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18.01.2026

The Day of the Syrian-SDF Integration Agreement

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This page is an archive of main headlines from Lebanon for 18.01.2026.

It displays 124 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

18.01.2026 โ‡ข The Day of the Syrian-SDF Integration Agreement
โŒจOn January 18, 2026, Lebanese media priorities shifted from domestic partisan bickering to a major regional realignment in Syria. The morning began with a focus on the verbal escalation between Hezbollahโ€™s Naim Qassem and sovereignist politicians, alongside reports of an incoming cold front and a $500,000 corporate embezzlement case. Editors also tracked continued Israeli house demolitions in southern border villages like Odaisseh and Kafr Kila.
By early afternoon, the narrative was overtaken by news from Damascus. Outlets across the political spectrum reported a Russian and American-brokered deal between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The agreement, involving a comprehensive ceasefire and the integration of the SDF into the Syrian Arab Army, dominated headlines as the Syrian military seized control of northern oil fields. In the evening, attention returned to the domestic security crisis, specifically the deteriorating conditions and potential uprising within Roumieh prison, alongside reports of the Iranian Basij deploying to suppress ongoing protests in Tehran.
18.01.2026
00:05
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุฅุณุชู‚ุฑุงุฑ ู„ุจู†ุงู† ุนู„ู‰ ูˆู‚ุน "ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฎ ุงู„ุฅู‚ู„ูŠู…ูŠ" ูˆุงู„ู…ุดู‡ุฏ ุงู„ุฅูŠุฑุงู†ูŠ...ุฏุนู… ุนุฑุจูŠ ู„ู„ุฑุฆูŠุณูŠู† ุนูˆู† ูˆุณู„ุงู… ูˆู‚ุงุฆุฏ ุงู„ุฌูŠุด

00:05 (22:05 in your timezone)
03:02
ู†ุดุฑ ู…ุฑูƒุฒ ุงู„ุงุชุญุงุฏ ูˆุงู„ุชุทูˆูŠุฑ ู…ู„ู ูŠุชุถู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ูˆุงุนุฏ ุงู„ุงู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู‡ุฏุฏุช ุฅูŠุฑุงู† ุจุถุฑุจู‡ุง ููŠ ุญุงู„ ุชุนุฑุถู‡ุง ู„ุฃูŠ ุถุฑุจุฉ. ุงู„ู‚ูˆุงุนุฏ ุงู„ุจุญุฑูŠุฉ ู‚ุงุนุฏุฉ ู†ุดุงุท ุงู„ุฏุนู… ุงู„ุจุญุฑูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุจุญุฑูŠู†ุŒ ูˆู‡ูŠ ู…ู‚ุฑ ุงู„ู‚ูŠุงุฏุฉ ุงู„ู…ุฑูƒุฒูŠุฉ ู„ู„ู‚ูˆุงุช ุงู„ุจุญุฑูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ NAVCENTุŒ ูˆู…ู‚ุฑ ุงู„ุฃุณุทูˆู„ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠ ุงู„ุฎุงู…ุณ. ูƒู…ุง ุชุนุชุจุฑ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุงุนุฏุฉ ู‚ุฑูŠุจุฉ ู…ู† ู…ูŠู†ุงุก ุฎู„ูŠูุฉ ุจู† ุณู„ู…ุงู†ุŒ ูˆู‚ุงุฏุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงุณุชู‚ุจุงู„ ุญุงู…ู„ุงุช ุงู„ุทุงุฆุฑุงุช ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ.ุงู†ูู‚ุช ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ โ€ฆ
03:02 (01:02 in your timezone)
05:58

06:07 (04:07)โ‡ขThe Sovereign Silence Over Qassem's Shield

โŒจThe Lebanese press is currently highlighting the stark polarization surrounding Hezbollah's weapons and Naim Qassemโ€™s aggressive rhetoric against critics (Annahar, MTV Lebanon, Lebanon Files, LBCI). Pro-sovereignist outlets focus on the state's silence in the face of these verbal attacks, while others emphasize that the upcoming international conference to support the Lebanese Army remains independent of any disarmament schedules (Addiyar, Lebanon24, El Nashra).
07:17
ุงูุงุฏ ู…ุฑุงุณู„ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฑ ููŠ ุงู„ุฌู†ูˆุจ ุนู† ู‚ูŠุงู… ุงู„ุนุฏูˆ ุงู„ุงุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„ูŠ ุจุชู†ููŠุฐ ุณู„ุณู„ุฉ ุงุนุชุฏุงุกุงุช ุทุงู„ุช ุจุนุถ ุงู„ู‚ุฑู‰ ุงู„ุญุฏูˆุฏูŠุฉ ุญูŠุซ ุงู‚ุฏู… ุนู„ู‰ ุชู†ููŠุฐ ุชูุฌูŠุฑ ููŠ ุจู„ุฏุฉ ุนุฏูŠุณุฉ ูˆูƒูุฑูƒู„ุงุŒ ุจุงู„ุงุถุงูุฉ ุงู„ู‰ ู‚ูŠุงู… ู…ูˆู‚ุน ุงู„ุนุฏูˆ ููŠ โ€œุจูŠุงุถ ุจู„ูŠุฏุงโ€ ุจุญู…ู„ุฉ ุชู…ุดูŠุท ุจุงู„ุฑุตุงุต ุงุณุชู‡ุฏูุช ุงุทุฑุงู ุงู„ุจู„ุฏุฉ. ู‡ุฐุง ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุณูŠุงู‚ ู†ูุณู‡ ุงูุงุฏ ู…ุฑุงุณู„ู†ุง ุนู† ู‚ูŠุงู… ุงู„ุนุฏูˆ ุงู„ุงุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„ูŠ ุจุงุทู„ุงู‚ ู‚ุฐูŠูุฉ ู…ุฏูุนูŠุฉ ุงุณุชู‡ุฏูุช ุงุทุฑุงู ุจู„ุฏุฉ โ€ฆ
07:17 (05:17 in your timezone)
07:18
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุงู„ุณูŠุงุฏุฉ ู„ูŠุณุช ู„ู„ู…ุณุงูˆู…ุฉ: ุฑุฏ ุถุฑูˆุฑูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุชุตุฑูŠุญุงุช ู‚ุงุณู…

07:18 (05:18 in your timezone)
07:34
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ู…ุตูŠุฑ ู‚ุงุณู… ุฅุฐุง ุฑุญู„ ุฎุงู…ู†ุฆูŠ

07:34 (05:34 in your timezone)
07:58
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุงู„ุชู‡ุฌู… ุงู„ู…ู‚ุฐุน ู„ู†ุนูŠู… ู‚ุงุณู… ูˆุนู…ู‚ ุงู„ุชุฎุจุท ุฏุงุฎู„ ู‚ูŠุงุฏุฉ ุงู„ุญุฒุจ

07:58 (05:58 in your timezone)

08:32 (06:32)โ‡ขThe Looming Storm of War

โŒจLebanese media focuses on the escalating friction over Naim Qassem's recent rhetoric, with sovereignist outlets condemning his perceived threats to national stability (Kataeb, MTV Lebanon). Simultaneously, editors across the political spectrum are tracking Israeli military incursions and systematic demolitions in border towns like Odaisseh and Kafr Kila, alongside Israeli reports of a potential broader offensive against Lebanon following current weather patterns (Al-Manar, Lebanon24, Addiyar).
08:54
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ู…ู„ู ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ูˆููŠู† ุงู„ุณูˆุฑูŠูŠู†: ูˆุฒูŠุฑ ุงู„ุนุฏู„ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ูˆู‚ูู‡ ูˆูŠุตุฑู‘ ุนู„ู‰ ุชุทุจูŠู‚ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†

08:54 (06:54 in your timezone)
09:10
ุฃูƒุฏ ุงู„ุฃู…ูŠู† ุงู„ุนุงู… ู„ุญุฒุจ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุญุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฅุณู„ุงู… ูˆุงู„ู…ุณู„ู…ูŠู† ุณู…ุงุญุฉ ุงู„ุดูŠุฎ ู†ุนูŠู… ู‚ุงุณู… ุฃู† ุงู„ุฑุฆูŠุณ ุงู„ุฃู…ูŠุฑูƒูŠ ุฏูˆู†ุงู„ุฏ ุชุฑุงู…ุจ ยซูŠุฑูŠุฏ ุงู„ุชุฏุฎู„ ููŠ ูƒู„ ู…ู†ุงุทู‚ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ู…ู†ุน ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ุงู„ุฏูŠู…ู‚ุฑุงุทูŠุฉุŒ ุจู‡ุฏู ู…ุตุงุฏุฑุฉ ู…ู‚ุฏุฑุงุช ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…ยป. ูˆุฃุถุงู ุฃู† ุชุฑุงู…ุจ ูˆุฑุฆูŠุณ ุญูƒูˆู…ุฉ ุงู„ูƒูŠุงู† ุงู„ุฅุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„ูŠ ุจู†ูŠุงู…ูŠู† ู†ุชู†ูŠุงู‡ูˆ ยซุญุฑู‘ูƒุง ุนู…ู„ุงุก ุฃู…ูŠุฑูƒุง ูˆุงู„ูƒูŠุงู† ุงู„ุฅุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„ูŠ ููŠ ุฅูŠุฑุงู† ููŠ ู…ุญุงูˆู„ุฉ ู„ุฅุณู‚ุงุท ุงู„ู†ุธุงู… ูˆุชุบูŠูŠุฑ ู…ุนุงุฏู„ุฉ ุฅูŠุฑุงู† โ€ฆ
09:10 (07:10 in your timezone)
09:41
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุณุงู…ูŠ ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠู‘ู„ ูŠุถุน ุงู„ุฏูˆู„ุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ุฌู„ุณ ุงู„ู†ูŠุงุจูŠ ุฃู…ุงู… ู…ุณุคูˆู„ูŠุงุชู‡ู…ุง

09:41 (07:41 in your timezone)

10:31 (08:31)โ‡ขKhamenei Confronts the Trump Pressure

โŒจThe Lebanese media is focusing on the direct confrontation between the Iranian leadership and President Trump, with Khamenei accusing Washington of inciting domestic unrest (Addiyar, Naharnet). Pro-Hezbollah outlets emphasize Naim Qassem's continued defiance and claims of American requests for direct dialogue (Al-Manar, Annahar). Meanwhile, sovereignist and opposition media highlight Sami Gemayel's challenge to the state's sovereignty and the internal debate over Hezbollah's military future (Kataeb, MTV Lebanon, Lebanon Files).
10:50
12:33
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุญู†ูƒุด ู„ู‚ุงุณู…: ุฃุตุจุญุชู… ุนุตุงุจุฉ ุฎุงุฑุฌ ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู†.. ูˆุนู† ุงุชู‡ุงู…ู†ุง ุจู€"ุงู„ุนู…ุงู„ุฉ": ุงู„ุชู‡ู…ุฉ ู…ุฑุฏูˆุฏุฉ ู„ุฃุตุญุงุจู‡ุง

12:33 (10:33 in your timezone)

12:52 (10:52)โ‡ขQassem Attacks the Sovereignist Dissenters

โŒจThe Lebanese editorial focus has shifted toward the intensifying verbal warfare between Hezbollah and domestic opposition. Pro-Hezbollah media amplify Naim Qassem's rhetoric against domestic 'agents' (Al-Manar), while sovereignist outlets like Kataeb and Al Joumhouria condemn these accusations as lawless aggression. Simultaneously, reports of a major $500,000 embezzlement case involving a corporate accountant have surfaced across multiple news platforms (LBCI, LBC, MTV Lebanon).
13:34
13:52
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุฑุณุงู„ุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุจุงุจุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑุงุนูŠ!

13:52 (11:52 in your timezone)
14:17
15:22
ุฃุนู„ู†ุช ูˆุณุงุฆู„ ุฅุนู„ุงู… ุฅูŠุฑุงู†ูŠุฉ ุฑุณู…ูŠุฉุŒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุฃุญุฏุŒ ุชู…ูƒู‘ู† ุงู„ุฃุฌู‡ุฒุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ู†ูŠุฉ ู…ู† ุงูƒุชุดุงู ูˆู…ุตุงุฏุฑุฉ ูˆุงุญุฏุฉ ู…ู† ุฃูƒุจุฑ ุดุญู†ุงุช ุงู„ุฃุณู„ุญุฉ ุงู„ุนุณูƒุฑูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ุนุฏุงุช ุงู„ู‚ุชุงู„ูŠุฉ ููŠ ู…ุญุงูุธุฉ ุฃุฐุฑุจูŠุฌุงู† ุงู„ุดุฑู‚ูŠุฉ ุดู…ุงู„ ุดุฑู‚ูŠ ุงู„ุจู„ุงุฏุŒ ููŠ ุนู…ู„ูŠุฉ ูˆูุตูุช ุจุฃู†ู‡ุง ุถุฑุจุฉ ู†ูˆุนูŠุฉ ู„ุดุจูƒุงุช ุชู‡ุฑูŠุจ ุงู„ุณู„ุงุญ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุทู‚ ุงู„ุญุฏูˆุฏูŠุฉ. ูˆู†ุดุฑุช ู…ู†ุตุงุช ุฅุนู„ุงู…ูŠุฉ ุฅูŠุฑุงู†ูŠุฉ ู…ุดุงู‡ุฏ ู…ุตูˆู‘ุฑุฉ ุฃุธู‡ุฑุช ุญุฌู… ุงู„ู…ุถุจูˆุทุงุชุŒ ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุถู…ู‘ุช ูƒู…ูŠุงุช ูƒุจูŠุฑุฉ ูˆู…ุชู†ูˆุนุฉ ู…ู† โ€ฆ
15:22 (13:22 in your timezone)

15:23 (13:23)โ‡ขAmerican Warships Shadowing Tehran

โŒจLebanese media is increasingly focused on the looming threat of regional war, with outlets reporting on possible U.S. military action against Iran by the weekend (Lebanon24). Simultaneously, editors across the political spectrum are tracking the Syrian army's rapid territorial gains and seizure of oil fields in northeast Syria (L'Orient-Le Jour, Addiyar), while pro-Hezbollah media highlight Iranian security crackdowns on domestic unrest and arms smuggling (Al-Manar).
16:41
ูˆู‚ูุฉ ุชุถุงู…ู†ูŠุฉ ู…ุน ุงู„ุงุณุฑู‰ ุงู„ู„ุจู†ุงู†ูŠูŠู† ููŠ ุณุฌูˆู† ุงู„ุงุญุชู„ุงู„ ููŠ ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ุงู„ู†ุจุทูŠุฉ. ูˆุงู„ู…ุดุงุฑูƒูˆู† ุทุงู„ุจูˆุง ุงู„ุฏูˆู„ุฉ ุจูˆุถุน ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุถูŠุฉ ููŠ ุตู„ุจ ุงู‡ุชู…ุงู…ุงุชู‡ุง. ุชู‚ุฑูŠุฑ: ุนู„ูŠ ุดุจูŠุจ
16:41 (14:41 in your timezone)

18:18 (16:18)โ‡ขSDF Integrates Into Syrian Army

โŒจLebanese media focuses on the strategic realignment in Syria, reporting on the ceasefire and integration agreement between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (Addiyar, MTV Lebanon, Al Joumhouria). Simultaneously, editors track Hezbollah's domestic posture, as Naim Qassem signals a shift in political strategy while pro-Hezbollah outlets highlight solidarity with prisoners in Israel (Lebanon24, Al-Manar). Disarmament debates continue through international comparisons (L'Orient-Le Jour).
18:58
ุฃุนู„ู†ุช ูˆุฒุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ุฏูุงุน ุงู„ุณูˆุฑูŠุฉุŒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุฃุญุฏุŒ ุฃู† ูˆู‚ู ุฅุทู„ุงู‚ ุงู„ู†ุงุฑ ุดุงู…ู„ ูˆููˆุฑูŠ ุชู… ุชุทุจูŠู‚ู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ุฌู…ูŠุน ุงู„ุฌุจู‡ุงุช ูˆู†ู‚ุงุท ุงู„ุชู…ุงุณ ุจูŠู† ุงู„ู‚ูˆุงุช ุงู„ุญูƒูˆู…ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุณูˆุฑูŠุฉ ูˆู‚ูˆุงุช ุณูˆุฑูŠุง ุงู„ุฏูŠู…ู‚ุฑุงุทูŠุฉ (ู‚ุณุฏ)ุŒ ูˆุฐู„ูƒ ุจู†ุงุกู‹ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุงุชูุงู‚ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุนู‚ุฏู‡ ุงู„ุฑุฆูŠุณ ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุดุฑุน ู…ุน ู‚ุณุฏ. ูˆุฃูƒุฏุช ุงู„ูˆุฒุงุฑุฉ ุฃู† ุงู„ู‚ุฑุงุฑ ูŠู‡ุฏู ุฅู„ู‰ ูุชุญ ู…ู…ุฑุงุช ุขู…ู†ุฉ ู„ุนูˆุฏุฉ ุงู„ุฃู‡ุงู„ูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู†ุงุทู‚ู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆุงุณุชุนุงุฏุฉ ู…ุคุณุณุงุช ุงู„ุฏูˆู„ุฉ ู„ู…ู…ุงุฑุณุฉ โ€ฆ
18:58 (16:58 in your timezone)
19:14
ุฃู‚ุฏู… ุฌูŠุด ุงู„ุงุญุชู„ุงู„ ุงู„ุงุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„ูŠ ู…ุณุงุก ุฃู…ุณ ุนู„ู‰ ุชู†ููŠุฐ ุชูุฌูŠุฑูŠู† ุฏุงุฎู„ ุจู„ุฏุฉ ุนุฏูŠุณุฉ ุงู„ุญุฏูˆุฏูŠุฉ.ูˆุจุนูŠุฏ ู…ู†ุชุตู ุงู„ู„ูŠู„ ุงุณุชู‡ุฏู ุฌูŠุด ุงู„ุงุญุชู„ุงู„ ุจู‚ุฐุงุฆู ุงู„ู…ุฏูุนูŠุฉ ุฃุทุฑุงู ุจู„ุฏุฉ ูƒูุฑุดูˆุจุง ุŒ ูƒู…ุง ุชุณู„ู„ุช ู‚ูˆุฉ ู…ุนุงุฏูŠุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุจู„ุฏุฉ ูƒูุฑูƒู„ุง ุงู„ุญุฏูˆุฏูŠุฉ ุญูŠุซ ุนู…ุฏุช ุฅู„ู‰ ุชูุฌูŠุฑ ุฃุญุฏ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฒู„ . ูƒู…ุง ุงุณุชู‡ุฏู ุฌูŠุด ุงู„ุนุฏูˆ ุฃุทุฑุงู ุจู„ุฏุฉ ุจู„ูŠุฏุง ุจุฑุดู‚ุงุช ุฑุดุงุดุฉ ู…ู† ู…ูˆู‚ุน ุงู„ู…ุณุชุญุฏุซ ููŠ ุจูŠุงุถ ุจู„ูŠุฏุง.
19:14 (17:14 in your timezone)
20:11
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุจูˆู„ุณ: ุงู„ุฏุงู…ูˆุฑ ุจุงู‚ูŠุฉ ููŠ ูˆุฌุฏุงู†ู†ุง ุฑู…ุฒู‹ุง ู„ู„ุฃู„ู… ูˆุงู„ุฃู…ู„ ู…ุนู‹ุง

20:11 (18:11 in your timezone)

21:26 (19:26)โ‡ขSouthern Border Demolitions Intenisify

โŒจLebanese editors are currently prioritizing the escalation of Israeli ground and aerial incursions in the south, specifically targeting border villages like Odaisseh, Kafr Kila, and Kfarchouba (Al-Manar, Annahar, Naharnet). Simultaneously, there is a sharp focus on the internal security crisis involving the collapse of the Roumieh prison system and the continued pressure for state-led disarmament amid shifting American regional strategies (Lebanon24, Lebanon Files, L'Orient-Le Jour).
21:32
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุงู„ุฌูŠุด ุงู„ุงุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„ูŠ ูŠูุทู„ู‚ ุงู„ู†ุงุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุดุฎุต ุงู‚ุชุฑุจ ู…ู† ุงู„ุณูŠุงุฌ ุงู„ุญุฏูˆุฏูŠ ู…ุน ู„ุจู†ุงู†

21:32 (19:32 in your timezone)
23:24
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุญุณุงุจุงุช ุงู„ู…ุดู‡ุฏ ุงู„ู„ุจู†ุงู†ูŠ ุชุชุจุฏู„ ูˆุงู„ุญูƒูˆู…ุฉ ุชุนูˆู‘ู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ู ุงู„ุฃู…ูŠุฑูƒูŠ ูˆุงู„ุฅู‚ู„ูŠู…ูŠ

23:24 (21:24 in your timezone)