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27245 in English · 734 original-language storiesLebanon 24: Port workers in 22 countries are preparing to organize strikes and protests tomorrow, Friday, in rejection of the arms trade and the use of seaports to ship weapons, as part of a global movement opposing the war and what organizers describe as genocide in the Gaza Strip. The movement’s organizers say the strikes could disrupt more than…
Lebanon 24: Fars News Agency, citing residents of Qeshm Island: Reports of air defense systems being activated in…
Lebanon 24: IRNA news agency: An explosion was heard in the vicinity of the Strait…
Lebanon 24: Israeli occupation forces raid the eastern area of the city…
IMLebanon: The Ports and Customs Authority reported that a member of the customs police was killed and others were injured after a patrol was ambushed on the Baniyas–Tartus road in Syria. The authority indicated that remnants of the former regime carried out the ambush, which targeted…
Lebanon 24: TASS agency quoting the mayor of Moscow: We destroyed 16 drones that were heading toward…
Al Liwaa: Lebanon is a state of institutions, and to save its state it needs neither anything extraordinary nor the invention of a new political system; what it needs is for the state to resume its original function: applying the law to everyone, protecting people, safeguarding security, enforcing public order, and confining armed force to the framework that…
Al Liwaa: If what was attributed to The Wall Street Journal about the Donald Trump administration warning Gulf states of the need to prepare for a short, intense military campaign after the U.S. congressional elections is true, the region may be facing one of the most dangerous windows of time in its modern history. The period extending between…
Al Liwaa: The elections are a popular referendum on the next four years toward which the state is heading, but the 2026 elections were also, and perhaps primarily, a referendum on the past four years, in the absence of any commission of inquiry or any serious, in-depth process of self-examination regarding those turbulent years…
An-Nahar: The sound of explosions and warning sounds near the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Qeshm Island raise questions about defensive movements in the region…
Al Liwaa: — And so... President Aoun: If Lebanon loses its Christian wing, extremism will be the alternative and will spread to Europe; and if it loses its Muslim wing for any reason, moderation will be lost! — And so... Sheikh Naim Qassem: The resistance continues with the legitimacy of the right to resist and what the Taif Constitution guarantees; there is no room for discussion about withdrawing…
Al Liwaa: There are scenes in the life of nations that go beyond their immediate security significance, touching people’s feelings, memories and fears. One such scene is that of citizens seeing their country’s army present in the streets, keeping watch over the city’s security and protecting people’s lives and their right to live in peace, away from anxiety and apprehension. Hence, comes…
Al Liwaa: The problem in Lebanon is no longer simply that the state is weak, but that its weakness has, over decades, become a reality with which political forces coexist, while citizens bear the consequences of settlements whose authors they have no ability to hold accountable. And while generations have grown accustomed to seeing the avoidance of war as a political achievement in itself,…
Al Liwaa: Lebanon’s wait for the elections to the Knesset of the Israeli entity is not over, as it awaits the official results at the beginning of next month and the true size of the parliamentary blocs, one of which will form the new government. This is a formation that takes a long time, given the nature of the political and electoral makeup…
Al Liwaa: President General Michel Suleiman received the new Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Tameem Khallaf, at his residence in Yarzeh. During the meeting, they reviewed the latest political and security developments in Lebanon and the region, as well as Arab and international developments and their repercussions for the security of the region…
Al Liwaa: Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Ms. Reem Alabali Radovan, affirmed her commitment to strengthening cooperation with the government, and that her visit was a show of solidarity with Lebanon and support for reform steps despite the challenges. The German minister toured at the head of a delegation that included German Ambassador Thomas…
Al Liwaa: President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun chaired a meeting attended by Army Commander General Rodolphe Haykal, the head of Lebanon’s delegation to the Lebanese-American-Israeli negotiations, former Ambassador Simon Karam, and the head of the military delegation to the negotiations, Brigadier General George Rizk, and members of the delegation: Brigadier General…
Al Liwaa: The Cabinet devoted its session to the waste issue and ways to address it, and heard a presentation from the environment minister and the heads of the Council for Development and the National Authority. It asked them to return within two weeks with concrete proposals, while the issues of the Dhahr al-Baydar explosives and electricity were absent from its agenda, prompting the Lebanese Forces ministers to…
MTV Lebanon: Dead and wounded after two patrols were ambushed on the Baniyas–…
Al Liwaa: Lebanon has no choice but to wait for the Israeli and American election milestones, and then for the outcome of the heated confrontation between the United States, Israel and Iran—whether peacefully, in a deal being worked on by many countries in the region, or through a war being prepared that would this time include targets…
Al Liwaa: It will not be long before the Shiite duo realizes that a split between them is inadmissible and has repercussions. Therefore, they must return to reinforcing their longstanding coordination, or at least put an end to any misunderstanding, whether or not the relationship regains its warmth. The messages exchanged between Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri…
Lebanon 24: Fars News Agency, citing residents of Qeshm Island: Lights seen and sounds heard in…
Nidaa Al Watan: Communications Minister Charles Al-Hajj confirmed that the C4 shipment was not intended for storage, but for use, and regardless of whether its destination was inland or abroad, it would have led to an explosion of the situation in Lebanon. Minister Al-Hajj, speaking on the program “Saar el-Waet” with journalist Marcel Ghanem, stressed the need to…
MTV Lebanon: IRNA News Agency: Some of the sounds heard in Qeshm were warning shots fired at vessels violating regulations in the Strait of…
Al Manar: Iranian media: Several explosions heard at sea, in the sky and in the waters surrounding an island…
Al Liwaa: The intersecting center of gravity in the positions of the political forces, on either side, is their central focus: rejecting Lebanon’s being drawn—and specifically Hezbollah’s being drawn—into any confrontation that could take place between Iran, the United States, and Israel… Amid this approach, which appears to be undisputed, pending…
Al Liwaa: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed yesterday, without providing evidence, that the record gains made by Arab parties in the elections held this week resulted partly from election fraud, an accusation rejected by Arab leaders, who accused Netanyahu of incitement. This claim represents an escalation…
Lebanon 24: Occupation forces raid the town of Sa'ir, north…
Al Liwaa: The current wave of artificial intelligence reminds us of what happened in 2000 with the information technology revolution, when researchers competed to describe the situation at the time as exceptional and to say that what had happened would change the face of the Earth and the state of economies, driving them upward without end. This revolution had major positive repercussions, but it was…
An-Nahar: Relative energy deficiency syndrome threatens athletes with declining performance and bone health. Learn about its symptoms, causes, and how to prevent and treat it to safeguard your career…
Al Liwaa: Between the hammer of monetary collapse and the impasse of delayed political settlements, Banque du Liban once again controls the pace of crises through policies that manage symptoms rather than treat underlying causes. In a distressed economy whose real engines of production have stalled and which has seen foreign-currency inflows disappear, any increase in the money supply…
Al Liwaa: Agriculture Minister Dr. Nizar Hani visited the central wholesale market for vegetables and fruits in Beirut and, together with the union responsible for managing the market, reviewed the workflow and the challenges facing the marketing and distribution of Lebanese agricultural produce. During the visit, it was agreed to continue joint work…
Lebanon 24: وزير الداخلية الفرنسي: تعبئة 70 ألفاّ من رجال الأمن للحفاظ على النظام السبت…
Lebanon 24: Syrian Arab News Agency: Clashes between outlaw groups in Suwayda, accompanied by the sound of gunfire…
Al Liwaa: The chairman and general manager of the Housing Bank, Antoine Habib, visited Kuwait’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad Sultan Al-Sharji, at the Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut, where he briefed him on the results of the working visit he recently made to the State of Kuwait and the meetings he held with the managements of the “Arab Fund for Development…
Al Liwaa: Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon continued from Wednesday night into Thursday and through the morning hours, taking the form of airstrikes, artillery shelling and machine-gun fire, alongside demolitions and explosions in a number of southern towns and areas. The area between the two towns of Mifdoun…
