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Political and judicial follow-up on the Hezbollah explosives file, as Nassar holds firm on referring it to the Judicial Council

Lebanon 24: The Hezbollah explosives shipment file was not closed by withdrawing the proposal to refer it to the Judicial Council from discussion at Thursday’s Cabinet session. Rather, it entered a more complicated phase in light of information confirming that Justice Minister Adel Nassar does not consider the failure to raise the file at the latest session a retreat from the option of referral,…

Lebanon 24
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Forget the Judicial Council

CH23: The Dahr al-Baidar truck case will not be referred to the Judicial Council, at the latest. Does this mean, by inference, that there is a green light for “Hezbollah” to continue transporting weapons? The Dahr al-Baidar truck case is not merely a security file awaiting the completion of investigations, but a real test of the Lebanese state’s ability to implement…

CH23
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القبض على 3 مشتبه بهم في الهجوم على كنيسة في الأردن

Al Jadeed: القبض على 3 مشتبه بهم في الهجوم على كنيسة في الأردن قبضت قوات الأمن الأردنية صباح الاثنين على ثلاثة مشتبه بهم في الهجوم الدامي الذي استهدف كنيسة القديس جاورجيوس في محافظة الكرك، وفق ما أعلن بيان لمديرية الأمن العام في الأردن . وقال البيان ان " الأجهزة الأمنية…

Al Jadeed
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Lebanese anxiety on the eve of the two elections in Israel and America, with eyes on Hezbollah’s position

Lebanon 24: The region is not facing an ordinary election week, but a phase in which political calculations intersect with military preparations, while the possibility of a renewed war on Iran remains a factor weighing on the broader regional scene, from Washington and Tel Aviv to Beirut. Advertisement For amid the Israeli elections…

Lebanon 24
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What is happening behind the scenes in the relationship between Baabda and Maarab?

CH23: Sources in contact with Maarab read a series of political messages in the latest remarks by the head of the Lebanese Forces Party. The most important was that Maarab supports the course leading to the establishment of a functioning state, but without granting the authorities an open-ended mandate or a blank check, particularly if the divergence between the announced decisions continues…

CH23Ad-Diyar
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Who Will Succeed Nabih Berri?

MTV Lebanon: Who will succeed Nabih Berri? This question will define the coming phase, even if it has begun to be raised discreetly behind the scenes. The man is the most prominent political figure associated with a long period in Lebanon’s history, from the time he took the helm of the Amal Movement in 1980 until today, including his assumption of the speakership of Parliament for 34…

MTV LebanonCH23
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Jordanian government: Jordan avenges the blood of its martyrs after the arrest of those who carried out the terrorist attack in the village of Hamoud in Karak Governorate

National News Agency: National - The Jordanian Public Security Directorate announced that “the joint special investigation and raid teams and the security agencies succeeded at dawn today, after continuous efforts and uninterrupted search and combing operations, in identifying the location of the three terrorists who carried out the cowardly terrorist attack against Jordanian citizens…”

National News Agency
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Disagreement between Berri and “Hezbollah”.. but! (Al-Liwaa)

Al Jadeed: Disagreement between Berri and “Hezbollah”.. but! (Al-Liwaa) Al-Liwaa newspaper reported that “political circles were preoccupied with assessing the position that Hezbollah might announce if a confrontation were to occur between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, and what happened during the visit of the Deputy Foreign Minister…

Al Jadeed
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Extremely dangerous days ahead… Will relations between Baabda and Haret Hreik return? (Al-Diyar)

Al Jadeed: Extremely dangerous days ahead… Will relations between Baabda and Haret Hreik return? (Al-Diyar) Sources with extensive knowledge told Al-Diyar that “extremely dangerous days lie between the region and the Israeli elections, followed immediately by the US electoral contest,” considering that “the possibilities…

Al Jadeed
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Al Joumhouria headline: Stalemate in negotiations and escalation that undermines the options... The army discusses English support, and the patriarch: No surrendering the land

Al Joumhouria: The round of Lebanese-Israeli military negotiations held in Tampa last week under US auspices did not end in agreement on the fundamental issues, although the two sides agreed to continue negotiations in a round…

National News AgencyAl Joumhouria
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The waste crisis in Tripoli is “resolved”

MTV Lebanon: After Akkar, Minieh and Deir Ammar refused to accept Tripoli’s waste, and the current landfill reached its maximum capacity, the government found itself facing difficult choices for addressing the waste crisis in the city. While Tripoli Municipality is moving toward a plan based on reopening the current landfill…

MTV Lebanon
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“The Party”: We have not given anyone guarantees that we will not enter the war!

CH23: It is not true that Hezbollah gave guarantees that it would not enter the war if a confrontation broke out between Iran and the United States of America... The party’s position, as one of its leaders confirms, is clear: We have not given, and will not give, anyone guarantees on this matter, because the decision on whether or not to enter the war is linked to what the battlefield will witness and what may…

MTV LebanonCH23
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Al-Liwaa: U.S. warning against approaching the southern suburbs… and Hezbollah has not yet given guarantees that it will not intervene in the war!

National News Agency: Wataniya – Al-Liwaa newspaper wrote: The month of T1 2026 is winding down its final days, leaving the Lebanese facing a troubling scene: monitoring conditions in the occupied villages in the south, daily programs of destruction through airstrikes and drones targeting homes, and the signs of life in these villages, in addition to artillery shelling, at a time when the sky is never free of…

National News Agency
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Al-Diyar: De-escalation on Lebanon’s official front; Hezbollah faces extremely dangerous days... “Israel” votes tomorrow

National News Agency: Wataniya – Al-Diyar newspaper wrote: At a time when the region is experiencing various forms of turmoil, a Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran again in an attempt to reduce escalation and avoid a major explosion, the specter of which seems closer than ever. While “Israel” is preparing to enter the electoral process, the Iranian file tops the list…

National News Agency
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Preparations for a by-election in Western Bekaa

MTV Lebanon: Following the death of MP Ghassan Skaf on December 13 last year, no call was made to fill his vacant parliamentary seat on the grounds that Lebanon was due to hold general elections in May 2026. The Lebanese Constitution stipulates that “if a seat becomes vacant, the process of electing a successor must begin within…”

MTV LebanonKataeb
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Berri reassures and Yekta warns... Will the gates of hell open on the South?

MTV Lebanon: Three weeks have passed since the appearance of Hossein Yekta, a leader in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on the banks of the Litani River, in a scene that was not merely a fleeting shot of a man performing ablution before prayer. The man chose to send a direct message to Israel from Lebanese territory, invoking the Tigris…

MTV Lebanon
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Al-Akhbar: Israel Elections: Impossible Change

National News Agency: National - Al-Akhbar newspaper wrote: Israel will hold elections for the «26th Knesset» tomorrow, amid the ongoing, successive war it began three years ago, which remains unresolved on any of the fronts to which it has spread, whether Iran, Lebanon and Syria, or even within Palestine. Amid the efforts of the prime minister…

National News Agency
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This is what appeared in the newspapers’ inside pages

MTV Lebanon: Al-Nahar learned that crisis cells affiliated with parties in various parts of Lebanon have resumed their work and emergency preparations in anticipation of any war that may break out, while an increase was recorded in the rate of requests to rent homes. Confusion was evident in the courthouses over the implementation of the provisions of the Media Law…

MTV LebanonCH23
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Secrets from the local newspapers published on Monday, 26 October 2026

National News Agency: Al-Nahar learned that crisis cells affiliated with parties in various parts of Lebanon had resumed their work and emergency preparations in anticipation of any possible war, while an increase was recorded in demand for home rentals. Confusion was evident in the courthouses over the implementation of provisions of the new media law amid a lack of clarity…

National News Agency
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Source to Asharq Al-Awsat: Deferring referral of the Hezbollah explosives shipment case to the Judicial Council does not mean ruling it out

LBCI: A source familiar with discussions concerning the Hezbollah explosives shipment case said that “the Cabinet’s deferral of a decision on referring the case to the Judicial Council does not mean rejecting the request; rather, it is a postponement while awaiting progress in the investigations,” noting that the party itself cannot oppose this request after its acknowledgment…

LBCICH23
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Newspaper Secrets 26-10-2026

LBCI: Al-Nahar learned that crisis cells affiliated with parties in several Lebanese regions have resumed their work and emergency preparations in anticipation of any war that may occur, while an increase was recorded in the rate of requests to rent homes. Confusion was evident in the courthouses regarding the implementation of the provisions of the new Media Law, amid a lack of clarity…

LBCI
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Brazil’s Lula wins presidential election in runoff vote

Ya Libnan: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a fourth term as Brazil’s president, coming from behind to beat Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in a runoff that split the country almost evenly. Lula took 51.8% of valid votes to Bolsonaro’s 48.2%, according to the Superior…

Ya Libnan
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