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5690 in English · 158 original-language storiesNidaa 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Ya Libnan: I sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, whose rival blocs fell short of a parliamentary majority in Israel’s general election Tuesday. Eisenkot could theoretically swear in a government with the support of Arab…
Al Manar: Cuba’s representative to the United Nations: Washington’s policies show that its real aim is to inflict suffering and deprivation on Cubans to stir social discontent and change the political system chosen by the people…
Al Liwaa: • Let’s start with the good news: Benjamin Netanyahu failed to prevent the elections from being held on schedule, to close the airspace to Israelis who came from abroad to vote, or to disrupt the voting process in Arab society. • Israel’s citizens showed unprecedented loyalty to the system yesterday…
Al Liwaa: - And like this... former Economy Minister (2005) Sami Haddad on depositors’ money: The state doesn’t have the means to pay them back, and depositors are an affluent class because low-income people don’t have a penny in the bank... Is the state going to give money to the affluent? - And like this... the commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Hajj Hossein Yekta, appeared as he…
Al Liwaa: The four-way security meeting in Tehran came as a cautious regional attempt to rein in tensions before they reach a breaking point for everyone. But the most urgent and consequential question for us in Beirut is: Where does Lebanon feature on the agenda of the negotiating capitals? Are we facing an opportunity to restore the state, or merely a bargaining chip…
Al Liwaa: Many questions are being raised about the results of the Israeli Knesset elections, the impact of a change in the Israeli government, and the arrival of a new government to power in Israel on the implementation of the framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel, to end the crisis of Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon and achieve a full withdrawal of the army’s forces…
Al Liwaa: The “Ghassan Skaf National Forum” affirmed “that Lebanon cannot endure another war, and must not become an arena for settling regional scores or a hostage to decisions that go beyond its national interests.” It warned of “the risks of a renewed confrontation between the United States, Iran and Israel.” The “Forum” held its regular meeting and discussed…
Al Liwaa: Interior and Municipalities Minister Ahmad Al-Hajjar affirmed that municipalities constitute “the first line of defense in serving citizens,” stressing that support for them is not limited to providing financial resources, but also includes developing administration, strengthening capabilities, and modernizing work mechanisms. He revealed that a payment from the Independent Municipal Fund would be disbursed…
Al Liwaa: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam affirmed 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. He stressed that the government views…
Al Manar: Omani Foreign Minister stresses the need to change the security equations in the Gulf and establish a new security framework in which the region’s countries take the leading role, while reducing reliance on…
Al Manar: Omani Foreign Minister: We hope the rest of the countries in the region realize that geography brings them together and that Iran is part of this reality…
Al Manar: Omani Foreign Minister: Security in the Persian Gulf should be handled by the countries of the region themselves, without relying on powers…
Al Liwaa: The Israeli Central Elections Committee announced that the preliminary results, after 85.6% of the votes in the parliamentary elections had been counted, indicate that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc secured 53 seats, compared with 48 seats for Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc and 19 seats for the Arab parties. The committee explained that…
Elnashra: The Hebrew-language Channel 12 reported that the official count has exceeded 88.6% of the total votes, and the bloc map and political balance of power remain unchanged…
Al Liwaa: Regardless of the ambiguous results of the Israeli elections, and of Benjamin Netanyahu’s ability to maneuver to remain in power, the most important outcome produced by the ballot boxes is the unprecedented popular turnout, particularly in Arab cities and towns, and the clear expression of rejection…
Al Liwaa: Regional developments are accelerating amid the possibility of a renewed direct military confrontation between Washington and Tehran, once again putting the Lebanese arena before the central structural question: Will Hezbollah become involved in any upcoming round of confrontation under the banner of “support,” or will the balance of power and the Lebanese reality…
ASAS Media: There is no harm in visiting Tehran. At least, if the aim is to try to clarify what the “Islamic Republic” actually wants and whether it is willing to avoid a war…
ASAS Media: Sources believe that the “messages from the Lebanese Forces” are aimed at the government before targeting the composition of the current Parliament, in which the duo’s bloc does not actually hold…
An-Nahar: An analysis of the impact of the Israeli election results on Lebanon, negotiations, security in the south, and domestic political reactions amid the current challenges of the year…
ASAS Media: The joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of Jordan and Syria cannot be read in isolation from the security developments that brought tension back to…
Tayyar: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed his allies Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich that he remains committed to continuing the political partnership with them, despite growing talk of the possibility of forming a unity government with his rival Gadi Eisenkot, which may require excluding his far-right partners. And it reported…
Tayyar: Al-Modon newspaper reported: Despite expectations that Hezbollah would not stand idly by if Iran were once again subjected to American and Israeli attacks, the signals that came, directly and indirectly, from the Iranians suggest that the party this time will not…
Tayyar: Inside a high-speed train, passengers cannot see most of what protects their journey. Behind the windows and seats, systems monitor speed, regulate train movements, inspect tracks, and apply the brakes when necessary. The collision between two high-speed trains in Spain on Wednesday, on the Madrid–Andalusia line, raised questions about these…
Tayyar: Munir al-Rabi‘ - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again succeeded in thwarting his opponents, as he will put everyone in an awkward position, first by being tasked with forming the government, and second through the negotiations he will conduct, especially since Israeli President Isaac Herzog keeps repeating that he will do the impossible to avoid going to…
Tayyar: Some of what appeared in Al-Liwaa’s headline: It is expected that U.S. interest in the situation in Lebanon will wane as attention shifts to the elections and to following the formation of the Israeli government, enabling the two sides to continue what President Trump described as completing the mission with Netanyahu against Iran. But some information indicated that it is true…
