1- Annahar headline: Manufactured confusion about participation before Friday’s session… Le Drian returns on September 10 and Ortagus on Saturday.

Sources involved in the ongoing political and military preparations for the upcoming Cabinet session on Friday, which will “provisionally” discuss and approve the plan prepared by the Army Command to implement the Cabinet decision made on August 5 regarding the exclusivity of weapons in the hands of the state, described most of what was published or circulated in the media about the military plan as anticipatory estimates rather than accurate information, because the plan is confidential and will only be revealed during the session to determine the Cabinet’s position on it.

2- Explosion at a Hezbollah weapons depot in Al-Qusayr… What is the cause?

A party source told Annahar that Syrian militants, especially from the Uyghurs, entered a weapons depot belonging to Hezbollah in the countryside of Al-Qusayr, which exploded killing them all. The blast was heard in nearby Lebanese areas.

3- Syrian Observatory: Israeli incursion and military checkpoint set up in Quneitra countryside

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Israeli army infiltrated the village of Al-Asbah in Quneitra countryside. It noted that an Israeli military convoy of about 12 vehicles entered from the occupied Golan via the western gate of the village of Al-Asha, heading to the village of Al-Asbah in southern Quneitra countryside.

4- In pictures – Massive military parade in Beijing attended by Putin and Kim… Jinping: China cannot be stopped and will surely win

Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that his country “cannot be stopped,” in a speech delivered Wednesday morning in Beijing at the start of a massive military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

5- Gold continues its record rise… How much did its price reach?

Gold prices continued their record rise on Wednesday, holding above the key level of $3,500 amid increasing investor confidence in the Federal Reserve’s move to cut interest rates in September.

Selected articles from Annahar today:

Nabil Boumonsef wrote: The “Diet” plan… to dismantle the state!

Lebanese experiences since the start of the war in 1975 are full of descriptions and terms that carry traits of settlements, exits, or half-solutions often crafted by the imaginations of politicians and leaders during ceasefires or confused times amid successive crises.

Abdelwahab Badrakhan wrote: The state’s decline is impossible… The ‘Party’s’ submission is inevitable

From the call for dialogue to agree on the “Shiite duo’s” candidate for the presidency, to the call for consensus on keeping the “duo’s weapons” in the hands of their owners despite their illegitimacy. The first dialogue had supporters but did not happen, forcing the “duo” to elect President Joseph Aoun, then accept Nawaf Salam as Prime Minister, neither of whom were their candidates. It seemed a renewed “consensual” state emerged in the country with two main titles: restoring the state and the exclusivity of weapons in its hands.

Radwan Aqil wrote: Lebanon and Syria “drawing” new relations and no visit from Al-Shara soon

The official sides in Lebanon and Syria agreed on “demarcating” relations in all files concerning the two countries and working to develop them with a new vision according to standards different from previous years, especially those shaped by the Assad family over more than half a century with Lebanon. Despite visits by Lebanese prime ministers and officials to Damascus after the transitional government took power, there are no indications or truth to reports that President Ahmad Al-Shara will visit Beirut in the coming weeks.

Jad Fiadh wrote: A hidden race between China and Russia… spheres of influence, transport plans, and military technologies

The expansion of the China-Russia partnership during the Shanghai Cooperation Summit and the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the military parade in Beijing worried the Western community, especially Europe, as they represent strengthening ties between two Eastern powers supported by countries opposing or not currently aligned with US policies, such as India, Iran, and Turkey. However, the hidden competition between the Chinese dragon and the Russian bear should not be overlooked.

Abdel Latif Al-Manawi wrote: Trump and the Nobel Prize… between ambition, hypocrisy, and dark comedy

From the first day of entering the White House, Donald Trump did not hide his wild passion for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. This passion turned into something like an obsession, described as the “Obama complex.”

Ahmed Mustafa wrote: Tripoli on the edge of the abyss: open confrontation or expected security settlement?

The Libyan capital holds its breath amid grave fears of a new war erupting following massive military mobilization between Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and armed groups loyal to him, mostly from Misrata, and militias opposing him, foremost among them the so-called “Deterrence Apparatus.”