Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11:30 a.m.: The Jezzine Judicial Committee of the "Free Patriotic Movement" is organizing a protest against the transfer of chemical waste from Electricité du Liban’s facilities to the Bisri Dam and its surroundings.Updates on continued cease-fire violations in south Lebanon. The US 'fully supports Lebanon’s territorial integrity,' state department says in rebuff to Israeli insistence on indefinite occupation: A U.S. State Department statement yesterday emphasized that it “fully supports Lebanon’s territorial integrity” in response to Israel’s defense minister asserting the occupation of southern Lebanon would not recede further. The U.S. insisted Israel should account for having “clearly stated that it...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11:30 a.m.: The Jezzine Judicial Committee of the "Free Patriotic Movement" is organizing a protest against the transfer of chemical waste from Electricité du Liban’s facilities to the Bisri Dam and its surroundings.Updates on continued cease-fire violations in south Lebanon. The US 'fully supports Lebanon’s territorial integrity,' state department says in rebuff to Israeli insistence on indefinite occupation: A U.S. State Department statement yesterday emphasized that it “fully supports Lebanon’s territorial integrity” in response to Israel’s defense minister asserting the occupation of southern Lebanon would not recede further. The U.S. insisted Israel should account for having “clearly...
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