For now, links to reports from Middle East Eye and L’Orient-le Jour; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for this date’s ALL OF IT and IRAN so far, and down for LEBANON 8-8-26.) — MCM

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Lebanon will not take part in next talks with Israel unless demands met: report. From Middle East Eye. Lebanon will not take part in the next round of talks with Israel that are scheduled for early September unless its conditions are met, L’Orient-Le Jour reported citing a source close to the Lebanese delegation’s leadership. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 9   Israeli forces detonate homes in Zawtar Sharqieh, set fires in Bekaa as south Lebanon escalation continues. From L’Orient-le Jour. SOUTH LEBANON — Israeli forces carried out detonations in Zawtar Sharqieh and several other southern towns Saturday night into Sunday, while Israeli drones dropped incendiary materials that sparked widespread fires across forested areas and mountains in the western Bekaa. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same report in French, and HERE for at least headlines of others.

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