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7937 in English · 235 original-language storiesMTV Lebanon: The question is no longer whether war could return, but when… The Middle East is shrouded in an atmosphere of embers that seem more scorching than what we witnessed in the previous war. Preparations are at their peak, and we can almost hear and see the countdown, while Lebanon continues to play the same game of delay, through procrastination…
National News Agency: Wataniya – Al-Diyar newspaper wrote: Cautious anticipation prevails across the Lebanese scene. Official political leaders have chosen to cool down the hot issues and deal calmly with contentious matters with Hezbollah, while awaiting the unfolding of pressing regional and international developments amid the ambiguity prevailing in the military…
MTV Lebanon: The fallout from a possible Israeli war on Hezbollah’s community tops the discussions within the party, amid fears that it may again become militarily involved in support of Iran. The popular pressure seems to have become “too great for it to contain,” according to its opponents, especially after…
National News Agency: Wataniya – Al-Jumhuriya newspaper wrote: The period preceding the Knesset elections in Israel and the midterm elections in the United States saw the alarmist chambers and sources of malicious domestic and foreign propaganda harness all their energies to grip the entire world with anxiety over the possibility of inevitable wars that would precede them,…
Lebanon 24: Egyptian actress Sabreen revealed the circumstances behind her decision to remove her hijab after two years of psychological struggles and hesitation. She spoke about her family’s reactions to the decision and the criticism that still follows her because of it. She also opened up for the first time about her previous marriages, speaking about her personal life and the pressures she went through…
National News Agency: National News - Al-Akhbar newspaper wrote: Lebanon is entering a new phase of political stagnation, against the backdrop of the Israeli elections, without major illusions about what their results may bring. Political assessments indicate that changing faces in Tel Aviv does not necessarily mean a change in the security and military approach,…
CH23: Hezbollah’s pledge not to move toward military involvement if the United States or Israel launches a new war on Iran raises questions about the reasons behind the position and the group’s ability to withstand developments on the ground. After the experience of March 2026, when the group again opened the Lebanese front despite…
CH23: All eyes in Middle Eastern countries, along with those of many countries around the world, are focused on Israel today, as it enters one of its most politically complex general elections, and one that raises the most troubling questions about the fate of the region, given whatever results it produces and whatever government…
MTV Lebanon: An official source told Nidaa Al-Watan that “the mood in Lebanon is dominated by caution, monitoring and anticipation as it awaits the emergence of the Israeli election results,” explaining that “the result has direct implications for Lebanon, although Israeli policy in general will not change. Netanyahu promised…
Al Jadeed: Around 7.3 million voters are eligible to take part in choosing the 120 members of the twenty-sixth Knesset, in the first parliamentary election since October 7, 2023, and the war that followed in the Gaza Strip. The race is focused on Netanyahu, who is seeking to retain his position, and the Israeli chief of staff…
Al Jadeed: The key lies in Tehran… Will “Hezbollah” enter the war? (Asharq Al-Awsat) Asharq Al-Awsat reported: Ministerial sources believe that the final decision of “Hezbollah,” which continues to refuse to implement the government’s decisions, is tied to the calculations of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and consider that the party’s leeway in making a decision…
Al Manar: Switzerland: The foreign minister heads to Pyongyang this week to hold political consultations and reopen the Swiss diplomatic office in North Korea…
An-Nahar: The by-election in Western Bekaa highlights a political rivalry between Elie Ferzli and May Sakkaf and the influence of alliances and Lebanese parties in the contest…
An-Nahar: Developments in the cabinet reshuffle in Lebanon amid political disagreements, ministerial resignations, and the role of political parties in confronting domestic challenges…
An-Nahar: A detailed analysis of Hezbollah’s weapons and their political and security impact in Lebanon, with a review of officials’ positions and security-related events…
An-Nahar: Discover how the chaos of motorcycles in cities can be brought under control through effective regulatory solutions that contribute to road safety, sustainable mobility and an environment…
An-Nahar: Explore whether expanded decentralization leads to official partition in local administration and its impact on policies and self-governance in countries…
An-Nahar: The Liberal Party acknowledges the results of Brazil’s presidential election and Lula da Silva’s victory despite objections, while calling for a democratic political debate…
An-Nahar: President Joseph Aoun’s visit to Tripoli bolsters cultural and economic development, and revives the Rashid Karami International Fair and the city’s heritage…
Elnashra: For weeks, many circles in Lebanon have been raising numerous questions about whether a return to war is a foregone conclusion. Some have gone so far as to set definitive dates…
Nidaa Al Watan: Lebanon stands before a stage of major, historic challenges, amid mounting warnings of the possibility of a new confrontation between Israel and Iran, and the repercussions it could bring that extend beyond the borders of the two countries to affect the entire region. Despite the increasingly urgent warnings that reached Beirut about the danger of committing…
Nidaa Al Watan: Alongside the political and media pressure mixed with security threats that “Hezbollah” placed on the authorities, and which helped heighten polarization over the official handling of explosives shipments—setting the basis for how the state approaches the dilemma of the “party’s” weapons in their various functions—a difficult-to-overlook observation emerges, linked…
Nidaa Al Watan: Since Energy and Water Minister Joe Al-Saddi took office and began taking reform steps aimed at rescuing the electricity sector from its accumulated crises, the Free Patriotic Movement has begun launching continuous media and political campaigns targeting the minister, his team, and the Lebanese Forces. Campaigns based on accusations…
Nidaa Al Watan: Away from the camera and acting roles, actress Carmen Lebbos is today taking on a “role” of another kind, having chosen to turn her concern for the issue of stray dogs into action on the ground. Today, she is not content with merely speaking up in defense of animals; she is also following the implementation of the “TNVR” methodology, which is based on…
Nidaa Al Watan: Brazil’s left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled off a major upset in the second round of the presidential election, defeating his right-wing conservative rival Flávio Bolsonaro with about 51.8 percent of the vote, compared with 48.2 percent for the son of the former president…
Nidaa Al Watan: At dawn on Sunday, October 23, 1983, a truck bomb struck the U.S. Marines’ headquarters near Beirut airport, killing 241 American military personnel. Minutes later, a second blast destroyed the “Drakkar” building in Jnah, killing 58 French paratroopers. The two forces were part of the multinational force that returned…
Nidaa Al Watan: On 21 October 2026, the image from Eastern Zawtar was not provocative merely because Israeli soldiers voted in their country’s general elections, but because they did so inside a Lebanese home, on land under Israeli military control. Here the issue goes beyond the bounds of an electoral procedure organized…
Nidaa Al Watan: The military events that “Hezbollah” is going through, and the mounting pressure being tested by Tehran, have imposed a new reality in which the challenges have gone beyond the military sphere to strike at the organizational and social structure of “the Party” at its core. Amid fears of any slide toward a new support war, “the Party” has consciously moved toward…
Nidaa Al Watan: There are recent concerns, due to the general global decline in legal culture in law faculties—and we do not say rights faculties—and because of the relative newness of the field of constitutional justice, that constitutional courts may become, as is evident in many cases in Lebanon, the Arab world and globally, an extension of the ordinary judiciary or a legislative body…
Nidaa Al Watan: Lebanon has recently witnessed two conferences that reflected the depth of the conflict underway in the country between sovereignist elites and groups aligned under the banner of Iran’s axis, and showed how this conflict is being managed between the two sides. The first conference was held under the title “National Forum for Sovereignty – Lebanon First and Last” at the Le…
Al Manar: Brazilian President Lula da Silva affirms to his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel his solidarity with the Cuban people and their right to a future of peace and dignity…
Saida Online: Under the patronage of Ms. Bahia Hariri, the “Hajj Bahaa al-Din Hariri Mosque Complex” held an award ceremony for the First Taj al-Waqar Quranic Competition (1448 AH - 2026 AD), which the complex organized over the course of a full month, with 850 male and female contestants from Sidon, the South, and the Iqlim al-Kharroub region, divided into four…
An-Nahar: An analysis of Nabila al-Zubair’s novel reveals Yemen’s tragedy today, the political and social conflict, and the need for a state that protects its citizens’ rights and restores…
Al Manar: Brazil’s Liberal Party, to which Bolsonaro belongs, acknowledges the results of the second round of the presidential election in…
Al Manar: U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that Brazil’s election, in which leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won on Sunday, appeared to be rigged, without citing any evidence. He added, “I haven’t taken a position, but it looked like another rigged election,” and continued, saying, “It should…
