Headlines 20 Oct 2026
Radio Al-Rissala · Today’s Press
An-Nahar
- The authorities intensify efforts to pursue weapons.
- Gulf coordination strengthens in a time of danger.
- Hezbollah and the state: Insistence on the prior security agreement!
- Soft drinks: A battle over profit-and-loss calculations.
Ad-Diyar
- Security and political mobilization to address domestic tensions.
- Unclear positions precede the Tampa round… Nothing new on UNIFIL.
Al-Akhbar
- A military delegation in Riyadh and another in Najran and Asir: Preparations to transfer thousands of fighters from Syria to Yemen.
- Disparities in estimated rental values in Beirut.
- U.S., Saudi and Lebanese hysteria triggered by the shelter plan: What happened on the ground, and what did Hezbollah tell military and security agencies?
Ash-Sharq
- Start a television station, steal and attack people… No one dares hold you accountable. Part two.
- The state raises the level of firmness… Baabda security meeting: Stringency and resolve.
Nida Al-Watan
- The state steps up security measures against the “state within a state.”
- When the militia circulates tunnel-digging instructions in areas under its influence.
- The lira and the economy face a test of dollar inflows.
- Netanyahu bets on Trump… Tehran faces a chapter yet to be written.
Al-Liwaa
- A “preventive security” plan at the Baabda meeting… Aoun’s envoy in Ain Al-Tineh.
- Fahmi heads south today… Jumblatt criticizes Hezbollah and Iran.
- Asim Munir follows Lavrov to Tehran today… Rubio holds to Trump’s conditions.
Al-Joumhouria
- “Critical days” ahead of the two elections.
- Military surprises before the elections?
Al-Binaa
- Lavrov advances initiatives between the Gulf and Iran… Munir heads to Tehran to activate a settlement.
- Oil recovers its morning losses… Egyptian parliamentary authorization to support Saudi Arabia falters.
- Trump’s support does not rescue Netanyahu… Polls deepen his predicament days before the elections.
Al-Anbaa (Kuwait)
- The Arab League insists on international backing for UNIFIL… Salam seeks Arab support for recovery and reconstruction.
Al-Rai
- Will the standoff between the Lebanese state and Hezbollah reach breaking point?
Al Jarida
- Will pressure push Hezbollah toward the fate of the Lebanese Forces in the 1990s?
Asharq Al-Awsat
- Arab and international diplomatic activity in Beirut… Advice against embarking on any new adventure.