Wednesday, 21 Oct 2026 21 Shawwal 2026 AH Beirut

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

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It will not launch an attack on Iran before the midterm elections scheduled for November 3
دونالد ترمبالرئيس الأميركي12 days ago · شفق نيوز
Productive talks with Iran
دونالد ترمبالرئيس الأميركي12 days ago · شفق نيوز
Iran will not possess a nuclear weapon
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة12 days ago · وكالة وطن للأنباء
Despite the very bad situation Iran is experiencing, economically and militarily, and despite the blockade remaining in full force and effect, we will not launch any attack on Iran at any time before the midterm elections
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة12 days ago · وكالة وطن للأنباء
We are currently holding fruitful discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة12 days ago · وكالة وطن للأنباء
On the Israeli side, Benjamin Netanyahu faces the parliamentary elections, which may ring alarm bells and push him to engage in a new confrontation to postpone them, in order to escape the pressures of losing power and the multiplicity of regional conflict fronts.
حميد روشناييكاتب12 days ago · Iran International
The continuation of the siege and pressure strategy, while keeping the possibility of war alive.
علي بيكدليخبير الشأن الدولي12 days ago · Iran International
The sharp separation between war and siege is inaccurate; the current phase is in a gray area where parties seek gains through negotiation and dual pressure.
صادق ملكيكاتب ودبلوماسي سابق12 days ago · Iran International
The Treasury Department is working to deprive the authoritarian regime in Tehran of the funds it uses to wage war in the region, and we will continue to expose those who enable the regime to sell oil.
سكوت بيسنتوزير الخزانة الأمريكية12 days ago · العين الإخبارية
The need to manage the space of diplomacy and the battlefield on Iran's part, as the country's future is being determined today. Correct action will strengthen our country's power in the region and in the future, while a mistake will undoubtedly lead to great regret.
حميد روشناييكاتب12 days ago · Iran International
The strategy of siege and pressure, while keeping the possibility of war alive.
علي بيكدليخبير الشؤون الدولية12 days ago · Iran International
The sharp separation between war and siege is inaccurate; the current phase lies in a gray zone in which the parties seek gains through negotiation and dual pressure.
صادق ملكيكاتب ودبلوماسي سابق12 days ago · Iran International
Renewing the war before the elections in Israel may delay it.
إيال زاميررئيس أركان الجيش الإسرائيلي12 days ago · وكالة صدى نيوز
We are having fruitful talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran. I would like to make clear to everyone that although Iran is suffering from an extremely bad situation, economically and militarily, and the blockade will remain in full force and effect, with oil flowing in record quantities through the Strait of Hormuz (22 million barrels last night alone, without a single barrel coming from or going to Iran!), we will not launch any attack on Iran before the midterm elections scheduled in the United States on November 3.
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة12 days ago · صدى البلد
No aid has reached Hezbollah directly from Iran
مصدر أميركي12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
There is no Palestinian people, this is a lie. There is no Palestinian state. The entire purpose of this idea is to destroy the state of Israel. It is time to wake up. We must be clear and say the truth out loud, first to ourselves and then to the world: no negotiations over the home.
عوفر فينترزعيم حزب "عمخا يسرائيل"12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Come, let us sign a surplus-votes agreement and declare together that we are two parties that will enter only a Zionist government. Together we will be a blocking bloc against non-Zionist governments and against coalitions with ultra-Orthodox or Arab parties. Get out of the prevailing perception and help us decide the battle on the battlefield.
يوعاز هندلرئيس حزب "الاحتياط والاقتصاد"12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Yesterday we marked three years since the heaviest disaster we have known since the state's founding. The war we have fought since then was also the hardest, and it changed all of us. After everything we have been through, politics cannot continue as if nothing happened.
يوعاز هندلرئيس حزب "الاحتياط والاقتصاد"12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
the biggest blow so far
مسؤول في وزارة الخزانة الأميركيةمسؤول في وزارة الخزانة الأميركية12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
a major deterioration in the security situation
فاديم فيلاشكينحاكم منطقة دونيتسك12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The negotiation process is still ongoing
عباس عراقجيوزير الخارجية الإيراني12 days ago · الجزيرة نت
is in full force and effect
دونالد ترمبالرئيس الأمريكي12 days ago · الجزيرة نت
fruitful talks
دونالد ترمبالرئيس الأمريكي12 days ago · الجزيرة نت
The pursuit has begun of companies evading value-added tax payment, and for that purpose the Ministry of Finance has sent warnings to 107 companies, with files still being followed up, involving amounts estimated between $200 and $250 million.
نواف سلامرئيس الحكومة اللبنانية12 days ago · العربي الجديد
That does not mean we have enough surplus to meet all the legitimate needs of citizens.
نواف سلامرئيس الحكومة اللبنانية12 days ago · العربي الجديد
The Lebanese economy achieved growth of 4.2% last year, and that was the beginning of a recovery and an opportunity to build on, but the war imposed on Lebanon halted this path and set us back.
نواف سلامرئيس الحكومة اللبنانية12 days ago · العربي الجديد
More than 30 million Iranians declared their readiness to sacrifice themselves
مجتبى خامنئيالمرشد الأعلى الإيراني12 days ago · Iran International
Today, some consider us the fourth superpower in the world
مجتبى خامنئيالمرشد الأعلى الإيراني12 days ago · Iran International
Lebanon knows where it is heading, through His Excellency the President, the Prime Minister, the government, and in cooperation with the competent domestic authorities
بول مرقصوزير الإعلام12 days ago · Lebanon Debate
There is no intention to make any changes by the government
بول مرقصوزير الإعلام12 days ago · Lebanon Debate