Thursday, 22 Oct 2026 22 Shawwal 2026 AH Beirut

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نعيم قاسمالأمين العام لحزب الله14 days ago · الشرق الأوسط
The Lebanese industrialist does not compete only locally, but competes with Turkish, Egyptian, European, American and Chinese products, which makes the high energy cost a direct burden on his competitiveness.
جو عيسى الخوريوزير الصناعة في الحكومة اللبنانية14 days ago · annahar.com
There is discrimination against ministers belonging to the Shiite Duo, as if there are two budgets in the government.
جو عيسى الخوريوزير الصناعة في الحكومة اللبنانية14 days ago · annahar.com
If Minister Joe Saddi's step is not met with positivity, then every incident has its own talk.
جو عيسى الخوريوزير الصناعة في الحكومة اللبنانية14 days ago · annahar.com
After three years, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid persist, in which war crimes are met with impunity, and in which our federal government continues to participate in them through every weapons shipment.
زهران ممدانيعمدة نيويورك14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
It has continued in the devastating and ongoing genocide committed by the Israeli government in Gaza, a genocide in which more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 21,000 children.
زهران ممدانيعمدة نيويورك14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
We grieve alongside them, all while knowing that it is our tax money that funds these war crimes.
زهران ممدانيعمدة نيويورك14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
We remember in order to reflect
غسان سلامةوزير الثقافة14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The constitution is a supreme text, but it is not a holy book
غسان سلامةوزير الثقافة14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Unfortunately, there are those who, for political reasons, try to exclude the Haredi volunteers who serve in large numbers, and to distort their image. On the other hand, they are in fact favoring Hamas supporters.
درعيرئيس حزب شاس14 days ago · المترجم احمد المقادمة
Lebanon is not the most affected in the region in terms of oil import sources, but it lacks strategic fuel reserves, which limits its ability to absorb any external shock.
جاسم عجاقةخبير اقتصادي14 days ago · الشرق الأوسط
Linking all problems to the war does not absolve the state of its responsibility to find solutions.
رائد خوريوزير الاقتصاد السابق14 days ago · الشرق الأوسط
If the situation continues as it is, we will be facing an economic recession that could approach 10 percent, exceeding previous expectations that were around 7 percent.
عامر البساطوزير الاقتصاد والتجارة14 days ago · الشرق الأوسط
It is not the government that prevented him... it is he who doesn't want to and can't! Otherwise, all the talk is populist.
ندى البستانيعضو تكتل لبنان القوي14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
It was delayed by five years, and the state's share fell below 50%.
ندى البستانيعضو تكتل لبنان القوي14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
After nearly two years at the Ministry of Energy and Water, its outcome is: supply has dropped to two hours, the latest Zouk and Jiyyeh plants are shut down, people are left to generators at an additional cost approaching $2 billion a year, and Electricité du Liban, which had about $700 million in its fund, has become bankrupt.
ندى البستانيعضو تكتل لبنان القوي14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
But since I am familiar with that era, the size of that lie provoked me.
جميل السيدالنائب14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
I may have no interest in commenting after the departure of Assad, from whom Mikati was the biggest beneficiary personally, financially and politically.
جميل السيدالنائب14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
We were trying to open Qlayaat airport since the time of Rafic Hariri, but Syria refused that.
نجيب ميقاتيرئيس الحكومة السابق14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
After the circulation of a video dated 4/10/2026 showing a person storming a bus belonging to the public transport service, assaulting its elderly driver, insulting and threatening him, and as a result of follow-up and monitoring, and after identifying him, the Information Office of the General Security Directorate arrested the assailant today, 7/10/2026.
مكتب شؤون الإعلام في المديرية العامة للأمن العامالمديرية العامة للأمن العام14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
And perhaps it would also help if we began to love ourselves instead of hating ourselves
مائير عوزيئيلكاتب إسرائيلي في صحيفة معاريف14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Israel will forever remember the cries of the observers
مائير عوزيئيلكاتب إسرائيلي في صحيفة معاريف14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Today I lit a memorial candle at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, in memory of all the victims of October 7 at the hands of Hamas monsters. The people unite today in their longing for their loved ones. We will complete the mission. We have held accountable and will hold accountable all the killers.
بنيامين نتنياهورئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي14 days ago · المترجم احمد المقادمة
We will complete the mission and we will hold accountable everyone who took part in the October 7 attacks
بنيامين نتنياهورئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Excessive focus on the dollar obscures the structural causes of inflation, namely production costs and ongoing expectations.
إحسان كشاورزكاتب في صحيفة جهان صنعت14 days ago · Iran International
Parliament has been absent from sensitive negotiation files, economic and cultural understandings, and the Strait of Hormuz.
حسين شريعتمداريممثل المرشد الإيراني في صحيفة كيهان ورئيس تحريرها14 days ago · Iran International
The greatest danger at the current stage is not a deliberate decision for war, but miscalculations and intense pressure, which could lead to interpreting a security incident or a defensive step as a prelude to an attack that ignites the crisis and makes a miscalculation more dangerous than a direct decision.
مرتضى مكيخبير في العلاقات الدولية14 days ago · Iran International
It is a project for a nation, an economy and a republic, not a project for one ministry.
كمال شحادةوزير الدولة لشؤون التكنولوجيا والذكاء الاصطناعي14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
In Lebanon we have lagged behind in many fields, and God willing, now with this strategy we will be on time.
شارل عربيدرئيس المجلس الاقتصادي والاجتماعي والبيئي14 days ago · Lebanon Debate
It concerns us greatly in the Economic Council, because it is an economic, social, societal and humanitarian issue.
شارل عربيدرئيس المجلس الاقتصادي والاجتماعي والبيئي14 days ago · Lebanon Debate