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9838 in English · 270 original-language storiesAl Jadeed: Salam receiving Issa and Clearfield: A clear timetable for the Israeli withdrawal. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met this morning with the US ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, and the head of the Military Coordination Group for Lebanon (MCG4L), General Joseph Clearfield, and the accompanying military delegation. During the meeting…
Al Jadeed: U.S. Ambassador Michel Issa and General Clearfield, head of the Military Coordination Group for Lebanon, arrive at Ain al-Tineh to meet with the president…
Al Jadeed: No Confusion for the Army... and No Searching an Entire Town (An-Nahar) An-Nahar newspaper wrote: Before delving into the approach to verifying the locations where the party’s weapons are and identifying the international body to carry out this task, the matter is of no value if the Israeli army continues to be stationed in the areas it occupies, while the media continue…
Al Jadeed: Despite the discontent, what would Lebanon gain from withdrawing from the negotiations? (Al-Liwaa) Diplomatic sources following the direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel deny reports that Lebanon intends to withdraw from or temporarily suspend its participation in the negotiations, as was recently reported, in protest at the Israeli side’s refusal…
Al Jadeed: Al Jadeed information: Clearfield’s mission is more military than political, and he is working to convey field observations between the military commands in Lebanon…
Al Jadeed: Al Jadeed information: Salam’s visit to Baabda focused mainly on the dispute with Mansour, while the president became involved in resolving…
Al Jadeed: Prime Minister’s Office: Public administrations, institutions, and municipalities to close on Tuesday, 25 August, on the occasion of the Prophet’s Birthday…
Al Jadeed: Journalist Simon Abu Fadel said in an interview with Al Jadeed that Hezbollah is willing to negotiate in order to secure gains in return. However, he pointed out that this would face difficulties for several reasons, most notably the change in the country’s political makeup, explaining that the party no longer has any ally on the Lebanese scene,…
Al Jadeed: SPA: Royal decree to reconstitute the Council of Ministers, chaired by Prince Mohammed bin Salman and with its members…
Al Jadeed: Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar: All the ministers and the government stand by the military institution and the Lebanese army. The defense minister is at the head of his ministry, and we are all heading in the same direction…
Al Jadeed: Intrusion and deletion on President Salam’s account... What happened? Prime Minister Nawaf Salam wrote on his account on X: “I am reposting what I wrote yesterday after it became clear to me that someone had managed to access my account to delete it: What Israel is doing in Mansouri, Zawtar al-Sharqiya, Kfartibnit and other villages and towns…”
Al Jadeed: Regarding the Aoun–Trump meeting... Baabda clarifies! The media office of the Presidency of the Republic clarified that statements attributed in some media outlets regarding the content of the meeting between President General Joseph Aoun and US President Donald Trump during his recent visit to Washington are not…
Al Jadeed: Training, equipping and counterterrorism… a Lebanese-British security partnership. Interior and Municipalities Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar, National Defense Minister Michel Menassa, and British Ambassador Hamish Cowell signed a memorandum of understanding on the British program to support security in Lebanon (ISAP) at the Ministry of Interior headquarters in Sanayeh, in…
Al Jadeed: The defense minister “apologizes.” A statement was issued by Defense Minister Michel Menassa, in which he said: “I apologize, families of the martyrs, you who gave the dearest of your children to the homeland. I apologize because I stood before your pain and had nothing to match the greatness of your sacrifices. I apologize because your children’s blood is a trust we bear, and because I was unable to…”
Al Jadeed: A session at the Grand Serail tomorrow… What will it discuss? The Council of Ministers will hold a session at the Serail at three o’clock on Thursday afternoon, ٢٠٢٦/٠٨/١٣, to continue discussions on political, security and humanitarian developments, in addition to discussing items postponed from a session…
Al Jadeed: Kanaan: The IMF’s repeated requests for amendments to the laws prompt us to question the Fund’s delay in signing an agreement with Lebanon for reasons unrelated to…
Al Jadeed: 79 detainees set free… General Amnesty Law approved. Parliament passed the General Amnesty Law, with the amendments that had been agreed upon, which include exceptionally reducing the length of some sentences, by a show of hands. Commenting on this, MP Bilal Abdullah affirmed that “with the passage…
Al Jadeed: A number of residents of the al-Midan neighborhood in the Syrian capital, Damascus, put up a symbolic gallows following the issuance of a death sentence against ousted President Bashar al-Assad and a number of regime figures…
Al Jadeed: <br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>View this post on Instagram<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>A post shared by Al Jadeed…
Al Jadeed: Al Jadeed correspondent: Defense Minister Michel Mneisseh arrives at the Council…
Al Jadeed: Marqis from Baabda: The Media Law is an incomplete achievement. Information Minister Paul Marqis said: “The new Media Law is a fundamental building block in developing the media sector, and we have awaited it for many years, but its passage remains an incomplete achievement in light of necessary amendments that must be completed.” He affirmed after meeting with the President of the Republic…
Al Jadeed: President Salam in a post on “X”: Toward restorative, not retributive, justice. Congratulations on the passage of the abolition of the death penalty yesterday, and here’s hoping the general amnesty law is passed…
Al Jadeed: A statement by UNIFIL clarified that “Resolution 1701 was adopted on 11 August 2006, thereby ending hostilities that year and establishing a framework aimed at achieving lasting peace along the Blue Line and a permanent ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel. UNIFIL continues to support the parties in fulfilling…
Al Jadeed: Karami: Tomorrow we turn the page on a long struggle to pass the general amnesty law. The head of the Dignity Movement, MP Faisal Karami, said in a statement: “Tomorrow we will be facing a long-awaited step, with the birth of the general amnesty law after a long and arduous process we waged in defense of the detainees and their right to justice and fairness. He added:…”
Al Jadeed: سامي الجميل: بما اننا نريد رفع الظلم عن المظلومين هناك آخرين سيشملهم العفو وهم ليسوا بمظلومين لذا لا نريد فتح العملية بل حصرها بعدد معين على أن توضع لائحة بالأسماء وبالجرائم أو يتم الأمر بعفو…
Al Jadeed: Aoun and Berri intervened… and all eyes are on “Ali al-Taher”! From Parliament to the Rome table, the political scene is expanding. In Parliament, the disagreement between Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Defense Minister Michel Mansi stole the spotlight after the defense minister wanted to deliver a speech on behalf of the military institution during the discussion of a law…
Al Jadeed: Hezbollah sources to Al Jadeed: Passing the law abolishing the death penalty allows those who benefit from it to benefit from both reductions, which MP Hussein al-Hajj Hassan objected to, prompting the MPs to…
Al Jadeed: Al Jadeed information: Defense Minister Michel Menassa stipulated that he deliver his speech at the beginning of the legislative session, otherwise he will not…
Al Jadeed: President Salam explains what happened with the defense minister: “And no one should try to outdo us!” Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said during an intervention at the evening session of Parliament that “the truth is that His Excellency the defense minister had prepared a speech on the amnesty law, and I simply informed His Excellency that I would speak on behalf of the government when it is raised…”
Al Jadeed: Bassil: We won't let this pass. Free Patriotic Movement leader and MP Gebran Bassil affirmed during the evening session of Parliament his objection to preventing Defense Minister Michel Mansi from speaking. He pointed to Article 67 of the Constitution, which says that ministers must be heard when they ask to speak and may…
Al Jadeed: Salam: We are not ٢٤…
Al Jadeed: Salam: It is a false fabrication to claim that I asked His Excellency (the Minister of Defense) not to attend the parliamentary session; he is a dear friend and, like me, is keen to uphold…
Al Jadeed: U.S. State Department official: Hezbollah is trying to sabotage the agreement, and both Israel and Lebanon are democracies facing political pressures…
Al Jadeed: Regarding the full-time employment file… the following statement was issued by the media office of the Minister of Education and Higher Education, Rima Karami: “In response to information circulated by a number of websites and social media groups claiming that the Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Rima Karami…”
Al Jadeed: On the death sentence for Bashar al-Assad: What did the Syrian interior minister say? Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab, commenting on the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus’s decision to sentence Bashar al-Assad, Atef Najib and a number of fugitive officials to death, said: “Justice today prevails for the victims of crimes and violations…”
Al Jadeed: Syrian Interior Minister: Today, justice prevails for the victims of the crimes and violations committed against…
