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4211 in English · 65 original-language storiesLebanon 24: International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi announced yesterday, Tuesday, that there are no indications that Iran has tried to repair or rebuild its nuclear facilities that were damaged by U.S. and Israeli military strikes during the current year or last year. Advertisement He said…
Al Jadeed: What comes after UNIFIL… What does Clearfield’s plan for southern Lebanon conceal? (Al-Diyar) Al-Diyar newspaper reported: Sources who followed the “Tampa” talks revealed that one of the main issues under discussion is defining the nature and limits of coordination between the Lebanese and Israeli armies, in a way that ensures it does not turn into a mechanism used…
Lebanon 24: Michel Nasr wrote in Al-Diyar: Diplomatic sources interpret U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s latest statements from Doha, on the eve of the midterm elections, as an indication of a profound shift in the foreign policy of the “Trump administration,” based on rewriting the rules of the Middle East according to new priorities,…
LBCI: Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro left his country for the United States, despite a court order barring him from traveling, according to U.S. media reports on Tuesday. Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva described Bolsonaro’s flight from the country…
MTV Lebanon: War is decided in Tehran, and its price is paid in Lebanon, while the Lebanese state stands powerless to prevent a decision it does not control. As the south approaches the brink of a new explosion, the value of guarantees collapses in the face of a reality that entrenches the subordination of the decision to go to war to Iranian calculations, and leaves Lebanon exposed to…
LBCI: U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a meeting will be arranged “very soon” between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump told the media: “A meeting will be arranged very soon, and I think a great deal of progress is possible” regarding efforts…
MTV Lebanon: The Wall Street Journal, citing officials and tracking data: The US military sends a Patriot system to Israel to bolster…
LBCI: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, discussed during a phone call yesterday “efforts to contain the current crisis and prevent escalation.” It announced that the two ministers agreed on “continuing consultations and coordination on…
Al Manar: Malaysian Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir announced that Malaysia sees opportunities to strengthen cooperation with Russia in the energy sector. The minister said during the Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit in Moscow on Tuesday, yesterday, that “Malaysia views this cooperation as long-term and sees serious opportunities…”
National News Agency: National News – Al-Akhbar newspaper wrote: Although the visit by officials from the countries of the “Mecca Alliance” to Tehran, the day before yesterday, produced no immediate results in terms of de-escalation between the United States and Iran, it nevertheless confirmed unequivocally that the countries of the region are seeking a diplomatic solution to the war that will affect them all if…
MTV Lebanon: “Nidaa al-Watan” quoted Western diplomatic sources as saying that “the United States and Israel have prepared plans to resume joint strikes against Iran, with the likelihood that they will be carried out after the elections, to avoid potential economic and electoral repercussions beforehand.” In the same context, reports warned…
Al Jadeed: Israel’s Channel 12: 50.12% of the votes counted, Netanyahu’s camp gets 56 seats and Eisenkot gets…
Al Jadeed: Israel’s Channel 12: After 48% of the votes have been counted, Netanyahu’s bloc gets 55 seats, Eisenkot gets 50, and the Arab lists get…
Elnashra: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said, following reports that his defeated election rival Flávio Bolsonaro had fled to America, that…
LBCI: The Syrian Arab News Agency reported that the movement of passengers and commercial freight will return to normal through the Nasib border crossing with Jordan starting Wednesday morning, after the crossing was closed briefly following Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria. The Nasib crossing is the border outlet…
Lebanon 24: Cybersecurity investigations revealed suspicious activity by an Israeli advertising technology company, suspected of using digital ads to pinpoint the locations of users of the “Starlink” satellite internet service and track their online activities. According to the “Jerusalem Post,” researchers at a company…
Lebanon 24: Opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot said early Wednesday morning that Israel had “chosen change” after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure, and that he would seek to form a new government. Advertisement In a speech to his supporters in Tel Aviv, Eisenkot also issued a veiled warning to Netanyahu, who had stepped up…
Lebanon 24: The head of the United Arab List (Ra’am), Mansour Abbas, said late Tuesday that he was ready to join an Israeli government headed by former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, the most prominent challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Advertisement Abbas indicated that he is in contact with figures from both…
Lebanon 24: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior is stepping up its efforts to develop local military and security industries by signing contracts with national companies to manufacture and supply specialized systems and equipment. The move supports the goals of Saudi Vision 2030, which aims to localize more than 50% of military spending by 2030,…
Lebanon 24: An update to Channel 13 Israel’s exit poll showed Benjamin Netanyahu’s and Gadi Eisenkot’s blocs tied at 51 seats each, compared with 18 for the two Arab lists, leaving both blocs short of the 61-seat majority. Likud came first with 27 seats, followed by “Yashar” with 22 and “Together” with 13, pending…
LBCI: The Jordanian and Syrian foreign ministries announced in a joint statement that the two countries had agreed to form a joint security committee to establish all the details and facts about the Jordanian airstrikes that targeted sites belonging to the Islamic State organization in Syria. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi informed his counterpart…
OTV: Trump on the possibility of launching more strikes on Iran after the elections: Everything…
OTV: Trump: When I announced my support for Netanyahu, it seems he came back strong instead of…
Elnashra: Israel’s Channel 12 reported that 31% of the votes in the Knesset elections had been counted and that Likud was still in the lead. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper had reported that the counting had ended…
Al Jadeed: From Netanyahu to Eisenkot… Is Israel’s approach toward Lebanon changing? (Al Joumhouria) Informed sources told Al Joumhouria that, between the possibility of the current Israeli approach continuing, or a new leadership arriving and opening a window for negotiations, or the formation of the new government faltering and prolonging the period of uncertainty, Lebanon finds itself…
LBCI: 0 min Trump: When I announced my support for Netanyahu, the course of events changed, and instead of suffering a crushing defeat, the picture now looks more like a strong comeback * To protect intellectual property rights, please do not copy more than 20 percent of the news content without mentioning the name of the LBCI website and attaching a link to the story…
LBCI: 0 min The Times of Israel: After 42% of the votes were counted, Netanyahu’s bloc is leading the opposition by 57 seats to 47. Breaking news Israel: votes Netanyahu is leading the opposition by seats to. Central Elections Committee: Netanyahu’s party has received 21.7% of the votes so far, compared with 15,7% for Eisenkot’s party…
Elnashra: A heated exchange between the representatives of the United States and Cuba led to a temporary suspension of discussions in the United Nations General Assembly. The dispute erupted during a discussion of a draft resolution calling for…
Lebanon 24: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was still waiting for the “full results” of the Knesset election, hours after polling stations closed on Tuesday evening. Advertisement In a speech to his supporters in Jerusalem early Wednesday morning, Netanyahu commented on the party receiving…
Lebanon 24: Vote counting continues in the Israeli elections held yesterday, after polling stations in the Israeli Knesset elections closed on Tuesday night, according to local media, which reported a heated contest between the camps of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival, the chief of staff…
An-Nahar: Analysis of the first Israeli elections after the October 7 storm and their impact on the Middle East, Lebanon’s negotiations with Israel, and the future of the region after the election…
An-Nahar: This dispute comes days after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Cubans to work secretly with the Central Intelligence Agency to end communist rule in…
Al Manar: Baghaei: Some European countries continue to whitewash Washington’s actions and shield it from accountability…
Al Manar: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei: Trump’s acknowledgment that he does not believe in the Islamabad agreement confirms Washington’s disregard for its commitments…
Ya Libnan: El-Sayed graduated from the University of Michigan, studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a doctorate in public health. He received his medical degree from Columbia University, where he also served as an assistant professor of epidemiology before…
An-Nahar: One day, it will be necessary to talk about Yemen’s future... but only after the battle for Taiz ends—a battle that has also revealed the extent of the Houthis’ aggressiveness, and that of Iran behind them, toward a country with a long border with Yemen: the Kingdom of Arabia…
