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51454 in English · 1366 original-language storiesElnashra: The White House announced that the United States would not launch any attack on Iran before the midterm congressional elections scheduled for November 3, in a statement made by…
An-Nahar: A 7-magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet, China, leaving 16 dead and 32 injured, with hundreds of homes collapsed and relief efforts continuing in the region…
Elnashra: Justice Minister Adel Nassar said that a large number of ministers supported referring the case of the explosives shipment in Dahr al-Baidar to the judiciary, and noted that the seized explosives shipment…
ASAS Media: None of those following Putin and Lavrov’s moves has a “decisively positive impression,” and they prefer to wait for the results. The announced positions do not suggest that it is possible for…
MTV Lebanon: Lebanese Forces Party leader Samir Geagea revealed to “MTV” that the Lebanese Forces had proposed discussing the future of the army commander months ago, after receiving information that he did not want to implement the government’s decisions. Watch what he said in the video…
Ad-Diyar: Lebanese Forces Party leader Samir Geagea affirmed that his party’s positions stem from political convictions, not populist considerations, saying that “the height of populism was the Taif Agreement,” and noting that the “Lebanese Forces” know well the cost that resulted from it. In an interview with the “Saar el-Waat” program, he noted…
ASAS Media: The war was not a failed military adventure, but a reckless gamble with the future of the South and the interests of the Shiites before anyone else. This is exactly what Walid Jumblatt tried to warn about through the messages he conveyed to Sayyed Nasr…
Ya Libnan: Masked Israeli settlers are shown stealing Palestinian’s olives . They talke them to an Israeli settler press to make olive oil. By Pesha Magid and Lina Obeid LUBBAN AL-GHARBI, West Bank- Brought to tears as he recalled Israeli settlers hitting his cherished…
ASAS Media: The criticism extends to assigning settlement a security function, through clusters and outposts in areas that include Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza. Hyman warns that this places responsibility on the army…
ASAS Media: The “party” turns its back on the Lebanese authorities, acting as though it is isolated from what is happening around it. More than that, as though these authorities do not exist and their decisions have not…
ASAS Media: He is the “political magician.” The man’s magic enabled him, over more than three decades, to bury dozens of opponents and generals, dismantle party blocs, and emerge alive from every judicial crisis…
Lebanon 24: Albanian winger Sabah Kerjota, a player for Scottish club Hearts, revealed a request he will make to Egyptian international Mohamed Salah, a player for Turkish club Trabzonspor, in the match between the two teams on Thursday in the UEFA Europa Conference League. Advertisement Kerjota admitted that he is looking forward to facing…
Lebanon 24: A report published by the U.S. magazine "Time" said that the United States and Israel are considering launching large-scale military strikes on Iran after the U.S. midterm elections scheduled for next November, in a move that could bring back…
Tayyar: With deep sorrow and strong condemnation, His Beatitude Patriarch Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, Catholicos Patriarch of the Armenian Catholics’ House of Cilicia, received the news of the terrorist attack that targeted St. George’s Church in Karak Governorate in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, leaving casualties and wounded…
El Shark: The Mufti of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Sheikh Dr. Bakr Al-Rifai, noted that “faith is not a word spoken in times of prosperity, nor a passing feeling that fills the heart when things are going well; rather, faith is a firmly rooted truth whose mettle is revealed in times of hardship, and whose strength becomes clear when principles conflict with interests, and steadfastness becomes…
El Shark: Deputy head of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council, the scholar Sheikh Ali Al-Khatib, expressed surprise in his Friday sermon at the council’s headquarters at “the authorities’ insistence on continuing negotiations with the Israeli enemy despite the repeated failure in all the rounds that have taken place.” He said: “It appears from the available information that…
El Shark: In his Friday sermon at Imam Hussein Mosque in Burj al-Barajneh, the Grand Jaafari Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Qabalan addressed “the Lebanese people of all sects: ‘At this fateful moment in the history of our country, Lebanon, most political forces do not want to make any effort toward national recovery, or to prevent any…’
El Shark: Kataeb Party leader and MP Sami Gemayel received Kuwait’s Ambassador Mohammed Sultan Al Sharji at the Kataeb Party’s central headquarters in Saifi, where they discussed the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, and bilateral relations between Lebanon and Kuwait amid political and security developments…
El Shark: The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Lebanon, Dr. Mohammad Al-Assad, met yesterday with the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, Dorothy Klaus, in the presence of the head of the embassy’s media department, Wissam Abu Zaid. They discussed the situation of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and ways to improve their living conditions and livelihoods, in addition…
El Shark: Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ahmad al-Hajjar received the ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Tamim Khilaf, on a courtesy visit. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen them and develop prospects for joint cooperation, particularly in the security fields. The Egyptian ambassador also visited the head of the party…
El Shark: The political aide to the Speaker of Parliament, MP Ali Hassan Khalil, affirmed at a memorial ceremony that “unconditional concessions whet the Israeli enemy’s appetite for further concessions,” affirming “the principled position on the ‘framework agreement,’” and asking about “the guarantees this agreement provided, in…”
El Shark: A U.S. source told Al Hadath that the meetings held in the city of Tampa, in the U.S. state of Florida, between the Lebanese and Israeli sides ended without any notable breakthroughs. The source explained that the negotiating rounds concluded without a date being set for a new round, noting that the point…
El Shark: Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam received MP Neamat Efram at the Grand Serail, and discussed the general situation with him. He also received former minister and Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Saint Joseph University, Dr. Marie-Claude Najm. In the afternoon, President Salam received the Deputy Speaker of the…
El Shark: President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun received yesterday at Baabda Palace, in the presence of Justice Minister Adel Nassar and the Netherlands’ ambassador to Lebanon, Frank Mollen, the secretary-general of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, Christophe Bernasconi, who outlined the conference’s scope of work and the membership of many Arab countries…
El Shark: The Diplomatic Academy at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon, held a lecture entitled “Economic Diplomacy in a Changing World: Building Relationships and Enhancing Lebanon’s Presence Internationally” at the Chamber’s headquarters, with the participation of the head of the bodies…
El Shark: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam affirmed that “the crisis in Lebanon’s transport sector carries an economic cost that we all pay. The World Bank estimated it about ten years ago at more than two billion dollars a year. The time lost in traffic congestion is time taken away from work and production, not to mention the comfort of citizens.” He said…
El Shark: The British newspaper The Telegraph says—in a report by Henry Bodkin—that Israel is facing growing internal divisions that could threaten the cohesion of its society and its political stability, amid intensifying disputes over military conscription for Haredi Jews, the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, and escalating violence against…
El Shark: Retired Jordanian Major General Anwar al-Tarawneh raised a question about whether there is official Israeli sponsorship of drug-smuggling operations into Jordan. A question like this from a prominent security expert who previously headed the Anti-Narcotics Department for several years means that figures in the Kingdom’s security establishment have information they are sharing publicly…
El Shark: The Israeli army announced the deaths of two soldiers and the wounding of 3 others in the shooting attack that took place Friday morning in the Hebron area, south of the West Bank. The army said in a statement that Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roitman (23), from the city of Ashkelon, who served as a platoon commander in the “Ari” battalion…
El Shark: The ability of ports to receive ships and handle containers is no longer the sole measure of their competitiveness, as the continuity of commercial operations and the protection of infrastructure from security and cyber risks have become decisive factors in determining ports’ efficiency and appeal to global shipping companies, particularly with…
El Shark: The Central Bank of Turkey cut the benchmark one-week repo rate by 100 basis points to 36 percent for the first time in 9 months. The bank also cut the Turkish lira overnight lending rate from 40 to 39…
El Shark: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in a statement after a meeting with the foreign ministers of France, Britain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakista in Istanbul that “any new attack on Iran will widen the scope of the war and conflict in the region.” He stressed that “military intervention against Iran is not a solution, and no one…”
El Shark: 7 people were killed and 34 others injured on Friday in an armed attack targeting Hamoud Church in Karak Governorate, southern Jordan, according to the Jordanian Public Security Director, while Jordan’s King Abdullah II pledged to impose the harshest penalties on those responsible for the attack. Jordanian Public Security Director Abd…
El Shark: A source in one of the Palestinian resistance factions said that several messages had been sent to the mediators, influential regional countries, and officials in the “Board of Peace,” warning of the possibility that the Israeli ruling coalition might resort to a serious escalation in Gaza before the parliamentary elections scheduled for the 27th of this month,…
Tayyar: Sources from the “Lebanese Forces” told “Al Jadeed” that what party leader Samir Geagea said about Army Commander Rodolphe Haykal was interpreted incorrectly, explaining that the point was that the army abides by the decisions of the political authority, and that if its commander does not wish to carry them out, he should resign. The sources added that…
Tayyar: Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah said that the crime targeting peaceful worshippers in Karak Governorate on Friday grieved the hearts of Jordanians, stressing that the loss is shared by all and that the tears of Hamoud village and its people are the tears of every Jordanian. Her Majesty added, in a post via…
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