Wednesday, 21 Oct 2026 21 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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If Minister Joe Saddi's step is not met with positivity, then every incident has its own discussion.
جو عيسى الخوريوزير الصناعة12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
We strongly condemn the Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia
رئيس وزراء باكستانرئيس وزراء باكستان12 days ago · MTV Lebanon
hypothetical and ridiculous
عبد السيدالمرشح الديمقراطي لمجلس الشيوخ عن ولاية ميشيغان12 days ago · صدى البلد
I do not want taxpayers' money to be spent on buying weapons for other countries
عبد السيدالمرشح الديمقراطي لمجلس الشيوخ عن ولاية ميشيغان12 days ago · صدى البلد
And what is the evidence for that? US Central Command (CENTCOM) refuses to allow a senator to inspect bases it claims are intact... you can fool all the people some of the time.
عباس عراقجيوزير الخارجية الإيراني12 days ago · CNN Arabic
In May, the Congressional Research Service acknowledged that the Iranian armed forces destroyed 42 American military aircraft. Now the number has reached 81... and the real toll is much higher.
عباس عراقجيوزير الخارجية الإيراني12 days ago · CNN Arabic
If anyone wants to help my campaign stop a man who cannot condemn terrorism in our country because he is close to people who support the Muslim Brotherhood, then I will accept that.
مايك روجرزمرشح جمهوري لمجلس الشيوخ الأميركي عن ميشيغن12 days ago · العربي الجديد
I strongly support its right to exist. The Jewish state's right to exist and its right to defend itself in a very difficult environment around it.
مايك روجرزمرشح جمهوري لمجلس الشيوخ الأميركي عن ميشيغن12 days ago · العربي الجديد
I want to spend taxpayer money here on schools, on health care, and on taking care of citizens. Israel pushed it to go to war on Iran, and my opponent always wants wars.
عبد الرحمن السيدمرشح ديمقراطي لمجلس الشيوخ الأميركي عن ميشيغن12 days ago · العربي الجديد
There is no hope for Lebanon except in two cases: the collapse of the Wilayat al-Faqih regime in Iran and the end of Hafez al-Assad's tools in Lebanon.
هشام حمدانالسفير السابق لدى الأمم المتحدة12 days ago · المركزية
Israel learned the lesson of the failed negotiations that took place in 1982 with Lebanon, which produced the Tripartite Agreement, and it remembers how Syria, with the help of its agents in Lebanon, thwarted it.
هشام حمدانالسفير السابق لدى الأمم المتحدة12 days ago · المركزية
Lebanon will not be able to return to its normal state unless the facts that produced Hezbollah on its soil are changed.
هشام حمدانالسفير السابق لدى الأمم المتحدة12 days ago · المركزية
Lebanon must impose full control over all its territory. This also means moving forward toward disarming Hezbollah
كايا كالاسمسؤولة السياسة الخارجية في الاتحاد الأوروبي12 days ago · اندبندنت عربية
Extending this mandate would be very welcome, and this is the position of the member states
كايا كالاسمسؤولة السياسة الخارجية في الاتحاد الأوروبي12 days ago · اندبندنت عربية
Member states (in the Union) have always said that a security vacuum in southern Lebanon cannot be allowed, so everyone is concerned about the end of UNIFIL's mission
كايا كالاسمسؤولة السياسة الخارجية في الاتحاد الأوروبي12 days ago · اندبندنت عربية
We are conducting fruitful discussions with Iran and will not attack it before the midterm elections
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي12 days ago · SBS
Iran will not possess a nuclear weapon
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي12 days ago · وكالة مدار نيوز
Despite the very bad situation Iran is experiencing, whether economically or militarily, and despite the blockade continuing at full force and effectiveness, we will not launch any attack on Iran at any time before the midterm elections
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي12 days ago · وكالة مدار نيوز
We are currently holding productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي12 days ago · وكالة مدار نيوز
are having productive discussions
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي12 days ago · annahar.com
We await the elections in America and Israel
عون12 days ago · Al Akhbar
very good
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأمريكي12 days ago · البوابة نيوز
We are working to restore the authority of the state and place it on the path of stability
يوسف رجيوزير الخارجية اللبناني12 days ago · annahar.com
Security in Lebanon must be the responsibility of the government
كايا كالاسالممثلة العليا للاتحاد الأوروبي للشؤون الخارجية والسياسية والأمنية12 days ago · annahar.com
We do not want to see a security vacuum in its south
كايا كالاسالممثلة العليا للاتحاد الأوروبي للشؤون الخارجية والسياسية والأمنية12 days ago · annahar.com
constructive discussions
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأمريكي12 days ago · القدس العربي
Who held "the Party" accountable for what it did to us?
غادة أيوبعضو تكتل الجمهورية القوية12 days ago · MTV Lebanon
Dialogue gains no meaning and has no chance of success unless it is based on mutual respect and mutual commitments, and if it is free of pressures and threats.
مسعود بزشكيانالرئيس الإيراني12 days ago · DW.com
After that, Putin conveyed to Trump, in coordination with the Iranian president, the Iranian side's vision regarding a possible solution to the conflict.
دميتري بيسكوفالمتحدث باسم الرئاسة الروسية12 days ago · DW.com
I do not trust that Netanyahu will not launch a security escalation before the elections, and my concern is focused on the Iranian arena
أيزنكوت12 days ago · المترجم احمد المقادمة