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Evening News Bulletin Introduction 31-08-2026
Al Jadeed: Evening News Bulletin Introduction 31-08-2026 on the occasion of the forty-eighth anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Sayyed/ The president appeared from the platform of speech, adorned with the occasion’s distinctive character and moving on to political messages in domestic and regional directions/ The speaker of parliament set out his political framework…
Presidency of the Republic: President Aoun has returned to Beirut from Athens after a visit to the Greek capital
Al Jadeed: Presidency of the Republic: President Aoun has returned to Beirut from Athens after a visit to the capital…
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Frontline villages meet Salam.. Promises to address demands
Al Jadeed: Frontline villages meet Salam.. Promises to address demands. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam received a delegation of mayors and municipal council members from the border villages of Al-Bustan, Yarin, Marwahin, Al-Dhuhayrah and Al-Zalutiyah. After the meeting, Sheikh Dr. Naji Al-Suwaid spoke on behalf of the delegation, saying: "We were honored…
Turkish Foreign Minister: The Mecca Defense Alliance was established with the aim of expanding and including new countries
Al Jadeed: Turkish Foreign Minister: The Mecca Defense Alliance was established with the aim of expanding and including countri…
President Aoun after meeting the Greek prime minister: We look forward to continued Greek support for Lebanon and aspire to a strategic partnership with Europe soon
Al Jadeed: President Aoun after meeting the Greek prime minister: We look forward to continued Greek support for Lebanon and aspire to a strategic partnership with Europe…
Joint press conference by President Aoun and the Greek prime minister
Al Jadeed: Joint press conference by President Aoun and the prime minister…
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Aoun, from Greece: We are determined to end the state of hostility with Israel and establish the best relations with neighboring countries
Al Jadeed: President Joseph Aoun said, after meeting his Greek counterpart Konstantinos Tasoulas, that Lebanon is determined to end the state of hostility with Israel, stressing that the solution lies in diplomacy, not war, and that the Lebanese people are tired of wars and that it is time for Lebanon to…
President Aoun lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Greece
Al Jadeed: President Aoun lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in…
President Aoun departed for Greece to hold talks with the presidents of the republic and the government to strengthen relations between the two countries
Al Jadeed: President Aoun departed for Greece to hold talks with the presidents of the republic and the government to strengthen relations between…
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MPs who only leave via VIP! (Al-Nahar Secrets)
Al Jadeed: MPs who only leave via VIP! (Al-Nahar Secrets) Al-Nahar newspaper revealed in its Secrets column that MPs from a certain group insist on having the VIP lounge opened for them when departing from Rafic Hariri Airport, noting that President Nawaf Salam often travels with the other passengers heading to their planes and without any…
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“Hezbollah” rejects dialogue... Is a solution close? (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Al Jadeed: “Hezbollah” rejects dialogue... Is a solution close? (Asharq Al-Awsat) The newspaper “Asharq Al-Awsat” wrote: Ministerial sources close to the presidency considered that the remarks by Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem were not new, but came in the context of continuing the course adopted by the party, recalling his remarks before…
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Evening News Bulletin Introduction 30-08-2026
Al Jadeed: Evening News Bulletin Introduction 30-08-2026 The disappeared Imam is more present today than ever. On the eve of commemorating the forty-eighth anniversary of his disappearance, attention will turn tomorrow to the anticipated speech by Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and to whether the Speaker will draw from the Imam’s thought an initiative that opens a crack in the wall…
U.S. sources to Al Jadeed: Rome talks are continuing despite the parties’ understanding that, in the near term, they will not lead to decisive results or serious breakthroughs
Al Jadeed: U.S. sources to Al Jadeed: Rome talks are continuing despite the parties’ understanding that, in the near term, they will not lead to decisive results or breakthroughs…
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Jumblatt hands Berri his memoirs… What was discussed during the meeting?
Al Jadeed: Jumblatt hands Berri his memoirs… What was discussed during the meeting? Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri received at the Second Presidency headquarters in Ain el-Tineh the former head of the Progressive Socialist Party and former minister Walid Jumblatt, who presented President Berri with his memoirs, published as a book titled "Fate in This East," and said…
Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji, responding to Araghchi: Rationality between states requires respecting sovereignty and dealing with state institutions
Al Jadeed: Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji, responding to Araghchi: Rationality between states requires respecting sovereignty and dealing with instit...
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Between “Hezbollah” and Israel… a game of “ping-pong”? (The Jerusalem Post)
Al Jadeed: Between “Hezbollah” and Israel… a game of “ping-pong”? (The Jerusalem Post) The Jerusalem Post highlighted criticism leveled by Israeli army reserve brigadier general and former Kfir Brigade commander Oren Avman of Israel’s handling of the confrontation on the Lebanese front, warning of an absence…
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President Salam on the anniversary of Imam Sadr’s disappearance: I affirm that the South will not be left alone
Al Jadeed: President Salam on the anniversary of Imam Sadr’s disappearance: I affirm that the South will not be left alone. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam wrote on his “X” account: On the eve of the anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Musa al-Sadr, we remember the man who carried the cause of the South from one capital to another, warning against it remaining an arena for conflicts beyond its control. He expressed…
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“Foreign Ministry” responds to Araghchi: Sovereignty is a red line!
Al Jadeed: “Foreign Ministry” responds to Araghchi: Sovereignty is a red line! The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants affirmed that rationality in relations between states requires dealing exclusively through constitutional and legitimate institutions, not with parties or factions, in response to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s remarks regarding relations…
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Icelanders reject resuming EU accession talks (final referendum result)
Al Jadeed: Icelanders reject resuming EU accession talks (final referendum result). Icelanders rejected resuming negotiations to join the European Union, according to the final referendum results published Sunday, in a setback for the Union, which had hoped this island would join…
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You won’t pay to get in… From north to south, free beaches for everyone!
Al Jadeed: You won’t pay to get in… From north to south, free beaches for everyone! Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rasamny confirmed that “the number of licensed free public beaches along the Lebanese coast reached 20 this year, after the ministry granted 13 new permits to organize beaches that had not been organized…”
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Khamenei’s message to the countries of the region… What did it contain?
Al Jadeed: Khamenei’s message to the countries of the region… What did it contain? Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei called in a written message on Sunday for Islamic countries in the region to “speak with one voice” against the United States and Israel, six months after the start of the war in the Middle East, asserting that Islam’s enemies are seeking to…
President Aoun on the anniversary of the disappearance of Imam al-Sadr and his two companions: We refuse to let the South remain a forgotten region or a bargaining chip, and we believe that the only weapons that protect the land are the state’s legitimate weapons
Al Jadeed: President Aoun on the anniversary of the disappearance of Imam al-Sadr and his two companions: We refuse to let the South remain a forgotten region or a bargaining chip, and we believe that the weapons that protect the land are the state’s legitimate weapons…
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Palestinian arms in Lebanon… a pressure card in “the party’s” calculations? (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Al Jadeed: Palestinian arms in Lebanon… a pressure card in “the party’s” calculations? (Asharq Al-Awsat) The newspaper “Asharq Al-Awsat” wrote: With US President Donald Trump announcing, at the end of last July, that the Board of Peace he chairs had reached an agreement calling for the “disarmament” of Hamas and other armed groups in the Gaza Strip…
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سلام لاتحاد العائلات البيروتية: بيروت تحتاج إلى كل يد تعمل من أجلها
Al Jadeed: سلام لاتحاد العائلات البيروتية: بيروت تحتاج إلى كل يد تعمل من أجلها كتب رئيس الحكومة نواف سلام على منصة اكس: "إلى أهلنا في اتحاد العائلات البيروتية،أتقدم باحر التهاني على انتخاب هيئة إدارية جديدة، وأتمنى لأعضائها كل النجاح في خدمة مدينتنا وأبنائها. تحتاج…
Berri: Bilateral agreements between Lebanon and Israel are no substitute for an international presence in the south as long as Tel Aviv refuses to implement what the two countries reached under the “Framework Agreement”
Al Jadeed: Berri: Bilateral agreements between Lebanon and Israel are no substitute for an international presence in the south as long as Tel Aviv refuses to implement what the two countries reached under the “Agreement…
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Seeking an international force… Berri warns of a UN vacuum in the south
Al Jadeed: Seeking an international force… Berri warns of a UN vacuum in the south. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in an interview with the newspaper "Asharq Al-Awsat" that the United States’ insistence on refusing to renew the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) opens the door to the need to seek a UN force to replace it, one that enjoys…
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Winds threaten damaged buildings… urgent warning from the Haret Hreik Municipality
Al Jadeed: Winds threaten damaged buildings… urgent warning from the Haret Hreik Municipality. The Haret Hreik Municipality issued a statement calling on citizens to stay away from damaged and cracked buildings and not to approach them or stand alongside them, particularly amid strengthening winds and the risk of debris flying or…
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“The party” bears responsibility for the deadlock… What did Berri hear in Baabda and from Haikal? (Al-Akhbar)
Al Jadeed: “The party” bears responsibility for the deadlock… What did Berri hear in Baabda and from Haikal? (Al-Akhbar) Al-Akhbar newspaper reported: Visitors to Baabda quoted the president as saying that Hezbollah bears some responsibility for the stalled negotiations because it refuses to acknowledge what the government issued and what was decided in the negotiations. He said that…
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Campaign in Washington against Aoun and Haykal… Who is behind it? (Al-Diyar)
Al Jadeed: Informed sources told “Al-Diyar” that a new incitement campaign was launched in Washington against President of the Republic Joseph Aoun and Army Commander General Rudolf Haykal after a period of decline during successive negotiations in Washington and Rome. Over the past few days, a systematic effort to intensify this campaign has been observed…
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In the Battle of Ali al-Taher, “the Party” Will Not Fight Alone! (Asrar Al-Nahar)
Al Jadeed: According to informed sources, the battle of Ali al-Taher, if it takes place, will not be limited to fighting groups from Hezbollah…
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Qassem rejects the verification committee: We will not accept it or those who take part in it
Al Jadeed: Qassem rejects the verification committee: We will not accept it or those who take part in it. Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said the party’s position is against the framework agreement, calling for it to be scrapped and affirming that it does not approve of the pilot zones, the verification committee, or those who take part in it, considering them “outside the law…”
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“UNIFIL” warns: The south remains fragile
Al Jadeed: “UNIFIL” warns: The south remains fragile. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon “UNIFIL” announced that the situation in southern Lebanon remains fragile, despite a decrease in the level of violence compared with earlier this year. “UNIFIL” reported that peacekeepers recorded 1,030…
Iranian Foreign Minister: We held constructive talks with the Qatari foreign minister in Tehran
Al Jadeed: Iranian Foreign Minister: We held constructive talks with the Qatari foreign minister in…
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The state fears greatly… The south is threatened with a “dangerous vacuum” (Al-Jumhuriya)
Al Jadeed: Alongside the diplomatic battle being waged to curb Israel’s aggression and compel it to cease fire and comply with the provisions of the framework formula, another battle is emerging—one marked by precision and sensitivity, and enjoying domestic consensus. It is linked to UNIFIL, particularly with regard to filling the vacuum that will be created by the end of the period…
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Security caution within "Hezbollah".. and the reason!
Al Jadeed: Security caution within "Hezbollah".. and the reason! One of An-Nahar’s confidential reports said: Several non-military cadres in "Hezbollah" are careful, for security reasons, not to attend social events, particularly in southern Lebanon…