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The Jerusalem Post says the next round moves to Washington; Aoun says there is "no new round of negotiations at present"

Ten reports, one day. One puts the next Israel–Lebanon round in Washington on the US State Department's word; two say the Rome round has slipped to October and name nobody; Lebanon's president says from Nabatieh that no round is under way.

Upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington instead of Rome, US State Department says
Upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington instead of Rome, US State Department says as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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One day, three accounts. Every report we hold on this was published on 12 September. They do not describe the same negotiation.

What it says about the next round Outlets Sourced to
Moves to Washington instead of Rome The Jerusalem Post the US State Department, named
The Rome round is postponed to October Haaretz, Asharq Al-Awsat "reports", nobody named
There is no new round at present Asharq Al-Awsat, Al-Modon, Haaretz President Joseph Aoun, quoted by name

Seven of the ten reports are the same trip. Aoun's unannounced visit to Nabatieh and Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, travelling with army commander Rodolphe Haykal. LBCI carries his line that Israel's withdrawal, the return of prisoners and of the displaced, and reconstruction are commitments the state will meet. Al-Modon, alone, says the visit "did not break the ice" with southerners — a verdict in the outlet's own voice, with no resident quoted.

One side is quoted; the other is a source. No Israeli official is quoted by name in any of the ten. The only description of the talks' tone — "positive" — comes from an unnamed source to the Jerusalem Post.

Not settled: whether a round is scheduled at all, and if so where and when. The Jerusalem Post alone dates the first round to Rome on 4 August; no other report we hold carries that, and none contradicts it. Nobody living in Nabatieh speaks in any report we hold.

What this is about: whether Israel and Lebanon are negotiating directly, and on what terms. The two countries have no diplomatic relations. They have been formally at war since 1948.

How it got here

  • 1982–2000. Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982. Hezbollah, a Shia armed movement and political party backed by Iran, formed during that occupation. Israel held a strip of south Lebanon until 2000.
  • 2006. Israel and Hezbollah fought a war. UN Security Council Resolution 1701 ended it and expanded UNIFIL, the UN force in the south.
  • October 2023. Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October and Israel went to war in Gaza. On 8 October Hezbollah began firing on northern Israel in support of Gaza. Israel struck back.
  • Autumn 2024. Israel escalated, killed Hezbollah's leadership and sent ground troops into the south. A ceasefire brokered by the US and France took effect on 27 November 2024. It required Hezbollah to pull back and Israel to withdraw. Each side has accused the other of breaking it.
  • 2025. Joseph Aoun, the former army commander, became president in January. Washington and Israel have pressed for Hezbollah to be disarmed. Hezbollah has refused.
  • 2026. The Jerusalem Post reports that the two countries signed a framework agreement after US-mediated talks on 27 June, and that a first round opened in Rome on 4 August. In early September, Israel's military said it had taken the Ali al-Taher ridge near Nabatieh. Asharq Al-Awsat says the ridge was taken from Hezbollah and blown up.

Who is involved

  • Israel wants its northern border secure and Hezbollah disarmed.
  • Lebanon's state (President Aoun and army commander Rodolphe Haykal) lists four demands: Israeli withdrawal, the return of prisoners, the return of the displaced, and reconstruction.
  • Hezbollah is not at the table. Many of its supporters live in the south.
  • The United States is the mediator. We do not hold enough reporting to say whether Iran's standoff with Israel and Washington is connected to these talks.

What is at stake: a negotiated Israeli withdrawal and the return of southerners to their homes, or more fighting in the south.

Where it stands: reports disagree on whether another round is scheduled at all, and if so where and when.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Where the next Israel–Lebanon round meets — Washington, Rome in October, or nowhere
  • President Joseph Aoun's unannounced visit to Nabatieh and what he committed the state to there
  • A named US department on one side of the disagreement, unnamed "reports" on the other
  • Southerners described in every report on the visit and quoted in none
Three accounts of the same negotiation, all published on 12 SeptemberSide by side
OutletWhere the next round isSourced toHedged?
The Jerusalem PostWashington, instead of Romethe US State Department, namedNo — stated flat in the headline
Asharq Al-AwsatRome next week, postponednobody namedYes — "reportedly"
HaaretzPushed to October over scheduling"reports"Yes — "reportedly", "reports say"
Al-ModonNo new round of negotiationsPresident Joseph Aoun, in NabatiehNo — quoted directly
LBCINot addressed; carries what Aoun committed the state toPresident Joseph Aoun, in NabatiehNo — quoted directly
Where each report puts the next round, and who it names as the source. The Jerusalem Post and Haaretz publish from Israel; Asharq Al-Awsat from Saudi Arabia; Al-Modon and LBCI from Lebanon.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington instead of Rome, US State Department says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Israel-Lebanon Talks in Rome Next Week Reportedly Postponed Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome reportedly postponed; Lebanese PM: no negotiations underway Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · عون في النبطية وزوطر: لن نترككم..ولا جولة جديدة من المفاوضات Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Aoun from Nabatieh: No New Negotiations with Israel at Present Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent رئيس الجمهورية زار النبطية وزوطر الغربية: انسحاب إسرائيل وعودة الأسرى وأهلنا النازحين وإعادة الإعمار ثوابت وطنية تلتزم الدولة تنفيذها Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent الرئيس عون في زيارة مفاجئة إلى النبطية… إليكم تفاصيل الجولة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · زيارة عون إلى النبطية لم تكسر الجليد مع الجنوبيين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Eleven hours, 12 SeptemberTimeline
  1. Sat 12 Sep02:32 published time on the report The Jerusalem Post says the next round moves to Washington instead of Rome US State Department citedAlso dates the first round to Rome, 4 August — no other report we hold carries this.
  2. Sat 12 Sep04:34 published time on the report Asharq Al-Awsat says the Rome round due next week is "reportedly" postponed no source named
  3. Sat 12 Sep07:01 published time on the report Al-Modon reports Aoun in Nabatieh and Zawtar: no new round of negotiationsPlaces the visit after a wave of Israeli escalation on the city.
  4. Sat 12 Sep07:36 published time on the report Asharq Al-Awsat carries Aoun's words in English: no new negotiations at present
  5. Sat 12 Sep08:08 published time on the report Haaretz puts the postponement at October, on scheduling grounds sourced to "reports"Headline says the Lebanese prime minister; the text quotes the president.
  6. Sat 12 Sep11:43 published time on the report LBCI carries what Aoun committed the state to: withdrawal, prisoners, the displaced, reconstruction
  7. Sat 12 Sep11:49 published time on the report LBCI reports the visit was unannounced and walks through the tour
  8. Sat 12 Sep13:18 published time on the report Al-Modon says the visit did not break the ice with southernersThe judgement is the outlet's own; no resident is quoted.
Publication times as printed on each report, in UTC. Two further reports we hold repeat two of these word for word.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington instead of Rome, US State Department says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Israel-Lebanon Talks in Rome Next Week Reportedly Postponed Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · عون في النبطية وزوطر: لن نترككم..ولا جولة جديدة من المفاوضات Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Aoun from Nabatieh: No New Negotiations with Israel at Present Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome reportedly postponed; Lebanese PM: no negotiations underway Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent رئيس الجمهورية زار النبطية وزوطر الغربية: انسحاب إسرائيل وعودة الأسرى وأهلنا النازحين وإعادة الإعمار ثوابت وطنية تلتزم الدولة تنفيذها Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent رئيس الجمهورية زار النبطية وزوطر الغربية: انسحاب إسرائيل وعودة الأسرى وأهلنا النازحين وإعادة الإعمار ثوابت وطنية تلتزم الدولة تنفيذها Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent الرئيس عون في زيارة مفاجئة إلى النبطية… إليكم تفاصيل الجولة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent الرئيس عون في زيارة مفاجئة إلى النبطية… إليكم تفاصيل الجولة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · زيارة عون إلى النبطية لم تكسر الجليد مع الجنوبيين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Washington, Rome, or nowhere

One report says the US State Department has moved the next round to Washington; two say the Rome round is "reportedly" postponed to October, naming nobody as the source; the president says there is no new round at present. No report sets the three accounts against each other. Seven of the ten are built on the same presidential visit to Nabatieh, four of them near-identical.

1 reports naming where the next round goes 2 reports saying postponed, with no source named 7 reports built on the Nabatieh visit

One side is quoted; the other is a source

Across all ten reports no Israeli official is quoted by name. The only Israeli-side account of the talks is an unnamed source calling them "positive" to a single outlet. Lebanon's president is quoted by name in six.

10 reports in the story 0 reports quoting a named Israeli official 6 reports quoting Lebanon's president by name
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington instead of Rome, US State Department says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome reportedly postponed; Lebanese PM: no negotiations underway Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Israel-Lebanon Talks in Rome Next Week Reportedly Postponed Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Aoun from Nabatieh: No New Negotiations with Israel at Present Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · عون في النبطية وزوطر: لن نترككم..ولا جولة جديدة من المفاوضات Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent رئيس الجمهورية زار النبطية وزوطر الغربية: انسحاب إسرائيل وعودة الأسرى وأهلنا النازحين وإعادة الإعمار ثوابت وطنية تلتزم الدولة تنفيذها Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent رئيس الجمهورية زار النبطية وزوطر الغربية: انسحاب إسرائيل وعودة الأسرى وأهلنا النازحين وإعادة الإعمار ثوابت وطنية تلتزم الدولة تنفيذها Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent الرئيس عون في زيارة مفاجئة إلى النبطية… إليكم تفاصيل الجولة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent الرئيس عون في زيارة مفاجئة إلى النبطية… إليكم تفاصيل الجولة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · زيارة عون إلى النبطية لم تكسر الجليد مع الجنوبيين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

disputed The next round of Israel-Lebanon talks will be held in Washington instead of Rome.
The Jerusalem Post reports the US State Department moving the round to Washington; Haaretz and Asharq Al-Awsat report instead that the Rome round has been postponed, to October, on scheduling grounds.
Checked against 3 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington instead of Rome, US State Department says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome reportedly postponed; Lebanese PM: no negotiations underway Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Israel-Lebanon Talks in Rome Next Week Reportedly Postponed Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true President Joseph Aoun said there is no new round of negotiations with Israel at present.
Asharq Al-Awsat, Al-Modon and Haaretz each report Aoun saying so during his visit to Nabatieh, and none of the reports we hold contradicts it.
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A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Aoun from Nabatieh: No New Negotiations with Israel at Present Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · عون في النبطية وزوطر: لن نترككم..ولا جولة جديدة من المفاوضات Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome reportedly postponed; Lebanese PM: no negotiations underway Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The first round of these talks opened in Rome on 4 August.
Only the Jerusalem Post gives the date and place of the first round, attributing the description of the talks as "positive" to an unnamed source. No other report we hold carries it, and none contradicts it.
Checked against 1 source:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington instead of Rome, US State Department says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

ر راغب ملي Al-Modon
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Judgement in the opening line the president's visit graded in the lede, before any evidence×1
Which measure was chosen the south measured by a presidential visit's political reception, not by the demolitions×1
From 9 reports we hold under this byline, at Al-Modon. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jack Khoury Haaretz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Headline claims what the body does not headline says the prime minister; the body quotes the president×1
Headline claims what the body does not carry headline says prime minister; the standfirst quotes the president×1
Hedged with no source named the postponement is sourced to reports×1
Sources counted the only report saying how many of those present spoke×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed2 unverified2 true
From 59 reports we hold under this byline, at Haaretz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
ا المدن - سياسة Al-Modon
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue"×1
Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer×1
Asserted vs attributed The rivals' word 'catastrophe' is quoted, and so attributed. The weapons-for-Iran charge stands in the same headline without quotation marks.×1
Critic leads The headline carries the charge that Hezbollah's weapons serve Iranian aims.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false6 unverified2 true
From 489 reports we hold under this byline, at Al-Modon. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
I Idan Kweller The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Headline against body headline says denies; the body says the statement rejected claims×1
Headline against body headline says denies; body says the statement rejected claims×1
How the denial is placed the denial is one sentence, last, unquoted and unnamed, against a sourced claim above it×1
How the quotation is rendered the Gaza line quoted in a short form, paired with a condemnation of the attack that preceded it×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
4 disputed2 unverified2 true
From 114 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 6 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · زيارة عون إلى النبطية لم تكسر الجليد مع الجنوبيين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Measures the south by politics rather than by blasts: President Joseph Aoun's visit to Nabatieh, it says, did not break the ice with southerners — a judgement made in the opening line.
حجم الخط مشاركة عبر كان المتوقع أن تكسر زيارة رئيس الجمهورية جوزاف عون إلى الجنوب، الجليد مع الجنوبيين وممثليهم السياسيين، بالنظر إلى أن الخطوة حملت دلالة خاصة في مرحلة شهدت تباينات وهواجس راكمت مسافة بين الرئاسة وشريحة من الجنوبيين. لكن الزيارة، لم تنهِ هذه القطيعة، ولم تعدل شيئاً في المزاج العام، وهو ما عكسته التغريدات والفيديوهات المنتشرة في مواقع التواصل. وللمسافة بين عون وبيئة الجنوب، أسباب عديدة، تبدأ من موقف لبنان الرسمي حيال المفاوضات المباشرة، إلى بعض مواقف رئيس الجمهورية، والتباين الحاد الذي برز أخيراً بين حزب الله والرئاسة، وصولاً إلى ما خلفته الحرب والاعتداءات الإسرائيلية وهواجس ال
Judgement in the opening line: the president's visit graded in the lede, before any evidence — “كان المتوقع أن تكسر زيارة رئيس الجمهورية جوزاف عون إلى الجنوب، الجليد مع الجنوبيين”
Which measure was chosen: the south measured by a presidential visit's political reception, not by the demolitions — “كان المتوقع أن تكسر زيارة رئيس الجمهورية جوزاف عون إلى الجنوب، الجليد مع الجنوبيين وممثليهم ا”
Read it at Al-Modon → https://www.almodon.com/media/2026/09/12/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent الرئيس عون في زيارة مفاجئة إلى النبطية… إليكم تفاصيل الجولة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Adds that the visit was unannounced, and walks through the stops on the tour.
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/news-reports/957261/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent الرئيس عون في زيارة مفاجئة إلى النبطية… إليكم تفاصيل الجولة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/news-reports/957261/title/ar?src=rss&utm_s…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent رئيس الجمهورية زار النبطية وزوطر الغربية: انسحاب إسرائيل وعودة الأسرى وأهلنا النازحين وإعادة الإعمار ثوابت وطنية تلتزم الدولة تنفيذها Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
اكد رئيس الجمهورية العماد جوزاف عون أن "صمود ابناء الجنوب عموما والنبطية خصوصا أكبر وسام على...
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon/957259/title/ar?src=rss&utm_source…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent رئيس الجمهورية زار النبطية وزوطر الغربية: انسحاب إسرائيل وعودة الأسرى وأهلنا النازحين وإعادة الإعمار ثوابت وطنية تلتزم الدولة تنفيذها Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The fullest account of what Aoun promised in the south — Israel's withdrawal, the return of prisoners and of the displaced, reconstruction — and the one report that writes "our displaced people" in its own headline.
اكد رئيس الجمهورية العماد جوزاف عون أن "صمود ابناء الجنوب عموما والنبطية خصوصا أكبر وسام على...
Whose side the wording takes: first-person possessive for the displaced — "our people" — inside the outlet's own headline — “رئيس الجمهورية زار النبطية وزوطر الغربية: انسحاب إسرائيل وعودة الأسرى وأهلنا النازحين وإعادة الإعمار ثوابت وطنية تلتزم الدولة تنفيذها”
First person for one side's displaced: our people, inside the report's own headline — “انسحاب إسرائيل وعودة الأسرى وأهلنا النازحين وإعادة الإعمار ثوابت وطنية تلتزم الدولة تنفيذها”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon/957259/%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d…
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome reportedly postponed; Lebanese PM: no negotiations underway Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Puts a month and a reason on the postponement — October, scheduling — sourced to "reports"; its headline says the Lebanese prime minister, its text quotes President Aoun.
oNavigationAccount Details Haaretz - back to home page SearchAccessibility Current section Reports say the talks are being pushed to October amid scheduling constraints, while Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says Beirut remains committed to Israel's withdrawal, the return of prisoners and displaced people, and reconstruction Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Talks between Israel and Lebanon that were scheduled to take place in Rome next week are expected to be postponed until October, Axios reported Saturday, citing a U.S. official.
Headline claims what the body does not: headline says the prime minister; the body quotes the president — “Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome reportedly postponed; Lebanese PM: no negotiations underway”
Headline claims what the body does not carry: headline says prime minister; the standfirst quotes the president — “Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome reportedly postponed; Lebanese PM: no negotiations underway”
Hedged with no source named: the postponement is sourced to reports — “Reports say the talks are being pushed to October amid scheduling constraints”
Read it at Haaretz → https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/lebanonnews/2026-09-12/ty-arti…
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Aoun from Nabatieh: No New Negotiations with Israel at Present Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Carries Aoun's words in English, from Nabatieh: no new negotiations with Israel at present.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun visited the country's south on Saturday, in a surprise trip to Nabatieh, a city close to the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge captured from Hezbollah and blown up by Israel. Official Lebanese media said he arrived in Nabatieh unannounced and accompanied by security officials. The National News Agency (NNA) quoted Aoun as saying that there would be no new negotiations with Israel at present, stressing that the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the return of prisoners and displaced people, and reconstruction remain national principles that Lebanon is committed to upholding
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5317386
A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · عون في النبطية وزوطر: لن نترككم..ولا جولة جديدة من المفاوضات Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report placing the visit after a wave of Israeli escalation on the city and its surroundings, and the only one naming army commander Rodolphe Haykal as travelling with the president.
حجم الخط مشاركة عبر جاءت الزيارة المفاجئة لرئيس الجمهورية جوزاف عون برفقة قائد الجيش العماد رودولف هيكل إلى النبطية، بعد موجة تصعيد إسرائيلية طالت المدينة ومحطيها قبل أيام، واستهدفت إلى جانب المدنيين مؤسسات ومرافق صحية. زيارة شعبوية أراد عون التأكيد من خلالها أنّ الدولة إلى جانب أهل الجنوب وتعمل على تأمين احتياجاتهم الأمنية والإنمائية، بالتوازي مع إعلان عون أنه "لا جولة جديدة من المفاوضات مع إسرائيل في الوقت الراهن"، وأن أي مسار تفاوضي يبقى مرتبطاً بموقف الدولة اللبنانية وسيادتها، وشدد عون على أن "الانسحاب وعودة الأسرى والنازحين والإعمار ثوابت وطنية نتعهد بتنفيذها". وقال عون: "صمودكم أكبر وسام
Who is named as acting: Israel is named as escalating, but the escalation, not Israel, is what reaches the city — “بعد موجة تصعيد إسرائيلية طالت المدينة ومحطيها”
Actor named, action nominalised: Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer — “بعد موجة تصعيد إسرائيلية طالت المدينة”
Read it at Al-Modon → https://www.almodon.com/politics/2026/09/12/%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%81%D…
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Israel-Lebanon Talks in Rome Next Week Reportedly Postponed Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Says the Rome round was due next week and has been postponed, with "reportedly" carrying the whole claim and no one named as reporting it.
Talks between Israel and Lebanon that were scheduled to take place in Rome next week have been postponed and will occur instead in ⁠October, Axios reported ⁠on Friday, citing a US official. Jewish holidays, a Paris conference ⁠and UN General Assembly preparations meant participants could not convene in Rome, Axios cited a source as saying. The Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors are ⁠due ⁠to meet in Washington, according to the post on X.
Hedged with no source: "Reportedly" carries the whole claim; no one is named as reporting it — “Israel-Lebanon Talks in Rome Next Week Reportedly Postponed”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5317357
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington instead of Rome, US State Department says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report naming a venue for the next round — Washington instead of Rome, on the US State Department's word — and the only one dating the first round: Rome, 4 August, described as "positive" by a source it does
The first round of talks began in Rome on August 4, and a source described the negotiations to The Jerusalem Post as "positive."
Whose voice is quoted: the one favourable characterisation of the talks comes from an unnamed source — “The first round of talks began in Rome on August 4, and a source described the negotiations to The Jerusalem Post as "positive."”
Venue attributed in the headline: the change of city is sourced, not stated — “Upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington instead of Rome, US State Department says”
One word verdict from an unnamed source: the tone of the talks rests on an anonymous positive — “a source described the negotiations to The Jerusalem Post as "positive."”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-908401
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
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Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
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The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
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Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
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Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
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Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
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Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
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North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
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WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
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SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
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Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
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Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
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Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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