Tuesday, 20 Oct 2026 20 Shawwal 2026 AH Beirut

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As of 10:00 a.m. today, 14 October 2026, and until the work is completed on the same day, experts from the Explosives Office will destroy and detonate explosive bodies and shells at the Ayn Sa'ayman quarry
المديرية العامة لقوى الأمن الداخلي – شعبة العلاقات العامةالجهة المُصدرة للبلاغ5 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Those who ignite the fire of civilizational confrontation should not imagine that its flames will not one day reach their clothes
سيد مجيد ابن الرضاوزير الدفاع الإيراني بالوكالة5 days ago · Euronews.com
We are not waiting for the results of the American elections, and we will respond forcefully to any aggression against us
علي عبد اللهيرئيس هيئة الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحة الإيرانية5 days ago · Euronews.com
Its fire will reach everyone
علي عبد اللهيرئيس هيئة الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحة الإيرانية5 days ago · Euronews.com
The UN Security Council has not yet taken a decision regarding the proposals submitted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the first of June.
تيلاك بوخاريلنائب المتحدث باسم اليونيفيل5 days ago · Euronews.com
The Israeli government has continued to destabilize Syria since December 8, 2024, by bombing infrastructure, occupying new Syrian lands in the south, and carrying out arrests of Syrian citizens.
أسعد الشيبانيوزير الخارجية السوري5 days ago · 新华网
This is what I want to tell you: there are warnings here, and that is true. Our enemies are thinking of testing us these days before the elections. I warn them that we are ready for any scenario, including what is called flipping the scales. The Israeli army has presented me and the defense minister with a strong and effective plan. In such a case, I do not encourage our enemies to test us. You will face here a force you never imagined.
بنيامين نتنياهورئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي5 days ago · شبكة مصدر الاخبارية
a responsibility towards the victims
أسعد الشيبانيوزير الخارجية السوري5 days ago · Lebanon Debate
This is a living orchard. In a year or five years I will need to uproot the trees there. One day, my grandchildren or the Thai workers may deal with this land, and it could explode.
تومي كورلندرمزارع من بلدة بيت هيلل5 days ago · Lebanon Debate
We identified the location and fenced it off, and for two years my father has been asking the army to come and inspect it.
ياهل كورلندرطبيبة وابنة المزارع تومي كورلندر من بلدة بيت هيلل5 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The Saudi economy is important to the region and the world, and from that standpoint, these developments have potential negative consequences that affect everyone everywhere
كريستالينا غورغييفاالمديرة العامة لصندوق النقد الدولي5 days ago · التلفزيون العربي
The IRGC Navy controls the Strait of Hormuz wisely, which means the number of ships that must obtain entry and exit permits from Iran, according to the hierarchy, will cross the Iranian waterway
علي عظمائيقائد القوات البحرية بالحرس الثوري الإسلامي5 days ago · CNN Arabic
The Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf are under the control of the IRGC Navy, and the Sea of Oman is under the control of our brothers in the army of the Islamic Republic, which means the blockade lies outside the Sea of Oman in the Arabian Sea
علي عظمائيقائد القوات البحرية بالحرس الثوري الإسلامي5 days ago · CNN Arabic
Claim: The commander of the IRGC Navy claimed today that the Strait of Hormuz is under IRGC control, and that any US Navy warships approaching it will be 'sunk'.. Fact: The IRGC Navy commander does not possess an actual naval force. US forces and their regional partners clearly control the Strait of Hormuz. Just yesterday, US forces helped their Gulf partners ship more than 19 million barrels of crude oil through the strait
القيادة المركزية الأمريكيةالقيادة المركزية للجيش الأمريكي5 days ago · CNN Arabic
Our patience has run out with attempts at obstruction
متحدث باسم الخارجية الأميركيةمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركية5 days ago · LBCI Lebanon
harsh and painful
يحيى سريعالمتحدث العسكري باسم الحوثيين5 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Major drilling operations for oil, gas and minerals will begin in Greenland
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي5 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Iran will not possess a nuclear weapon, and energy prices will drop sharply once the war ends.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي5 days ago · Lebanon Debate
We will teach Iran a harsh lesson; our patience with it has run out.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي5 days ago · Lebanon Debate
I am very worried.
بنيامين نتنياهورئيس الحكومة الإسرائيلية5 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Wait and see what we will do to Iran. We are going to deliver a harsh strike on it, wait and see what we will do, because we have truly had enough of it.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأمريكي5 days ago · البيان
Announcing the results to the public opinion, because what happened constitutes an attempt to strike stability, and laxity is not allowed in this matter.
جوزاف عونرئيس الجمهورية اللبنانية6 days ago · MTV Lebanon
Great powers don't retire
روبرت كايغانمفكر في السياسة الخارجية الأميركية6 days ago · annahar.com
If it is true that the car (the seized shipment) belongs to the resistance, then let everyone know that the resistance is not ashamed and does not hide, and it performs its duty before everyone.
إبرهيم الموسوينائب في حزب الله6 days ago · annahar.com
part of the equation of the Strait of Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab and the axis of resistance
حسين الحاج حسننائب في حزب الله6 days ago · annahar.com
We will not tolerate any obstruction.
متحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركيةمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركية6 days ago · الشرق للأخبار
To pursue Hezbollah elements who plot against the Lebanese government and the Lebanese people, instead of pursuing the people who work in their interest.
متحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركيةمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركية6 days ago · الشرق للأخبار
It is shameful for a military court to examine a complaint against Lebanon's ambassador to Washington, merely for implementing her legitimate government's policy and taking part in negotiations led by the United States.
متحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركيةمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركية6 days ago · الشرق للأخبار
The agreement we reached is not ideal, but it limited the expansion of Israeli attacks. Our goal is to achieve the Israeli withdrawal, the return of the displaced, the release of prisoners, and reconstruction.
جوزاف عونرئيس لبنان6 days ago · الشرق للأخبار
The son of the South is tired, and wants nothing but to live in safety. We made the decision to save what remains of Lebanon, and we went to negotiations because war will not lead us to a result.
جوزاف عونرئيس لبنان6 days ago · الشرق للأخبار