The war of words continued on Friday between Hezbollah official Nawaf al-Moussawi and the Free Patriotic Movement, with Moussawi labelling FPM chief Gebran Bassil as a “despicable and detestable” liar.

President Joseph Aoun stressed Friday that southerners' adherence to their land "is the strongest response to all attempts at displacement, intimidation and the attacks committed by Israel."

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the fate and future of Hezbollah and other Iran-backed regional armed groups is completely tied to the fate of the Iranian regime itself.

“They go -- as goes Iran, so goes the proxies,” said Trump in response to a Lebanese reporter’s question about Hezbollah.

Lieutenant General Sir Charlie Collins KBE DSO, Deputy Chief of the British Defense Staff (Military Strategy and Operations), concluded a visit to Lebanon on Tuesday 29 September, the British embassy said on Friday.

During the visit, Lieutenant General Collins met Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Lebanese Army Commander General Rodolphe Haykal, and United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jean Arnault. He was accompanied by Deputy Defense Attaché Squadron Leader Craig Pearson.

Representatives of the Syrian government and Lebanon’s Hezbollah held face-to-face talks in Turkey last month to try to calm tensions ​between them, media reports said on Thursday.

The reports said the meeting went well and ​took place at the invitation of Turkish security and intelligence agencies.

The Israeli army announced Thursday that its air force targeted more than 500 goals in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip over the past month.

In a statement, the Israeli military said that the Air Force continues to operate on various fronts to eliminate what it described as "threats," as well as to support fighting forces in both offensive and defensive operations.

The Israeli army targeted overnight into Thursday the southern border towns of Mansouri, Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, Ali al-Taher and Hadatha-Harees with airstrikes and artillery shelling.

Israeli forces also carried out detonations in Houla and al-Mansouri and fired machineguns at Hadatha and Wadi Slouqi.

Under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, in partnership with the Metropolis Cinema Association, and in cooperation with the European Union Member States, announced Thursday the 30th European Film Festival in Lebanon. This anniversary edition will be held at Metropolis Cinema (Mar Mikhael) from 8 to 17 October 2026.

The European Film Festival will open on Thursday 8 October with the French film La Vénus électrique by Pierre Salvadori. This romantic comedy opened the 79th edition of Cannes Film Festival this May 2026. (The opening night is by invitation only.)

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has said that Lebanon wants “a state-to-state relationship with Iran based on mutual respect,” adding that “this is what we asked of the Iranians” during his meeting with the Iranian delegation in New York.

As for the trilateral agreement with Israel, Salam told Asharq Bloomberg in an interview that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio “is aligned with us on the necessity of having a verification process for the trilateral agreement.”

Israeli leaders said on Wednesday that a "jihadist" pilot had aimed to crash a flydubai plane with mostly Israeli passengers, who overpowered him and prevented a "major disaster".