Source: Agence France Presse
Security & Justice
US Seeks New Lebanon-Israel Security Deal Focused on Hezbollah Disarmament
Washington is seeking new security arrangements between Lebanon and Israel aimed at strengthening efforts to verify Hezbollah’s disarmament in southern Lebanon and prevent the group from establishing new weapons depots or military positions, Lebanese diplomatic sources told Erem News.
Monday, October 5, 2026
Israeli Military Expands Southern Lebanon Fire Zone, Signals Prolonged Presence
Israel is laying the groundwork for a prolonged military presence in southern Lebanon, preparing fortified positions and access roads while expanding its fire zone deeper into Lebanese territory, according to Israeli media and local sources in the south.
Monday, October 5, 2026
Opinion
Lebanon’s Government Is Stalling and Calling It Strategy
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was presented as an attempt to move the tripartite framework from principles to implementation. Salam called for reciprocity, a clear timetable, credible verification, Israeli withdrawal, and exclusive state control over weapons. These demands are legitimate. Together, however, they reveal the growing danger that Lebanon’s ruling establishment is turning the framework into another exercise in buying time.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Lebanon: Where the Axis of Resistance Breaks First
The war with Iran has not yet resolved the contest between Tehran and Washington, but it has already begun to reshape the Middle East — and nowhere more clearly in the United States’ favor as in Lebanon. It is in Lebanon that Iran’s ability to project power through its proxies has suffered its most significant strategic setback following the decimation of the centerpiece of the Axis of Resistance, Hizballah. It is in Lebanon that Washington and its partners have the immediate opening to make that loss permanent. And it is in Lebanon that the wider struggle unfolding in the region between US-aligned states and the Iranian militias that hold them hostage faces a defining test: whether Washington and its partners have the determination to convert Iran’s material losses into lasting strategic change.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Sports
Mohamed Salah Reveals First Photo of His Newborn Son, Lil
Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, captain of the Egyptian national team and Trabzonspor striker, has revealed for the first time a photo of his newborn son, Lil, in a family appearance that received wide interaction from his followers.
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Sagesse Reaches FIBA WASL FINAL 8 to Face Al Riyadi
Hekmeh Beirut secured a spot in the final of the West Asia Super League "WASL" Final 8 after defeating Kuwait SC 87-74 in the semifinals, setting up a purely Lebanese showdown with Al Riyadi Beirut for the title.
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Tuesday 19 November 2024 11:23:47
On 1,000th Day of War, Ukraine Says 'Will Never Submit'
Kyiv said Tuesday that it would continue to resist the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a statement marking 1,000 days since the Kremlin ordered its troops into the country.
"Ukraine will never submit to the occupiers, and the Russian military will be punished for violating international law," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
