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جولة تفقدية للمفوضية السامية للأمم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين في مركز إيواء العباسية

Al Liwaa: نظمت المفوضية السامية للأمم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين (UNHCR)، بالتعاون مع اتحاد بلديات قضاء صور، جولة في مركز إيواء العباسية المخصص لاستقبال العائلات النازحة، في حضور ممثلة المفوضية في لبنان كارولينا ليندهولم بيلينغ، رئيس اتحاد بلديات قضاء صور المهندس حسن دبوق،…

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Lebanon in the New Middle East: Investment Opportunities and Readiness Challenges

Al Liwaa: The world is witnessing rapid economic and geopolitical shifts that are redrawing the map of investment, trade, and production and service centers. In the Gulf states, efforts continue to diversify economies and strengthen the technology, industry, tourism, and logistics sectors, while European countries face challenges related…

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“touch” launches fully integrated digital transformation for purchasing and activating lines online

Al Liwaa: “touch” launched a fully integrated digital subscription service that enables customers to purchase mobile lines and activate them entirely online, without the need to visit points of sale, in a move aimed at accelerating the digital transformation of Lebanon’s telecommunications sector. The chairman and general manager of “touch,” Karim…

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Tax on vacant apartments: Does the treasury gain while the economy loses?

Al Liwaa: A report published by «النهار» on ٢٢ تشرين الأول ٢٠٢٦ revived the issue of taxing vacant apartments, after the government excluded the measure from the draft budget. The argument for the proposal rests on an idea that seems simple: if the cost of keeping an apartment vacant becomes higher, its owner may offer it for rent or sale…

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Washington Affirms Support for the Taif Agreement and Presses Ahead with Negotiations to End the Conflict

Al Liwaa: After the “temporary reprieve” over the explosives in Dahr al-Baidar and the Judicial Council’s delay in referring the case, which Hezbollah viewed as a “commendable” gesture, attention remained focused on the situation in the south amid Israeli airstrikes targeting Kfar Tebnit, Wadi al-Hujair, and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, as well as the vicinity of Ali al-Taher, in addition to artillery shelling of…

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Istanbul meeting... 8 countries discuss Yemen, Iran, Palestine and Ukraine

Al Liwaa: The meeting of foreign ministers from the quartet—Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt—with Britain, France, Germany and Italy began yesterday in Istanbul. Participants are discussing developments in regional and international issues, foremost among them “developments in Yemen, the US-Iran war, and the issue…

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Regional muftis call for the annulment of the Shura Council’s intervention for lack of jurisdiction

Al Liwaa: Regional muftis have joined the review process aimed at overturning the extension of the term of the Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan, by filing an intervention request yesterday before the State Shura Council through their lawyer, Majed Dimashkieh. Lawyer Majed Dimashkieh, acting on behalf of the muftis, including Mufti Sheikh Hassan…

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Netanyahu and the war cabinet at the site of the attack near Hebron: Two soldiers killed and three wounded near Hebron

Al Liwaa: The western entrance to the city of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank witnessed, yesterday morning, a high-profile attack on an Israeli military checkpoint, which turned into a clash that lasted more than 20 minutes. The clashes resulted in the deaths of the attack’s perpetrators, two Israeli soldiers being killed and 3 others wounded, as confirmed by the occupation army…

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Terrorist attack on a church in Karak: ٧ killed, King Abdullah vows penalties

Al Liwaa: Seven people were killed Friday in a shooting carried out by “extremist” gunmen inside and outside a church in Karak Governorate, south of Amman, according to Jordanian authorities, in a very rare incident in the kingdom. Jordanian King Abdullah II described the operation as “terrorist” and vowed to impose “the harshest penalties” on the attackers, who…

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Sahar Baassiri Salam from the MEMA 2026 conference: Women’s health and rights are essential to their empowerment

Al Liwaa: The wife of the prime minister, Ms. Sahar Baassiri Salam, affirmed that women’s health cannot be separated from their rights, economic independence and participation in society, stressing the need to develop healthcare in a way that keeps pace with women’s needs at different stages of their lives, rather than limiting concern for their health to reproduction…

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Fadel Chaker sets the Riyadh Season alight

Al Liwaa: Lebanese artist Fadel Chaker returned to large-scale concerts after an absence of about 14 years, at an evening held at the Abu Bakr Salem Theater on Thursday evening, the day before yesterday, 22, as part of Riyadh Season events, under the title “The Return of the Absent.” Chaker opened the concert with the song “Illa Wa Ana Ma‘ak,” amid cheers from those in attendance…

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He and She 24-10-2026

Al Liwaa: ☐ In a purposeful cultural and social initiative, lawyer Melhem Karam allocated ٥٠ copies of his book “Unjust and Just” to support the mission of the Association of Social Development and Equality – North Branch, in Alamiyeh and its suburbs, with the proceeds from the sale of these copies to go to the association in support of its social and educational projects. ☐ The Minister of Health…

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Jordanian security meeting... Those involved will not escape punishment

Lebanon 24: Jordanian Prime Minister Jaafar Hassan said during a security meeting in Karak Governorate that those involved in the attack that claimed the lives of Jordanians would not escape punishment, stressing the need to mobilize all capabilities and relevant agencies to pursue them and bring them to justice, in accordance with the directives of King Abdullah…

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Bon Voyage 24-10-2026

Al Liwaa: Rafic Hariri International Airport-Beirut recorded 136 aircraft movements and 16898 passengers on ٢٠٢٦/١٠/٢٢, distributed as follows: - Aircraft movements: 67 flights landed and 69 flights took off. - Passenger movements: 8592 passengers arrived, 8306 passengers departed, and transit pa…

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A Nation on the Brink of Strife!

Al Liwaa: Lebanon needed nothing less than a new strife. A country exhausted by wars, drained by crises, whose generations have paid dearly for conflicts that were never all of their own making, found itself once again facing a familiar scene: mutual accusations, heated rhetoric, and cases turning from matters that should be addressed through the law into…

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A truth in the jaws of rumors …

Al Liwaa: ..She grasped her hair, haunted by a thousand tales and storytellers .. and the heart dwells in his eyes .. She opened the haunted windows of life .. in the heart of the stillness of madness .. a lifetime we walk through with him and alongside him…

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Friday preachers warned against the Zionist enemy casting doubt on the army’s performance of its national role: A strong and just state is the fundamental guarantee of civil peace

Al Liwaa: Friday preachers affirmed “that a strong and just state is the fundamental guarantee of civil peace, and that the Lebanese Army and the security institutions constitute a pillar in protecting the homeland and upholding the law,” commending the army’s role and warning against “the Zionist enemy casting doubt on its role or its failure to perform its security duties.” And in this…

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Warnings over «Temple organizations’» efforts to open Al-Aqsa to incursions on Saturdays

Al Liwaa: Researcher specializing in Al-Aqsa affairs Ziad Abuhayyes warned of the repercussions of «Temple organizations’» efforts to open Al-Aqsa Mosque to settler incursions on Saturdays, and said the occupation government’s postponement of submitting its response to the Supreme Court regarding this demand raises questions about its intentions and the possibility of proceeding with its consideration.…

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Can Minerva’s owl still take flight?

Al Liwaa: There is a paradox that governs our relationship with life: We live through events before we understand them, make decisions before we realize their consequences, and follow paths we think we know, until we reach their ends and discover that what we thought was clear had concealed its truth from us. It is as though reason awakens only when the battle is over, and sees…

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Advice for those who fall short in their prayers

Al Liwaa:  What is your advice to someone who does not observe prayer and often neglects to perform it? — We advise them to do four things: First, perform the prayer as soon as the call to prayer ends: promptly praying immediately after the call to prayer ends reinforces commitment and makes it part of the daily routine. Second: Good company: associating with friends who are committed to prayer forms…

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Sidon Municipality receives the Danish ambassador and a delegation from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Saida Online: The mayor of Sidon, engineer Mustafa Hijazi, received at the municipal headquarters Her Excellency the Ambassador of Denmark to the Lebanese Republic, Ms. Mette Thygesen (H.E. Mette Thygesen), and the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon, Ms. Karolina Lindholm Billing (Karolina…

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Guterres condemns terrorist attack on Hamoud Church

Lebanon 24: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the terrorist attack that took place during a funeral at Hamoud Church in Jordan, killing 7 people and causing many injuries. Advertisement The UN News Centre quoted Secretary-General António Guterres offering his condolences…

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