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In this case, René Naba analyses Yemen as a decisive player in the Gaza war. Despite blockade, bombardment and poverty, the Houthists imposed a new regional equation, disrupted the Red Sea and challenged Western, Israeli and petromonarchic military arrangements around the global strategic routes of international maritime trade.

The Lebanese press review of 8 June 2026 shows a ceasefire weakened by the Israeli strike against the southern suburbs of Beirut. Between Washington, Tel Aviv, Tehran and Beirut, Lebanon is once again becoming a field of regional pressure, while the Lebanese army and civilians remain exposed to the risks of sustained escalation.

Mona Makki defends the idea of a Lebanese South long shaped by tolerance, holidays, education and living together, before Hezbollah's ideological grip. It recalls the cultural identity of the Shiites of the South and denounces the progressive erasure of their libanity under organized and lasting Iranian influence today.

The United States, Israel and the Lebanese authorities are seeking to dissociate the Lebanese file from the Iranian file. However, recent events show a reverse dynamic. The Israeli strike on Dahiyeh led to an Iranian response, followed by Israeli strikes in Iran and Huthis fire from Yemen. Lebanon thus appears not as a secondary theatre, but as one of the focal points of the regional crisis.

The YRO Cycle Index analyses S&P 500 as an advanced financial cycle, between chance, trend and maturity. By combining liquidity, real rates, valuations and investor behaviour, it sheds light on the excess signals, the high risks and the current market position in contemporary American financial history in the long term.

The resumption of the Israel-Iran war took place in less than 24 hours, from the Lebanese front. After shooting attributed to Hezbollah or reported from Lebanon, Israel struck Dahiyeh in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Iran responded with missiles against Israel. The Israeli army then targeted sites in Iran, including the Mahshahr petrochemical complex. The Houthis claimed fire from Yemen.

Israeli strikes were reported in the perimeter of the historic site of Tyre in southern Lebanon, confirming the danger of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. No complete technical assessment still establishes the extent of direct damage to the remains, but the bombings around the classified city reinforce the warnings of the Lebanese Ministry of Culture and the inhabitants, who demand the protection of this ancient city.

The Pentagon has identified at the critical level the threat of Israeli spying against American officials.

JD Vance is targeted by Israeli charges of fleeing to Erdoğan on a Mossad project against Iran.

Israel strikes the southern suburbs of Beirut despite the ceasefire, on instructions from Netanyahu and Katz after Hezbollah fire.

Aqulina Chayeb won gold at the Tallinn European Open 2026 in -78 kg, a historic first for Lebanese judo.

Qlayaat airport was officially launched on Saturday 6 June 2026 in the presence of Nawaf Salam, Fayez Rasamny and political, security and local leaders. The day's flight connected Beirut to Qlayaat for the ceremony, without constituting a commercial service. The day before, the arrival of an aircraft was a technical test. No foreign company has yet announced a scheduled route to this second Lebanese civilian airport in preparation.

Bernadette Chirac died at 93. In Lebanon, his disappearance reactivates the memory of Jacques Chirac, friend of the land of the Cedar.

Wissam Sabra, Brigadier General of the Lebanese Armed Forces, was murdered by Israel on the Al-Khardali-Nabatiyah road.