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2026-03-04 21:16
Iran warns of global retaliation if Israeli attack targets Lebanese embassy
TEHRAN – Iran’s Armed Forces issued a sweeping ultimatum on Wednesday, threatening to strike Israeli embassies worldwide in response to any future aggression against its diplomatic post in Lebanon.
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2026-02-27 23:10
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon: IMEC pressures, the fading ‘mechanism,’ and the open debate on normalization
SOUTH LEBANON — Lebanon today stands at the intersection of three converging tracks: the collapse of the ceasefire supervisory “Mechanism,” mounting geopolitical pressure through the India–“Middle East” –Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), and deep uncertainty surrounding parliamentary elections.
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2026-02-25 19:27
Iran names new ambassadors to Lebanon, Algeria
TEHRAN - Iran has named its new ambassadors to Lebanon and Algeria.
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2026-02-25 16:26
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Mounting strategic tensions: The escalating military buildup along Lebanon’s eastern frontier
SOUTH LEBANON — It is no coincidence that Lebanese anxieties have intensified amid growing reports of military preparations along the Syrian-Lebanese border.
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2026-02-22 20:27
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Hamat Air Base: A critical test of Lebanese sovereignty
SOUTH LEBANON — The growing controversy surrounding Hamat Air Base has ignited urgent questions about sovereignty, transparency, and Lebanon’s potential entanglement in a broader regional war.
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2026-02-21 20:04
Tehran condemns yet another Israeli aggression against Lebanon
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has categorically condemned recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon, namely the strikes on the Bekaa region and the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in Sidon, which left more than 40 Lebanese and Palestinians dead or wounded.
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2026-02-21 18:10
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Blood in the Bekaa and Ain al-Hilweh: Who protects Lebanon’s sovereignty?
SOUTH LEBANON — The Israeli enemy has escalated its aggression against Lebanon, committing a massacre in the Bekaa Valley and launching a deadly strike on the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon.
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2026-02-21 17:57
Israeli airstrikes kill at least ten in eastern Lebanon
At least ten people were killed, and 25 were injured on Friday as Israeli warplanes and naval vessels targeted several towns in the Bekaa region, including Riyaq and Bednayel, Al Mayadeen reported.
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2026-02-20 16:39
By Sondoss Al Asaad
West Asia on the brink: Lebanon caught between elections and regional escalation
SOUTH LEBANON — Lebanon’s unusual political stillness reflects more than routine paralysis; it mirrors a regional storm gathering beyond its borders.
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2026-02-17 19:02
By Sondoss Al Asaad
U.S. involvement in Lebanon’s economic policymaking
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s ongoing financial collapse has reopened fundamental questions about sovereignty, foreign intervention, and the country’s strategic choices.
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2026-02-15 18:47
Aerial raids, ground incursion mark latest Israeli breaches of Lebanon truce
Israeli military escalated its ceasefire violations in southern Lebanon through both aerial strikes and ground incursions on Sunday, The Cradle reported.
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2026-02-15 18:37
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Saad Hariri and the future of his Future Movement
BEIRUT — On the 21st anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafic Hariri, thousands gathered in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square in a scene that blended remembrance with political anticipation.
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2026-02-15 16:28
Israel kills at least ten Palestinians in fresh Gaza ceasefire violations
Israeli forces killed at least ten Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including five in Khan Younis and four in an al-Faluja displacement tent, marking further violations of the October 10 ceasefire, Al Jazeera reported.
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2026-02-14 17:37
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Enforced disappearances and escalation: Israel’s expanding security pressure in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Amid rising regional tensions, a troubling pattern has begun to take shape inside Lebanon: a series of abductions attributed to Israeli occupation forces, leaving Lebanese citizens in a state of uncertainty and fear.
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2026/02/11
By Sondoss Al Asaad
From revolutionary echoes to regional equations: Lebanon, Iran, and the unfinished struggle
BEIRUT — From the earliest days of Imam Khomeini’s revolution, the Shiites of Lebanon were not distant observers but active moral participants in its unfolding narrative.
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2026-02-09 16:12
Israeli airstrike kills four-year-old boy and father in southern Lebanon
An Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle in the town of Yanouh, located in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, resulting in the death of three people, Al Mayadeen reported Monday.
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2026/02/08
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Smuggling, sovereignty, and transitional power: The Lebanese–Syrian border after Assad
BEIRUT — The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government did not bring an end to smuggling between Syria and Lebanon. Instead, it transformed its logic, scale, and actors.
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2026-02-02 18:37
Israel’s post-ceasefire strategy: Systematic obstruction of reconstruction in Southern Lebanon
TEHRAN – Since the November 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israel has repeatedly violated the truce, turning what was meant to be a moment of relief for southern Lebanon into yet another chapter of fear, uncertainty, and displacement. What should have been the beginning of reconstruction has instead become a continuation of destruction.
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2026-02-01 20:31
Iran condemns fresh Israeli attacks on Lebanon
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei says Israeli strikes against Lebanon amount to a textbook example of war crimes, categorically condemning Israel’s stepped-up air raids on various parts of Lebanon, especially residential areas in the south of the country.
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2026-01-30 19:17
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s 2026 budget: A state between social anger, political confusion, and regional fire
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Parliament has approved the 2026 state budget by 59 votes in favor, 34 against, and 11 abstentions, closing three turbulent days of debate that exposed far more than fiscal disagreements.
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2026-01-26 20:58
By Sheida Sabzehvari
Iran will not fight alone this time
From Baghdad to Beirut, Tehran’s partners signal a wider war if US strikes
TEHRAN – As U.S. naval deployments in the Persian Gulf intensify and Washington hints at the possibility of renewed aggression, a constellation of Iran’s allied forces across West Asia are issuing coordinated warnings that a second war against the country would ignite a region-wide confrontation — one that neither the United States nor Israel, they say, is prepared to contain.
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2026-01-26 18:50
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon: Rising pressures amid Syria’s instability and Israeli threats
BEIRUT — With the Israeli enemy maintaining continuous attacks from the south and the resurgence of ISIS and other extremist groups in Syria, Lebanon faces unprecedented security challenges.
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2026-01-25 20:17
Israel carries out another deadly attack in Lebanon in violation of 2024 ceasefire
TEHRAN – Israel’s airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon on Sunday once again exposed what many in Lebanon describe as the regime’s entrenched disregard for international law and ceasefire agreements. The Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed that one civilian was killed and several others wounded after an Israeli strike hit the area near Kfardounin in the Bint Jbeil District, a region that has endured repeated bombardment despite the 2024 ceasefire.
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2026-01-24 18:27
By Sondoss Al Asaad
The US and Lebanon’s trilateral trap
BEIRUT — The United States is intensifying pressure on Lebanon to abandon the existing military “mechanism” overseeing the southern front and move instead toward a Washington-sponsored trilateral committee that would pave the way for political-security arrangements with Israel.
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2026-01-20 19:13
By Sondoss Al Asaad
From ceasefire to coercion: How Lebanon is dragged into a surrender framework
BEIRUT — What is unfolding around Lebanon’s so–called “ceasefire oversight mechanism” is not a misunderstanding nor a technical dispute—it is a deliberate campaign of pressure.
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2026-01-19 18:55
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Hezbollah’s rational sovereignty in the face of imperial subjugation
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem's speech on Saturday, addressed to Israel’s and America’s tools in Lebanon under the striking declaration, “We are the most rational,” was not a rhetorical flourish, but rather a political indictment.
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2026-01-17 18:18
Naim Qassem on Hezbollah’s arms: Israel has no right to intervene
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a speech on Saturday that Lebanon has entered a “new stage in the conflict” and a “new era,” as Israel continues its attacks on Lebanese territory despite the late 2024 ceasefire.
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2026-01-10 16:03
Araghchi calls Iran-Lebanon ties friendly
TEHRAN – In a press conference in Beirut on Friday afternoon, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described Iran and Lebanon as two friendly nations that have been enjoying historical ties.
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2026-01-10 13:59
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Leaked doubts and northern disarray: Israel’s fear of an uncontainable war
BEIRUT — Over the past two days, Israeli media outlets have been saturated with unusually candid leaks and commentaries about a potential war with Lebanon—leaks that betray more anxiety than confidence.
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2026-01-10 09:38
Araghchi meets top Lebanese officials, visits Nasrallah tomb in Beirut
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made a high-profile visit to Lebanon on Friday, meeting his Lebanese counterpart Youssef Rajji upon his arrival in Beirut.