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Wednesday, September 30, 2026: A crisis aboard an Emirati flight bound for Tel Aviv, and the US military leaves Iraq.

The last American soldier left Iraq on Wednesday, ending a continuous military presence that began when US forces returned in 2014. But what problems does the withdrawal leave behind, and how much US influence remains in Iraq?

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 4h

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Cornell University and seven men accused of gang rape are named in a lawsuit over a crime coordinated through a Snapchat group that went without anyone being held accountable.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 6h

REEF Association concluded the eighth edition of its REEF Encounters festival last Sunday. This year’s event featured two strands: the first comprised 10 short films exploring biodiversity through cinema, youtu.be/eCNaf5k5Dvo

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لقاءات ريف: النسخة 8 الفن في خدمة البيئة | REEF Encounters: Eighth edition Art for the environment

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 7h

Netanyahu seems like the shepherd crying “wolf, wolf,” with no one believing him. After warning of an “attack ahead of the elections,” the prime minister’s remarks have drawn skepticism from journalists, opponents and even his own supporters.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 12h

Ten years after Italian researcher Giulio Regeni was abducted and killed in Egypt, and after the Egyptian side repeatedly tried to derail the investigation and smuggle the suspects out of the country, a court in Rome sentenced three Egyptian officials in absentia to 10 years in prison.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 15h

In another case of press repression, Egyptian police arrested two editors from the Matsda2sh platform, Mohamed Ashraf and Abdullah Qadri, on September 28 after raiding their homes and confiscating their phones and laptops. 🧵

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 29/09/2026

The pager operation went from being a terrorist attack to becoming part of Netanyahu’s election campaign, and now the subject of a “documentary” starring Netanyahu himself.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 29/09/2026

Tuesday, September 29, 2026: Energy Minister says he will seek to scrap the LBP 300,000 fee on fuel; Netanyahu’s secret Abu Dhabi meeting included representatives of eight Arab countries.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 29/09/2026

Pope Leo concluded his visit to France where he continued the Vatican’s efforts to confront sexual abuse within the Church, acknowledging that some Catholic institutions were abusive “as a system.”

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 29/09/2026

For the first time since 2012, the historic Citadel of Saint Simeon in Aleppo has reopened to visitors after parts of the site were restored following damage sustained from the shelling of Aleppo during the Syrian war and the 2023 earthquake. youtu.be/EheoVNQrQp8

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بعد 14 عاماً، قلعة دير سمعان في حلب تفتح أبوابها | Saint Simeon Citadel in Aleppo reopens its doors

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 29/09/2026

France's financial prosecutor requested four years in prison Monday for Carlos Ghosn and Rachida Dati. So where do the trials over the Renault-Nissan case and the suspicious legal consultancy stand?

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 29/09/2026

Two prisoners on hunger strike identified as “A.S.” and “N.Q.” were transferred from Roumieh Prison to hospital after their health deteriorated, as the open-ended hunger strike entered its 17th day.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 28/09/2026

Monday, September 28, 2026: Nawaf Salam visits the US State Department, and Israel announces the end of a military operation in Mansouri.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 28/09/2026

As has become customary on the anniversary of any operation, the Israeli press gave intelligence officers a platform to share their accounts of the military's operations. This time, the focus is the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 28/09/2026

Two years after Hassan Nasrallah's assassination, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered a speech much like those before it: He bought time and blamed the state, as though pointing to its shortcomings, or placing sole responsibility on it, could resolve the crisis. youtu.be/XrsESksHr2U

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سنتان على نصرالله: ماذا بعد شراء الوقت؟ | Two years since Nasrallah: What comes after buying time?

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 28/09/2026

Ireland’s national team did not boycott the match against Israel, but made its stance against the genocide clear.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 28/09/2026

After a three-year hiatus due to the war on Gaza and escalating attacks in the West Bank, al-Khalil (Hebron) governorate and local farmers decided to bring the grape festival back. youtu.be/w2SKEF13RWg

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مهرجان العنب في الخليل يعود | Al-Khalil’s grape festival returns

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 28/09/2026

The Gherbal Initiative launched its Official Gazette platform on Monday, marking the International Day for Universal Access to Information. The platform gives the public access to everything published in the Official Gazette over the past 105 years.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 28/09/2026

The court sessions for lawyer Ali Abbas are still ongoing over a complaint filed against him by Coral Oil Company after he opposed the company’s expansion plans in Bourj Hammoud and raised concerns about the public safety risks posed by increasing the number of gas tanks. 🧵

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 28/09/2026

On Sunday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret visit to Abu Dhabi, where he met with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed. Neither Netanyahu’s office nor the UAE responded to requests for comment from local and international news agencies. 🧵

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 27/09/2026

Get ready with Diana Itawi as she goes through her day without internet. Diana Itawi tells the story in the fourth installment of the "No Internet" series.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 27/09/2026

The Lebanese Ministry of Culture announced that FURIES, directed by Rami Kodeih, will represent Lebanon in the 2027 Oscars for Best International Feature Film.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 27/09/2026

On Saturday, a Créteil appeals court increased Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred’s prison term to 10 years, up from the six-year sentence handed down in 2023.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 27/09/2026

1. Several inmates at Roumieh Prison were hospitalized after their health deteriorated during a hunger strike protesting the suspension of the general amnesty law, following a legal challenge submitted by the Free Patriotic Movement.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 26/09/2026

Saturday, September 26, 2026: A series of strikes hit Mount al-Rafih, while 700,000 people attend the Pope’s Mass in Paris.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 26/09/2026

Talid, the National Network for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Lebanon, is working to restore libraries damaged by Israeli attacks across the country. 🧵

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 26/09/2026

At an elevation of 1,696 meters in the town of Fnaidek, Akkar, a team from Akkar Trail Association found a Père David’s mole, marking the first confirmed scientific record of a mole of the genus Talpa in Lebanon, researcher Khaled Taleb posted yesterday. 🧵

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 25/09/2026

Friday, September 25, 2026: Nawaf Salam addresses the UN and the Pope visits France.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 25/09/2026

MP Paula Yacoubian is not the first woman Marcel Ghanem has attacked this way. He resorts to the same playbook every time.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 25/09/2026

Netanyahu’s address to the UN on Thursday could be summed up as a war on everyone, and on the world at large. He went beyond his usual attacks on Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah, targeting countries such as France and Britain and singling out New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. youtube.com/shorts/ZAk3_...

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حرب نتنياهو ضدّ الجميع | Netanyahu’s war on everyone

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 25/09/2026

What ties the son of former Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim to “V Investment,” the company suspected of laundering money for Riad Salameh and his brother Raja? And why was he not named in the legal proceedings against the company? youtube.com/shorts/wM9v7...

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ما علاقة ابن المدعي العام المالي السابق بقضية «V Investment»؟ | Ali ibrahim's link to “V Investment”

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 25/09/2026

French lawyer Nicolas Busin speaks to Megaphone about the complaint filed in France against Israel for war crimes in South Lebanon.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 25/09/2026

The New York police arrested actresses Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder, along with more than 100 others, while breaking up protests held as Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 25/09/2026

At dawn on July 2, 2014, 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammad Abu Khdeir was heading from his home in Shuafat to the mosque when a group of Israeli settlers kidnapped him and took him to a forest outside Jerusalem, where they beat him and then burned him alive.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 24/09/2026

For the second year in a row, most diplomatic delegations walked out of the UN hall as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approached the podium to deliver his speech. Netanyahu went so far as to comment on the walkout, inviting the remaining “moral cowards” to leave.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 24/09/2026

Thursday, September 24, 2026: Salam meets with Pezeshkian, and Rajji with Araghchi; Xi Jinping is hosted by Donald Trump at the White House.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 24/09/2026

French lawyer William Bourdon speaks to Megaphone about the effort to bring those responsible for financial crimes in Lebanon before French and European courts, and about the obstacles and pressures that could confront lawsuits filed against Lebanese mafia-style leaders. youtu.be/brnhWE8sjyk

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الجرائم المالية في لبنان: 5 أسئلة مع ويليام بوردون | 5 questions with William Bourdon

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 24/09/2026

The Israeli press reacts to the decision to exclude Arab parties from the Knesset elections, with Haaretz highlighting the case of Sami Abu Shehadeh as an example. 🧵

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 24/09/2026

This is the daily journey farmers from Ras al-Ahmar make to get their produce out, traveling at night and at risk after Israeli bulldozers carved a “military road” around their lands in the West Bank, effectively isolating them from the outside world.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 24/09/2026

Egyptian writer Iman Mersal said she is withdrawing from the Gothenburg Book Fair, where she was scheduled to appear at two events Thursday, to protest the fair's hosting of a program organized by the Swedish-Israel Friendship Association.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 23/09/2026

Wednesday, September 23, 2026: Internal Security Forces arrest the person throwing stones at cars on the airport road, and the Iranian president describes the United States as the "true bully and terrorist." youtube.com/shorts/fb7mq...

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حدث اليوم - الأربعاء 23 أيلول 2026 | Daily cut - Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 23/09/2026

The Special Investigation Commission at the Banque du Liban (BDL) froze the accounts of 11 individuals and two companies. Who are they and why were their accounts targeted? youtube.com/shorts/EwsrE...

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مصرف لبنان يجمّد حسابات 11 شخصاً وشركتين: من هم؟ | BDL freezes 13 accounts

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 23/09/2026

The Israeli press is pessimistic about Netanyahu’s performance at this year’s UN General Assembly: “He will address the world as if Israel still occupied a position of leadership.”

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 23/09/2026

Nizar Saghieh, a lawyer and executive director of Legal Agenda, warned that the general amnesty law, touted as a solution to the issue of Islamist detainees and prison overcrowding, has effectively morphed into a "self-amnesty" for corruption crimes committed over the past 35 years.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 23/09/2026

Residents of Zawtar trying to bring life back to their town, one step at a time. The first batch of 9 prefab homes arrived earlier this week, with a second batch expected to follow. Residents hope this step will help them remain on their land until the homes destroyed by Israel are rebuilt.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 23/09/2026

Another massacre of animals in Lebanon: A resident “discovered” a garbage dump in Boudai where at least eight dogs had been executed and then burned. Animal rights activist Ghina Nahfawi discusses the incident with Megaphone.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 23/09/2026

Several Roumieh inmates have been hospitalized after their health deteriorated. What are the latest developments in the open hunger strike, now in its 11th day, against the suspension of the General Amnesty Law?

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 23/09/2026

Between government decisions and developments in the Strait of Hormuz, fuel prices more than doubled since the beginning of the year. The amount that bought a 20-liter can of gasoline in January now buys less than half of one. 🧵

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