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38330 in English · 1026 original-language storiesTayyar: Grace Habr – The call for dialogue has remained a constant in the statements of former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt, starting from…
Tayyar: English star Harry Kane, the German Bayern Munich striker, was named the winner of the 2026 Ballon d’Or for the world’s best player on Monday, after an exceptional season in which he excelled with his club and national team. Kane became the first English player to win the prestigious award in 25 years, specifically since his compatriot…
Tayyar: Free Patriotic Movement leader and MP Gebran Bassil stressed that the coming phase poses major risks to Lebanon and the region, warning of the possibility of an escalation in Israeli aggression and the repercussions of…
Tayyar: The repercussions of a possible Israeli war on the “Hezbollah” constituency are at the top of discussions within the party, amid fears that it may again become militarily involved in support of Iran. Popular pressure appears to have become “too great for it to contain,” according to its opponents, particularly after the Israeli threat to strike…
Tayyar: Spanish player Lamine Yamal, Barcelona star, won the Kopa Trophy for the world’s best young player for the third consecutive year, while his compatriot Luis de la Fuente, coach of the Spain national team, won the award for best men’s coach during the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony, which was held in the British capital, London. It came…
Tayyar: Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi’s warning about the increase in land sales in Lebanon has revived Christian concerns that go beyond the transfer of ownership to the possibility of affecting the demographic makeup of several areas, amid war, displacement, and economic hardship. The warnings come amid debate over purchase operations…
Tayyar: U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the short-term ceasefire agreement his administration reached with Iran last June…
Tayyar: Some of what appeared in Al-Joumhouria’s headline: Domestically, anxiety appears to be at its peak over the possibility of renewed Israeli escalation on the Lebanon front, whether before or after the Israeli and American elections. This is clearly reflected in the state of extreme caution prevailing in some areas, particularly in the south and the suburb…
Tayyar: Some of what appeared in Al-Liwaa’s headline: It quoted Lebanese security sources as saying that Hezbollah has been working for 3 months to strengthen its capabilities, with Iranian funding, focusing on explosives and drones. Preparations to take part in a new war have not been completed, and Hezbollah has not explicitly announced that it is prepared to participate in it. To avoid confusion, it quoted…
Tayyar: Some of what appeared in the Al-Liwaa headline: Reports spoke of plans to impose new U.S. sanctions that would include Lebanese politicians, on the pretext of obstructing the disarmament of Hezbollah. The new U.S. sanctions, if imposed, may target judges and security or military officials. It explained that the sanctions would not be imposed now, but after…
Tayyar: Some of what appeared in Al-Binaa’s headline: Al-Binaa learned that several Western and Arab countries’ embassies, diplomats, and officials and political and media figures who orbit them are probing Hezbollah’s position in the event that Iran is subjected to a joint US-Israeli military strike. According to the information, they were not convinced by what…
Tayyar: Al-Binaa: Behind the scenes and secrets. A regional security source believes that the significance of the Jordanian bombardment in southern Syria goes beyond targeting groups accused of links to the Karak operation, revealing the nature of the approach to Syrian sovereignty. The existence of an intelligence coordination committee working on raids and arrests would have made it possible to handle the issue…
Tayyar: Some of what appeared in the Al-Diyar headline: According to diplomatic circles, Tehran succeeded in putting the Lebanese file on the negotiating table as an integral part of the file on ending the war in the region. The Iranians took advantage of the Saudi delegation’s presence in Tehran, considering them an active party on the Lebanese scene, as well as…
Tayyar: An-Nahar: Domestic stagnation pending the Israeli elections and their repercussions; the party is preparing for confrontations... and Jumblatt returns…
Tayyar: Al-Akhbar: Lebanon is entering a new phase of political deadlock, against the backdrop of the Israeli elections, without great illusions about what their results may bring. Political assessments indicate that changing the faces in Tel Aviv does not necessarily mean changing the security and military approach, and that Israeli policy…
Tayyar: Sky News Arabia: Saudi Arabia announced that it had intercepted and destroyed four drones launched by the Houthi group toward the southern region early Tuesday. It also announced that it had intercepted and destroyed three ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi group toward the eastern region. This came after the announcement by the official spokesperson for the Ministry…
Tayyar: Middle East Saudi Arabia: Damascus: Syrian authorities announced that eight civilians were killed Monday in Jordanian airstrikes on the south of the country, which the Jordanian army said targeted “terrorist groups” in response to a deadly attack on a church last week. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted…
El Shark: At a time when the gap between officials and citizens is widening and people’s trust in state institutions is declining, President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun stands out for an approach different from what Lebanese people were accustomed to from his predecessors. Through his field visits to the regions and direct meetings with citizens, he is keen to listen to…
El Shark: The Israeli elections are no longer purely an internal matter, after Iran became a central focus of the struggle for power in Tel Aviv, and a card where electoral calculations intersect with the stakes of war and security. While Benjamin Netanyahu is using the confrontation with Tehran to bolster his chances of remaining in…
El Shark: From the ports of Beirut and Tripoli to energy and trade routes between Asia and Europe, the value of Lebanon’s location is determined by its ability to connect to regional networks, and by what political shifts will impose on the region’s map. Ports in Lebanon are no longer merely points for ships to arrive and unload cargo. In a conflict…
El Shark: The Israeli and American elections are not separate contests, but one battle spread across two fronts, where ballot boxes intersect with aircraft carriers, and calculations of staying in power with projects of war. In this scene, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump seem like two sides of an alliance that goes beyond…
El Shark: It is no mere coincidence that Lebanese people are interested in the presidential election in Brazil, the country-continent where the number of people of Lebanese descent is no fewer than around ten million. It is one of the world’s major industrial countries, with arms and textiles among its most important industries, and is distinguished by its virgin forests, which…
El Shark: President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun stressed that “our battle to build the state is not limited to political, administrative and economic reforms, but also begins at school and with the quality of education we provide to our children.” He affirmed that national education is not merely teaching about the homeland, but is “education in…
El Shark: When you have reason, you know how to use strength, because strength gets you to the goals you want. And when you have strength, you need reason, because reason achieves the desired goals for you. Our misfortune is that we find ourselves caught between America’s excess of strength, with a historic president who decides and acts—and, more importantly, seeks to…
El Shark: The region is on the edge of possibilities, and Israel is brandishing the threat of fire as military pressure intersects with negotiations with Tehran and calculations surrounding the Israeli elections. While the resistance denies that Iran asked it to support it, the Lebanese question remains hanging on the decision to confront and its limits, amid fears that…
El Shark: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri received Malaysia’s new ambassador, Anwar bin Adzir, at the Second Presidency’s headquarters in Ain al-Tineh in a protocol visit marking his assumption of his new duties as his country’s ambassador to Lebanon. The visit was also an occasion during which the general situation in Lebanon and the region was discussed…
El Shark: The “Ogero” Employees’ Union announced in a statement that it was proceeding with the “open-ended strike starting Tuesday, 27 October 2026, amid the continued and persistent refusal to amend certain articles of Law 431,” stressing that “amending the law is the primary guarantor of rights and gains, particularly the law’s compensation…
El Shark: Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt called for internal dialogue “based on the state’s exclusive control of weapons,” considering that “the region’s crises will not end as long as the Israelis do whatever they want.” Jumblatt was a guest of Hadley…, the senior international presenter at the “IMI” media group.
Ad-Diyar: The positive atmosphere generated by the understanding among the three presidents, Joseph Aoun, Nabih Berri and Nawaf Salam, shortly before the last Cabinet session, to hold off on referring the explosives file in Dahr al-Baidar to the Judicial Council, continues to dominate the Lebanese political scene generally. Notable over the past two days…
Ad-Diyar: It is the snake that sheds its skin without shedding its teeth. Whether power is in the hands of the left, the right, or a “national unity government.” David Ben-Gurion, founder of the left-wing “Labor” Party, was the one who declared the establishment of the state, and colluded with the British Anthony Eden and the Frenchman Guy Mollet to launch the Suez War against…
Ad-Diyar: Yesterday, parliamentary scrutiny began of the government’s draft budget for ٢٠٢٧, with the first meeting held by the “Finance Committee,” chaired by its chairman, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, and attended by Finance Minister Yassine Jaber and a large number of MPs. The first meeting is considered a preliminary meeting to examine the budget’s provisions and articles in sessions…
Ad-Diyar: Will the Druze once again pay the price for the game of nations, because some insist on playing roles bigger than their stature, amid a blaze of fire consuming major powers? What, then, of a sect whose members number no more than one million citizens in Lebanon, Syria, occupied Palestine and Jordan? Can the Druze, and specifically Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, bear…
Ad-Diyar: Former minister Karim Bakradouni reveals to "Ad-Diyar" that "the stagnation and deadlock in the negotiating process are now having a major impact on every detail and file concerning the domestic situation, as political, economic, and even financial pressures are mounting on the domestic scene," speaking of "a pessimistic picture in the region,…"
Ad-Diyar: The Civil Court of Appeal in Beirut, the eleventh chamber, composed of judges President Ayman Oweidat and advisers Hossam Atallah and Carla Maamari, and members of the Lebanese Order of Pharmacists’ council, Dr. Ziad Nassour and Saleh Dibio, considered that the situation at the appellant’s pharmacy, to whom the council had directed…
Ad-Diyar: “Israel” is holding the 26th Knesset election today, Tuesday, the first general election to take place after “Al-Aqsa Flood,” launched by the “Hamas” movement on October 7, 2023. Candidates are competing for 120 seats, while any governing coalition needs at least 61 seats to form a government, and …
Ad-Diyar: The area of regional tension in the region is expanding and interweaving with a structural crisis in the global economy and a Russian-Ukrainian war in which President Volodymyr Zelensky is losing Washington’s support following the U.S.-Russian rapprochement and U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to call for his replacement, coinciding with an embarrassment…
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