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6356 in English · 141 original-language storiesAl Anbaa: Iranian National Security Council: The meeting aims to take an effective step toward building internal regional security; it is an Iranian initiative that we hope will lead to stability and peace in…
MTV Lebanon: Beirut is monitoring Israel's polling stations and fears "support" at Iran's command. Work begins on the retirement law: If not next year... then definitely later! Read…
An-Nahar: A fake video circulated with claims that it shows luxury stores being looted in Paris during the protests, but in fact it dates back to a store robbery in Los Angeles in 2023. Find out the details…
Al Manar: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced that Russia is ready to supply the United States with the quantity of diesel it needs. He said: “Honestly, we can supply everything our partners want from the quantity we intend to export.” Novak had earlier said that Russian companies could supply the markets…
An-Nahar: An attempt to anticipate Israeli foreign policy if Netanyahu is removed from the Israeli premiership, based on shifts in Israeli policy after the October 7 attack…
An-Nahar: A delegation from the countries that signed the Mecca Agreement on joint defense—Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan—is scheduled to hold a meeting with Iranian officials in…
Elnashra: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei confirmed that Tehran has not closed the door to diplomacy, and that messages are being passed to the United States through intermediaries.…
Elnashra: Reuters quoted two sources as saying that senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are expected to meet Iranian officials in Tehran today, Monday, to discuss coordination…
Elnashra: US President Donald Trump called on Israelis to give their votes to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming elections, noting that…
Ya Libnan: Saudi Arabia reopened its main airport in Riyadh for international flights, more than two weeks after deadly strikes by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels knocked the facility out of service. Earlier Sunday, the kingdom said it intercepted and destroyed a…
Ya Libnan: ABDUL SAYED, US SENATE CANDIDATE. Former president Obama compared the attacks against Sayed to his own experience as the target of false claims that he was born in Kenya PORT HURON, Michigan – President Donald Trump at a Sunday campaign rally ratcheted up his…
Al Manar: The Wall Street Journal reported, citing its sources, that US President Donald Trump’s administration sees former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as a suitable candidate for the post of UN secretary-general. The sources indicated that the US administration believes this candidate may receive support…
Al Manar: Two people injured by Israeli occupation fire in the Bir 19 area south of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip…
Ya Libnan: File photo of US envoy Tom Barrack “ Diplomacy demands accuracy, not reckless generalizations that compromise human lives.” “Tom Barrack’s comments and “lack of understanding” of the region have “brought a lot of damage to the whole Middle East”, experts say…
Nidaa Al Watan: Lebanon and the region are turning their attention to Tel Aviv, where the Hebrew state, which is waging wars on several fronts, will turn to the ballot boxes tomorrow to shape the balance of power and determine the political and security directions for the next phase. Beirut is awaiting the results’ repercussions on the southern front, amid…
Nidaa Al Watan: The chapter of UNIFIL in the south is being closed to the sound of war drums, and the Lebanese state finds itself racing against time to prevent the international withdrawal from turning into a security vacuum open to every possibility. The umbrella Lebanon has relied on for decades is now at risk of falling, while Israeli calculations are advancing…
Nidaa Al Watan: Three weeks have passed since Hossein Yekta, a leader in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, appeared on the banks of the Litani River, in a scene that was no mere passing glimpse of someone performing ablution before prayer. The man chose to send a direct message to Israel from Lebanese territory, invoking the Tigris, Karbala, and the execution of Saddam Hussein,…
Nidaa Al Watan: American sources warned that any American strike on Iran would put Lebanon’s sovereignty to the test, between the state’s ability to control the decision on war and Hezbollah’s commitment to Lebanon’s interests, away from the calculations of its alliance with Tehran. The meetings held by one of the officials with cadres in the regions are not seeing the expected turnout,…
Nidaa Al Watan: Between the ballot paper and the keys to the premiership in Israel lies a path shaped by percentages, thresholds and alliances. In tomorrow’s election, Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, is fighting a battle in which his party’s weight is intertwined with his allies’ ability to cross the parliamentary threshold.…
The National: Our cartoonist's take on the limited progress in Lebanon-Israel…
Al Manar: Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev and Libya’s acting Minister of Oil and Gas, Khalifa Rajab Abdulsadek, discussed energy projects and the resumption of the joint intergovernmental committee’s work between the two countries. The Russian Energy Ministry said in a statement after the meeting that both sides would make every effort to restore the committee’s activity in…
Al Manar: Resigning Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić accused the American “deep state” of being behind his coalition’s loss in the parliamentary elections held in Serbia on Sunday. Speaking from his coalition’s headquarters on Sunday evening, Vučić said: “This was confirmation of the revolution that was orchestrated directly with the support of various countries…”
MTV Lebanon: U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a message to the Israeli people 48 hours before the legislative elections, saying: “To the people of Israel, and to those who haven’t seen it, I’m attaching the endorsement I gave a week ago to your prime minister, Bibi Netanyahu. As you know…”
Lebanon 24: The website "Al-Monitor" published a new report addressing the escalating Iranian threats against the United States and Israel, noting that Tehran is seeking to turn the possibility of being subjected to new attacks into a strategic pressure card by threatening to expand the scope of the confrontation to include energy facilities and infrastructure…
Al Liwaa: The Middle East stands at a dangerous and decisive threshold in its contemporary history, amid mounting threats and escalating field indicators pointing to the possibility of a wide-scale military confrontation erupting or direct conflict resuming between the United States of America and its allies on one side, and the Republic…
Al Liwaa: Israeli attacks continue in areas of southern Lebanon, with an escalation in air and artillery strikes and sweeping operations using heavy machine guns, alongside massive explosions carried out by the Israeli enemy in several towns, causing an enormous bang and tremors whose echoes reverberated across various southern areas. This was accompanied by…
Al Liwaa: The war of attrition between the United States and Iran is approaching the decisive moment, and the region has reached an extremely dangerous brink, with missiles, aircraft carriers, sanctions and threats piling up, while the room for compromise narrows day by day. Although the door to negotiations has not been definitively closed, the balance is tipping toward confrontation…
Al Liwaa: I was deeply affected when I repeatedly received calls from a number of friends in the Arab Gulf states, specifically from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, the State of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. They are all prominent businessmen who invested in Lebanon, and who knew…
Al Liwaa: The 30th edition of the Arab Film Festival in San Francisco honors producer Mohamed Hefzy as the festival’s guest of honor and awards him the Luminary Award for Cultural Impact in recognition of his artistic career and contributions to supporting Arab cinema and building bridges of cultural exchange on the international stage. Hefzy responded with thanks: “It means to me…”
Al Manar: The U.S. State Department ordered non-essential government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia as of 23 October, due to security risks linked to Houthi attacks. The U.S. mission in Saudi Arabia claimed, in a security alert issued on Sunday, 25 October, that “the Houthis…
ASAS Media: The Israeli and American elections are not separate contests, but a single battle spread across two fronts, where ballot boxes intersect with aircraft carriers, and calculations of staying in power with projects…
ASAS Media: According to sources cited by “ASAS Media,” Suwayda has become a political predicament for Barak, amid al-Hijri’s insistence on his conditions and the continued incursions…
El Shark: The military situation in Yemen is seeing rapid developments as clashes continue between government forces and the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group on several fronts, particularly after government forces announced the launch of “Dawn of Yemen” operation, amid widening security and humanitarian repercussions. In the latest developments:…
El Shark: Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani held two separate phone calls with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, during which they discussed bilateral cooperation and the latest…
El Shark: A senior official told Reuters that “Iran will not discuss its nuclear program before America responds to Tehran’s demands,” noting that “Tehran’s talks with members of the Mecca Alliance do not address the Iranian nuclear issue.” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei confirmed that his country is monitoring…
El Shark: U.S. President Donald Trump called for support for Benjamin Netanyahu in the election, citing the war the United States and Israel are waging against Iran as an example of “winning together.” He addressed Israelis, saying: “When you go to the polls, please remember that Bibi was…”
