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Is “the Party” rebuilding its military readiness?
CH23: Lebanon’s domestic scene is seething with scenarios ranging from a major escalation in the region, which would automatically affect Lebanon, to the possibility of favoring a settlement and avoiding war, given what the week-long interval between the Knesset elections and the US midterm elections—and what follows—may bring. Recently,…
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Araghchi: The quadrilateral meeting in Tehran is a valuable opportunity to strengthen dialogue on regional peace and security and jointly confront threats and challenges
Ad-Diyar: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: Iran believes that sustainable security must be ensured with the participation of the countries of the region and without a military presence or intervention by powers…
Hebrew Channel “12”: 48% of the votes counted so far: Netanyahu’s camp: 55 seats; Eisenkot’s camp: 50 seats; Arab parties: 15 seats
Al Manar: Hebrew Channel “12”: 48% of the votes counted so far: Netanyahu’s camp: 55 seats; Eisenkot’s camp: 50 seats; Arab parties: 15…
Hebrew-language Walla website: Defense Minister Katz holds consultations with Chief of Staff Zamir on Iran
Al Manar: Hebrew-language Walla website: Defense Minister Katz holds consultations with Chief of Staff Zamir on…
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In today’s newspapers: Erdoğan’s son to visit Lebanon next month amid Turkish moves to expand its presence
Elnashra: The visit of Bilal Erdoğan is no longer… The newspaper Al-Akhbar reported that “a date has been set for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son, Bilal Erdoğan, to visit Lebanon in the middle of next month, as part of a program that is predominantly humanitarian and social in nature, but carries dimensions that go beyond charitable work. The visit…”
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The Dhahr al-Baydar explosives case before the Council of Ministers again
Ad-Diyar: Investigations into the Dhahr al-Baydar explosives case are continuing along two parallel tracks, and the justice minister is expected to raise the issue again with the Council of Ministers. The first, headed by Judge Claude Ghanem, is working in cooperation with the Intelligence Directorate, while the second is being handled by the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj, in cooperation…
The Italian Parliament adopts the new electoral law
National News Agency: WATANIYA – Rome – The Italian Parliament has finally adopted the legal amendment to the electoral law put forward by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which the opposition considers tailored to her needs to ensure her re-election. The new law, dubbed “Stabilicum” by its supporters and “Melonellum” by its opponents,…
Netanyahu stirs controversy with an extremist speech after the elections… What did he say about the Arab parties?
Lebanon Debate: Netanyahu stirs controversy with an extremist speech after the elections… What did he say about the parties…
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Loyalty to the Resistance Expresses a Positive Stance Toward the Government, and Ammar Addresses Salam Cordially
Ad-Diyar: The regional course does not eliminate the challenges facing the Lebanese authorities at home. This atmosphere was evident when MP Ali Ammar addressed Prime Minister Nawaf Salam during a televised interview on Al-Manar with the phrase “dear friend,” following the positive statement by the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc regarding the government,…
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Lula da Silva comments on Bolsonaro leaving the country: “A citizen who leaves in hiding is guilty of something”
Ad-Diyar: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva commented on Tuesday on reports that his rival, who lost the presidential election, Flavio Bolsonaro, had left the country, saying he was not informed about the details of the case. During…
Netanyahu is ahead of Eisenkot’s camp
MTV Lebanon: While the final results of the Israeli election are expected to emerge in the coming days, preliminary results showed the coalition of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the lead, after around 49 percent of…
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Escalation in southern Lebanon coincides with the Israeli elections… “Hezbollah” is rebuilding its defensive capabilities, not its offensive ones
Lebanon 24: The Israeli escalation in southern Lebanon coincided with the Israeli parliamentary elections, amid Lebanese anticipation of their results and their implications for the course of negotiations and military operations in the south. Advertisement The Israeli airstrikes and explosions coincided with the ongoing dispute over the mechanism for verifying the measures…
Al-Boustani visits the Vehicle Registration Department in Ouzai and praises the improvement in administrative performance and organization at the branch
LBCI: The chair of the Parliamentary Committee on National Economy, Industry, Trade and Planning, MP Farid Al-Boustani, visited the Ouzai branch of the Vehicle Registration Department, where he met the department’s head, Brigadier Nazih Qobrosli, and the head of the Ouzai branch, Captain Ali Samaan, and reviewed the workflow and the mechanism for providing services…
“Repetition teaches the donkey”... except for us!
MTV Lebanon: While the authorities busy themselves and wait by the river for Netanyahu or Eisenkot to fall, or for some event to keep the cup of extending their authority out of their hands, Hezbollah is working like a tireless beehive. And according to what “Reuters” reported, citing Lebanese security officials, it is rebuilding its capabilities and preparing for a new war. The question is:…
Netanyahu: We are waiting for the real election results, and a clear result will show that Likud is the largest party in Israel
Al Anbaa: Netanyahu: We are waiting for the real election results, and a clear result will show that Likud is the largest party in…
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The Irish Experience Returns to Lebanon: A Delayed Settlement and Mounting Pressure
Al Anbaa: Official Lebanon is still searching for a formula to spare it the security vacuum that could be left by the withdrawal of the international forces operating in the south, “UNIFIL,” at a stage when the region appears to be heading toward more serious possibilities. The Lebanese state, which has not yet been able to impose its sovereignty over the entire…
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Paula wants Sheikh Saad to return… but she’s embarrassed!!
CH23: “Abu Zuhair” wrote in Nidaa al-Watan: I was browsing the pages of the blue giant, “Facebook,” when a video clip appeared before me, going back 15 years, showing President Saad Hariri shouting and saying, in sync with the creation of his navy-blue jacket and blue tie in the color of his movement: “We want to breathe... I came to talk to you…”
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Cautious anticipation of the Israeli election results and growing signs of a possible renewed regional war
Lebanon 24: Attention turned to Israel, where the significance of the election is not limited to determining the balance of power within the country, but also extends to the potential impact of its results on the course of the confrontation in the Middle East, particularly on the Lebanese front. In Lebanon, there is cautious anticipation of what will follow the vote, amid the continued…
Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The foreign minister held a call with his Saudi counterpart to discuss containing the current crisis in the region, and the likelihood of escalation has increased recently
MTV Lebanon: Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The foreign minister held a call with his Saudi counterpart to discuss containing the current crisis in the region, and the likelihood of escalation has increased in recent…
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Lebanon Awaits the Repercussions of the Israeli Vote Amid Political Uncertainty
Ad-Diyar: “Israel” has voted, but its ballot boxes have not determined who the next ruler will be. Lebanon, which is awaiting the repercussions of the Israeli vote, finds itself facing an uncertain phase that the identity of the next prime minister will not necessarily dispel, since replacing Netanyahu, if it happens, does not automatically mean a change in approach…
Mahfoud: We are not facing a “popular mobilization” in a Lebanese fez
MTV Lebanon: The head of the “Change Movement” party, lawyer Elie Mahfoud, wrote on “X”: “There is no negotiating over the militia’s weapons and no dialogue about its continued existence outside the state. Any proposal in this direction is not a solution but a return to square one of failure. We are not facing a ‘popular mobilization’ in a Lebanese fez, and whoever tampers with the file…”
Hebrew media: After 42% of the votes have been counted, Netanyahu's bloc is ahead of the opposition with 57 seats to 47
Al Manar: Hebrew media: After 42% of the votes have been counted, Netanyahu's bloc is ahead of the opposition with 57 seats to…
Central Elections Committee: 51.8% of the votes counted; Netanyahu wins 55 seats, Eisenkot 49, and the Arab parties 16
Al Jadeed: Central Elections Committee: 51.8% of the votes counted; Netanyahu wins 55 seats, Eisenkot 49, and the Arab parties…
Bekaa West by-election: Four candidates, and Ferzli is closer to clinching victory
Lebanon Debate: Bekaa West by-election: Four candidates, and Ferzli is closer to…
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Ministers “embarrass” the patriarch
CH23: Press sources reported that the most prominent Christian ministers apologized for not accepting Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi’s invitation to a meeting about the Christian presence in the state, scheduled shortly before a cabinet session devoted to renewing the appointment of a senior civil servant, which came close to being a scandal. Join our news channel…
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After half the votes have been counted… Netanyahu or Eisenkot?
Al Jadeed: After 50,1% of the votes had been counted, the results showed that the right-wing Likud party led by Netanyahu and its allied parties had won 56 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, compared with 49 for the opposition bloc and 15 for the Arab parties. These partial results may change significantly, as several opinion polls showed…
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الكويت: “الحزب” خطّط لاغتيال وزير الدّاخليّة!
CH23: تغيّرت الحروب والقيادات، لكنّ الأساليب التي عرفتها الكويت في الثمانينيّات تعود إلى الواجهة: خلايا سرّيّة، وتوجيهات من الخارج، وتخطيط لتفجيرات واغتيالات. فبعد أكثر من أربعة عقود على العمليّات التي ارتبطت بإيران و”الحزب” اللبنانيّ في زمن الحرب العراقيّة –…
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These are the factors behind the expansion of rapport between Berri and Jumblatt and the background to the call for dialogue
CH23: The relationship between President Nabih Berri and Mr. Walid Jumblatt is not merely situational, nor is it tied to political agreement at this stage or another. The two men have shared a special relationship since the abrogation of the May 17 Agreement during the tenure of former President Amin Gemayel and before that, and they fought many battles together…
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An-Nahar: What kind of Israel will the Middle East face after the elections... Anxious monitoring and 4 anticipated scenarios!
An-Nahar: Anxious Lebanese monitoring of the Israeli election results and their impact on the regional situation, with updates on the negotiations, European demands, and Iraq’s role…
Judges pool money to buy cleaning supplies!
MTV Lebanon: One of Al-Nahar’s secrets stated: It turns out that judges in the courts pay a monthly subscription to a fund they created themselves, to ensure the purchase of necessary cleaning supplies and sanitary services amid the absence of allocated funds…
Rebuilding the “party’s” capabilities: reality or exaggeration!
MTV Lebanon: A prominent Lebanese security source paused over the growing talk that «Hezbollah» has begun to recover its military capabilities to make up as much as possible for the losses it sustained by supporting Gaza and Iran. The source told «Asharq Al-Awsat» that there is deliberate exaggeration, and that what the party is doing remains…
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نتنياهو ومنافسه يبديان استعدادهما لتأليف حكومة بعد انتخابات إسرائيلية متقاربة
National News Agency: وطنية - تعهد رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتانياهو ومنافسه غادي آيزنكوت، اليوم، بتأليف حكومة جديدة رغم إخفاق الطرفين في تحقيق أغلبية بعد أول انتخابات تشريعية منذ السابع من تشرين الأول، بحسب "فرانس برس". وتعهد نتنياهو فجرًا، بتأليف حكومة جديدة، قائلا: "إن…
For this reason, the “Forces” called for shortening the Parliament’s term
MTV Lebanon: One of An-Nahar’s “secrets” said: A political activist said that the Lebanese Forces party’s aim in calling for shortening the term of the current Parliament, which extended its own term, was to close the door on any further extension beyond 2028, amid talk that has begun circulating about an additional two-year extension that would make the term…
Netanyahu’s Day of Reckoning... and the Arabs at the Heart of the Equation
MTV Lebanon: Salah Salam - Al-Liwaa. Election day in the Hebrew state was no ordinary day; from its earliest hours, it seemed more like an open political battle over the state’s identity and future. Voter turnout rose to an unprecedented level in decades, and accusations of ballot destruction escalated…
MPs avoid making statements... This is what they were asked to do!
MTV Lebanon: One of Al-Nahar’s “secrets” said: It is noted that a number of MPs affiliated with political parties and movements are avoiding expressing their positions on diplomatic and military developments in the region, given the delicate situation and the rapid shifts and changes, and in response to recommendations from their party leaders…