Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Sept. 19, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:10 a.m. Culture Minister Dr. Ghassan Salameh will receive the Swedish Ambassador to Lebanon, Jessica Svardström, at his office.3 p.m. - Cabinet session to continue discussing the budget.4 p.m. A memorial ceremony held by Hezbollah to mark the first anniversary of Ibrahim Aqeel and other martyrs, featuring a speech by the party's Secretary-General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, at the Sayed al-Shuhada complex in the southern suburbs of Beirut.Smoke billows amid Israeli strikes in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Tibnit on Sept. 18, 2025. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP) Israeli airstrikes destroy houses across southern Lebanon after evacuation order: Israeli airstrikes, hitting within an hour of...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Sept. 19, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:10 a.m. Culture Minister Dr. Ghassan Salameh will receive the Swedish Ambassador to Lebanon, Jessica Svardström, at his office.3 p.m. - Cabinet session to continue discussing the budget.4 p.m. A memorial ceremony held by Hezbollah to mark the first anniversary of Ibrahim Aqeel and other martyrs, featuring a speech by the party's Secretary-General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, at the Sayed al-Shuhada complex in the southern suburbs of Beirut.Smoke billows amid Israeli strikes in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Tibnit on Sept. 18, 2025. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP) Israeli airstrikes destroy houses across southern Lebanon after evacuation order: Israeli airstrikes, hitting within an hour of...
Israel continues attacks on southern Lebanon, demolishes buildings in Bint Jbeil