Newspaper Secrets 20-7-2026

Al-Nahar

Activity levels rose in car rental offices, as well as demand for chalets and bungalows in most mountain areas after the arrival of Lebanese expatriates and a small number of Gulf nationals alongside Jordanian and Iraqi nationalities.

The absence of political stances from the Tashnag and Armenian deputies is noted at this stage, whether domestically or regionally and internationally, for more than one consideration and given the sensitivity of the current situation and the overlap of calculations.

Among the anecdotes judges tell about a colleague is that he often forgets his belongings and files, to the extent that during a reception he left forgetting that his wife was with him.

Judges attribute the delay in deciding on files to the failure of the Internal Security Forces to notify litigants of session dates, and automatic notation that the summoned person is not present, to the point that one of them noted on a municipal summons that the municipality itself does not exist, and the accusations facing judges regarding postponement are misplaced.

A Lebanese Forces deputy expressed regret in a private gathering over the stance of the Kataeb Party after the legislative session and the accusation of the "Lebanese Forces" of obstructing legislation related to human rights and modernizing the Lebanese legal system.

He considered that this stance entrenches distance from the Kataeb despite continuous Lebanese Forces attempts to accommodate it.

Al-Jumhuriya

Political forces have begun early preparations for the post-implementation phase of the framework formula, based on their conviction that consolidating state authority in the south will redraw alliances and electoral discourse in Lebanon.

Political contacts intensified in recent days to address an undeclared discrepancy between two references regarding the prioritization of Israeli withdrawal and the monopolization of weapons by the state.

A prominent official affirms in his circles that what is happening in the south is not a technical detail, but the beginning of a path that may change the political equation that governed Lebanon for decades.

Al-Liwaa

Indirect communication took place between Baabda and Ain al-Tineh on the eve of the President's departure to Washington, focusing on the points President Aoun will raise in his talks with the US President!

It turned out that the second tender for purchasing cars for Beirut Port was awarded to the agents of the "Renault" company in Lebanon (Bsoul and Hanineh), at an amount exceeding one and a half times the price of the offer submitted by "Rasamni" Company, which was invalidated due to a conflict of interest with the authority of the Minister of Public Works!

Appointments of deans by assignment at the Lebanese University were delayed due to the absence of a pharmacist from a major sect to assume the position in the Faculty of Pharmacy, which necessitated an exchange of sectarian distribution with another faculty, pending approval from the relevant reference!

Nidaa al-Watan

Western diplomatic circles did not rule out the occurrence of a kind of "inverted uprising" in Iran, whereby Pezeshkian, Qalibaf, and Araghchi are permanently excluded from the decision-making circle. These circles placed the daily protests denouncing them in this context.

According to informed sources, the visit of the US military delegation to Lebanon is not expected before the last days of this July.

Security sources revealed that Syria's seizure of a shipment of weapons hidden in tankers heading from Kirkuk to Baniyas is part of what Syrian authorities have seized of weapons smuggled to "Hezbollah", as at least five shipments had previously been seized. The disclosure of the latest shipment is a Syrian message to Washington affirming its seriousness in implementing the commitments made by al-Sharaa to Trump.

Al-Binaa

A political reference paused before the absence from the Lebanese presidency statement on the meeting between President Joseph Aoun and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of a clear reference to a demand for a comprehensive Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territories and a timeline for this withdrawal, and being satisfied with what was reported from Aoun regarding a request to "achieve the first Israeli withdrawal from the first model zone," within the framework of implementing the June 26 agreement. Even this limited request was not met with a clear US commitment; Rubio, according to the Lebanese statement, merely supported the implementation of the tripartite framework and the restoration of state sovereignty. As for the US State Department statement, it did not mention the Israeli withdrawal at all, neither from all occupied territories nor from the first experimental zone, while it spoke clearly about restoring Lebanese sovereignty and "disarming Hezbollah and dismantling its infrastructure" and moving towards peace. Thus, the demand for a comprehensive withdrawal was absent from the Lebanese presidency statement, and even the partial withdrawal was absent from the US statement, in contrast to the presence of the required commitments from Lebanon in explicit wording that leaves no room for interpretation.

The American press reveals a qualitative shift in the Iranian response concurrent with its geographical expansion. Shelby Holliday, Michael Gordon, and Lara Seligman wrote in the "Wall Street Journal" that Iran has adapted to US defenses, using extremely fast missiles capable of maneuvering during descent, after the strike on the Muwaffaq al-Salti base in Jordan killed two US soldiers and a third was lost. Benoit Faucon, Michael Gordon, and Jared Malsin wrote that Tehran responded to the expansion of the US target bank with "broader and deadlier" attacks. John Hudson, Ellen Nakashima, and Tara Copp reported in the "Washington Post" that Iran has shifted to smaller, more precise bursts, selecting its targets and seeking gaps in defenses. The newspaper revealed that the United States has launched more than 200 "THAAD" missiles, equivalent to half its stockpile, and more than one hundred "SM-3" and "SM-6" missiles, leaving only about 200 "THAAD" before the new round, while the production line is unable to compensate for consumption. Thus, the increase in the speed and accuracy of Iranian missiles coincides with the expansion of targets and the decline in US interception capability.