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Washington is betting on Rezaei to end the war!

IMLebanon: The Washington Post reported that the White House sees Iranian National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei as the best chance of reaching a peace agreement with Iran, considering him the pivotal point of contact in Tehran and capable of building consensus on a nuclear deal. The newspaper quoted a US official as saying that…

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A Look into Netanyahu’s Mind

An-Nahar: Netanyahu did not fall, but he did not succeed, and Trump realized that even before the final results were announced, if he considered a mere tie a victory for Netanyahu and for himself personally, after forecasts had pointed to a greater possibility…

Top U.S. Middle East commander briefs Trump on Iran blockade

Ya Libnan: FILE – U.S. CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in April. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) U.S. Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of forces in the Middle East, briefed President Trump…

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Fire on a ship off the coast of Oman

IMLebanon: A British maritime agency announced that it had received a report of an incident 25 nautical miles northeast of Khasab in the Sultanate of Oman. The British Maritime Trade Operations agency reported that an oil tanker had been involved in an incident after a small boat approached it and attached two explosive devices to its hull. The agency explained that an explosion…

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Vance: No forever war with Iran

IMLebanon: U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said in an interview with Fox News that President Donald Trump would not allow the confrontation with Iran to turn into a forever war. Vance said he understood Americans’ frustration with military adventures in the Middle East, noting that criticism of foreign interventions does not…

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Officially: Final results of Israel’s elections announced

IMLebanon: In the early hours of Friday morning, the Israeli Central Elections Committee announced the official final results of the parliamentary (Knesset) elections, with no change to the map of political blocs previously revealed. According to the official results, Prime Minister Benjamin…

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U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Countries in the region must take responsibility for their security

Al Manar: The U.S. ambassador to Turkey stated that Washington cannot solve all the region’s problems. Countries in the region must take greater responsibility to ensure their security. He added that what is happening now is that countries in the region are taking responsibility for their own affairs and forming new alliances. He said that changing the U.S. approach does not…

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Qassem’s assurances sow doubt... Is there no hope for coexistence with “Amal”?

Nidaa Al Watan: The front of “Hezbollah” and the “Amal Movement” is cracking under the weight of escalating disagreements and fears of the coming war. Behind the reassuring statements and slogans of unity, apprehensions are mounting over a new military adventure that could expose the south to yet another catastrophe and once again force the Shiite community to pay the price for decisions it can no longer bear…

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Aoun and Salam under “Berri’s control”?... and the “Forces”: Toward escalation

Nidaa Al Watan: The “Lebanese Forces” raised the stakes in the confrontation within the government, and their ministers boycotted a Cabinet session in protest at the failure to include referring the case of the explosives in Dahr al-Baidar to the Judicial Council on the agenda, in a move that appears unlikely to be the last, particularly if this item is not included in the next session.…

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A prominent Pentagon general dismissed ... for this reason!

IMLebanon: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth moved to dismiss Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, one of the Pentagon’s senior military planners, over allegations of leaking classified information, according to U.S. officials. A senior Pentagon official, who asked not to be identified, said Sylvia failed three tests…

The army does not operate on Israel’s clock or on “Hezbollah’s” schedule

Nidaa Al Watan: Southern Lebanon is entering an extremely delicate phase as the end of UNIFIL’s mission approaches, amid security and political challenges regarded, without dispute, as the most difficult in decades, and growing fears of a UN vacuum that would leave the Lebanese state and its army facing unprecedented challenges. Under Resolution 2790, operations end…

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Video - Asaad Saeed recounts the history of the “Forces” from the War Council to Maarab (5 of 6): They demanded that the “Forces” be dissolved, and the March 12 uprising took place... This is how the “Forces” was rebuilt after January 15, 1986

Nidaa Al Watan: After the first founding with Sheikh Bashir Gemayel in 1976, the “Lebanese Forces” continued their journey after his assassination on September 14, 1982, before facing a second founding phase with Dr. Samir Geagea after the Mountain War, the March 12, 1985 uprising, and the January 15 uprising…

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Netanyahu Between Poll Defeat and Ballot-Box Surprise

Nidaa Al Watan: There can be a gap between electoral forecasts and actual results that may upend political calculations. This is what the Israeli elections remind us of once again—not only about the accuracy of opinion polls, but also about how the media deals with their results. Indeed, before the results were finalized, Benjamin…

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“On the Account of Absence” by Qais Nimr: A Novel About Love, War, and Forgetting

Nidaa Al Watan: “Dar Al-Mu’allif” has published a novel titled “On the Account of Absence” by writer Qais Nimr. The novel revolves around love that does not end when its beloved is gone, war that can only be told in the voice of those who remain, and writing as the only way we resist forgetting. “Manar,” the protagonist of “On the Account of Absence,” returns to…

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The World Bank moves to accelerate the implementation of recovery and reconstruction projects

Nidaa Al Watan: Finance Minister Yassine Jaber received a World Bank delegation yesterday, including the World Bank’s country director in Beirut, Enrique Armas, and the bank’s infrastructure division director, Catherine Sin. During the meeting, they reviewed progress in implementing recovery and reconstruction projects funded by the World Bank,…

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