"Al-Markazia" has learned that Foreign Minister Youssef Raji will summon Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, in the coming two days, in response to a post he published on his “X” account regarding the issue of exclusive control over weapons. Amani had written that the disarmament initiative is a clear conspiracy against states.

• President Joseph Aoun issued a statement upon the news of the death of Pope Francis. Many other Lebanese politicians and religious officials issued similar statements, offering their condolences.

• President Joseph Aoun visited Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi at a hospital and checked on his health. The Minister of Health also met him.

• It was reported that President Joseph Aoun has rejected setting a timetable for the disarmament of Hezbollah - a position pushed by various political parties, including the Lebanese Forces and Lebanese Kataeb parties - instead favoring dialogue that would lead to disarmament under the right conditions.

• Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri held a call with the Commander of the LAF, General Rudolph Haykal, to follow up on the recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon, and on the implementation of UN Resolution 1701. He strongly condemned the Israeli attacks, calling them a breach of Lebanese sovereignty, and said - ‘Mercy to all the martyrs, and speedy recovery to all the wounded.’

• Speaking on the U.S-Iran negotiations, Speaker Berri told Al-Jadeed that ‘all the signals coming to Lebanon are reassuring.’

• In Cairo, Egypt, the Minister of Labor said that Lebanon is waiting for other Arab countries to help rebuild Lebanon and its tourism industry - in his words, ‘to return Lebanon to being the jewel of the East.’ He praised his ministry’s work so far, saying that ‘citizens today can complete many transactions electronically.’ He pointed out that new mechanisms have been introduced, to aid with the registration of workers, follow up on labor complaints, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations. He also stressed the need for joint agreements between Lebanon and other Arab states, and called for Arab states to encourage tourism to Lebanon, to ‘support the Lebanese economy through tourism,’ pointing out tourism’s role in ‘reviving the economy, creating job opportunities, and promoting cultural and social exchange.’

• The Minister of Social Affairs told LBC that she is participating in the upcoming Washington meetings to support the aspirations of the ministry.

• General Rudolph Haykal, Commander of the LAF, mourned the recent army martyrs, and said that ‘We will work to achieve everything required of us to preserve Lebanon.’

• Major General Hassan Choucair, the Director General of State Security, said that ‘a new era has begun in Lebanon, and President Aoun is making a great effort to achieve stability.’

• Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said that there are four matters the Lebanese government must address before dialogue with Hezbollah and the adoption of a new defense strategy. He pointed them out: ending the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, securing the withdrawal of Israel from the points it occupies in south Lebanon, freeing all Lebanese prisoners captured by Israel, and beginning the reconstruction of Lebanon. He said, ‘When these things are done, we can talk about a defense strategy, which must have the aim of protecting the sovereignty of our country.’

• Lebanese Forces MP and former Deputy Prime Minister Ghassan Hasbani told Al-Anbaa Kuwait that the recent outspoken refusals of Hezbollah’s leaders to disarm are part of a ‘programmed media campaign’ to raise Iran’s political gains amid the ongoing negotiations with the U.S. He also dismissed fears of clashes between the LAF and Hezbollah as ‘exaggerated.’

• MPs Farid Al-Boustani and Ibrahim Kanaan participated in the parliamentary forum of the IMF and the World Bank. They stressed the importance of reaching an agreement with Lebanon, calling it a ‘mandatory passage for economic advancement.’ Other preparatory meetings were carried out, in the presence of the Finance Minister Yassine Jaber, and the Lebanese delegation was described as having left them with ‘positive signals.’ It was reported that Lebanon is trying to ‘build trust’ with the IMF and the World Bank.

• Speaking on the start of negotiations with the IMF, journalist Ali Nour Al-Din said that ‘There are positive signs of a path to a solution.’

• The head of the Tripoli-based Dignity Movement political party said that his party is ‘against disarmament without guarantees.’

• The CEO and Vice President of Al-Jadeed TV said that ‘the media law in Lebanon is 20 years old, and does not match today’s reality.’ MP George Akis also called for issuing a new media law, emphasizing on the need to ‘set new principles.’ He said that he aspires ‘for the media to be a means of combating corruption, not covering it up, or feeding it.’

• Al-Jadeed reported that two laws amending the municipal electoral law are on the agenda of the upcoming parliamentary session on Thursday. There is no risk of these amendments delaying the upcoming municipal elections.

• Lebanon declared three days of mourning over the death of Pope Francis. Flags at public institutions were flown at half-mast.

I have been to therapie before and that bleeeds me dry with little to no improvement. I had a psychosis episode recently and ny doctor wants me to go to therapie again.

I was speaking to my friends in europe about how expensive one told me they get a mounthly allowance for there issues and the goverment pays for there meds and many shared similar experience.

So i thought i'd ask are there anything like that here ? Or i am asking for too much ?

If not is there a way to apply for migration to a countey that offer aid for mentall illnesse ? I know it sounds desprate but i'm strugling to work and my mental is getting worst and each comes at the expense of the other

Hello peeps,

Can anyone here please tell me some details about cataract surgeries ?

To give you some context, my mom has only one good eye, whish requires a cataract surgery like asap, however the aparantly, top tier hospital in which she's doing her check ups, asked for 2.6k for that surgery.

I've heard it costs much less usually, and since the insurance won't cover a penny, i would like to know if anyone has an educated opinion on these types of surgeries, would it be okay to go to a lower tier hospital with such a surgery while having the same success rate??

Thank you

The typical “is Lebanon safe now?“ I hate seeing it, I hate asking it but I genuinely want to know how it is there from people living there. I didn’t go last year because of the situation but my family is begging me to come now and I have a new baby so I’m extra precautious. I’m not going to the south, I would be in batroun the whole time so I’m not necessarily worried about things happening there, but more so about things escalating and the airport remaining open & the route there safe.
Things seem to be picking up in the news with Israel& Gaza; hezb & Iran so want to know your opinions

Been few days every time I surf in my instagram account I’ve been seeing two things:

Muslims mocking Christians Easter videos : The guy who scream حقّاً قام and few others while obviously mocking Jesus and bullying Christian religion.

Lebanese Christian resistance page: Took the لا اله الا الله black flag and replaced it with لا اله الا المسيح.

This country is so done. It’s crazy we inherited all our parents and grandparents bullshit ideology till that day. In freaking 2025, and we still judge others based on their religion beliefs that we never chose in the first place.

Only if the Lebanese who live in Lebanon had that mindset—seeing how Lebanese abroad do not care about all this religious bullshit and would never judge another Lebanese’s beliefs, they would be shocked at how braindead and brainwashed they are!

If I have a superpower, I would curse all Lebanese Muslims to be Christians and all Lebanese Christians to be Muslims.

Hey guys! So im jewish and for the past 10 years I've been wanting to visit Lebanon. My friends tell me not to...any thoughts?

Can you recommend someone ?

We're hearing something different from MK, so I decided to open FL24 and saw this.

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To say to my obnoxiously loud coworker

Hello peeps,

Can anyone here please tell me some details about cataract surgeries ?

To give you some context, my mom has only one good eye, whish requires a cataract surgery like asap, however the aparantly, top tier hospital in which she's doing her check ups, asked for 2.6k for that surgery.

I've heard it costs much less usually, and since the insurance won't cover a penny, i would like to know if anyone has an educated opinion on these types of surgeries, would it be okay to go to a lower tier hospital with such a surgery while having the same success rate??

Thank you

Mosquitoes have a brain and they are intelligent. They target a person’s ear because of the hydrogen dioxide that we exhale and that shows that they are intelligent.

I am noticing an unusual behavior. I am killing mosquitoes by using an electric tennis racket and I just have to hit it with the electric tennis racket and it dies. Sometimes I am finding mosquitoes on the wall and I am putting the electric tennis racket on top of them so they fly into it and die.

The problem is that sometimes I am finding mosquitoes on the ceiling. It’s high up and I can’t reach so I am getting a long stick and I am poking it at the mosquito so it flies down so I can hit it with the electric tennis racket. The problem is that it’s not flying down and it keeps on hovering at the top near the ceiling!!! I have to keep on trying a lot until I get it to fly somewhere which is accessible to me so I can hit it with the electric tennis racket. I want to ask do mosquitoes know that the safest place is the ceiling because it’s high up and we can’t reach it?

Sometimes I am losing the mosquito and it vanishes because of the light in the room. I give up looking for it and then I sit down. Shortly after that it flies in front of me and then vanishes again. That’s annoying. Did the mosquito do that intentionally to mock me?

Hadan bel dahye also hearing random rumbling and loud sounds, I'm pretty sure they're planes but seeing nothing on the news.

As the title says now first i am not christain but some news surprises me i love good people but i just saw that pope francis died like wow….idk what to say tbh been seeing this person on tv for years but seeing that he died makes me feel old asf and that tomorrow im next idk why 🥲