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21551 in English · 525 original-language storiesNidaa 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…
Lebanon 24: Explosion in a city…
Al Manar: Gaza Government Media Office: The occupation commits a horrific massacre against civilian government work crews in the south of the Strip, killing 4 martyrs and dozens…
Al Liwaa: The significance of the Israeli elections is not limited to determining the identity of the next prime minister, as their results extend beyond the bounds of domestic competition to affect the future of Israeli policy toward the entire region, from Iran and Lebanon to Syria and Gaza, and their repercussions for regional balances. Amid a parliamentary scene…
Lebanon 24: Enemy artillery shelling targets Wadi al-Saluqi…
Al Liwaa: Many questions are being raised about the results of the Israeli Knesset elections, the impact of a change in the Israeli government, and the arrival of a new government to power in Israel on the implementation of the framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel, to end the crisis of Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon and achieve a full withdrawal of the army’s forces…
Al Liwaa: The “Ghassan Skaf National Forum” affirmed “that Lebanon cannot endure another war, and must not become an arena for settling regional scores or a hostage to decisions that go beyond its national interests.” It warned of “the risks of a renewed confrontation between the United States, Iran and Israel.” The “Forum” held its regular meeting and discussed…
Al Liwaa: واصل العدو الإسرائيلي اعتداءاته على قرى وبلدات جنوب لبنان، مع تجدّد القصف المدفعي الذي طال عدداً من المناطق في القطاعين الشرقي والغربي، بالتزامن مع عمليات تفجير ونسف للمنازل، وتمشيط بالأسلحة الرشاشة، وتحليق للطيران الحربي والمسيّرات في الأجواء الجنوبية، فيما…
Al Liwaa: Interior and Municipalities Minister Ahmad Al-Hajjar affirmed that municipalities constitute “the first line of defense in serving citizens,” stressing that support for them is not limited to providing financial resources, but also includes developing administration, strengthening capabilities, and modernizing work mechanisms. He revealed that a payment from the Independent Municipal Fund would be disbursed…
Al Liwaa: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam affirmed 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. He stressed that the government views…
Lebanon 24: The Wall Street Journal: U.S. officials believe negotiating with Iranian hard-liners could lead to results…
Al Liwaa: The Investment Development Authority of Lebanon “IDAL,” represented by its Chairman and Director General, Dr. Majed Mneimneh, accompanied by Board Member Hassan al-Halabi, participated in the ninth edition of the World Investment Forum, which Qatar hosted in partnership with…
Al Liwaa: Since their inception, artist Mart Visser’s paintings have represented a revolution in the concept of portraiture. He draws the person out of the material. Hence his statement, “Every face, every person, every human being has more than 8000 lines in their face,” seems a crucial key—not because it offers a literal scientific figure so much as because it reveals…
Al Liwaa: The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said that the occupation authorities discussed 11 colonial plans distributed across the governorates of Hebron, Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Jenin, Salfit, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, covering a total area of 374.293 dunums. The projects include six colonial plans comprising a total of 608 units, to…
