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Fauda tops Netflix Lebanon war between imposed reality and chosen entertainment

Naqd English — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:34:20 +0000

The Israeli series Fauda topped Netflix’s most-watched list in Lebanon following the release of its new season, bringing a world of military operations, raids, pursuits, and fear to an audience that has experienced many of these scenes beyond the screen.

The paradox goes beyond the success of a series or the curiosity surrounding it. After years of airstrikes, drones, displacement, and escalation, images of war have become a recurring part of Lebanese daily life—and have now found their way into entertainment choices as well.

A grim reality fills the news and everyday life, only to return at the end of the day as the country’s most-watched series.

2027 budget raises tax revenue by 20%

Naqd English — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:28:00 +0000

Lebanon’s 2027 budget significantly expands tax collection, with projected tax revenues rising by more than 20% in just one year.

VAT alone is expected to account for around 39% of total tax revenues, while most taxes will come from consumption and trade.

Taxes on real estate and some companies are also set to increase, as total spending reaches around LBP 614 trillion.

100 million dollars for Beirut port to reopen Its gateway to the world

Naqd English — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:20:00 +0000

Beirut Port is gradually recovering after years marked by the August 4 explosion, economic collapse, and war, with the launch of its largest container terminal expansion since its establishment—a $100 million investment.

The project will expand the terminal from around 45 to more than 75 hectares and increase its annual capacity from 1.3 million to 3 million containers by 2028. This will allow the port to receive more vessels and strengthen its transit and transshipment activity.

After handling nearly 950,000 containers in 2025, the port is expected to surpass one million in 2026. The investment therefore reflects both renewed activity and confidence in future growth.

Lebanon records 110 suicide cases since the start of the year up 15% from 2025

Naqd English — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:38:00 +0000

Lebanon recorded 110 suicide cases during the first eight months of 2026, compared with 96 during the same period in 2025—an increase of nearly 15% in one year.

The 22–31 age group recorded the highest number, with 25 cases. It was followed by the 12–21 and 52–61 age groups, with 18 cases each, and the 32–41 age group, with 17 cases.

Geographically, Mount Lebanon recorded 51 cases, accounting for around 46% of the total. The North followed with 24 cases, then the Bekaa and the South with 12 each, and Beirut with 11.

By gender, 86 cases were recorded among males and 24 among females through the end of August 2026.

These figures show a clear increase compared with the same period last year, highlighting the need for greater attention to mental health, prevention, and social support—beyond simply documenting cases, toward understanding their causes and reducing their occurrence.

In Syria 2.7 million children are out of school awaiting school reconstruction

Naqd English — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:03:40 +0000

Millions of children in Syria are entering the reconstruction phase outside the classroom, as years of war have left one of their heaviest legacies on education.

Around 2.7 million children are out of school, while nearly 8,000 schools remain unusable due to destruction or damage. The return of Syrians to their communities is placing further pressure on already overcrowded schools.

Rebuilding classrooms alone is not enough. Poverty, transportation costs, teacher shortages, limited learning materials, and unexploded remnants of war continue to keep children away from education.

In 2025, UNICEF-supported programs reached around 3.7 million children, rehabilitated dozens of schools, distributed nearly two million textbooks, and provided remedial and non-formal education. Yet millions remain outside the school system.

As roads, electricity, construction, and investment dominate Syria’s reconstruction agenda, education remains less visible but no less urgent.

Rebuilding Syria means reopening its schools and returning millions of children to the classroom before years of war become a lost future for an entire generation.

Nabatieh residents appeal to save their city from Israel and Hezbollah

Naqd English — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:30:25 +0000

For the second time in the last few months, residents of Nabatieh have signed a petition urging the Lebanese state to reclaim full authority and deploy the army to protect their city and surrounding villages.

More than 400 local figures signed the appeal, demanding that all weapons and decisions of war and peace remain under state control, alongside efforts to halt Israeli attacks, end the occupation, and recover occupied land.

Residents say protecting the South requires confronting both Israeli aggression and weapons outside state authority.

Between 2023 and 2026 Israel attacked 38 hospitals in Lebanon

Naqd English — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:34:00 +0000

Israel repeatedly targeted hospitals across Lebanon, with 68 documented attacks affecting 38 facilities.

The attacks stretched from the South to the Bekaa, Beirut, and Baabda, killing 16 people, wounding 74, and damaging 25 hospital vehicles. Eight hospitals were forced to close, disrupting care for patients and the wounded.

In September 2026, Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh Al-Fawqa was completely destroyed, the only hospital officially documented as fully destroyed since 2023.

With new sanctions UK cracks down on Al-Qard-Al-Hassan

Naqd English — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:24:06 +0000

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on Al-Qard Al-Hassan, a Hezbollah-linked association and one of its main financial arms.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced the measure as part of a broader package targeting Iran and Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Operating outside Lebanon’s traditional banking system, Al-Qard Al-Hassan provides Islamic loans and accepts gold and jewelry as collateral. It has been under U.S. sanctions since 2007 over accusations of managing Hezbollah’s financial activities.

The British sanctions follow Israeli strikes on the association’s branches in Lebanon. On the same day, London also banned imports from Israeli settlements and restricted services linked to their expansion.

Britain is thus using sanctions and trade measures to pressure both Hezbollah’s financial network and settlement-related economic activity.

Telecoms squeeze citizen’s pockets Alfa and Touch end daily recharge options

Naqd English — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 02:44:00 +0000

Lebanon’s mobile sector may change how prepaid lines are recharged by ending separate validity-day purchases and introducing fixed cards that combine credit with line validity.

The proposed change would reduce flexibility, especially for low-usage subscribers who already have enough credit and only need to extend their line’s validity. They may be forced to pay for additional credit they do not need.

Telecommunications Minister Charles Hage said no decision has been made yet and the proposal remains under review. He also revealed that some money paid through the current recharge system does not reach the state treasury.

The issue now concerns both the potential cost to subscribers and the fate of funds collected under the current system.

For real not AI Hezbollah took the south back to the 1980s occupation

Naqd English — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:08:00 +0000

As the 1980s trend brought Lebanese users back to a bygone era through AI-generated hairstyles, clothes, and photos, Hezbollah brought part of the south back to that era in reality.

The 1980s in southern Lebanon were not about music, fashion, or nostalgia. They were years of Israeli occupation, villages under fire, land beyond the full authority of the state, and communities living through fear, displacement, and war.

Decades later, Hezbollah’s “support front” brought Israel back onto Lebanese territory and revived scenes many southerners thought belonged to the past: occupation, displacement, destruction, and villages once again paying the price of decisions of war.

The irony is that Lebanese users needed artificial intelligence to return to the 1980s. Hezbollah needed only one decision of war to return part of the south to some of its harshest realities.
The trend brought the past back as an image.

Weapons brought it back on the ground.