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An agreement that moves the regional centre of gravity Al Binaa, on 19 June 2026, places at the head of its edition the signature of a memorandum of understanding between US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian. The newspaper presents this text as the beginning of a sixty-day round of negotiations. According to this [...]

Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir said that "all Lebanon must burn" after the death of four Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon. This statement, pronounced in a climate of military escalation, comes at a time when Israeli strikes have left at least 18 dead and 33 wounded on the Lebanese side. In Beirut, these statements are perceived as a threat to an entire country, beyond Hezbollah alone.

The United Arab Emirates appears to be one of the indirect losers of the conflict with Iran. Their model was based on three pillars: Dubai's role as a re-export platform to Iran under sanctions, the strength of Abu Dhabi's oil revenues and the image of a secure financial refuge in the heart of the Gulf. The war has weakened these three advantages at the same time, while revealing the limits of the American security umbrella and the political cost of normalization with Israel.

Emmanuel Macron used his interview on France 2 to clarify the French announcements after the agreement between Washington and Tehran. The President refused to say that the war was over, but he supported the opening of a dialogue phase. He calls for strict verification of Iran, calls Netanyahu for responsibility, refuses Israeli security based on the conquest of neighbouring territory and places Lebanon at the heart of implementation.

Emmanuel Macron calls Benjamin Netanyahu for responsibility and rationality on Lebanon. France recognizes Israel's security, but refuses to allow it to go through the occupation of a neighbouring territory. Paris wants a robust ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal, the Lebanese army in the South and Lebanese sovereignty.

Iran is emerging from the conflict with the United States and Israel, but its victory remains fragile. By turning the Strait of Ormuz into a deterrent, Tehran has gained a major strategic advantage. But if it seeks to win this passage or to impose lasting restrictions, it risks provoking a hostile coalition, speeding up alternative roads and turning peace into a new regional crisis.

Composer, arranger, virtuoso pianist, singer and television host, Ghassan Yamamine has been one of the most popular musical personalities in the Arab world for more than fifteen years thanks to his weekly "Musical" broadcast since 2012 on MTV Lebanon. But behind the TV man is above all a passionate musician, [...]

JD Vance confirmed on 18 June that the 60-day period provided for by the Washington-Theran agreement is now beginning. The US Vice-President defended the text against Israeli critics, finding panic in Jerusalem excessive. He recalled that the benefits granted to Iran will depend on behavioural changes and that Israel's security cannot be achieved only by force.

Benjamin Netanyahu claims that the conflict is not over and that the Israeli army must maintain a security zone in southern Lebanon as long as Israel's needs require. This declaration puts the Prime Minister in a state of default with the Washington-Téhéran agreement, which affirms Lebanese territorial integrity. It also reinforces Hezbollah's argument, which refuses any debate on its weapons before the Israeli withdrawal.

As the 250th anniversary of their independence approaches, the United States appears to re-evaluate its relationship with Israel. The Islamabad agreements, concluded with Iran despite Israeli reservations, revealed a divergence between Washington and Benjamin Netanyahu. The influence of AIPAC, annual military aid, espionage affairs, the shift in American opinion and the "America First" push are reshaping the contours of an alliance that has long been presented as intangible.

Joseph Aoun chaired a meeting in Baabda on the Lebanese-American-Israeli negotiations scheduled for June 23, 24 and 25. Along with the army commander Rodolphe Haykal, Simon Karam and the military negotiating team, the President set the Lebanese priorities: final ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal, deployment of the army at the borders, return of prisoners and start of reconstruction.

The agreement between Washington and Tehran reversed the Israeli story. Israel retains considerable military power in Lebanon, but it loses part of the diplomatic control of the exit from war. Iran returns as a global interlocutor, Lebanon gets an argument about its territorial integrity and Donald Trump can impose its logic of de-escalation. For Netanyahu, maintaining the army in southern Lebanon becomes a political, military and strategic trap.

The reopening of the Saudi market to Lebanese products provides a major opportunity for Lebanese industry and agriculture. It can generate foreign exchange, revive certain factories and restore confidence with the Gulf. But this recovery will only be sustainable if the state guarantees strict controls, reliable traceability, quality standards and a real fight against trafficking. The Saudi market can help, but it will not replace a national industrial policy.

Nawaf Salam's visit to Paris puts the Lebanese army back at the centre of the state's return to the South. The Prime Minister wants to turn sovereignty into a concrete capacity: to accompany the Israeli withdrawal, to coordinate with UNIFIL, to secure the villages and to reassure the displaced. France can provide a diplomatic and military relay, but the real test will be played on the ground, in the ability of the army to occupy the space left by the war.