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21426 in English · 513 original-language storiesNidaa Al Watan: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s visit to Damascus yesterday signals a shift in Syrian-Iraqi relations from managing caution to building a partnership imposed by geography and driven by regional developments. After a period of mutual testing following the fall of the Assad regime, the visit, the first by a prime minister…
Nidaa Al Watan: In a region standing on the brink of a volcano, the Tehran meeting puts the Iranian regime to a decisive test: either translate diplomacy into an actual change in regional behavior, or face a confrontation that could extend beyond Iran’s borders and redraw the balance of power in the Middle East. As the chances of containing the crisis dwindle and preparations intensify…
Nidaa Al Watan: Six years have passed since Parliament passed Law 178/2020 regulating cannabis cultivation for medical, pharmaceutical and industrial uses, opening the door to bringing the Bekaa crop out of the illicit economy and turning it into a productive sector that attracts investment and provides revenues for the treasury. But today, six…
Nidaa Al Watan: In his book “The Neutral Lebanese United States – Issues and Solutions,” published by Dar Alif Ya Publishing, Dr. Michel Chmaï presents a political and intellectual approach to Lebanon’s contemporary dilemma, starting from a fundamental question: Can Lebanon continue with the political formula on which it was founded, or…
Lebanon 24: House raids during an incursion into the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ram…
Nidaa Al Watan: Arsenal, champions of the English league, suffered a heavy blow as they exited the fourth round of the League Cup after losing to Fleetwood Town, a fourth-tier club, 3-5 on penalties, following a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation time in one of the competition’s biggest surprises. Aaron Lobalo-Pe opened the scoring…
Nidaa Al Watan: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said during the opening of the second edition of the National Industry Exhibition 2026 that supporting Lebanese industry is not a sectoral demand, but a national interest linked to economic growth, job creation, financial stability and economic sovereignty, stressing that “the government views…
Nidaa Al Watan: Don’t give up, and try to be somewhat responsible. You are trying to make your relationship with your loved one work, but you feel these efforts are in vain. You are shining today and are intelligent, as you will easily overcome the difficulties you face. You are planning a romantic date to spend with your partner. Today is a good day for building relationships…
Nidaa Al Watan: في أمسية جمعت الفن بالرسالة الإنسانية، أحيت الفنانة هبة طوجي حفلاً غنائياً مميزاً على مسرح كازينو لبنان، بإشراف وإدارة الفنان أسامة الرحباني، دعماً لجمعية بسمة بالتزامن مع اقتراب الذكرى الخامسة والعشرين لتأسيسها، على أن يعود ريع الحفل بالكامل لدعم برامج…
Nidaa Al Watan: Two events, perhaps pivotal, face Lebanon. The Israeli parliamentary elections, and more importantly in the long term, Europe’s ability to find solutions to the population replacement sweeping across its West. The standards of democracy in Israel cannot be understood unless we place the parliamentary elections within a framework chosen by its legislators. For the will of the people…
Nidaa Al Watan: The Charlotte Hornets announced the retirement of Muggsy Bogues’ No. 1 jersey. The shortest player in NBA history, he is being honored for a career spanning 14 seasons, during which he succeeded in overcoming all the prejudices associated with his height and established himself among the leading players of his generation. The No. 1 jersey will be raised to…
Nidaa Al Watan: What if Manchester United decided to sack Michael Carrick? The question brings back into focus the huge financial bill the club has paid since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, without the repeated changes succeeding in bringing the English league title back to “Old Trafford.” Despite the management’s continued confidence in Carrick…
Nidaa Al Watan: İsmail Kartal resigned as coach of Turkey’s Fenerbahçe following a 1-2 defeat to Galatasaray in the Istanbul derby in the ninth round of the league. His departure came amid the team’s declining results domestically and in Europe, after it lost 0-6 to English side Aston Villa and drew 2-2 with Czech side Slavia Prague in the …
Nidaa Al Watan: Information originating from the U.S. capital reveals that sanctions will be imposed on Lebanese judges for reasons including proven corruption and cooperation with Hezbollah. Figures in Baalbek-Hermel are moving to form a cross-sectarian tribal gathering, bringing together the region’s tribes and families, with the aim of shaping a political force opposed to the Shiite duo,…
Nidaa Al Watan: The dispute between Barack Obama and Donald Trump is no longer merely a verbal clash between a former president and a current president; it has become part of a broader political battle over the future of power in the United States. Just days before the midterm elections, scheduled for the third of November, the two men entered into…
Nidaa Al Watan: As part of the events of the thirtieth edition of the “European Film Festival,” Nidaa Al Watan met French film critic and historian Jean-Michel Frodon (Jean-Michel Frodon) at the “Metropolis Cinematheque.” The conversation brought together cinematic memory and current questions, from his relationship in Beirut and “Metropolis”…
Nidaa Al Watan: The start of programs at the Faculty of Arts – Branch One in Beirut was delayed by a month compared with the other branches of the Lebanese University, because displaced people remained there after the war stopped and negotiations to evacuate them failed. After public threats against the faculty administration and the arrival of new families, Beirut Branch Intelligence intervened and confined them to one…
Nidaa Al Watan: The Lebanese were divided between supporters of Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu and backers of Tiberias’s illustrious son, Gadi Eisenkot, in an electoral battle in which, for the first time in the history of the Jewish state, Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza, Syria (the security zone), and Zawtar al-Sharqiya took part. It was clear that…
Nidaa Al Watan: Some believe there is a symbiotic relationship between “Hezbollah” and Israel, and therefore equate their opposition to the party’s weapons with their opposition to the peace project between Lebanon and Israel. This approach, whose proponents claim to present themselves to the public as idealistic and morally superior, ignores a fundamental fact: rejecting peace…
Nidaa Al Watan: No project is legitimate if it comes at the expense of legitimacy and the project of the national state. No force, whatever regional depth may back it, can achieve the equation and put it into practice that the weapons are a constant and Lebanon is the variable. But what remains of the arrogance of power from the days of weakness leads to making it easy to threaten a civil war in defense of weapons…
Nidaa Al Watan: Every time you write a political ending for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s “fox” adds a new line to his eventful career. He entered the election weighed down by the failure of the October 7 attack, open wars, legal proceedings, and disputes that had accumulated inside and outside Israel. He emerged from the initial count having secured the largest party bloc for his party,…
Elnashra: The Lebanese political scene has entered a phase of stagnation that appears closer to a decision to postpone internal confrontations than to an agreement on addressing contentious issues, amid waiting for what…
IMLebanon: Using a telescope located in Chile, scientists discovered an icy object orbiting farther away than Pluto, which may join the list of dwarf planets in our solar system. The researchers said that the discovered object, named “2026 ED138,” is approximately between 600 and 1500 kilometers in diameter and orbits the Sun at…
Al Manar: Russian air defense systems intercept and destroy 24 drones that were heading toward the capital…
Ya Libnan: I sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, whose rival blocs fell short of a parliamentary majority in Israel’s general election Tuesday. Eisenkot could theoretically swear in a government with the support of Arab…
Al Manar: Cuba’s representative to the United Nations: Washington’s policies show that its real aim is to inflict suffering and deprivation on Cubans to stir social discontent and change the political system chosen by the people…
Lebanon 24: Occupation forces launch a campaign of raids and arrests during their raid on the village of Qaryut, south of…
Al Manar: Cuba’s representative to the United Nations: The United States does not care about human rights and its goal is to subjugate the people…
Al Manar: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for an end to the US blockade of Cuba, with 130 members in favor, 17 opposed and 25 abstaining…
Al Manar: The Israeli occupation army carries out an explosion in the city of Khiam in southern…
An-Nahar: Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, called for the return of gold reserves frozen at the Bank of England for more than 6 years to support…
Lebanon 24: Trump: We granted Flávio Bolsonaro permission to come to…
Al Liwaa: In the history of peoples, there are moments that seem sudden but reveal fractures that have accumulated for a long time beneath the surface of political and economic reality. These moments may turn into opportunities for change, entry points for reproducing existing regimes, or conflicts whose consequences go beyond the will of those who launched them. And between October 17, 2019 in Lebanon…
Al Liwaa: • Let’s start with the good news: Benjamin Netanyahu failed to prevent the elections from being held on schedule, to close the airspace to Israelis who came from abroad to vote, or to disrupt the voting process in Arab society. • Israel’s citizens showed unprecedented loyalty to the system yesterday…
Al Liwaa: - And like this... former Economy Minister (2005) Sami Haddad on depositors’ money: The state doesn’t have the means to pay them back, and depositors are an affluent class because low-income people don’t have a penny in the bank... Is the state going to give money to the affluent? - And like this... the commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Hajj Hossein Yekta, appeared as he…
Al Liwaa: The four-way security meeting in Tehran came as a cautious regional attempt to rein in tensions before they reach a breaking point for everyone. But the most urgent and consequential question for us in Beirut is: Where does Lebanon feature on the agenda of the negotiating capitals? Are we facing an opportunity to restore the state, or merely a bargaining chip…
