Wednesday, 21 Oct 2026 21 Shawwal 2026 AH Beirut

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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
Again, remember that it (the cost) is only manufactured during wartime, it is a bit high, it is a cheap price that must be paid. We are paying a cheap price to preserve the security of the world and the security of our country. They can destroy a city. Let them destroy Los Angeles, let them destroy San Diego. This is a very cheap price, and it will end very soon.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأمريكي12 days ago · DW.com
Dialogue acquires 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 بيزشكيانالرئيس الإيراني12 days ago · DW.com
Everyone knew
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The international community has a collective interest in strictly adhering to international law in order to restore the flow of maritime navigation through the Strait of Hormuz
متحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الفرنسيةمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الفرنسية12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
its full solidarity with Saudi Arabia in confronting these attacks
متحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الفرنسيةمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الفرنسية12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
fruitful talks
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة12 days ago · ANHA
The United States will not attack Iran before the midterm congressional elections scheduled for November 3
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأمريكي12 days ago · اليوم السابع
Do you want to see the shock and the problems? As I said before. Let them hit San Diego or Los Angeles and you will see bad things happen. It will lead the country to collapse. We will not allow that to happen. We protect our cities and our country and we will not allow them.
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة12 days ago · المدن
Making a deal is not the option I want, but they are already ready to give us anything so that we stop, and they will certainly never get a nuclear weapon.
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة12 days ago · المدن
Renewing the war before the elections in Israel may delay it.
إيال زاميررئيس أركان الجيش الإسرائيلي12 days ago · Alfajer TV