Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Oct. 19, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11:30 a.m.: Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian to receive National Social Security Fund board chairman Beshara Asmar at 11:30 a.m. and Council for Development and Reconstruction President Mohammad Kabbani at 1 p.m. at Dar al-Fatwa. 1:30 p.m.: Second day of Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed’s visit to Syria. The program includes a press conference at the Qudrat Center in Project Dummar at 1:30 p.m., followed by the delegation’s departure via the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing at 5:30 p.m.4 p.m.: The National Gathering to hold an expanded meeting to discuss the general situation and the current challenges Lebanon is facing. Le Gray Hotel, Beirut. Lebanon to demand end to Israeli offensive in direct talks tomorrow;...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Oct. 19, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11:30 a.m.: Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian to receive National Social Security Fund board chairman Beshara Asmar at 11:30 a.m. and Council for Development and Reconstruction President Mohammad Kabbani at 1 p.m. at Dar al-Fatwa. 1:30 p.m.: Second day of Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed’s visit to Syria. The program includes a press conference at the Qudrat Center in Project Dummar at 1:30 p.m., followed by the delegation’s departure via the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing at 5:30 p.m.4 p.m.: The National Gathering to hold an expanded meeting to discuss the general situation and the current challenges Lebanon is facing. Le Gray Hotel, Beirut. Lebanon to demand end to Israeli offensive in direct talks tomorrow;...
7 p.m. recap: Aoun rejects leniency toward Hezbollah, Qatar eyes 2 power plants in Lebanon, Gantz bows out