Headlines 23 Oct 2026
Radio Al-Rissala · Today’s Press
An-Nahar
- What future for crisis-stricken Lebanon?
- The ninth El Gouna Film Festival: An-Nahar highlights five inspiring stories.
Ad-Diyar
- A blatant violation of Lebanese sovereignty… Who authorized Turkish and Syrian intelligence to abduct people from Lebanon and take them across its borders?
- Kayali taken from Mansourieh to the Syrian embassy, then to Syria without Beirut’s knowledge… Calls for the Foreign Ministry to summon both ambassadors.
Al-Akhbar
- The Tampa round entrenches pressure on the army to confront Hezbollah.
- Did presidential wisdom prevent the truck from blowing up the country?
- Saudi allies refuse proxy combat… Yemen is the graveyard of invaders.
Ash-Sharq
- To save Dar Al-Fatwa, preserve its standing and restore confidence in its institutions.
- Cabinet leaves the explosives case unresolved… Lebanese Forces ministers walk out.
Nida Al-Watan
- Tehran negotiates with the world amid oil and fire.
- Who can afford to own an apartment in Lebanon?
- The state yields to threats from the “state within a state”… Geagea calls for the arrest of Hezbollah officials.
Al-Liwaa
- Major cabinet decisions: The explosives threaten national security and will be referred to the Judicial Council.
- Salam: The state has no partner in decisions of war and peace… Permanent appointments for 1,894 teachers… Progress on electricity.
- The coalition: Eleven drones targeting four Saudi regions intercepted and destroyed.
Al-Joumhouria
- A way out of the explosives dispute saves the government.
- Washington and Tel Aviv plan a war after the elections.
Al-Binaa
- Iranian firmness on the ground matches its rhetoric… Oil exceeds $113 a barrel… Stock markets bleed.
- Netanyahu follows the army’s limits: No pre-emptive war, only a response to threats, with elections the priority.
- Yemen expands its targets… Lebanon: No referral to the Judicial Council… Lebanese Forces walk out.
Al-Anbaa (Kuwait)
- Aoun urges Lebanese parties to show wisdom and awareness to shield Lebanon from any regional upheaval.
- Cabinet: The law is the only limit on the explosives investigation.
Al-Rai
- The Lebanese government defuses Hezbollah’s explosives dispute: Judicial Council referral suspended, while the confrontation over its weapons escalates.
Al Jarida
- Economic report: Rising public debt… An unclear direction and transparency challenges.
Asharq Al-Awsat
- Political contacts defuse tensions over Hezbollah’s explosives shipment.