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This page is an archive of main headlines from Lebanon for 21.09.2026.
It displays 131 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
21.09.2026 ⇢ The Day Salam Sought a Post-UNIFIL Force in New York
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Overnight coverage moved the southern front to New York, where the start of UN week framed a Lebanese request to extend UNIFIL to avoid a security vacuum and discussion of a European or internationally-mandated replacement to back the army in the south.
Midday attention shifted to a letter from Trump to President Aoun praising his decisive leadership, reported across outlets alongside US pressure to isolate Hezbollah and Israeli conditions on withdrawal.
Prime Minister Salam used meetings with the Qatari premier, Senator Shaheen, King Abdullah II and Secretary-General Guterres to pledge state authority and sole control of arms and to seek continued international presence and aid for the displaced. On the ground, Israeli strikes on Kfartebnit and Ali al-Taher and claims around Srifa continued, while Tehran warned of a wider war theater and US reports said Trump had reversed a decision to strike the Houthis.
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07:02⇢Trump's Houthi Dilemma
⌨The newspapers look beyond the southern shelling to what follows, reporting a Lebanese push to extend UNIFIL to prevent a security vacuum (Lebanon24) and a possible European mission to back the army after UNIFIL (Lebanon Files). They pair this with widening war fears, from Trump's options against the Houthis (L'Orient-Le Jour) to Houthi anniversary rhetoric (Al-Manar) and warnings the region sits on the brink (Addiyar).
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07:02⇢Trump's Houthi Dilemma
⌨The newspapers look beyond the southern shelling to what follows, reporting a Lebanese push to extend UNIFIL to prevent a security vacuum (Lebanon24) and a possible European mission to back the army after UNIFIL (Lebanon Files). They pair this with widening war fears, from Trump's options against the Houthis (L'Orient-Le Jour) to Houthi anniversary rhetoric (Al-Manar) and warnings the region sits on the brink (Addiyar).
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Zaïd al-Gharasi, chef du département des médias de la présidence à Sanaa, a confirmé à la chaine satellitaire libanaise Al-Mayadeen que les forces armées yéménites cherchent à instaurer l’équilibre « Riyad contre Sanaa », soulignant que le régime saoudien doit en prendre conscience. Al-Gharasi a expliqué que cibler la capitale saoudienne, Riyad, signifie que les forces armées …
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Par Faqar Fadel À mesure qu’approche l’échéance liée au départ des forces de la Coalition internationale d’Irak, les cellules de l’organisation Daech reprennent leurs activités après un long sommeil, d’une manière qui suggère désormais un lien de cause à effet entre les deux événements. Avec l’approche du 30 septembre, date supposée de la fin de …
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Al Manar French
Par Rachid al-Haddad Parallèlement à l’intensification de ses opérations dans le cœur du territoire saoudien — dont le périmètre s’est élargi pour frapper des cibles inédites en riposte à l’agression saoudienne contre le Yémen, notamment à Riyad —, les forces du mouvement Ansarullah ont progressé sur les fronts du sud de Taëz et de l’ouest …
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Aerospace Force has intercepted and destroyed another MQ-1 drone belonging to the US military over the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC announced the development on Monday, saying the aircraft was brought down using the Aerospace Force’s new air-defense system operating under the control of Iran’s Integrated Air-Defense Network. The …
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De puissantes explosions ont été entendues lundi matin dans la localité d’Al-Eis, dans le sud de la campagne de la province syrienne d’Alep, a rapporté la chaîne publique syrienne Al-Ikhbariya. La nature des explosions faisait l’objet d’une enquête, a indiqué la chaîne. L’Agence officielle syrienne de presse (SANA) a aussi rapporté qu’une explosion s’était produite …
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09:49⇢Tehran Threatens to Redraw the Battlefield
⌨The newspapers shift focus from the south to Iran's military warnings, reporting the IRGC threat to change the geography of war and weaponry if attacked (Al-Manar) and its claim of downing another US MQ-1 drone over Hormuz (Al-Manar En). Southern shelling draws no fresh headlines, leaving only earlier reports of explosions and hardship (Al Joumhouria, Janoubia).
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09:49⇢Tehran Threatens to Redraw the Battlefield
⌨The newspapers shift focus from the south to Iran's military warnings, reporting the IRGC threat to change the geography of war and weaponry if attacked (Al-Manar) and its claim of downing another US MQ-1 drone over Hormuz (Al-Manar En). Southern shelling draws no fresh headlines, leaving only earlier reports of explosions and hardship (Al Joumhouria, Janoubia).
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Al Manar French
Le porte-parole du Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique iranienne (CGRI) a averti lundi que « si une nouvelle attaque se produit, il y aura certainement des changements importants dans notre défense et notre contre-attaque ». « Ces changements impliquent une modification de la géographie de la guerre, un changement d’armes et d’équipements militaires …
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Al Manar French
Par Ibrahim Al-Amine Au cours des dernières semaines, la conviction s’est renforcée chez divers acteurs et pays arabes et occidentaux du camp américain et israélien que la précédente phase de la guerre contre l’Iran s’est achevée sur des résultats contraires à l’ensemble des plans et prévisions. Le mémorandum d’entente n’avait d’autre objectif que d’instaurer un …
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Al Manar English
A dozen commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on the weekend, down from 35 the prior weekend, Reuters reported on Monday, citing shipping. Visible traffic through the strait, the conduit for a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas before the US war on Iran, has dwindled to a trickle. However, Middle …
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11:56⇢Kfartebnit Strikes Rekindle Southern Front
⌨The newspapers bring the south back to the front pages, reporting fresh Israeli strikes on Kfartebnit and Ali al-Taher (Naharnet) and questioning who left the south to Israeli bulldozers (Janoubia), alongside earlier blast reports (Al Joumhouria). Attention stays on a looming US-Iran renewal, with Tehran's new defeat threats (Al-Manar), Hormuz traffic collapse (Al-Manar En) and Trump's fateful decision (Kataeb, L'Orient-Le Jour).
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11:56⇢Kfartebnit Strikes Rekindle Southern Front
⌨The newspapers bring the south back to the front pages, reporting fresh Israeli strikes on Kfartebnit and Ali al-Taher (Naharnet) and questioning who left the south to Israeli bulldozers (Janoubia), alongside earlier blast reports (Al Joumhouria). Attention stays on a looming US-Iran renewal, with Tehran's new defeat threats (Al-Manar), Hormuz traffic collapse (Al-Manar En) and Trump's fateful decision (Kataeb, L'Orient-Le Jour).
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Al Manar English
At least four people were injured early Monday morning when a series of explosions tore through a military site near Aleppo in northern Syria, according to state media. State television reported that “a series of consecutive explosions shook wide areas of Aleppo city and its countryside following the explosion of an ammunition depot at a …
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أحدث الأخبار الرئيسية خاص | 21 سبتمبر، 2026
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Al Manar English
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warned that any new aggression against Iran would trigger major changes in Tehran’s defensive and retaliatory response, including a shift in the geography of the war, the weapons used and the targets struck. Speaking in an interview, IRGC Spokesperson Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi said Iran is prepared for a …
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14:28⇢Iran Gears for a Prolonged War
⌨The newspapers weigh a widening war, with Iran's IRGC warning that any new aggression would trigger a wider war theater and claims Tehran is prepared for prolonged fighting (Al-Manar En, Al-Manar Fr, Addiyar). Fresh attention turns to Hezbollah's internal posture: a containment-before-escalation strategy (Lebanon24) and a call to mobilize in Haret Hreik (Janoubia). Naharnet reports Trump reversed a decision on Houthi airstrikes.
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14:28⇢Iran Gears for a Prolonged War
⌨The newspapers weigh a widening war, with Iran's IRGC warning that any new aggression would trigger a wider war theater and claims Tehran is prepared for prolonged fighting (Al-Manar En, Al-Manar Fr, Addiyar). Fresh attention turns to Hezbollah's internal posture: a containment-before-escalation strategy (Lebanon24) and a call to mobilize in Haret Hreik (Janoubia). Naharnet reports Trump reversed a decision on Houthi airstrikes.
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Three US news outlets President Donald Trump banned from the White House — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — are filing a critical First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access. The emergency request is set to go before a federal judge in the DC District Court and could result in hearings and legal arguments from …
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Al Manar French
Le président américain Donald Trump se trouve confronté à un dilemme : répondre à la demande saoudienne d’intervenir militairement contre le mouvement Ansarullah au Yémen, ou éviter d’ouvrir un nouveau front dans sa guerre contre l’Iran, à un moment où Washington a besoin de la coopération de Riyad dans ce conflit, selon le New York …
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Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff and the Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters have vowed to defend the Islamic Republic’s national interests, Iranian people’s rights and territorial integrity, saying the armed forces will make the United States, ‘Israel’ and their allies “taste the bitter flavor of further defeats.” In a statement marking Sacred Defense Week, the Armed …
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أحدث الأخبار الرئيسية خاص | 21 سبتمبر، 2026
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Al Manar English
Israeli occupation forces shelled the Abidin and Al-Raqad valleys in western Daraa countryside early Monday and opened machine-gun fire toward nearby areas, with no casualties reported. SANA news agency reported several artillery shells struck the two valleys as Israeli forces simultaneously targeted the outskirts of Jamlah village in the Yarmouk Basin. Israeli forces also opened …
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16:41⇢Trump Applauds Aoun's Decisive Leadership
⌨The newspapers shift from battlefield warnings to diplomacy, reporting Trump's letter praising Aoun's 'decisive leadership' (Naharnet, LBC, Al Joumhouria). This is read against US hardening to isolate Hezbollah and Israeli conditions encircling state and army (Lebanon Files), and questions whether New York meetings can open a breach as region sits on verge of war (Addiyar), with Iran's defeat vows still noted (Al-Manar).
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16:41⇢Trump Applauds Aoun's Decisive Leadership
⌨The newspapers shift from battlefield warnings to diplomacy, reporting Trump's letter praising Aoun's 'decisive leadership' (Naharnet, LBC, Al Joumhouria). This is read against US hardening to isolate Hezbollah and Israeli conditions encircling state and army (Lebanon Files), and questions whether New York meetings can open a breach as region sits on verge of war (Addiyar), with Iran's defeat vows still noted (Al-Manar).
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The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced Wednesday that four martyrs one who succumbed to his wounds and three whose bodies were recovered along with 17 injured individuals, were brought to hospitals across the Strip as a result of Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours. Since the ceasefire took effect on …
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Al Manar English
Head of Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi, congratulated the Yemeni people on the 12th anniversary of the September 21, 2014 revolution, emphasizing that the revolution achieved its key objectives of freedom, independence, and liberation from the dominance of American hegemony and its allies. In his speech today, Monday 1448 AH, Sayyed explained that …
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20:04⇢Salam Pledges Sole State Arms in New York
⌨The newspapers turn to Lebanese diplomacy in New York, reporting Prime Minister Salam's meetings with his Qatari counterpart on support and de-escalation (LBC) and with Senator Shaheen on the government's commitment to state authority and arms monopoly (Kataeb). Coverage still carries Trump's letter praising Aoun's 'decisive leadership' (Lebanon Files, Naharnet, Al Joumhouria).
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20:04⇢Salam Pledges Sole State Arms in New York
⌨The newspapers turn to Lebanese diplomacy in New York, reporting Prime Minister Salam's meetings with his Qatari counterpart on support and de-escalation (LBC) and with Senator Shaheen on the government's commitment to state authority and arms monopoly (Kataeb). Coverage still carries Trump's letter praising Aoun's 'decisive leadership' (Lebanon Files, Naharnet, Al Joumhouria).
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23:49⇢Salam Pitches Southern Presence After UNIFIL
⌨The newspapers follow Prime Minister Salam's New York meetings, reporting his talks with UN chief Guterres on international presence in the south after UNIFIL and support for displaced (Kataeb, LBC) and his pledge of state authority and arms monopoly (Lebanon Files). Earlier Trump's praise for Aoun's 'decisive leadership' still lingers (Naharnet, Al Joumhouria).
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23:49⇢Salam Pitches Southern Presence After UNIFIL
⌨The newspapers follow Prime Minister Salam's New York meetings, reporting his talks with UN chief Guterres on international presence in the south after UNIFIL and support for displaced (Kataeb, LBC) and his pledge of state authority and arms monopoly (Lebanon Files). Earlier Trump's praise for Aoun's 'decisive leadership' still lingers (Naharnet, Al Joumhouria).
