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🌲 - 🇱🇧🇺🇸 Lebanon's Embassy in Washington has officially confirmed that the U.S. State Department declared Lebanese Consul General Ibrahim Charara persona non grata. According to L'Orient Today, Charara was notified on Friday and given until Sunday, November 8, at 8:00 AM to leave the United States. A source close to Charara claims his X account was hacked seven years ago, leaving him without access to the account, its email address, or associated phone number. However, the account contains political commentary and quotations from writers and philosophers dated September 2021, years after the alleged hacking. The hacking explanation remains questionable.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇸🇾🇺🇸 Another post from Charara said: “From the Marine barracks in Beirut to the Al-Tanf base… We will reject the occupier and defeat it,” referring to US forces in Syria.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇺🇸 A screenshot of an October 23, 2021 X post of Lebanon’s Consul General in Detroit, Ibrahim Sharara, shows him praising the 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing, which killed 241 U.S. servicemen, as an act of “heroic resistance.” Additional photographs show Sharara alongside political commentator Ana Kasparian, as well as at a separate event attended by Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🔰🇺🇸 The U.S. State Department has declared Lebanon’s Consul General in Detroit, Ibrahim Sharara, persona non grata, ordering him to leave the United States by Sunday, November 8. The decision follows a Washington Free Beacon report highlighting social media posts attributed to Sharara in which he praised the 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing, which killed 241 American servicemen. The report also highlighted Sharara’s participation in an Arab-American community event in Michigan attended by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🔰🇮🇱 An investigation warns that Hezbollah-linked organizations are rebuilding their presence in southern Lebanese villages transferred to Lebanese Army control more than 100 days ago. Hezbollah's Islamic Health Organization and the Wa Taawano Association (جمعية وتعاونوا) have resumed operations in Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, including body recovery, food distribution, and the installation of prefabricated facilities. Further research into Wa Taawano reveals stronger links to Hezbollah's wider network: The association, headed by Afif Shouman, previously acknowledged using an account at Hezbollah-linked Al-Qard al-Hassan to receive donations. Lebanese reporting has also documented cooperation between Wa Taawano and Hezbollah-associated social organizations. Since the November 2024 ceasefire, Wa Taawano has installed dozens of prefabricated structures across southern Lebanon, officially intended for displaced residents and essential services. Israeli officials consider these developments evidence that the security pilot is failing to prevent Hezbollah's return.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🔰 Tensions between Hezbollah and the Amal Movement have resurfaced in several southern Lebanese municipalities. In Hallousiyeh, Tyre district, a dispute erupted over naming the town’s main road after Hassan Nasrallah, with Amal representatives demanding recognition of Musa al-Sadr. The disagreement escalated into legal complaints. Similar tensions were reported in Selaa and Kafra, prompting senior municipal officials from both groups to intervene.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Funeral of Nasr Mohammad Younes, the Al-Risala Scouts paramedic killed in Qabrikha

🌲 - 🇱🇧🔰 Hezbollah MP Ali Ammar condemned the joint statement issued by the embassies of 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺🇨🇦🇯🇵 concerning the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case, accusing the five countries of interfering in Lebanon's internal affairs and undermining its sovereignty and judicial independence. Ammar called on the Lebanese government to take action against what he described as repeated diplomatic interference.

🌲 - 🇮🇹🇨🇿 Italian media report that a Wizz Air flight from Prague to Rome was diverted to Venice following a bomb threat on board, as a new wave of aviation bomb alerts spreads across Europe.

🌲 - 🇨🇿🇪🇺 Bomb threats targeting European aviation have resumed. Czech police report new threats involving aircraft departing from or arriving at Prague Airport, following yesterday’s wave of bomb alerts across several European countries.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🔰 New legal developments in the Hezbollah-linked Dahr al-Baidar explosives case: Lawyer Maan al-Asaad has filed preliminary legal objections on behalf of six individuals charged who remain at large, citing a pending appeal before Lebanon’s State Council against the government's March 2, 2026 decision banning Hezbollah’s military and security activities and ordering the group to surrender its weapons. The appeal remains unresolved. However, under Lebanese administrative law, filing such a challenge does not automatically suspend the government’s decision. The explosives prosecution also involves separate charges under Lebanese Penal Code Articles 288, 307 and 335, alongside weapons and ammunition laws. Military Investigating Judge Ghada Abu Alwan has referred the objections to the military prosecution for its opinion and postponed further questioning until November 17, when additional arrest warrants could be considered. Meanwhile, Haitham Amhaz and Ali al-Kurdi remain detained under formal warrants. A total of 13 individuals have been charged in the case.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iran's Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani declared that regional groups have begun implementing Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's directives on the “unity of fronts,” including Lebanon.

🌲 - 🇪🇺 A wave of bomb threats continues to disrupt flights across Europe, affecting Bulgaria, France, Italy, Belgium and Austria. Three Ryanair flights were affected in Bulgaria, while an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome was diverted to a French military airbase. Other aircraft were diverted or subjected to security inspections. Several threats were delivered electronically, raising suspicions of a coordinated cyberattack or electronic warfare campaign.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🔰 Hezbollah has announced the death of Hezbollah operative Hadi Fadi Kazem, also known as “Sheikh Kamil,” from the southern Lebanese town of Taybeh. A relative's tribute suggests he was killed by Israeli forces, although the circumstances of his death remain unconfirmed.