Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Nov. 29, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• On the third day of the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, the Israeli army continues to release statement forbidding residents of southern Lebanese border towns from returning to their homes• There is also ongoing Israeli artillery fire targeting border villages in southern Lebanon and Israeli soldiers continue to be deployed in some of them. Presidential election session scheduled for Jan. 9: Parliament is scheduled to convene for its first attempt since June 13, 2023, and 13th overall, to name a successor to former President Michel Aoun, whose term ended on Oct. 31, 2022. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced the upcoming session as a fulfillment of his pledge to schedule a...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Nov. 29, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• On the third day of the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, the Israeli army continues to release statement forbidding residents of southern Lebanese border towns from returning to their homes• There is also ongoing Israeli artillery fire targeting border villages in southern Lebanon and Israeli soldiers continue to be deployed in some of them. Presidential election session scheduled for Jan. 9: Parliament is scheduled to convene for its first attempt since June 13, 2023, and 13th overall, to name a successor to former President Michel Aoun, whose term ended on Oct. 31, 2022. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced the upcoming session as a fulfillment of his pledge to...