📰 5 sources 7 articles · 10 Nov 2026, 06:58 → 3 days ago

Berri and Aoun warn against targeting the Lebanese Army: a 'red line' and a 'great crime'

The story covers warnings by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and President Joseph Aoun against targeting the Lebanese Army, its command, officers and personnel. Berri's position came first, describing the army as a 'red line' and then describing the targeting of the army commander as a 'crime and a great sin', before President Aoun discussed the security situation with National Defense Minister Major General Michel Menassa and called for not targeting the army. The available reports did not include details on the circumstances, location or results of the targeting.

📍 Where things stand: The official Lebanese position stands at condemnation and warning against targeting the army, with no further information released on the nature of the targeting or who carried it out.

⏱️ Timeline

10 Nov 2026, 06:58 Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri condemned the targeting of the Lebanese Army, describing it as a 'red line', as reported by LBCI from Al-Joumhouria newspaper; Lebanon ON carried the same position citing the same newspaper. The published items contained no further details on the circumstances of the targeting.
10 Nov 2026, 07:45 Berri warned against targeting the commander of the Lebanese Army, describing it as a 'crime and a great sin', in a position described as breaking his silence on the matter.
10 Nov 2026, 10:08 The Presidency announced that President Joseph Aoun reviewed the country's security situation with National Defense Minister Major General Michel Menassa, stressing the importance of preserving security stability, praising the army's essential role in maintaining security and public safety and implementing the political authorities' decisions, and calling for not targeting the army in its command, officers and personnel, considering that any such targeting is inconsistent with Lebanon's supreme interest. MTV Lebanon and aljadeed covered the same call.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

⚠️ Sources disagree

The target named in Berri's statement

Condemnation of targeting the Lebanese Army and describing it as a 'red line' according to LBCI Lebanon
The Lebanese Army is a 'red line' according to Lebanon ON
Warning against targeting the army commander and describing it as a 'crime and a great sin' according to lebanon debate

Figures as each outlet reported them at the time. We do not judge which is correct; numbers often change as events develop.

How the sources covered it

Coverage varied between outlets that limited themselves to Berri's position describing the army as a 'red line' citing Al-Joumhouria, one that added the description of targeting the army commander as a 'crime and a great sin', and others that moved to the presidential level, highlighting Aoun's meeting with the defense minister and his call not to target the army.

LBCI Lebanon It led with Berri's condemnation of targeting the Lebanese Army and his description of it as a 'red line', citing Al-Joumhouria, and the item included no details on the circumstances of the targeting.
lebanon debate It presented Berri's position under the heading of warning against targeting the army commander, describing it as a 'crime and a great sin' and as breaking his silence; it later relayed the Presidency's statement of Aoun's call not to target the army in its command, officers and personnel, and a report on a presidential warning in this file.
Lebanon ON It offered a brief account of Berri's statement to Al-Joumhouria that the Lebanese Army is a 'red line', with no further details on the context of the statement.
MTV Lebanon It focused on President Aoun's meeting with National Defense Minister Major General Michel Menassa, highlighting his stress on preserving security stability, his praise of the army's role in maintaining security and implementing the political authorities' decisions, and his call not to target the army in its command, officers and personnel.
aljadeed It limited itself to a short headline carrying Aoun's call not to target the army, with no further details in the available text.