**An-Nahar**
- A deputy candidate for the presidency provided significant financial assistance to a Beirut charity and asked its officials not to announce it based on the principle that doing good should not be a matter of boasting, especially in these times.
- Reports indicate that a considerable number of teachers in the public sector have left for abroad on unpaid annual leave, with most likely deciding not to return.
- A parliamentary bloc supporting Sleiman Frangieh is divided regarding the number of votes he could secure from other blocs and is examining the possibility of obtaining 65 votes if the quorum of 86 is achieved.
- A meeting between a hopeful candidate for the premiership and a group of influential figures did not garner the desired response, revealing that the candidate is distant from the concerns of popular communities according to Sunni figures.
**Al-Jumhouria**
- Visitors to a European capital interested in Lebanese affairs conveyed that officials there seemed caught between two realities they cannot bypass in the presidential election: the support of the Shia duo for a prominent candidate and the negative intersection between the "Forces" and "Free Patriotic Movement" regarding the latter's rejection.
- A decision taken by a Western channel regarding its correspondent in Beirut has raised the interest of Lebanese references, and these references are expected to move in the coming hours seeking a remedy.
- Charity organizations that relied on contributions from Lebanese abroad have emerged with unoptimistic predictions due to the difficult financial conditions in diaspora countries and their commitments to their families.
**Al-Lawa**
- A knowledgeable diplomatic source revealed that there are several attachments in various fields related to the Saudi-Iranian agreement.
- It has become almost certain that a forthcoming electoral session will be held regardless of the outcomes or external or regional understandings.
- Revenues from restaurants and cafes in major malls in Beirut and its suburbs have increased, with one reporting no less than 10 billion lira in a single day.
**Nidaa Al-Watan**
- Investigations with the kidnapper of the teacher in Brammana revealed the existence of organized gangs of Syrian refugees operating professionally in various Lebanese regions. The Brammana incident served as a thread leading to them, where the most serious element these gangs possess are secure and facilitated illegal routes to Syria in case they are pursued by Lebanese authorities.
- A group of political and economic figures convened at the home of Emil and Claude Kanaan in an attempt to establish an independent national space based on a purely Lebanese approach to create a lobbying force.
- It has been learned that the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers has started contacting ministers to hold a new session of the caretaker government next Monday, with the agenda to be distributed on Thursday.
**Al-Binaa**
- A parliamentary source stated that former President Michel Aoun's visit to Harat Hreik on the occasion of St. Joseph's Day is an implicit response to calls for federalism, emphasizing the commitment to a unified Lebanon and sending a message of confidence in coexistence; its repercussions in the resistance environment were very positive, and the symbolic presence there was intended to be as drawn by its owner.
- A diplomatic source indicated that the rapid information regarding the Saudi movement in multiple regional directions and in implementing the easing with Iran reflects the existence of ready files awaiting the zero hour for execution, particularly regarding the Beijing meeting; the absence of movement on the Lebanese stage suggests that the timing is not yet appropriate in the sequence of steps.
**Al-Anbaa**
- A directly concerned entity is entirely absent in taking actions that could alter the current scenario.
- There is a pre-promotion for the postponement of municipal and elective elections in the potential legislative session, despite the fact that holding them is possible as long as the session convenes.
