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9713 in English · 269 original-language storiesAl Manar: أعلنت الحكومة الفرنسية نشر نحو 70 ألف عنصر من قوات الأمن في أنحاء البلاد، استعداداً لاحتجاجات جديدة مطلع الأسبوع، عقب أعمال عنف شهدتها المدن الفرنسية الأسبوع الماضي، ووصفت بأنها من الأسوأ منذ سنوات. وقال رئيس الوزراء سيباستيان لوكورنو، خلال زيارة إلى مركز…
Elnashra: Over the past few days, many scenarios have emerged about what might happen after the Cabinet session held the day before yesterday at Baabda Palace, amid the high ceiling of…
Saida Online: The Mayor of Sidon, engineer Mustafa Hijazi, and his accompanying delegation concluded an official visit to the Spanish city of Córdoba, which lasted from 14 to 17 October 2026, as part of preparations to declare Sidon and Córdoba the capitals of culture and dialogue in the Mediterranean region for 2027, in cooperation with the…
Lebanon 24: Introduction to the “NBN” news bulletin: From Hebron to Karak, two security operations shaped the security landscape in the region and were enough to fuel concern and raise the level of danger. In Karak, a terrorist attack inside a church left more than 30 victims, killed and wounded. Jordan’s King Abdullah II and…
Al Manar: Staff of the regional electoral court in the Brazilian capital, Brasília, began loading the ballot boxes for electronic voting machines onto trucks and buses, in preparation for transporting them to polling stations across the country, ahead of the presidential runoff scheduled for next Sunday. Footage showed…
Lebanon 24: Ambassador Sahar Baassiri Salam, representing Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, opened this afternoon a street named after the late Lebanese artist Najah Salam in the Mazraa area of Beirut, in recognition of her artistic career and contributions to spreading Lebanese song across the Arab world. Advertisement The…
Nidaa Al Watan: The “Tampa” talks revealed the gap between Beirut’s promises and “Hezbollah’s” strategy for survival. The latest military talks, sponsored by the United States in the state of Florida, highlighted Washington’s strategy toward Lebanon, revealing a familiar cycle of unfulfilled promises and a dangerous gap…
Nidaa Al Watan: Just as there is disarmament, Zahi Bustani died and left us bereft of Zahi. I searched deeply for a quality that would sum him up, but found nothing more eloquent than “chivalry itself.” And if the Lebanese Forces have any freshness in the essence of their cause, it is because Zahi was one of those who forged that freshness. Yes, we were in the rear ranks; we had a part in…
Nidaa Al Watan: After the events in Fayadieh in February 1978 between the Lebanese Army and the Syrian regime’s army, the military forces of the parties of the “Lebanese Front” returned to fighting. The Hundred-Day War in the summer of 1978 affirmed the leadership of Sheikh Bashir Gemayel and President Camille Chamoun, who were keen to remain in Ashrafieh alongside…
Nidaa Al Watan: As the 2026 U.S. midterm elections approach, that familiar feeling returns that we are living through the same scene again, or what is known as déjà vu. But the problem does not lie in the scene itself repeating, but in the political narratives that quickly gain momentum and then turn into assumptions before…
Nidaa Al Watan: British Prince William spoke candidly and simply about his love of films by director Christopher Nolan, and about a dream he once had of becoming a disc jockey (DJ), during his appearance yesterday, Friday, on a British television talk show to promote his annual award for innovation in tackling climate change. The heir to the throne…
Nidaa Al Watan: From a quiet Paris suburb, Khomeini sent messages to Iran in 1978. Then his regime’s influence extended to the southern suburb of Beirut, where Hezbollah became the armed wing of the Iranian project. In the Manshiyya suburb of Khartoum, Hassan al-Turabi’s home became a center of influence, and the expression “the palace…
Nidaa Al Watan: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam affirmed that “the transport sector crisis in Lebanon has an economic cost that we all pay. The World Bank estimated it about ten years ago at more than two billion dollars per year. Time lost in traffic congestion is time taken away from work and productivity, not to mention citizens’ comfort.” He said…
Nidaa Al Watan: Commenting on discussions about Communications Minister Charles Hajj's position on the transfer of employees of the "Ogero" Authority to "Liban Telecom," in implementation of the Telecommunications Law, Minister Hajj affirmed in a statement yesterday that all workers at "Ogero," including staff, contractors, wage employees and day laborers, will transfer to…
Nidaa Al Watan: As anticipation continues over the outcome of the U.S.-Iranian confrontation following the Israeli and U.S. elections, and amid the continued terrorist attacks by the Houthi rebels on civilian and economic targets in Saudi Arabia, Istanbul hosted a meeting of the foreign ministers of the “R4 + E3” group,…
Nidaa Al Watan: On the twentieth anniversary of Zahi Bustani’s passing, we recall the career of an exceptional man who chose his path out of conviction and devoted his intelligence and energies to serving the state and defending Lebanon’s sovereignty and dignity. A man who combined broad culture and keen insight with integrity, humility, and steadfastness in his principles. He was discreet,…
Nidaa Al Watan: Among the statements of one of the most handsome MPs of the “Party,” Hassan De Caprio: “It is natural for the resistance to transport weapons and for them to reach the front. But how it transports them and by what route—that has its own procedures. Otherwise, how would the resistance prepare itself and equip its capabilities? And how would it fight this enemy? Would it fight it with bags of potatoes?” Legitimate questions…
Nidaa Al Watan: When France prepares to deploy around seventy thousand security personnel and Paris closes the Louvre Museum and other cultural institutions for fear of renewed unrest, the protests of autumn 2026 do not look like merely a street crisis. They are a broader political test for a continent that built its standing on prosperity, stability and the ability to reconcile the market economy…
Nidaa Al Watan: The terrorist attack that claimed the lives of seven Christians and injured 34 others as they took part in a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud in Jordan’s Karak Governorate yesterday constituted an assault on the meaning of the Christian presence in the Levant, on the right of people to practice their faith without fear, and even on their right to…
Saida Online: A Hezbollah delegation, headed by the official in charge of the Sidon sector, Sheikh Zaid Daher, and including the head of the Sidon neighborhood branch, Haj Hussein Saleh, the mukhtar of the town of Sidon neighborhood, Haj Hussein Saleh, and a member of the relations committee in the Sidon sector, Haj Ahmad Jbeili, visited the home of Kfervila Deputy Mayor Dr. Ahmad Qassem in the town of Sidon neighborhood,…
Lebanon 24: Minister of Social Affairs Haneen Sayed took part in the launch of the “Alliance for Culture, Dialogue and Development,” a joint French-Qatari initiative at the Élysée Palace in Paris, attended by officials, international figures and representatives of cultural and development institutions. The meeting concluded with a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron…
Lebanon 24: Public Health Minister Rakan Nasreddine received Indonesia’s ambassador to Lebanon, Dicky Komar, and discussed with him ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the health sector. Advertisement During the meeting, the Indonesian ambassador presented his country’s health minister’s candidacy for the post of director-general of the World Health Organization, on the condition that…
Al Liwaa: The comparison between Gadi Eisenkot and Yitzhak Rabin seems tempting in many respects: each held a high military rank; both were frank and direct, analytical in their speech, and averse to politics; and both ran for prime minister, regarding it as “an option, not an obsession.” • Of course, …
Al Liwaa: Lebanese Kataeb Party leader and MP Sami Gemayel received Egypt’s new ambassador to Lebanon, Tameem Khallaf, at the Kataeb Party’s central headquarters in Saifi, on a get-acquainted visit during which they discussed the Lebanese political scene and the challenges facing the country at this stage, as well as developments…
Al Liwaa: The head of the “National Dialogue Party,” MP Fouad Makhzoumi, said in a statement yesterday: “After 18 days have passed since the explosives shipment was seized in Dahr al-Baidar on October 5, the decision to refer the case to the Judicial Council is still postponed, despite its inclusion on the Cabinet’s agenda.” He considered “the danger…”
Al Liwaa: Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam stressed the need to “move toward a practical step toward a country whose regions are connected and where mobility becomes a reliable public service,” emphasizing the importance of reaching “a plan for a modern, regular network connecting the Lebanese regions.” In remarks during his patronage of a meeting at the Grand Serail entitled “Toward developing…
Al Liwaa: “touch” launched a fully integrated digital subscription service that enables customers to purchase mobile lines and activate them entirely online, without the need to visit points of sale, in a move aimed at accelerating the digital transformation of Lebanon’s telecommunications sector. The chairman and general manager of “touch,” Karim…
Al Liwaa: After the “temporary reprieve” over the explosives in Dahr al-Baidar and the Judicial Council’s delay in referring the case, which Hezbollah viewed as a “commendable” gesture, attention remained focused on the situation in the south amid Israeli airstrikes targeting Kfar Tebnit, Wadi al-Hujair, and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, as well as the vicinity of Ali al-Taher, in addition to artillery shelling of…
Al Liwaa: Regional muftis have joined the review process aimed at overturning the extension of the term of the Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan, by filing an intervention request yesterday before the State Shura Council through their lawyer, Majed Dimashkieh. Lawyer Majed Dimashkieh, acting on behalf of the muftis, including Mufti Sheikh Hassan…
Elnashra: Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar noted that his country seeks to be a reliable partner of the European Union, as part of its efforts to rebuild trust with…
Lebanon 24: Jordanian government: Christians are an integral part of the fabric…
Al Liwaa: The wife of the prime minister, Ms. Sahar Baassiri Salam, affirmed that women’s health cannot be separated from their rights, economic independence and participation in society, stressing the need to develop healthcare in a way that keeps pace with women’s needs at different stages of their lives, rather than limiting concern for their health to reproduction…
Al Manar: Storm Austin struck wide areas of southern England today, Friday, 23 October 2026, accompanied by strong winds and heavy rain, causing power cuts to thousands of homes and tree branches to fall onto roads. Coastal areas, particularly in Cornwall, saw huge waves…
Lebanon 24: Jordanian Government Communications Minister: The security services pursued and are pursuing everyone proven to be involved in a crime…
Al Liwaa: Lebanon needed nothing less than a new strife. A country exhausted by wars, drained by crises, whose generations have paid dearly for conflicts that were never all of their own making, found itself once again facing a familiar scene: mutual accusations, heated rhetoric, and cases turning from matters that should be addressed through the law into…
Al Manar: The American newspaper “Wall Street Journal” revealed changes to the flight routes of a number of international airlines, amid new warnings about the safety of Saudi airspace following Yemeni military operations targeting Saudi airports. The newspaper quoted the international “Ops Group”…
