Prime Minister Salam's UN mission dominated coverage, with editors stressing that Arab and Western backing remained conditional on sole state control of arms and reforms, and quoting his 'no two armies, no two decisions' line alongside Macron's call for a sovereign state to disarm Hezbollah. The mission was read as meagre, from a brief handshake with Trump to claims Lebanon was not a US priority.
Attention shifted south, where the Khiam demolition cut power and closed schools in Marjayoun, Israeli flags were raised at the town entrance and daily blasts were described as erasing Mansouri, as Aoun warned against a post-UNIFIL vacuum and welcomed any alternative force. Hezbollah MP Raad answered that a defence strategy required sovereign authority, while Joumblatt urged destruction to push the party toward dialogue.
Soaring prices revived warnings of social explosion and road paralysis toward strike.