An-Nahar Headline: Consecutive Indicators of External Support for the Army and American and Israeli Assurances of Hezbollah's Re-Arming

Three consecutive factors have outlined positive signs ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, although the continuation of Israeli airstrikes and ongoing threats of a large-scale military operation in Lebanon keep concerns alive. However, these factors may serve as indicators of a possible breakthrough with the start of the new year.

The United States "chases" a third oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea

A U.S. official told AFP that the United States was pursuing another oil tanker in the Caribbean on Sunday, as Washington intensifies its pressure targeting Venezuela's vital oil sector.

The "active chase" in the Caribbean comes a day after the U.S. Coast Guard seized a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela within two weeks.

Australian police announce transfer of alleged Bondi shooter from hospital to prison

Australian police announced on Monday that the suspect in last week's Bondi shooting was transferred from the hospital to prison.

Navid Akram, 24, was receiving treatment in the hospital under police guard and has been charged with several offenses including terrorism and 15 counts of murder.

Prison sentences for hundreds of gang members in El Salvador, some exceeding a thousand years

El Salvador announced on Sunday the issuance of prison sentences against hundreds of members of a dangerous criminal gang, with some sentences reaching hundreds of years.

The Attorney General's Office stated on the X platform that 248 members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang (MS-13) received "deterrent sentences" for committing 43 murders and 42 cases of enforced disappearance, in addition to other crimes.

Israel warns Washington of a dangerous Iranian scenario... drills or preparation for an attack?

Israeli officials warned the U.S. administration that missile drills conducted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard may not be mere military exercises but could be a prelude to a surprise attack against Israel, according to informed Israeli and American sources.

Nabil Bou Mansaf wrote: Nawaf Salam facing the "two truths"

Despite six years passing since the historic rolling collapse that struck Lebanon in 2019, which forcibly and harshly subjected the Lebanese to one of the harshest and fiercest banking and financial deposit crises known worldwide—not just in Lebanon—there will be a renewed shocking moment for the Lebanese when the government announces, today or tomorrow, the approval of the financial regularity law and the recovery of deposits. This means a final decision on the size and duration of the return of the very small fraction of deposits and the lifetime savings that the collapse has turned into an unprecedented disaster.

Abdelwahab Badrakhan wrote: Netanyahu: No to the "Gaza Agreement," Yes to War on Iran

Ibrahim Haidar wrote: Israeli pressures encircle the American deadline for Lebanon, a dangerous scenario, and "Hezbollah" outside southern Litani?

With the American deadline for Lebanon or the two-month opportunity for the state to complete its plan to confine weapons, Israeli pressures intensify between continued threats of war and what it tries to impose in negotiations through the mechanism committee of harsh conditions on Lebanon related to the southern security zone.