A photo of a Palestinian child sitting on the rubble of a destroyed building in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip (AFP).

Here are the top news for Thursday, September 4, 2025.

An-Nahar headline: Escalation of the “Shiite” campaign on the eve of Friday’s session… Deadliest Israeli targeting of UNIFIL after extension

No additional items were added to the agenda of tomorrow’s Cabinet session, which changed and will change the position of the Shiite duo, even if their inclusion was in response to the demand of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri not to limit the session to the army leadership’s plan to implement the state’s exclusive weapon decision, nor the ongoing and intensive internal efforts joined by commendable French diplomatic efforts that formed sufficient guarantees to avoid the expansion of the Shiite duo crisis during and after the session.

Conflicting information about Homs explosion

Information across the border is conflicting; while a party source said an explosion hit Syrian militants in a former Hezbollah warehouse in the countryside of Al-Qusayr, another source said the explosion was caused by a landmine leftover from smugglers in the Safawi area, while Hezbollah’s weapons depot was found underground in Homs.

Moscow: Security guarantees demanded by Kyiv pose a “danger” to Europe

On Thursday, Russia condemned the security guarantees demanded by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of any settlement of the conflict in his country, considering them “dangerous guarantees for the European continent.”

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters during an economic conference in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East that Moscow considers these demands “completely unacceptable,” adding, “These are not security guarantees for Ukraine, but dangerous guarantees for the European continent.”

Third in less than 24 hours… Missile launch from Yemen towards Israel detected

The Israeli army said today, Thursday, that it detected the launch of a missile from Yemen towards Israel and that air defense systems are working to intercept it. This is the third missile in less than 24 hours.

Gold nears its highest levels… What about silver?

Gold stabilized today, Thursday, hovering near its all-time high recorded in the previous session, supported by global uncertainty and increasing expectations of a US interest rate cut, as traders await key US jobs data to be released this week.

In the countryside of Homs… Theft of Archbishop Al-Dhahabi’s cross, keys, and phone

The Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Homs, Hama, and Al-Nabek for the Syrian Catholics, Archbishop Michel Naaman, was subjected yesterday evening to an armed robbery attempt in front of his home in the village of Zaidal in the countryside of Homs, by two masked men claiming to be from the “Public Security.”

Selected articles for you today:

    • By Nabil Boumansaf: Hassan Al-Rifai… The steadfast constitutionalists and the last references and the hesitant for Greater Lebanon
    • By George Issa: China’s military display… Bad news for the West?
    • By Ibrahim Haidar: Hezbollah’s weapon is not the same as the Liberation weapon?
    • By Yasser Khalil: “The Muslim Brotherhood” and reconciliation with Cairo: Lifeline or impossible illusion?