**Al-Nahar**
- A party official stated that captagon factories in Syria will soon cease operations following the rapprochement with Saudi Arabia, and some will return to Lebanon following a ban and the prevention of smuggling across the Syrian border as a gesture of goodwill toward the kingdom.
- There is a notable demand from all regions to obtain a loan from a fund affiliated with a prominent party, against the backdrop of banking troubles and urgent needs of the people.
- It was revealed that the statements attributed to an Iranian official regarding regime change in Lebanon were inaccurate and not what he said in a private meeting held in Beirut.
**Al-Jumhuriya**
- Disagreements within a political coalition have intensified following warnings of the potential unraveling of the group due to extremely precise interventions that could undermine its structure, size, and role.
- Despite the lack of expected results from an upcoming meeting called by a spiritual leader, some anticipate that a new and influential dynamic will emerge afterward.
- A non-civilian reference informed political entities that he is not concerned, directly or indirectly, with any analyses published at any media or political level that attribute directions to him or quote statements he did not make.
**Al-Liwaa**
- Officials from the capital of one of the leading candidates have advised delaying the official announcement of his candidacy along with the program, pending the completion of ongoing "positive" transformations.
- A serious disagreement is occurring among the protest movement groups, extending beyond issues of leadership and representation to include goals and near and distant interests.
- Regardless of the millions in electricity bills, the timing of their collection, just two days before the end of the month, further tightens the noose around citizens, noting that this is the second bill in a span of two weeks!
**Nidaa Al-Watan**
- A legal expert has suggested that the Banking Association asks the state and the Central Bank of Lebanon to be included in all lawsuits filed by depositors in Lebanon and abroad.
- It is rumored that groups of holders of Eurobond bonds, for which the Lebanese state has stopped payments, are preparing to file lawsuits to seize the state’s potential revenues from gas with Total.
- It is known that the head of the Middle East Airlines, Mohammed al-Hout, expressed displeasure regarding the contract that the Ministry of Public Works will sign for the expansion of Beirut Airport, as his company was prepared to carry out this work, while questions are raised about the silence of the Public Works Committee regarding the uproar over the contract's format.
**Al-Binaa**
- An Eastern diplomat warned Lebanese officials that the visit of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Barbara Leaf to Beirut serves two purposes: measuring the degree of deterioration she mentioned which could pave the way for solutions and sorting the Washington group from the Riyadh group following the Saudi-Iranian agreement.
- A parliamentary source stated that most of those who were day and night proclaiming their opposition to the resistance and its allies due to the desire for optimal relations with Saudi Arabia have abandoned this rhetoric after the Saudi-Iranian agreement, fearing that the circle of Saudi reconciliations would include Hezbollah after Yemen and Syria.
**Al-Anbaa**
- This is a containment move against street chaos, but it will also be random and will lead to further inflation.
- A parliamentary source prefers not to definitively rule out the cancellation of a fundamental entitlement while awaiting the developments over the coming days.
