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                    DOE attends Lebanon, Azerbaijan conferences on combating SDSs, climate change
TEHRAN – The Department of Environment (DOE) has participated in international conferences in Lebanon and Azerbaijan, expounding on activities to deal with sand and dust storms and climate change.
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                    Yesterday 18:21
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Electoral crisis and shadow of Geagea’s presidential ambition
A dispute over expatriate voting exposes Lebanon’s entrenched political maneuvering and paralysis
BEIRUT — Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s cabinet has postponed a decision on proposed electoral amendments until Thursday, awaiting the report of a ministerial committee tasked with reviewing the changes.
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                    2025-11-02 19:43
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Thomas Barrack’s ‘failed state’ narrative masks Washington’s missteps
BEIRUT— U.S. foreign policy, long celebrated by Washington as a beacon of democracy and human rights, is in reality a carefully engineered system of global corruption and control.
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                    2025-11-02 15:05
                        
                    Ceasefire broken again: Israeli drone attack kills four in Southern Lebanon
An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon killed four people and injured three others, violating a ceasefire agreement, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Sunday, Anadolu reported.
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                    2025-11-01 18:33
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Washington is instigator rather than mediator
BEIRUT—Since the outbreak of the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon and West Asia at large, Washington has entrenched its role as the region’s primary instigator, not a neutral mediator.
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                    2025-11-01 18:26
                        By Sahar Dadjoo
Israel pounds Gaza, Lebanon to rewrite truce terms: Palestinian analyst
Hassan Lafi says Tel Aviv’s violations seek to shift the balance in its favor
TEHRAN- In the wake of Israel’s renewed attacks following the Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian writer and analyst Hassan Lafi examines the underlying political and strategic motivations driving Tel Aviv’s escalation.
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                    2025-10-31 20:04
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
President Aoun orders response as Senator Graham justifies Israeli incursions
BEIRUT — Tensions on the Lebanese-Palestinian border remain high, as Israeli forces repeatedly violate the cessation of hostilities. Exploiting weak international monitoring and Lebanon’s limited ability to enforce sovereignty, Israel targets civilians and state institutions alike.
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                    2025-10-31 15:57
                        
                    Israeli attacks leave 29 dead in Lebanon this October despite ceasefire
One person was killed and others were injured in an Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese town of Kunin on 31 October, The Cradle reported Friday, the latest in a recent string of deadly attacks on the country.
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                    2025-10-30 14:24
                        
                    Lebanese president orders army to confront Israeli incursions
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has instructed the commander of the army to confront any Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon, after Israeli forces crossed the border overnight and killed one person in Blida, Al Jazeera reported.
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                    2025-10-28 16:51
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
A quixotic acrobatic stunt: Why Geagea is seeking to postpone parliamentary elections
BEIRUT— Amid escalating tensions in Lebanon, the Lebanese Forces' (LF) disruption of parliamentary sessions is not merely procedural obstruction; rather, it reflects a calculated political maneuver intricately linked to domestic, regional, and international dynamics.
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                    2025-10-28 15:40
                        
                    Hezbollah: The prudent actor
Lebanon’s Hezbollah stands today at one of the most sensitive junctures in its history — a situation rooted in the wider dynamics of West Asia and in the strategic policies pursued by Washington and Tel Aviv.
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                    2025-10-25 19:08
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Israel wages war on Lebanon from Safed under Washington’s direction
BEIRUT — A consistent pattern of conflict connects Lebanon's past and present confrontations with American power, from the mountain outposts of Safed to the corridors of the Pentagon.
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                    2025-10-25 15:37
                        
                    Israeli strikes kill at least three in latest violation of Lebanon ceasefire
In the latest near-daily violations of a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon in place since November 2024, Israeli military aircraft have carried out separate strikes against positions in southern Lebanon, killing at least three individuals, Press TV reported Saturday.
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                    2025-10-24 17:53
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
How Nawaf Salam’s cabinet is handing maritime resources to Israel!
BEIRUT — On October 23, 2025, Lebanon crossed a perilous threshold under Nawaf Salam’s leadership, with his cabinet appearing almost dedicated to national self-sabotage.
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                    2025-10-21 18:33
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
The animalistic behavior of US envoy towards Lebanon intensifies
BEIRUT—In a dangerous escalation that highlights American intimidation against Lebanon, U.S. envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack has unleashed a series of inflammatory statements through his X account, threatening Lebanon with civil war and Israeli aggression if it refuses to normalize relations with Israel under the so-called Abraham Accords.
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                    2025-10-20 22:30
                        
                    U.S. envoy threatens Lebanon with ‘inevitable’ Israeli assault
U.S. envoy Tom Barrack renewed threats against Lebanon on Monday in an opinion piece published on his social media account, warning that Beirut must “act” or face an “inevitable” Israeli assault.
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                    2025-10-20 19:52
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Sit-in before Iranian embassy in Lebanon to seek Iran’s help for reconstruction
BEIRUT — At a time when some Lebanese politicians are racing to repeat Washington’s narratives about the “Iranian occupation of Lebanon,” the people of the border villages in the South are presenting the exact opposite picture: The residents of the border villages staged a sit-in in front of the Iranian embassy in Beirut, not to protest against it, but to seek Iran’s assistance to return to their villages from which they were displaced by repeated Israeli attacks.
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                    2025-10-19 21:03
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Targeting Lebanon's infrastructure: A war on the foundations of resilience
BEIRUT—In modern warfare, battles are no longer fought solely on military frontlines. Vital infrastructure, the backbone of daily life, has become a deliberate target in a strategy aimed at breaking the will of the Lebanese people and undermining their resilience.
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                    2025-10-18 18:20
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Israel deliberately kills Lebanese women amid silence of women’s rights bodies
SOUTH LEBANON — At a time when the world is singing the praises of human rights and equality, Lebanese women are being slaughtered by Israeli missiles amidst the deafening silence of women’s rights organizations that have long claimed to defend women and their dignity.
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                    2025-10-17 19:00
                        
                    Israel mounts heaviest strikes on Lebanon in 10 months
Israeli warplanes and drones carried out dozens of strikes across south Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa on Thursday and Friday, leveling an asphalt factory, destroying a quarry and a diesel tanker, and striking villages as olive harvesters worked — an assault described by local media as the heaviest since last year’s ceasefire.
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                    2025-10-17 18:08
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Israel seeking to turn South Lebanon into a de facto buffer zone
Lebanon facing environmental, cultural, and military assaults
BEIRUT—Lebanon is experiencing a complex moment, facing continuous Israeli bombardment, severe political divisions, and increasing economic and diplomatic pressures.
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                    2025-10-15 19:59
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon between Israeli aggression and international pressure
BEIRUT — Over the past few months, Lebanon has witnessed repeated Israeli air raids targeting economic infrastructure in the South and Bekaa, including bulldozers and excavators.
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                    2025-10-14 19:50
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Shutdown of “Whish Money” accounts is another phase of financial blockade on Lebanon
BEIRUT—Lebanon has been witnessing an escalating financial blockade for weeks after Whish Money (a local money transfer company) closed the accounts of associations and activists supporting reconstruction projects.
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                    2025-10-13 22:11
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon between Gaza truce and fiery messages
An upcoming confrontation or a moment of repositioning!
BEIRUT—West Asia is entering a pivotal stage following the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip brokered by US President Donald Trump. However, what appears to be the end of a bloody phase in the Strip opens the door to a highly sensitive phase for Lebanon.
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                    2025-10-11 22:04
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon foils high-risk Israeli terror operation in major security success
BEIRUT — Amid the escalating challenges facing Lebanon, the General Directorate of General Security’s announcement of the dismantling of a foreign-run spy network working for the Israeli enemy marked a significant step.
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                    2025-10-11 21:57
                        
                    Israel carries out 10 strikes in southern Lebanon, cutting key power lines
Israeli warplanes carried out a series of intense airstrikes along Musaylih Road in southern Lebanon overnight on October 11, cutting off the main route and plunging large parts of the south into darkness after severing key power lines, the Cradle reported.
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                    2025-10-10 20:45
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Imam Mahdi scouts: A model of construction and resistance in a time of political impotence
BEIRUT—Beirut is preparing to host the largest scout gathering in Lebanon’s history, marking the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Hezbollah’s Imam Mahdi Scouts Association, amid the martyrdom anniversary of Hezbollah secretaries-general, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine.
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                    2025-10-08 17:26
                        By Sondos Al-Asaad
Why did Hezbollah enter the war to support Gaza?
BEIRUT — Hezbollah entered the war in support of Gaza within a broader, cumulative context that went beyond political fervor or fleeting emotion.
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                    2025-10-07 20:20
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
Resalat suspension: Turning law into a tool to counter cultural resistance
The proposed suspension of Resalat is the result of narrow political calculations
BEIRUT—In a move described as an attempt to save Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s image and avoid a new political crisis, the Lebanese government has decided to “suspend” the license granted to the Lebanese Association for the Arts (Resalat).
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                    2025-10-05 18:42
                        By Sondoss Al Asaad
The move to dissolve Hezbollah’s cultural association is spiteful
BEIRUT — Ignoring the ongoing U.S.–led Israeli aggression and the stifling economic crisis, the Lebanese government has prioritized putting on its agenda a draft resolution to dissolve the Lebanese Association for Arts.