Israeli airstrikes target the towns of Kfartibnit and Baraachit in southern Lebanon
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The Bar Association president reopens old files: suspicions of embezzlement, forgery and waste
CH23: Ahead of the vote on the 2026 - 2027 financial statement at the Bar Association in mid-November next year, Bar Association president Imad Martinos went overboard in presenting his achievements, turning a press conference he held for that purpose into a platform for exposing the abuses of his two predecessors, former presidents Nader Kasbar (Independent) and Fadi…
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Karam to Ad-Diyar: The Dahr al-Baidar truck is linked to a political and strategic decision
Ad-Diyar: Member of the Strong Republic bloc, MP Fadi Karam, said that the case of the explosives truck seized at the Dahr al-Baidar checkpoint should be referred to the Judicial Council, stressing that there is no need to wait for any pretext to make this decision,…
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“Coup” rocks Poland... President cuts short his trip and rushes back to Warsaw
Nidaa Al Watan: Polish President Karol Nawrocki cut short an official visit to Africa and ordered his plane to return to Warsaw while it was in the air, amid a political and judicial crisis that erupted Friday, following the suspension of the Constitutional Court president’s duties, triggering a confrontation between the centrist government and the opposition nationalist right. It spread…
Israel completes preparations to strike Iran... and the Hezbollah front is among the calculations of the confrontation
Lebanon Debate: Israel completes preparations to strike Iran... and the Hezbollah front is among the calculations…
Coalition spokesperson: Debris from the interception of a drone fell in the Riyadh region, with no injuries, and the relevant authorities are working at the site
Lebanon Debate: Coalition spokesperson: Debris from the interception of a drone fell in the Riyadh region, with no injuries, and the relevant authorities are working at…
Coalition: Shrapnel fell after an enemy drone was intercepted, with no injuries reported
MTV Lebanon: Coalition: Shrapnel fell after an enemy drone was intercepted, with no injuries reported…
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Jewish settlements from the ocean to the Gulf
CH23: Bernard Lewis, who described the Middle East as “an antique cart driven by mad gods,” discovered in his final days that it was “a repository of human fossils.” We do not imagine that Donald Trump differs from other presidents in how he views us. Have we ever tried to understand what the “Eisenhower Doctrine” means (1957)…
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A $6.3 billion hack shakes “Binance”... and Trump investigates possible involvement by North Korean hackers
Ad-Diyar: The United States has opened an investigation to determine whether hackers from North Korea were behind a hack targeting the “Binance” cryptocurrency platform, resulting in the theft of assets estimated to be worth about $6.3 billion, in one of the largest incidents the digital currency sector has seen. It confirmed…
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Mahfoud on the explosives in Dhour al-Baydar: Investigations must reach Naim Qassem
Nidaa Al Watan: The head of the “Change Movement” party, Elie Mahfoud, wrote on the “X” platform: “The judiciary’s expansion of the investigation into the Dhour al-Baydar shipment case is a step worthy of note, but completing it requires reaching the person at the top who is directly responsible for operating the detainees and those charged, as well as the MP who admitted that the explosives belong…
Araghchi: No more red lines!
Al Jadeed: Araghchi added that 100 billion euros is nothing compared with what he described as the “devastating blow” that the Iranian armed forces will deliver against anyone who dares to harm the Iranian people, adding: “No more red lines…”
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The weapons file faces a test of resolve… and Dahr al-Baidar has no red lines
Ad-Diyar: Sources following the file confirmed that President of the Republic Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s position on the weapons file remains unchanged, and is based on firmness and boldness without haste or submission to pressure, whatever the outcome of this…
Openness Continues and Differences Run Deeper... Lavrov Reveals the Truth About Relations With Washington
Lebanon Debate: Openness Continues and Differences Run Deeper... Lavrov Reveals the Truth About Relations With…
Mahfoud: This is what is needed to prevent a repeat of the assassination of Rafik Hariri!
MTV Lebanon: The head of the Change Movement party, lawyer Elie Mahfoud, wrote on “X”: “The judiciary’s expansion of the investigations into the Dahr al-Baidar shipment case is a step worth noting, but completing them requires reaching the person at the top who is directly responsible for operating the detainees and those charged, as well as the MP who…”
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Clashes and protest gatherings outside the Constitutional Court in the Polish capital, Warsaw.
Ad-Diyar: Poland has entered a new phase of political and constitutional escalation after a sharp dispute erupted between the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki, who is backed by the right-wing movement and the Law and Justice party, amid a crisis within the Constitutional Court that has reached the point of accusing the government of carrying out…
“Axios”: Qatari mediators return to Doha today with an Iranian delegation to continue the talks
Lebanon Debate: “Axios”: Qatari mediators return to Doha today with an Iranian delegation to continue…
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Bassem Badran’s appointment before the Council of State
CH23: The decree appointing Bassem Badran president of the Lebanese University was not spared a challenge, as the candidate for the university presidency, Professor at the Faculty of Sciences Kazem Zibara, filed an appeal before the Council of State seeking to annul the decree, citing legal violations that he says marred the appointment process, most notably the violation of a decision…
Araghchi: There will be no more red lines
Nidaa Al Watan: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that his country would no longer abide by any “red lines” in responding to anyone who attacks it, commenting on recent remarks by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about the economic repercussions of the war on Iran. Araghchi said that when it began…
Signs to the “Party” of a U.S.–Iranian breakthrough?
MTV Lebanon: Israeli attacks on the occupied areas of southern Lebanon continue, specifically in the western and central sectors. Since Friday morning, the villages spread across them have been subjected to attacks with artillery, rockets, and drones, causing severe damage and leading to displacement…
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Is Moscow opening the door for Tehran to back down?
Al Anbaa: Will the scenario of the US war on Iraq be repeated in the US-Iranian confrontation, or are the circumstances of the two countries different and the regional and international landscape completely different? Is there a difference between the reckless ruling mindset in Baghdad at the time and the pragmatic one controlling Tehran these days? Perhaps…
Netanyahu will be more dangerous in the coming months
Al Joumhouria: Based on previous mechanisms for deadlock in forming governments, Netanyahu is expected to be able to turn the potential government vacuum into a card for war on various fronts and for expanding on the ground in Lebanon. Israel’s Basic Law stipulates a complex timeline and mandatory stages for forming governments…
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Geagea ends the “honeymoon” with Aoun and Salam
CH23: As part of his nonstop one-upmanship at the government headquarters and Baabda and even Awkar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had barely finished his call with President Joseph Aoun, in which he stressed the need to hold accountable those responsible for the shipment of explosive materials seized in the Dahr al-Baidar area, when the head of the party…
EconomyOriginal Arabic
لماذا تنخفض أسعار البنزين؟
IMLebanon: تتابع أسعار البنزين تراجعها، فانخفض سعر صفيحة البنزين 95 و98 أوكتان أمس 40 ألف ليرة، بينما ارتفع سعر المازوت 32 ألف ليرة، واستقر سعر الغاز. تعود أسباب استمرار تراجع أسعار البنزين في لبنان، فيما يرتفع سعر النفط عالمياً، إلى ارتفاع سعر برميل النفط الخام وتراجع…
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French police forces deployed during protests in Paris
Ad-Diyar: France is preparing to deploy 70 thousand police officers across the country today, Saturday, in anticipation of a new wave of protests and unrest, amid public anger over rising living costs, declining public services, and the policies of President Emmanuel Macron’s government. According to Reuters,…
2027 Budget: Between Balanced Figures and Questions of Reform
MTV Lebanon: The Finance and Budget Committee began examining the 2027 draft budget, with issues on its agenda that were not settled in previous budgets, from the final accounts to taxes and public-sector restructuring. The balance between revenues and expenditures announced by the government requires scrutiny of its sources and cost, and the extent…
Iranian foreign minister responding to the German chancellor: We are ready for confrontation with no red lines
Lebanon Debate: Iranian foreign minister responding to the German chancellor: We are ready for confrontation with no red lines…
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Disguised hiring in ministries... and 43 names in one ministry!
Ad-Diyar: Information indicated that the Cabinet’s decision to halt hiring did not prevent a number of ministers from creating new jobs within their ministries, by circumventing the decision through various contractual arrangements, most notably hourly contracts…
Trump gets ahead of the results... lawsuits and investigations ignite the race for control of Congress
Lebanon Debate: Trump gets ahead of the results... lawsuits and investigations ignite the race for control of…
WorldTranslated
What will remain of Trump's power after the midterm elections?
An-Nahar: A forward-looking analysis of the scale of the Republican Party's expected losses in the upcoming midterm elections and their impact on the agenda of US President Donald Trump at home…
Israeli airstrikes targeted these southern towns
MTV Lebanon: Israeli warplanes carried out 3 airstrikes. The first targeted the area between the towns of Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kfar Tebnit in the Nabatieh district, the second the outskirts of the town of Baraachit in the Bint Jbeil district, and the third the area between the towns of Adshit al-Qusayr and Taybeh in the district of…
Hezbollah unlikely to join renewed war unless Iran faces existential threat, Lebanese official says
The National: Source describes US-brokered military talks in Tampa with Israel as most constructive…
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$47.1 billion cost of the Iran war.. Damage to US bases exceeds $5 billion
Ad-Diyar: The Wall Street Journal revealed that the cost of the US war with Iran had reached about $47.1 billion as of October 16, while the US Department of War estimated damage to military bases at at least $5 billion. The newspaper quoted US sources as saying that these estimates…
WorldTranslated
Caretaker government in Israel and an open-ended American war... Is Lebanon facing the unknown?
CH23: An Arab security diplomat, who returned to Beirut a few days ago from a European tour via his country’s capital, where he took part in a series of regional meetings, believes that delaying the formation of the government, or even blocking it, could make Netanyahu’s conduct and decisions more dangerous than if the coalition were formed quickly, as it could…
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The Lebanese file is frozen pending next Tuesday; Washington: Elections do not change the priority of disarmament
Lebanon 24: Contacts are intensifying to contain internal tensions and pursue a targeted, legal response to the explosives in Dahr al-Baydar, while seeking to keep calm at the heart of efforts that could lead to an internal dialogue, supported by Arab and domestic parties, in parallel with awaiting the results of the U.S. midterm elections next Tuesday. They converge…
Negative official assessment of the negotiations... and no intention to boycott
MTV Lebanon: In a calm, lengthy evaluation session, senior officials and those concerned with the direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel discussed the results achieved so far, how closely they match the intended objectives, and what serves Lebanon’s interests in ending the crisis of the Israeli occupation of the south,…
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After the joy of winning the title in Dubai... Mayar Osman leaves the hospital, and her father reveals details of her health problem
An-Nahar: Mayar Osman wins the 2026 Arab Reading Challenge title in Dubai and suffers a temporary health problem before recovering, with preparations to welcome her in Kafr El-Sheikh…