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Sabah el kheir. While everyone was busy declaring Hezbollah finished, the group was busy proving them wrong—and Reuters just pulled back the curtain on exactly how Iran made it happen. Plus, clean energy news from the Litani and a WHO lifeline heading to Beirut. Let's get into it.
Shou el akhbar. Israeli forces raided a Bekaa Valley town looking for a pilot missing since 1986—and found nothing but empty earth and 41 dead. Meanwhile, Washington just froze over $100 million in Hezbollah funds, and Lebanon's military courts are deciding whether to lock up or release Hezbollah fighters caught with rockets. Heavy morning.
Shou el akhbar. Lebanon's prime minister delivered a blistering Eid al-Fitr address calling out the forces that dragged the country into war—and then a pro-Hezbollah cyber group decided to prove his point by attacking government websites. It's a lot for a holiday morning. Here's what you need to know.
Shou el akhbar. Lebanon is fighting on two fronts simultaneously—one on the ground in the south, one in the diplomatic corridors where nobody can agree on who's even supposed to be talking. Meanwhile, a Hezbollah cell just got busted in Kuwait, and Lebanon's Christians are asking the question that's been haunting the country for decades: whose war is this, exactly?
Shou el akhbar. Lebanon is staring down two pressures at once—Israeli strikes from the south and Syrian troops massing to the north—while five former heads of state gathered this week to say, in no uncertain terms: enough. Here's where things stand.
Shou el akhbar. The UN Secretary-General flew into Beirut, France is quietly building a peace framework, and an economist at AUB just laid out exactly why Lebanon is the worst-positioned country in the region to absorb any of this. Ramadan kareem—here's what you need to know.
Shou el akhbar. Israel and Lebanon are circling a ceasefire deal, a new economic recovery plan is making waves, and Lebanon's war economy numbers are out—and they're not pretty. Yalla, let's get into it.
Shou el akhbar. France just put a proposal on the table that would end Lebanon's war—and it comes with a condition that would have been unthinkable a year ago. Here's what it means, what Beirut accepted, and what's still missing.
Shou el akhbar. Lebanon just sent Iran a formal written note telling it to back off—and that's only one of the stories making this Saturday feel anything but restful. Drones, disinformation, and a country trying desperately to hold the line: let's get into it.