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8033 in English · 234 original-language storiesAl 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…
Al Liwaa: Uncertainty surrounds the 26th Israeli Knesset elections, which will be held today (Tuesday) to elect 120 members for a 4-year term. Polling stations open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 10:00 p.m. Before the polls open, the results of the elections remain unclear,…
Al Liwaa: Amid unprecedented geostrategic shifts casting a shadow over the Middle East and South Asia, a high-level security and military meeting was held yesterday in Tehran, bringing together military and intelligence leaders from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Turkey, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Iranian leadership.…
Al Liwaa: • This is not a prophecy, a wish, or a request; it is a fact that anyone who opens their eyes and listens carefully can see. According to most opinion polls, and what the public is feeling, the “Bibi era” [referring to Bibi Netanyahu] is expected to end tomorrow, in the elections—an era that will go down in Israel’s history as one of…
Al Liwaa: - And so... Mufti Qabalan: The fear is not of the Zionist arsenal, but of the internal political arsenal that drives its dagger into our backs! - And so... “Al-‘Iss” is the colloquial word for the coccyx at the bottom of the spine, and the problem arises when it imagines its place is up at the head! - And so... the politician…
Al Liwaa: Peacekeeping forces consist of a group of military personnel, civilians and police officers deployed by the United Nations under a decision issued by the Security Council to help any country experiencing conflicts; and to assist in the transition from war to peace. They are distinguished by wearing blue helmets. The composition of a peacekeeping force is a mixture of…
Ya Libnan: President Donald Trump forged an extraordinary coalition to win office in 2024, stitching together his base with unusual support from some traditional Democratic groups like Hispanics and young people. It was enough to sweep the battleground states and…
Al Liwaa: A diplomatic source described the atmosphere surrounding last week’s meeting in Tampa, Florida, between the Lebanese and Israeli military delegations under US sponsorship as having been unsuitable from the outset for achieving any tangible progress between the two sides, because the meetings were held at a tight time…
Al Liwaa: The Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan, received President Hassan Diab at Dar al-Fatwa. After the meeting, he said: “My visit to Dar al-Fatwa is part of the normal course of things. I reviewed with His Eminence the general situation in Lebanon and the region, as well as the difficult living and social conditions that people are suffering from…”
Al Liwaa: Lebanese attention is focused on consolidating internal stability, while reports of regional (Arab and Islamic) efforts to contain regional tensions are dismissed, particularly on the United States-Iran front, at a time when Israel is preoccupied with elections amid fierce competition to remove Benjamin Netanyahu from…
