Sunday, 15 Nov 2026 5 Jumada al-Akhira 1448 AH Beirut

What they said

Direct quotes as they appeared in the news — each one links to its source.

دونالد ترامب (71) غادي آيزنكوت (46) بنيامين نتنياهو (41) محمد باقر قاليباف (30) ماركو روبيو (28) نواف سلام (28) نعيم قاسم (27) ترامب (21) جبران باسيل (19) محسن رضائي (19) يسرائيل كاتس (17) قاسم (16) جوزاف عون (16) بلال أردوغان (15)
We do not want subsidies. It is over. We support opening the market, but the quality of imported goods must be checked. How can industry develop amid the faltering banking reform?
حسام عابدينصاحب مصنع في مدينة عدرا الصناعية3 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
You, as producers, must get used to competition. The Syrian industrial mentality is accustomed to a closed market, and to assuming that everything I produce will be sold because I am the only producer
محمد حوريةنائب وزير الاقتصاد السوري للشؤون الصناعية3 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
Most of the growth in Syria is due to international support, not domestic recovery
كرم شعارخبير اقتصادي سياسي سوري3 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
There is not a single item on the cost list that is not cheaper in Egypt. So I cannot compete with them
محمد عيطةصاحب مصنع غزل3 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
I salute Indian Captain Smith Matchar for his exceptional courage. Despite being stabbed and seriously wounded, he resisted fiercely and opened the cockpit door, allowing the passengers and crew to overpower the attacker, thereby preventing...
بنيامين نتنياهورئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي3 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
Sudden changes in laws and procedures create an overwhelming sense of insecurity.
أمير إسماعيليرئيس تحرير صحيفة آكاه3 Oct 2026 · Iran International
The flaw is not the existence of loans openly allocated for speculation, but the leakage of legitimate facilities such as small loans and working capital into asset markets, due to weak verification mechanisms and direct oversight of where bank funds are spent.
محمد حقكوكاتب3 Oct 2026 · Iran International
The real analytical danger lies in treating scenarios and Donald Trump's campaign statements as established facts; the lesson is not in linking escalation to a specific US timetable, but in being ready for a war decision taken outside the calculations of the US political calendar.
مالك مصدقمحلل سياسي3 Oct 2026 · Iran International
A room full of blood, a body lying on the ground next to me, and ten beasts carrying Kalashnikov rifles over my head.
إميلي داماري3 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
On top of that, all that remains is an empty, unusable box of fireworks that looks a lot like your empty pocket.
أديب عبد المسيحنائب في كتلة الكتائب اللبنانية3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
In short and in plain terms, the 2027 budget is like fireworks: loud sounds, beautiful colors and white smoke. But moments later you discover that you entertained the viewers at their own expense.
أديب عبد المسيحنائب في كتلة الكتائب اللبنانية3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
In a security operation, a number of major international drug traffickers were arrested at the Rabia border crossing with Syria.
هيئة الحشد الشعبي العراقي3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
They were nuclear facilities and drug facilities. They were trafficking drugs, and working in the nuclear field as well.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
a range of leads and possibilities
ويس ستريتينغوزير الدفاع البريطاني3 Oct 2026 · Euronews.com
The British government has become a rogue state
بنيامين نتنياهورئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي3 Oct 2026 · Al Akhbar
unjust and destructive
سيزار أبي خليلنائب3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
the eliminationist 1990s mentality against Christians
سيزار أبي خليلنائب3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
a particularity and an exceptional situation
راجي السعدنائب3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
They are not in a good state.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
For the first time in history, since they started pumping oil, they will have no oil shipments at sea this week, and they will not earn any revenue.
سكوت بيسنتوزير الخزانة الأميركي3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
The Ethiopian statements are a blatant attempt to divert attention from what is happening inside its territory
وزير الخارجية المصريوزير الخارجية3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Egypt has nothing to do with what is happening in Ethiopia
وزير الخارجية المصريوزير الخارجية3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
The Israeli occupation forces are advancing with two tanks and military vehicles west of Saida al-Hanut village in the southern Quneitra countryside, and are opening random fire toward residential neighborhoods
قناة الإخبارية السوريةقناة إخبارية سورية3 Oct 2026 · مرسال قطر
The Golan will remain Syrian land
أحمد الشرعالرئيس السوري3 Oct 2026 · Anadolu Ajansı
I discussed with US Deputy National Security Advisor Michael Needham at the White House the framework agreement and its implementation, particularly Israel's withdrawal from the south and the monopoly of weapons in the hands of the state
يوسف رجيوزير الخارجية والمغتربين اللبناني3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Ali al-Amwadi was in the apartment that was targeted, and the chances of his survival are slim
مسؤول إسرائيليمسؤول إسرائيلي (لم تُذكر هويته)3 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
The Israeli army carried out two large explosions in the southern towns of Aitaroun and Taylousa
الوكالة الوطنيةوكالة أنباء3 Oct 2026 · lebanondebate.com
Sound of an explosion in the town of Aitaroun
مراسل ليبانون ديبايتمراسل3 Oct 2026 · lebanondebate.com
The era of militias has ended and there is no place for it, and Syria supports restricting the decision in Lebanon to the Lebanese state.
أحمد موفق زيدانمستشار الشرع للشؤون الإعلامية3 Oct 2026 · yasour.org
We are proud that he is part of our team.. part of our nation's story.. and part of our humanitarian experience in the United Arab Emirates.. the nation of love.. the nation of peace.. the nation of life.
الشيخ حمدان بن محمد بن راشد آل مكتومولي عهد دبي ونائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الدفاع في دولة الإمارات3 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate