Iva Kovic-Chahine

Head of @lorienttoday

[Iva Kovic-Chahine @ivapleuvoir]

For decades, Netanyahu has framed the ME as an Iranian octopus, its tentacles stretching across the region. Now, on trial for corruption and fraud, he’s pursuing that vision to its end, blurring the line between Israel’s security and his own fate.
https://t.co/71rNFXDY8T

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#InPictures | Israeli bombardments Monday night tore a massive crater through the center of Majdal Zoun (Sour), ripping through the most densely populated area in the village, including its public square, homes, and a mosque.

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#Focus | The Lebanon-Israel framework agreement signed Friday under U.S. auspices marks a diplomatic breakthrough, but key challenges remain ahead, including Hezbollah’s rejection of the deal.

@Mounir_rabih outlines the content of the agreement and the challenges surrounding the implementation👇
https://t.co/nhnD7Dv3OZ

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🚨 [#Exclusive] The 14 points of the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement

@mounir_rabih
https://t.co/ZBcsCUkeTh

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🍒 #Report | Since the 1960s, the village of Hammana, located in the highlands of Mount Lebanon, has organized a festival dedicated to cherries. The event showcases the work of the region's farmers and artisans, while also offering activities for visitors.

Usually held over two days, the Hammana Cherry Festival, dubbed "Cherry Day," took place this year as a single-day event, due to the country's economic and political situation.

📽️ Elise Queau-Boukhari

[Iva Kovic-Chahine @ivapleuvoir]

@RittaS

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🖊️ #Commentary | Resignation does not make a nation

"Rarely has the relationship between Lebanon and Iran been described with such candor. For years, we heard talk of Jerusalem, resistance, unity across all fronts, and a shared destiny in the face of Israel. Today, Lebanon bears the wounds, but Iran reaps the rewards."

Read @RittaS' commentary below
https://t.co/ts51WCEgfG

[Ziad Majed @ziadmajed]

Le messianisme, l’arbre qui cache la forêt de la radicalisation israélienne - Sylvain Cypel https://t.co/B79X6l4l0l via @LorientLeJour

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#EDITORIAL✍️ | How can we still hope for anything at this point, with Israel on one hand, just a few months ahead of the general elections and having been abandoned by its ally in Iran, determined to defend tooth and nail its maximalist vision, and with Hezbollah on the other hand, ready to do everything it takes to torpedo the process?

Read @AnthonySamrani's editorial through the link below
https://t.co/Aee5vQKL8j

[Gab ~ جبريل @gab_blondel]

Désormais plus de 25 morts pendant la nuit au #Liban-Sud et dans la Békaa

[emilie sueur @sueur_emilie]

🔴L’Iran a gagné du temps... Le Liban n’a plus le droit d’en perdre
Le commentaire de @RittaS
https://t.co/BFmI8jOPUo

[Salah Hijazi @shijazi_tweets]

The U.S. has sanctioned Mahmoud Qomati, a senior Hezbollah politburo member, and most importantly, Sleiman Frangieh, the party’s most loyal Christian ally (effectively killing his dream of becoming President). At a time when Hezbollah is contemplating a (possibly violent) political comeback in Lebanon, the message is clear.

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🟥 #WarinLebanon | When life in south Lebanon moves north

In various areas north of the Zahrani River, those evacuated by Israel from their villages are forced to adapt to displacement and are already reshaping the social and economic landscape — though everyone still hopes this will only be temporary.

Read @emmanuel_haddad's article below
https://t.co/TOX0CzG8B5

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🖊️ #OPED | Lebanon’s silver lining in the Iran-US deal

Lebanon’s negotiators should highlight that the memorandum of understanding does not resolve Lebanon’s conflict with Israel to insist on a separate negotiations track, backed by the United States and supported by international partners.

Read @LinaKhatibUK's opinion piece below
https://t.co/3PQSI3sdbU

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🟥 #MiddleEastWar | Trump implicitly acknowledges Iranian influence in the Middle East

Washington and Tehran have realized that the cost of an uncontrolled confrontation has become too high.

Read @macaronjoe's article below
https://t.co/cznx5TeFc1

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🇱🇧 White phosphorus in southern Lebanon: Immediate damage, uncertain long-term impact.

By @suzannebaaklin1

https://t.co/XuOHx6xh3H

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⚡️ Lebanon cease-fire, reopening of Hormuz Strait, end of US sanctions: The 14-point US-Iran memorandum of understanding.

https://t.co/Q9mN7A0Tot

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🟥 #Focus | Has the war given rise to a new Islamic Republic in Iran ?

Read @hage_clara's article below
https://t.co/4qsrxfTvZC

[Iva Kovic-Chahine @ivapleuvoir]

@AnthonySamrani

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✒️War in Iran: Lessons from a defeat

"For Lebanon, the agreement in the works looks like a double penalty. We risk suffering both from Israeli occupation and Hezbollah’s revenge.

"Both will dig in even further on their positions toward the state — the former by setting impossible conditions, the latter by threatening to topple the government."

⬇️ Read more from Anthony Samrani's editorial here. https://t.co/n6XhArxgEk

[Emmanuel Haddad @emmanuel_haddad]

Six enfants assassinés avec leur mère par le régime Assad en 2013. Une famille parmi des milliers d'autres. En Syrie, les plaies béantes de la guerre n'ont de cesse de se rouvrir, et la soif de justice avec, qui peine à être canalisée : https://t.co/H4YWuODZ79 via @amelzac

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🟥 #Report | In September 2025, Lebanon permanently closed the juvenile wing of Roumieh Prison. A year after these young people were transferred to the Warwar Rehabilitation Center, we visited this unique alternative to prison.

The project, stalled since 1999 due to a lack of funding, finally came to fruition thanks to funds allocated by the European Union and the cooperation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Here, the approach is different: Through intensive three-month training programs provided by the Mouvement Social association, the Afif Osseiran Foundation, and the Lebanese American University, and with non-stigmatizing diplomas, the goal is to break the cycle of delinquency and facilitate reintegration upon release.

However, the staff's ambitions are hampered by the fallout from the war and the crisis.

📽️ Report by @TeaZiade and @julia_mokdad

[Anthony Samrani @AnthonySamrani]

Superbe reportage de @julia_mokdad

Trois jours dans la première prison pour mineurs du Liban : « Pour tenir, la nuit, je pense au visage de ma mère » https://t.co/2QJNNQHdLY via @LorientLeJour