During his presentation…

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Iraq... Zelenskyy phobia

An-Nahar: An analysis of statements by the U.S. Department of State and their impact on Ali al-Zaidi’s government amid political and security tensions in Iraq and differing positions of the White House…

Political source to Nidaa Al Watan: Qassem’s statement is a coup against the national will and an adventure with Lebanon

Nidaa Al Watan: A senior political source told Nidaa Al Watan that the statement issued by the secretary-general of Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, “constitutes a blatant departure from the collective national will, and persistence in a policy of imposing a fait accompli and continuing adventures that have brought Lebanon nothing but destruction, displacement and collapse, and that…”

Aoun in Tripoli: The Battle of Image and State

Nidaa Al Watan: The visit of President Joseph Aoun to Tripoli last Saturday can be summed up as a battle over image and political exploitation, between what it was intended to be, campaigns of attack and counter-exploitation, and the paths it ultimately took, which were not originally on the list of objectives. Aside from some romanticism mixed with the rhetoric…

Sheikh Naim and his party caught between Netanyahu’s jaws

Nidaa Al Watan: Hezbollah’s bets have fallen through, even on the change that could come from Israel, after it lost any hope of being able to exert any influence, or even improve its security and military situation. The “party” was looking for a “victory” to be produced by the Israeli ballot boxes, whereby the current prime minister would lose…

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Netanyahu changed the face of the Middle East… and it did not change

Nidaa Al Watan: Despite all the opinion polls, figures and analyses that preceded the Israeli election, which predicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decline and paved the way for Gadi Eisenkot to push him out of political life, the results came to confirm that the scene was different from what the predictions had outlined. For…

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“Mecca Alliance” Puts Tehran Before Two Choices

Nidaa Al Watan: In a region standing on the brink of a volcano, the Tehran meeting puts the Iranian regime to a decisive test: either translate diplomacy into an actual change in regional behavior, or face a confrontation that could extend beyond Iran’s borders and redraw the balance of power in the Middle East. As the chances of containing the crisis dwindle and preparations intensify…

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“The Neutral Lebanese United States”: An Approach by Dr. Michel Chmaï

Nidaa Al Watan: In his book “The Neutral Lebanese United States – Issues and Solutions,” published by Dar Alif Ya Publishing, Dr. Michel Chmaï presents a political and intellectual approach to Lebanon’s contemporary dilemma, starting from a fundamental question: Can Lebanon continue with the political formula on which it was founded, or…

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Salam: Supporting Lebanese industry is a national interest linked to growth

Nidaa Al Watan: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said during the opening of the second edition of the National Industry Exhibition 2026 that supporting Lebanese industry is not a sectoral demand, but a national interest linked to economic growth, job creation, financial stability and economic sovereignty, stressing that “the government views…

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What’s in Al Asrar today, Thursday, 29-10-2026?

Nidaa Al Watan: Information originating from the U.S. capital reveals that sanctions will be imposed on Lebanese judges for reasons including proven corruption and cooperation with Hezbollah. Figures in Baalbek-Hermel are moving to form a cross-sectarian tribal gathering, bringing together the region’s tribes and families, with the aim of shaping a political force opposed to the Shiite duo,…

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Mr. President Eisenkot! - Imad Moussa | Nidaa Al Watan

Nidaa Al Watan: The Lebanese were divided between supporters of Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu and backers of Tiberias’s illustrious son, Gadi Eisenkot, in an electoral battle in which, for the first time in the history of the Jewish state, Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza, Syria (the security zone), and Zawtar al-Sharqiya took part. It was clear that…

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The “Rejectionists”

Nidaa Al Watan: Some believe there is a symbiotic relationship between “Hezbollah” and Israel, and therefore equate their opposition to the party’s weapons with their opposition to the peace project between Lebanon and Israel. This approach, whose proponents claim to present themselves to the public as idealistic and morally superior, ignores a fundamental fact: rejecting peace…

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A Non-Civil War

Nidaa Al Watan: No project is legitimate if it comes at the expense of legitimacy and the project of the national state. No force, whatever regional depth may back it, can achieve the equation and put it into practice that the weapons are a constant and Lebanon is the variable. But what remains of the arrogance of power from the days of weakness leads to making it easy to threaten a civil war in defense of weapons…

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Netanyahu... Defying the End | Nidaa Al Watan

Nidaa Al Watan: Every time you write a political ending for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s “fox” adds a new line to his eventful career. He entered the election weighed down by the failure of the October 7 attack, open wars, legal proceedings, and disputes that had accumulated inside and outside Israel. He emerged from the initial count having secured the largest party bloc for his party,…

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