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بعد 44 عامًا، إسرائيل تستعيد رفات جندي قُتل في لبنان: ما يجب معرفته

استعاد الجيش الإسرائيلي رفات يهودا كاتز، وهو جندي إسرائيلي قُتل في معركة السلطان يعقوب في لبنان قبل 44 عامًا.

Israeli army vehicles move to a position in southern Lebanon, March 27, 2026.

Analysis

إسرائيل تتحدى ترامب بشأن لبنان بينما يعطي نتنياهو وكاتس الأولوية للانتخابات

يواجه كل من بنيامين نتنياهو ودونالد ترامب انتخابات مصيرية هذا الخريف، لكن أحدهما يحتاج إلى إحراز تقدم في لبنان بينما يريد الآخر المزيد من الوضع الراهن.

بواسطة Ben Caspit

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

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Explainer

من يستفيد من قانون العفو اللبناني ولماذا هو مثير للجدل؟

قد يؤدي القانون، الذي كان يهدف في البداية إلى تخفيف الاكتظاظ في السجون، إلى إطلاق سراح الإسلاميين المتهمين بقتل جنود والسماح للبنانيين المنفيين في إسرائيل بالعودة إلى بلادهم.

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Culture

لبنان يصبح أول دولة عربية تلغي عقوبة الإعدام

انسحبت الكتلة البرلمانية لحزب الله من جلسة الثلاثاء احتجاجاً على هذا الإجراء.

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Analysis

مع استمرار المفاوضات اللبنانية الإسرائيلية، هل تستطيع بيروت فك ارتباطها بإيران؟

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Beatrice Farhat

بواسطة Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

تم تعليق المحادثات الإسرائيلية اللبنانية وسط تصاعد التوتر، ومن المقرر استئنافها يوم الخميس.

Israeli battle tanks deploy in the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah (Eastern Zawtar) in southern Lebanon as pictured from the nearby village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah (Western Zawtar) on August 2, 2026. Under a US-sponsored agreement signed in June, Lebanon's army is to disarm Hezbollah and the Israeli military is to withdraw from "pilot zones" where Lebanese forces will subsequently deploy. The deal came more than three months after Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East with rocket fire at Israel in suppo

ما يجب معرفته عن الجولة السابعة من المحادثات اللبنانية الإسرائيلية التي عُقدت في روما

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أكد أردوغان لعون أن تركيا مستعدة للمشاركة في قوة ما بعد اليونيفيل في لبنان.

Erdogan and Aoun

علي هاشم

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

علي هاشم

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

Lebanon's Hezbollah members and relatives carry the coffin of commander Hassan al-Laqqis during his funeral in Baalbeck, in Lebanon's Bekaa valley December 4, 2013. Al-Laqqis, a Hezbollah commander who fought in Syria's civil war was shot dead outside his home in Lebanon on Wednesday in an attack which the militant Shi'ite group blamed on Israel. Israel denied any role in the killing of Hassan al-Laqqis, who was shot from close range by a silenced gun as he arrived home at around midnight in the Hadath dist

اغتيال اللقيس تحدّ أمني لحزب الله

A forensic inspector collects evidence at the site of the two suicide bombings that occurred on Tuesday near Iran's embassy compound in Beirut November 20, 2013. Two suicide bombings rocked Iran's embassy compound in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian cultural attache and hurling bodies and burning wreckage across a debris-strewn street. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX15LK0

انفجار بيروت: درس أكاديمي في الإرهاب

Lebanese commandos take part in a military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Lebanon's independence in downtown Beirut November 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS MILITARY) - RTX15OGS

الاستقلال التائه.. من ميثاق 43 إلى إعلان بعبدا

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (R) meets Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman in Riyadh in this June 1, 2012 handout picture released by the Saudi Press Agency. REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/Handout (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTR32YK4

لبنان.. السعوديّة.. وتحديات العلاقات الثنائيّة

A soldier (in green, 2nd L) and policeman gesture at the site of the explosions near the Iranian embassy in Beirut November 19, 2013. Two explosions apparently targeting the Iranian embassy hit the capital Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said, damaging at least six buildings in the embassy compound. REUTERS/Mahmoud Kheir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX15JOA

مصدران جدّيان للخوف على مصير لبنان...

Civil Defence personnel extinguish a fire on cars at the site of the explosions near the Iranian embassy in Beirut November 19, 2013. The cultural attache Ebrahim Ansari at the Iranian embassy in Beirut was among at least 23 people killed in two explosions on Tuesday, Lebanese sources said. Lebanese Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said the explosions wounded 146 people. REUTERS/Ahmad Yassine (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX15JQX

تفجير سفارة إيران: لبنان دخل فعلياً عنق زجاجة "العرقنة "

Soldiers, policemen and medical personnel gather at the site of explosions near the Iranian embassy (L) in Beirut November 19, 2013. Two explosions targeting the Iranian embassy hit the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said, killing at least seven people and damaging buildings in the embassy compound. REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX15JOF

لبنان: الانتحاري الثالث هو الأخطر...

Orthodox Christian worshippers gather before the start of a procession outside Jerusalem's Old City September 5, 2013. About two hundred Orthodox Christians took part in an annual procession in which an icon of the Virgin Mary is carried from a church at the foot of the Mount of Olives believed by Christians to mark the tomb of the Virgin Mary back to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION) - RTX137SV

"ثقافة الخوف".. حقيقتها وتوصيفاتها

Shiite cleric Ali Fadlallah (R), son of Lebanese Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, receives condolences from Lebanese President Michel Sleiman at a mosque in Beirut's southern suburb on July 4, 2010, following his father's death earlier in the day at the age of 75. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)

السيّد علي فضل الله: "ملتقى الأديان والثقافات" مبادرة حواريّة لتخفيف الاحتقان الطائفي

Shi'ite Muslim men bleed as they gash their foreheads with swords and beat themselves during a ceremony marking Ashura in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon November 25, 2012. Shi'ite mourners beat themselves during Ashura with steel-tipped flails or slash their bodies with knives to mark the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, who was killed during a battle in A.D. 680 in Kerbala, a city in modern-day Iraq. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: RELIGION) SOCIETY) - RTR3AURP

خشية من انتقال تفجيرات عاشوراء إلى لبنان...

A protester stands near a line of fire during a demonstration in Cairo October 9, 2011. Nineteen people were killed in Cairo on Sunday when Christians, some carrying crosses and pictures of Jesus, clashed with military police, medical and security sources said, in the latest sectarian flare-up in a country in political turmoil. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR2SGGO

مسيحيّو المشرق: من هو عدوّنا؟؟

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) helps Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to stand during a news conference in Ankara November 1, 2013. Turkey and Iran said on Friday they had common concerns about the increasingly sectarian nature of Syria's civil war, signalling a thaw in a key Middle Eastern relationship strained by stark differences over the conflict. Davutoglu expressed his appreciation to Zarif at the start of the news conference for travelling to Turkey despite suffering from b

المحادثات التركيّة-الإيرانيّة قد تشرع في نزع فتيل الأزمة السوريّة المأساويّة