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37882 in English · 1020 original-language storiesLebanon 24: Data released by the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) revealed that the military has so far spent more than 47 billion dollars in the war on Iran, an increase of more than 25 percent compared with the department’s estimate last July. Advertisement The largest share of the war’s operational costs was allocated to compensating…
Lebanon 24: A UN General Assembly session debating the US embargo of Cuba was suspended after US Ambassador Michael Waltz and Cuban representatives exchanged sharp accusations during a tense floor confrontation…
Lebanon 24: International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi announced yesterday, Tuesday, that there are no indications that Iran has tried to repair or rebuild its nuclear facilities that were damaged by U.S. and Israeli military strikes during the current year or last year. Advertisement He said…
Al Jadeed: What comes after UNIFIL… What does Clearfield’s plan for southern Lebanon conceal? (Al-Diyar) Al-Diyar newspaper reported: Sources who followed the “Tampa” talks revealed that one of the main issues under discussion is defining the nature and limits of coordination between the Lebanese and Israeli armies, in a way that ensures it does not turn into a mechanism used…
MTV Lebanon: Justice Minister Adel Nassar confirms that he will raise again the issue of referring the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case to the Judicial Council, at a Cabinet session in two weeks. The settlement reached on the matter, through the efforts of Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and involving Baabda and the Grand Serail, did not include Hezbollah…
An-Nahar: Learn about the latest estimates for the 2024 Israeli elections and the balance of power between Netanyahu’s camp and the change camp in politics…
National News Agency: National – Al-Diyar newspaper wrote: “Israel” went to the polls, but its ballot boxes did not determine the identity of the next ruler, after exit polls showed the opposition camp led by Gadi Eisenkot with a relative lead, without either side managing to secure the parliamentary majority needed to form a government. And so,…
MTV Lebanon: In late 2023, messages began reaching "Hezbollah" through intermediaries: the cost of the support war would not stop at the frontline villages. At the time, the "party" was carrying out operations it called "Blinding the Enemy," targeting communications towers and radars along the southern border,…
Nidaa Al Watan: Data released by the U.S. Department of Defense (the Pentagon) and reviewed by Reuters showed that the military has so far spent more than $47 billion to run the war in Iran, an increase of more than 25 percent compared with the department’s estimate in July. The Pentagon has not yet responded to a request for comment on its estimates, which have not…
Lebanon Debate: The Israeli election surprise… 3 parties at risk of leaving…
MTV Lebanon: "Nidaa Al Watan" reports, citing sources following the matter, that "UNIFIL’s operations [will continue] until December 31, 2026, after which, as of that date, it will stop conducting patrols and carrying out operational missions, and its units will return to their barracks and official headquarters. After that, the withdrawal phase will begin…
LBCI: Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro left his country for the United States, despite a court order barring him from traveling, according to U.S. media reports on Tuesday. Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva described Bolsonaro’s flight from the country…
MTV Lebanon: War is decided in Tehran, and its price is paid in Lebanon, while the Lebanese state stands powerless to prevent a decision it does not control. As the south approaches the brink of a new explosion, the value of guarantees collapses in the face of a reality that entrenches the subordination of the decision to go to war to Iranian calculations, and leaves Lebanon exposed to…
LBCI: 0 min National News Agency: Israeli artillery shelling targeted Mansouri, Majdal Zoun and the neighboring valleys this morning, while a number of shells fell on the eastern neighborhood of the town of Haddatha * To protect intellectual property rights, please do not copy more than 20 percent of the news content, and mention the name of the website…
Al Joumhouria: Informed sources told Al Joumhouria that, between the possibility of the current Israeli approach continuing, the arrival of new leadership that opens a window for negotiations, or the failure to form a new government, prolonging the period of uncertainty, Lebanon finds itself…
LBCI: U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a meeting will be arranged “very soon” between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump told the media: “A meeting will be arranged very soon, and I think a great deal of progress is possible” regarding efforts…
MTV Lebanon: The Wall Street Journal, citing officials and tracking data: The US military sends a Patriot system to Israel to bolster…
National News Agency: Wataniya – Nidaa Al-Watan newspaper wrote: The region is facing its last doses of diplomacy before they wear off, as contacts and initiatives accelerate in an effort to buy time and contain the delayed explosions. But the distance is shrinking between settlements that move from one station to another and potential confrontations whose course is difficult to control or contain…
Nidaa Al Watan: Smotrich: I see that the Arabs are celebrating tonight, so I’m informing you and them that we will not allow them…
Lebanon Debate: An Arab electoral earthquake in Israel… 18 seats upend the calculations and unsettle…
LBCI: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, discussed during a phone call yesterday “efforts to contain the current crisis and prevent escalation.” It announced that the two ministers agreed on “continuing consultation and coordination on…”
An-Nahar: Sources of enjoyment in the world of football are varied, from scoring goals and individual skills to tactical battles, but the diversity of ways to reach the goal gives matches another dimension of…
An-Nahar: Learn about the Gen Z look phenomenon and its impact on social communication, and how experts interpret this behavior among different generations in the Arab world, amid cultural shifts…
Al Manar: Malaysian Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir announced that Malaysia sees opportunities to strengthen cooperation with Russia in the energy sector. The minister said during the Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit in Moscow on Tuesday, yesterday, that “Malaysia views this cooperation as long-term and sees serious opportunities…”
National News Agency: National News – Al-Akhbar newspaper wrote: Although the visit by officials from the countries of the “Mecca Alliance” to Tehran, the day before yesterday, produced no immediate results in terms of de-escalation between the United States and Iran, it nevertheless confirmed unequivocally that the countries of the region are seeking a diplomatic solution to the war that will affect them all if…
MTV Lebanon: “Nidaa al-Watan” quoted Western diplomatic sources as saying that “the United States and Israel have prepared plans to resume joint strikes against Iran, with the likelihood that they will be carried out after the elections, to avoid potential economic and electoral repercussions beforehand.” In the same context, reports warned…
Elnashra: Yemen’s Ansar Allah-affiliated Al-Masirah channel reported that Saudi aircraft targeted Harf Sufyan District in Amran Governorate with seven airstrikes,…
National News Agency: وطنية – Al-Nahar newspaper wrote: Despite the scant factual and preliminary information that makes Lebanon deeply concerned with the results of the Israeli elections, in terms of hoping for a real change that would set in motion a diplomatic solution to end the occupation situation in the south, Lebanon appeared to be watching the course of these…
Al Jadeed: Israel’s Channel 12: 50.12% of the votes counted, Netanyahu’s bloc gets 56 seats and Eisenkot gets…
LBCI: Data released by the U.S. Department of Defense (the Pentagon), reviewed by Reuters, showed that the military has so far spent more than $47 billion to conduct the war in Iran, an increase of more than 25 percent compared with the department’s estimate in July. The largest share of the war’s operating costs was allocated…
Lebanon Debate: The vote count turns the equation upside down in Israel… Netanyahu approaches 61, and Eizenkot refuses…
An-Nahar: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s tour of Lebanon and Syria to strengthen economic, trade and energy cooperation between Baghdad and Beirut and Damascus, and opportunities to develop projects…
National News Agency: An-Nahar notes that a number of lawmakers belonging to political parties and movements are avoiding taking positions on diplomatic and military developments in the region, given the delicacy of the situation and the rapid shifts and changes, and following recommendations from their party leaders not to engage in any press interviews. A political activist said…
Elnashra: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said, following reports that his defeated election rival Flávio Bolsonaro had fled to America, that…
LBCI: The Syrian Arab News Agency reported that the movement of passengers and commercial freight will return to normal through the Nasib border crossing with Jordan starting Wednesday morning, after the crossing was closed briefly following Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria. The Nasib crossing is the border outlet…
Lebanon 24: Phone notifications can turn from a means of communication into a source of distraction, mental fatigue and sleep disturbances, especially among people who check their phones as soon as they receive any alert. Psychiatrist Dr. Astik Joshi warned that constant preoccupation with notifications may weaken concentration and productivity,…
