Sunday, 18 Oct 2026 18 Shawwal 2026 AH Beirut

What they said

Direct quotes as they appeared in the news — each one links to its source.

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Our hearts are with all the brave women and men affected.
مارك كارنيرئيس الوزراء الكندي14 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
A serious incident caused a large fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta.
مارك كارنيرئيس الوزراء الكندي14 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
I can do things you wouldn't believe
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي14 hours ago · lebanon debate
He was violently attacked by extremist settlers in the West Bank... we are in contact with him.
جان نويل بارووزير الخارجية الفرنسي14 hours ago · Lebanon Debate
The Israeli authorities must urgently put an end to this criminal violence and guarantee the safety of civilians, in accordance with their obligations under international law.
جان نويل بارووزير الخارجية الفرنسي14 hours ago · Lebanon Debate
a cowardly terrorist act
مايك هاكابيالسفير الأميركي لدى إسرائيل14 hours ago · Lebanon Debate
We have been in contact with the embassy in Israel, and we are supposed to receive a cable today or tomorrow including everything they know about these incidents, but what we have seen does not look good at all, and the whole matter is extremely concerning
ماركو روبيووزير الخارجية الأميركي14 hours ago · Lebanon Debate
The President does not want to see friction or a crisis in the West Bank, and does not want a new confrontation to break out
ماركو روبيووزير الخارجية الأميركي14 hours ago · Lebanon Debate
If Gaza were ours, they would have no place to launch from, and the massacre would not have happened
نيرياه يارخيحلاق يبلغ 19 عامًا من بات يام14 hours ago · Lebanon Debate
Everyone in Israel has a position on Netanyahu. People either hate him or love him
ألون ياكترأستاذ العلوم السياسية14 hours ago · Lebanon Debate
I truly believe that these elections are about the future of the state in the literal sense of the word
جدعون رهطباحث في العلوم السياسية14 hours ago · Lebanon Debate
Stop your baseless speculation, nonsense, and false rumors... There are no judicial arrest warrants against anyone from the party.
إبراهيم الموسوينائب في حزب الله15 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
Any mistake regarding the resistance is tantamount to destroying, crushing, and burning every inch of Lebanon.
أحمد قبلانالمفتي الجعفري الممتاز15 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
Holding accountable all parties that ordered, financed, and directed this shipment.
ماركو روبيووزير الخارجية الأميركي15 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
This is what brought France to violence
فانس15 hours ago · lebanon debate
We will enter the field soon
المتحدث باسم قوات التحالفالمتحدث باسم قوات التحالف15 hours ago · Lebanon Debate
When there is a government in Lebanon, it is responsible for its people and for every citizen on its land, whatever the reasons for the war, whether we were with it or opposed to it, noting that it has financial and economic capabilities
حسن فضل اللهنائب عن حزب الله16 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
But now, it returns to the origin, which is the state. The state is the one that will carry out reconstruction... and this is an acknowledgment by Hezbollah that it will not be able to exploit
إبراهيم منيمنةنائب عن بيروت16 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
It will announce soon its contribution to a shelter project
نعيم قاسمالأمين العام لحزب الله16 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
What matters most is what is in people’s minds, not what is in the texts.
سليم الصايغنائب عن حزب الكتائب اللبنانية16 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
The Israel boycott law prevents any contact with Tel Aviv in any form, but emerging circumstances and political developments now require either amending the law or working to repeal it. This can only happen through issuing a new law stipulating the repeal of the existing law, with the reasons for it linked to the ongoing negotiations.
سعيد مالكخبير دستوري16 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
It has no meaning in light of direct talks between Lebanon and Israel under American sponsorship.
ميشال عيسىالسفير الأميركي في بيروت16 hours ago · MTV Lebanon
We will not waste time on partial treatments of extremism, as history proves their futility. We are proceeding with our approach of firmly confronting all forms of extremism, sectarianism and the policies that support them. We will not rest until we achieve this goal for our country first, then for our brothers in the region, and build a new Middle East comparable to Europe.
ولي العهد السعوديولي العهد السعودي18 hours ago · جريدة الجزيرة
We welcome any French effort within the United Nations and Security Council to reach a formula consistent with Lebanon's desire to prevent any vacuum occurring
جوزيف عونرئيس الجمهورية اللبنانية22 hours ago · سكاي نيوز عربية
What happened was not a motorcycle march, but a rehearsal for May 7, through hundreds of organized elements who closed the entrances to Beirut, in a recreation of the scene of the black shirts and the toppling of Saad Hariri's government in 2011, or the events of May 7, 2008. Protecting Beirut and its people is the responsibility of the Lebanese Army and the security forces, and any leniency will take the country into a dangerous deterioration that Hezbollah, and behind it Iran, wants at this stage.
وضاح الصادقنائب22 hours ago · annahar.com
We support them; there is independence of the judiciary on one hand and confidentiality of the investigation on the other, and the judiciary is doing its duty in this file. But transporting and storing explosives of this size poses a danger to society and the security of the Lebanese state, and the mere presence of these explosives outside the hands of the Lebanese state is a very dangerous factor.
عادل نصّاروزير العدل22 hours ago · annahar.com
Lebanon wishes to extend the mandate of the international forces (UNIFIL) or for them to continue their security tasks during 2027, the year set for their withdrawal, and welcomes, if that is not possible, any formula that ensures an international presence in the south, prevents a vacuum, and prevents placing the Lebanese Army in direct contact with the Israeli Army in the occupied areas.
جوزاف عونالرئيس اللبناني23 hours ago · Anadolu Ajansı
There are more than a million weapons in Arab society, and it is impossible to deal with this phenomenon with current means. We will present a comprehensive and unprecedented plan to combat weapons in Arab society, including temporary emergency legislation and activating the General Security Service (Shin Bet) to address this issue.
بتسلئيل سموتريتشوزير إسرائيلي23 hours ago · المترجم احمد المقادمة
The war will end very, very soon.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي23 hours ago · Lebanon Debate
Iran will have an opportunity to make a very quick decision to abandon those nuclear ambitions at the negotiating table, or face the destruction that America can bring, and will bring quickly if necessary.
بيت هيغسيثوزير الحرب الأميركي23 hours ago · Lebanon Debate