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Shou el akhbar—big morning. Lebanon's south is technically covered by a framework deal, but a quiet US-Israel military meeting last week suggests nobody's agreed on the actual details yet, your diaspora cousins can finally get their passports renewed without flying home, and local gas stations are running what might be the worst deal in Lebanon: prices shoot up like a rocket, come down like a feather.
Shou el akhbar — heavy ones today. A Megaphone investigation just reconstructed, hour by hour, how journalist Amal Khalil was killed in the South, and it's not a story about a stray strike. Meanwhile, Lebanon's finance minister is touring the war's wreckage and already talking about a $1 billion reconstruction conference — and seven people abducted by Israeli forces came home in the middle of the night.
Ahla w sahla — and welcome to your Sunday edition of Sobhiye, a look back at the biggest Lebanon stories from the past seven days. What a week to try to keep up with. Lebanon, Israel, and the United States signed a Trilateral Framework Agreement in Washington — a phased roadmap toward peace that dominated the headlines. Then, one day after a ceasefire was announced, at least 29 people were killed in Israeli strikes across the south and Bekaa. The deal and the violence arrived almost simultaneously. Meanwhile, Washington and Tehran quietly agreed to a joint deconfliction cell for Lebanon — sidelining Beirut in its own file. A lot happened. Let's get into it.
Shou el akhbar—well, quite a lot, actually. Lebanon and Israel signed an honest-to-God peace framework in Washington yesterday, and Hezbollah had thoughts about that within the hour. While the diplomats argue over history, your groceries are also about to get pricier—Lebanon's new environmental fee just landed on 98 categories of imported goods, because apparently one headline wasn't enough.
Shou el akhbar. The Dutch are building Lebanon a military base, a $204 million school curriculum snuck through cabinet before it was even legal, and Carlos Ghosn is once again telling the world he's the only one who can save Nissan. Friday's looking eventful, habibi — let's get into it.
Sabah el kheir. While you were sleeping, a Daraj investigation landed like a bomb on Lebanon's banking establishment — turns out Blom's owners quietly moved $100 million offshore before the collapse, and the only person facing criminal charges is a depositor whose house got shelled. We've also got a community reckoning inside the Shiite world and new details on just how deep Iran's Revolutionary Guards were embedded in the last war.
Shou el akhbar. Lebanon is filing legal briefs, burying its dead, and pitching tunnels to global CEOs — sometimes all at once. This morning we have a case for dragging Israel before the ICC, a heartbreaking story from Kfar Sir that numbers alone can't tell, and a prime minister selling the Bekaa to international business leaders like it's the next great investment frontier.
Shou el akhbar — Europe is quietly drawing up a Lebanon Plan B while Washington eyes the exit, a court just slammed the door on the government's sneakiest depositor move, and an analyst is out here explaining that Lebanon's deep state doesn't wear a mask: it gives press conferences. Pour the coffee. It's a big morning.
Sabah el kheir. Lebanon woke up Monday with fiber internet contracts signed, a border ceasefire holding (for now), and the Lebanon file literally at the top of the US-Iran agenda in Switzerland — not bad for a country that's been running on generator schedules and expired political promises. Grab your coffee; today's news actually has some momentum to it.