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36138 in English · 981 original-language storiesAl Liwaa: - And so... Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref: Our readiness today to seriously confront any malicious act is far greater than during the 12-day and 40-day wars! - And so... If these cultural (Ain al-Mreisseh chair) or tourism-related (electric train) events were taking place amid achievements on the level of…
Al Liwaa: After examining Beirut’s resources, the question arises: who will turn these resources into work, income, and a dignified life? It begins with Beirut itself. The city cannot tie its future to waiting for a state exhausted by wars, chaos, corruption, and cronyism across all its sectors and administrations, nor reduce the role of its people to complaining.…
An-Nahar: Barcelona coach Hansi Flick reaches one million followers on Instagram within 24 hours, amid messages of support and humanity that reflect his great popularity within the club…
Al Liwaa: Based on security sciences, security threats in Lebanese, Arab and international law are acts and activities that pose a direct threat to the vital interests of the state and its legitimate political and security institutions, or to political, social and economic stability, or to the safety of any citizen…
Al Liwaa: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam affirmed that “addressing the conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon requires a new approach,” noting that Lebanon’s position on the Palestinian cause remains unchanged, based on its commitment to international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative adopted in Beirut in 2002. He affirmed “rejection…
Al Liwaa: Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam chaired a meeting at the Grand Serail attended by the ministerial committee tasked with following up on the file of the “Solidere” company, in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Tarek Mitri, and Ministers of Finance Yassine Jaber, Culture Ghassan Salameh, and Economy and Trade Amer…
IMLebanon: The “Axios” website reported, citing a diplomatic source, that talks between Washington and Tehran will resume Saturday. The website revealed that Qatari negotiators returned to Doha after a day of talks in Tehran concerning a possible agreement with…
Elnashra: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that I discussed with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan ways to continue cooperation between…
Al Liwaa: Contacts are underway to contain internal tensions and address the Dhahr al-Baydar explosives case in a purposeful manner and in accordance with the law, while ensuring that calm remains the basis for efforts that could lead to an internal dialogue, supported by Arab and domestic backing. This is the message that the Director General of General Security, Major General Hassan Shuqair, returned with from his visit…
Elnashra: Brazilian authorities summoned the representative of the Argentine Embassy in Brasília to provide clarifications, after the defeated presidential election senator Flávio Bolsonaro fled to…
Al Liwaa: Israel demolished yesterday the homes of two attackers who killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank last week, as part of an ongoing operation that has led to the forced displacement of more than 3000 Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army to launch a wide-scale operation…
Al Liwaa: Amid the misconceptions being circulated about tobacco cultivation in Akkar, union president Abdul Hamid Saqr explains with figures the reality of this crop, which is the most important for farmers in the north. He confirms that the number of licensed growers is currently around 4250, after having been 4400, and that the shortfall of 150 licenses is due to some farmers selling and transferring their licenses, not to a decline…
Al Liwaa: Environment Minister Tamara Al-Zein stressed the need to direct funding toward sustainable solutions for the solid waste sector, while avoiding resorting to loans. She affirmed that Lebanon needs to break out of the cycle of temporary fixes and their recurring costs, and build a service that limits the environmental and financial burdens on…
Al Manar: Israeli artillery shelling west of Beit Lahia in the northern Strip…
Al Liwaa: Saint Joseph University in Beirut held its seventh ceremony to award honorary doctorate degrees at the Collège de France in Paris, honoring four figures in recognition of their academic, diplomatic and humanitarian careers, and their contributions to strengthening dialogue and Lebanese-French relations. The honors included…
Al Liwaa: The General Directorate of the Presidency of the Republic and the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at archiving previous presidential terms, recovering documents and records that document key periods in the history of the Lebanese Republic, and establishing an institutional archive that places presidential memory at the service of…
Al Liwaa: In schools, particularly religious ones, certain rumors would surface from time to time to tarnish the reputations of religious scholars, directors, and judges above suspicion, to exclude them from competition or cast doubt on their public relations. What is sad is that these rumors were spread by religious figures for what they would bring them in terms of…
Al Liwaa: ☐ Social Affairs Minister Haneen Al Sayed visits the city of Zahle and Bekaa at ten o’clock this morning to discuss a number of social and development issues and strengthen cooperation with local authorities and economic and social stakeholders in the area. ☐ The Municipality of Mazraat al-Chouf is organizing the “Olive March - Trail…
Al Liwaa: Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut recorded the following traffic on 2026/10/29: 138 aircraft movements and 16419 passengers, distributed as follows: - Aircraft movements: 69 flights landed, 69 flights took off. - Passenger traffic: 8153 passengers arrived, 8266 passengers departed, and transit passengers…
Al Liwaa: Abu Fadi woke to the sound of the generator, not the sound of birds. Two hours of electricity, a water tanker he has been waiting for for days, and a salary that evaporates before it reaches his pocket—in this country, life is no longer a natural right, but a daily struggle to secure its most basic necessities. On his way to work, he passed a government building,…
Elnashra: UNESCO and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) concluded the project to empower young men and women in southern Lebanon by launching a Media Center…
Al Liwaa: The indictment issued by Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Claude Ghanem in the “Dahr al-Baidar explosives” case was not surprising so much as a natural step in a judicial process that began when the shipment was seized, and should continue far from political pressure and partisan posturing. The state that took the decision…
Lebanon 24: The United States canceled the taking of the traditional commemorative photo of Group of Twenty foreign ministers on Friday, during their meeting in the U.S. city of Atlanta, after European diplomats refused to appear alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Advertisement The Associated Press reported…
Lebanon 24: The British representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Sarah MacIntosh, welcomed the Security Council’s decision to renew the mandate of the European Union Force for Stabilisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, “EUFOR-Althea,” which was unanimously supported by Council members. Advertisement During a UN Security Council session devoted to discussing…
Lebanon 24: A report by the U.S. Treasury Department revealed that the naval blockade, economic sanctions and obstruction of land export routes had left the Iranian economy “paralyzed” and increased pressure on Tehran, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pushing to give the economic pressure campaign more time before resuming…
Al Liwaa: The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launched its annual campaign at its headquarters in Beirut to distribute meat from sacrificial offerings and livestock sacrifices to needy families in Lebanon, as part of the Kingdom’s project to make use of sacrificial offerings, under the title: «»And we all trust», in the presence of the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, with a delegation from Dar…
Al Liwaa: Israeli attacks continue against a number of southern towns, with explosions, artillery shelling, and sweeping operations with machine guns reported, alongside homes being set ablaze and property destroyed, as concerns grow over the nature of the security arrangements under discussion for the period following the end of the mission…
Al Liwaa: The General Directorate of Internal Security Forces announced the opening of the Antelias station building in the Regional Gendarmerie Unit, after its rehabilitation as part of the project to strengthen community policing in Lebanon, funded by the European Union with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and as part of a plan to rehabilitate a number of…
Al Liwaa: استقبل اتحاد جمعيّات العائلات البيروتيّة أمين الفتوى في الجمهوريّة اللبنانيّة الشيخ أمين الكردي، في زيارة تهنئة للهيئة الإدارية برئاسة المهندس وليد الكبّي، وبحضور أعضاء الهيئة، ورئيس جمعيّة آل الكردي سعد الدين الكردي. استهل الشيخ الكردي اللقاء بالإعراب عن…
IMLebanon: The mediators’ draft proposal between the United States and Iran included a number of provisions, most notably linking every Iranian measure related to the nuclear issue to a corresponding U.S. measure concerning sanctions, and agreeing on a timetable for implementing the commitments simultaneously between the two parties. The draft stipulates that neither party is obligated to…
Al Liwaa: On the anniversary of your birth, beloved Beirut and maker of its renaissance, nostalgia returns within us for a time when Lebanon was synonymous with hope and work. Your birth was not merely a passing milestone on the calendar, but the dawn of a comprehensive national project, and a dream embodied in a man who believed that nations are not governed by anger and divisions, but are built…
Al Liwaa: Lawyer Jean Hawaat signed his book “My Experience” at the Nihad al-Said Pavilion in the National Museum, in the presence of MP Salim al-Sayegh, representative of President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun; MP Mohammad Khawaja, representative of Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam; and political, economic and social figures…
Al Liwaa: In Lebanon, there are trees that grow not only in the ground, but also in memory. The cedar is one of them. Since its name became associated with Lebanon, it has no longer been merely a tree belonging to nature, but has become one of the symbols of the homeland, an image of the mountain, and a silent witness to eras that passed while it remained standing against them, as though its roots…
Al Liwaa: We are living today in a time when things have become confused and the compass pointing in the right direction has disappeared. Deception has grown, advice has faded, and lies and mutual deceit have spread to the point that they called it the salt of men. Honesty has vanished, and honest people have become few, until people have grown accustomed to hearing lies and accepting them as the truth... And what we are witnessing in our reality today is…
An-Nahar: Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez named Mohamed Salah as the player who caused him the most difficulty, after Salah contributed to 11 goals in 11 matches against Aston…
Al Liwaa: Friday preachers warned of “fabricating security cases against Muslim youth to cover up the smuggling of explosives inside Lebanon and the security concerns that followed for officials and political and religious leaders,” calling for “the explosives smuggling case to be referred to the Judicial Council so that the law can take its course in achieving justice,”…
