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tayyar.org - What’s going on? Cabinet evades the Judicial Council crisis, and “Lebanese Forces” ministers repeat their walkout behavior

Tayyar: Amid political—or rather, on-the-ground—tensions between the state and Hezbollah, Cabinet evaded the crisis over referring the shipment of explosives to the Judicial Council. Naturally, back-channel contacts intensified to avoid a crisis whose extent no one knows. To make up for it, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam affirmed that the transfer of weapons is rejected and that…

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tayyar.org - Aoun: The stance of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is the best way to protect and save Lebanon

Tayyar: President Joseph Aoun began the Cabinet session by praising the steps taken by the health minister as part of the fight against counterfeit and smuggled medicines, congratulating him on his election as president of the seventy-third session of the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), considering that this achievement does not…

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tayyar.org - General amnesty: The Public Prosecutor defies the Constitutional Council

Tayyar: Al-Akhbar: The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj, chose to begin the first steps in implementing the general amnesty law, after its publication in the Official Gazette, with a judicial violation, by issuing a circular to the appellate public prosecutors’ offices and the Financial Public Prosecutor’s Office, requesting that, before ruling on any request…

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tayyar.org - Have Aoun and Salam decided to clash with Hezbollah?

Tayyar: Al-Akhbar: Maysam Rizk: The authority under tutelage continues its slide toward confrontational choices, in a scene that reflects its decision-making being beholden to external pressures and dictates. Instead of keeping the judiciary out of political disputes, the government is moving to open a new front with the resistance by insisting on referring the case of the two trucks carrying explosives in Dahr…

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tayyar.org - Syrian-Turkish Intelligence in Lebanon

Tayyar: Some of what appeared in Al-Diyar’s headline: Noteworthy was Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s public statement congratulating the Syrian and Turkish intelligence officers who arrested the terrorist Ali Kayali on Lebanese soil, which raises a security and political issue regarding the sovereignty of the state…

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tayyar.org - Newspaper Secrets for Thursday, October 22, 2026

Tayyar: Al-Binaa: Hidden Details and Behind-the-Scenes. A Russian media source says that the visit by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to Saint Petersburg, and his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October twenty-first, brought together files on Ukraine, Iran and diesel, revealing the extent of Washington’s need for an understanding with…

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tayyar.org - Tampa Talks Without a Breakthrough

Tayyar: Some of what appeared in the Nidaa Al-Watan headline: Military talks between Lebanon and Israel continued yesterday in Tampa under U.S. auspices, without any announced breakthrough. Disagreements over verification mechanisms revealed the fundamental obstacle at the heart of the negotiations, namely dismantling the military infrastructure…

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Sunrise and Sunset – by Khalil al-Khoury – Is Lebanon No Longer Capable of Being Annexed After This Division?

El Shark: There is no doubt that more than one Lebanese party wishes—and perhaps is also working—to “legalize” the division currently in place. This is no secret, or perhaps it is no longer a secret. Talk of formulas for division has moved from “hushed whispers” into the open, not only through social media platforms, but also through television screens and the airwaves…

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tayyar.org - Exclusive - The government faces off over the explosives!

Tayyar: Exclusive tayyar.org - Attention is turning to today’s Cabinet session, with the explosives file on the agenda, in preparation for referring it to the Judicial Council, opening the door to a political confrontation that goes beyond the case itself to its repercussions for the government’s work and the relationship among its components. The position takes on…

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tayyar.org - To the Minister of Education and the Council of Ministers: How much longer will you drag this out? Approve the tenure file today and stop the injustice! (Dr. Elie Latouf)

Tayyar: Dr. Elie Latouf - University professor and researcher - Faculty of Education, Lebanese University Your Excellency, Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr. Rima Karami, After many long years of waiting, and an endless series of promises and delays, we are once again surprised to hear talk of further amendments to the file on granting tenure to professors…

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Salam at the “Women on the Front Lines” conference: Women’s rights are a fundamental criterion for state-building

El Shark: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam asked in a speech he delivered at the opening of the “Women on the Front Lines” conference at the Phoenicia Hotel: “Are we changing the practices that place the burdens on women first and make them the last to receive opportunities?” He noted that “women’s rights are a fundamental criterion for state-building, for amid displacement there was…”

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A barrage of warning advice to senior Lebanese officials

El Shark: The implementation of the general amnesty law in accordance with the legislative text, as announced yesterday by Public Prosecutor of Cassation Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj, gives way to the test of respecting the law and preventing selectivity at the forefront of the Lebanese scene. Between the requirements of implementing the legislation and the limits of the Constitutional Council’s decision, the judiciary’s responsibility to ensure…

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Aoun: Some are fueling sectarian tensions for personal interests at the expense of the nation

El Shark: President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun affirmed that he is the president of the Republic of Lebanon, not the president of the Republic for the Maronites, Muslims, or any sect or denomination, and that among his duties is serving the interests of all Lebanese communities without exception. He stressed the importance of national unity and that “the primary goal is to restore trust between…”

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The reverberations of the amnesty law continue to roil the domestic scene

Ad-Diyar: The reverberations of the amnesty law continue to roil the domestic scene. In this context, former minister Rashid Derbas tells Ad-Diyar: “A specialized committee in Parliament should have drafted the amnesty law so that it would be free of any flaws or drafting defects.” He adds: “What happened was the opposite, as…”

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“How can someone who committed war crimes be trusted with reform?”… Yacoubian recalls the memory of Dani Chamoun

CH23: MP Paula Yacoubian wrote on her account on the “X” platform: “On the anniversary of the assassination of Dani Chamoun and his family, we remember one of the ugliest episodes of the Lebanese war, a tragedy that sums up the brutality of the war and its warlords, who still control the country’s fate, while some promote them as reform projects.” She added, asking:…

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Because the country stands at a highly sensitive and potentially dangerous crossroads, in light of the explosive regional events, the deadlock in domestic dialogue, and all sides’ entrenchment behind their positions,…

Ad-Diyar: Because the country stands at a highly sensitive and potentially dangerous crossroads, in light of the explosive regional events, the deadlock in domestic dialogue, and all sides’ entrenchment behind their positions, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri finds himself in the midst of an extremely delicate mission to try to preserve internal balances, and not…

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The Front Page

Ad-Diyar: One hundred hours separate us from the Israeli elections, and these are the hundred dangerous hours that could put the region before fateful possibilities. Adding to the grim picture is Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s confirmation to the British newspaper the «Financial Times» that “there is no reason to expect progress in the negotiations…”

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American sources reveal that Washington has moved to a new phase in dealing with the Lebanese file, opening an extremely sensitive file related to Hezbollah’s domestic security role

Ad-Diyar: American sources reveal that Washington has moved to a new phase in dealing with the Lebanese file, opening an extremely sensitive file related to Hezbollah’s domestic security role. This involves asking the Lebanese authorities to stop security and judicial cooperation and coordination with Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit, in…

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A Refuge of Stone and Ink

Yasour: “Like an innocent child picking up pebbles from the wilderness, like a wild cat searching for shelter… like a stranger singing beneath the shade of a tree… My steps are lost in the crowded expanse; I touch the warmth in the silence of stones and seek refuge in the shade so the echo will not flee from me. I search for a roof of tenderness, for a small homeland that resembles safety… Show me…”

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Rashid Shatila: No nation is built on exclusion… and there is no stability when sectarian identity becomes stronger than citizenship

Yasour: Lebanon belongs to all its children, and the land that brings them together must not become borders that divide them. When the idea of a nation is put to the test, nations are not merely boundaries drawn on maps, nor entities that endure because their people share the same land; true nations are those in which every citizen feels that they belong…

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Horoscope predictions for Thursday, October 22, 2026

CH23: Aries today, March 21–April 19: Be brave and share your hopes and wishes with others, and you will receive a lot of positive feedback that will give you extra motivation to achieve your dreams. You will also attract more supporters. Even at work, others will listen to you easily…

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So Israel Wouldn’t Arrest Him… “Ambassador” Leaves Lebanon in a “Settlement”

Lebanon 24: The case of Ashraf Dabbour, the former Palestinian ambassador to Lebanon, is unfolding amid reports of a financial settlement linked to the files that led to his detention. Advertisement In this context, reports said that Dabbour paid a sum of money to the Palestine Liberation Organization, the exact amount of which is not yet known…

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