Headlines 31 Oct 2026
Radio Al-Rissala · Today’s Press
An-Nahar
- What are the repercussions of the explosive charges against Hezbollah in the explosives case?
Ad-Diyar
- A frantic race between war and a settlement… Are both paths equally likely?
- What is behind the U.S. campaigns against Berri, Jumblatt and Haykal?
- The 2027 budget: Balanced figures and questions of reform.
- The Finance Committee rejects new taxes and fees and demands the accounts.
Al-Akhbar
- Bar president raises suspicions of embezzlement and forgery before discussion of the financial statement… Bar elections: Christian mobilisation against the Muslim vote!
- Geagea ends his honeymoon with Aoun and Salam… Will he leave the government?
- The Dahr al-Baydar truck: The authorities want an explosion.
- United States–Iran: One last attempt.
Ash-Sharq
- What does Hezbollah want with C4 explosives?
- Trump weighs his options on Iran: The situation will change very soon.
Nida Al-Watan
- The midterms threaten to paralyse the rest of Trump’s term.
- A “vacancy tax”… Will it disrupt the property market?
- The judiciary delivers a blow to Hezbollah: An aggressor against state security.
Al-Liwaa
- Military prosecutors charge Hezbollah suspects in the Dahr al-Baydar explosives case.
- Gulf states welcome Lebanese dialogue through state institutions… The government launches its national plan for Palestinian camps.
- Israeli forces demolish the homes of the two perpetrators of the Hebron attack.
Al-Joumhouria
- Diplomatic contacts gain momentum after the elections.
- Military charges against eight Hezbollah members on serious counts.
Al-Binaa
- Trump’s war: Missile stocks dwindle, oil rises, and stocks and gold retreat.
- The Knesset threatens Netanyahu’s route back in a repeat election… Eisenkot postpones a minority government.
- Dahr al-Baydar charges omit terrorism… The resistance calls them a criminalisation of confronting the occupation.
Al-Anbaa (Kuwait)
- Al-Rahi tells a Kataeb delegation: “The president must be supported and the presidency preserved.”
- Aoun receives Putin’s greetings and stresses the importance of ties with Russia… Salam: Palestinian camps are under Lebanese sovereignty.
Al-Rai
- Lebanon: The government commissioner at the Military Court charges 13 people in the “explosives truck” case.
Al Jarida
- A clandestine Iranian military network brings in equipment and bypasses the U.S. blockade.
Asharq Al-Awsat
- Qatari diplomacy in Tehran and escalation in Hormuz… Trump: The war “will be over soon.”