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6589 in English · 154 original-language storiesNidaa 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…”
Tayyar: Israel’s Channel 12 revealed that two officials, one military and one political, confirmed that the Israeli army had indeed asked him to carry out a step concerning Iran before the election. According to the army, this step was highly likely to lead to the postponement of the election. A military official said: “The other side sees everything,…”
Tayyar: All the players are armed. They have their fingers on the trigger on one hand, and extend a hand for negotiations on the other. But the decision in particular is in the hands of the occupant of the White House, who will rely on an extremely pragmatic assessment of his interests before deciding whether or not to go to war with Iran. From now until the date of the American elections…
Tayyar: A senior party official comments on the possibility of the party intervening with a third support front for Iran if it is subjected to a major US-Israeli military strike, saying: The current phase and circumstances differ from those that preceded the second of last March, when the aim of intervening was to change the situation…
Tayyar: Two cyclists were killed and a third was seriously injured after a driver suspected of being under the influence of alcohol ran over a group of about 30 cyclists who were taking part in a celebratory ride…
Tayyar: The head of the Arab Unification Party, Wiam Wahhab, wrote on the platform…
Tayyar: Two sources familiar with the matter said senior officials from the countries that signed the Mecca Agreement on joint defense—Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan—are scheduled to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday to discuss regional coordination. The two sources, who asked not to be identified, said that…
Tayyar: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reelected on Sunday to an unprecedented fourth term after narrowly defeating his conservative rival Flávio Bolsonaro, who refused to acknowledge the result and announced his intention to demand the annulment of the election. Lula, 80, received 51.8…
Tayyar: Some of what appeared in Al-Binaa’s headline: Hezbollah today faces a delicate equation in which its calculations intersect with the Lebanese reality and the cost of any new Israeli war. In this context, political indications suggest that the decision to become involved in a possible confrontation against the backdrop of an American-Israeli war on Iran is not…
El Shark: The timing of the Trump administration’s escalation of its pressure on Ukraine and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Iran suggests the existence of an undisclosed deal between Washington and Moscow, under which the former would pressure Kyiv to end or freeze the war, in return for Russian pressure…
El Shark: يتقاطع شبه إجماع دولي على أن ما يُدار حالياً على الساحة الفلسطينية من تطورات هو مؤشر واضح على أن عملية طوفان الأقصى في السابع من تشربن الأول 2023 وأن ما تلاها ولا يزال، حتى الساعة، من فظائع وارتكابات إسرائيلية، يسير نحو إنهاء «حل الدولتين»، وأن مبادرة قمة…
Lebanon 24: The Israeli website "Natziv" published a report discussing the organizational and military changes the Israeli army is undergoing to confront the growing threat posed by drones, in light of lessons learned from the war in Ukraine and military operations in Gaza and Lebanon. Advertisement The report, which…
El Shark: Amid anticipation of what the situation between Washington and Tel Aviv on the one hand and Tehran on the other will lead to, in light of US positions pointing to a resumption of the war as mediation efforts falter, the Lebanese scene remained in a state of anticipation and waiting, as long as the political authority is unable to keep Lebanon out of its repercussions and the continued influence of Hezbollah…
Ad-Diyar: What is this mythical state that poses the existential obsession of the greatest empire in history—unless it is the empire of “every man for himself,” if we follow the contradictory positions among its leaders. Astonishing statements by Donald Trump: “Iran poses a threat to global security,” “a danger to strategic security…”
Ad-Diyar: The organization “Hostage Liberation Worldwide,” headed by Lebanese American Nizar Zakka, issued an urgent humanitarian appeal calling for progress on the issue of those missing in Syria, who have been absent for many years without their fate receiving the attention needed to determine whether they have died…
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