Lebanese Army receives $20 million from Qatar
The Lebanese army has received an additional $20 million from Qatar to support its troops, according to a statement from the Army reported on Monday by the official National News Agency (NNA)....
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Israeli Minister Calls Prospect of Marine Le Pen Presidency "Excellent"
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli said on Israeli public radio KAN that the possibility of Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN), becoming president...
1 July 2024
Joseph Aoun meets with European Commission official
Chief Commander of the Lebanese Army Joseph Aoun met on Monday in Yarze (Baabda) with Gert Jan Koopman, the current Director-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations (NEAR) at the...
1 July 2024
Lufthansa suspends night flights between Beirut and Frankfurt until end of July
Lufthansa announced the suspension of its night flights between Beirut and Frankfurt until July 31, according to a spokesperson for the German airline cited by Reuters. A tour operator based in...
1 July 2024
From ‘lover boy’ to icon of resistance: Saint Levant’s transformative journey since Oct. 7
With his lips on the microphone, clad in a white tank top and exuding a confident gaze, Marwan Abdelhamid, known as Saint Levant, fuses Arabic, French and English in his lyrics. He first gained...
Clément Camil MOUNZER and Anouk Lila HONORÉ, 1 July 2024
Generator prices drop for the fifth consecutive month
The price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for private or neighborhood generators, which supplement electricity shortages from Electricité du Liban (EDL), has decreased for the fifth consecutive month, now...
1 July 2024
Economic news recap: Here’s what happened last week in Lebanon
• According to data compiled by Marta Foresti and Otho Mantegazza at LAGO Collective, a research organization based in London, and calculations done by L’Orient Today, Lebanese are estimated to...
Stephanie Bechara, 1 July 2024
Why the Arab League changed its stance toward Hezbollah
Assistant Secretary General of the League of Arab States Hossam Zaki said in a televised interview with al-Qahera News on Saturday, “The League of Arab States no longer classifies Hezbollah as a...
Jeanine JALKH, 1 July 2024
Why Israel is breaking the sound barrier in Lebanon
Late Saturday night, several residents of southern Lebanon repeatedly heard Israeli fighter planes breaking the sound barrier in the sky above them. A noise was also heard in other regions of...
Raphaël ABDELNOUR, 1 July 2024
Privatization continues to threaten remaining patches of public coastline in Lebanon
BEIRUT — The seasonal return of beach days and sunsets along Lebanon’s shoreline reveals the ever-increasing encroachment of private property on public access to the Mediterranean.As prices rise at...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 1 July 2024
Civil Defense battles large fire in Damour plastic collection site
Civil Defense personnel from the Damour center are currently working to extinguish a significant fire at a plastic collection site in southern Beirut, the National News Agency reported. The blaze,...
1 July 2024
In Akkar, Bassil declares himself 'against any policy that leads to war'
It is a series of positions launched on Sunday by the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, during a tour in Akkar, in the far north of the country. During a visit to the...
1 July 2024
Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 37,900
The health ministry in Gaza said Monday that at least 37,900 people have been killed during nearly nine months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. The toll...
1 July 2024
Hezbollah responds to Rai's 'terrorist' comments
Hezbollah MP Ali Fayyad on Sunday responded to remarks made by Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai, who the party perceived as describing their operations in the south as "terrorist." In the first...
1 July 2024
Lebanon received reassuring messages: War is not imminent
Against a backdrop of growing threats and intensive diplomatic efforts, political and military events in Lebanon, particularly in the south, are gathering pace. Beirut had its eyes on Israeli...
Mounir RABIH, 1 July 2024
Gaza hospital chief says he was "tortured" in Israel detention
The head of the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital said on Monday after being freed from more than seven months of detention that he had been "tortured" by Israel. Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed...
1 July 2024
Dual-national, this old fixation of the National Rally which also troubles the Franco-Lebanese
During a televised debate just days prior to the first round of the legislative elections, Gabriel Attal seized the opportunity offered by Jordan Bardella to score a decisive point in the debate...
Gabriel BLONDEL, 1 July 2024
Nabil Nahas and Samia Halaby stars of the auction to benefit the Sursock museum in New York
In October 2023, the Sursock Museum's fundraising campaign kicked off on Rue de Valois in Paris. French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak was the host and patron of a gala dinner that brought...
Sylviane ZEHIL, 1 July 2024
Spotlight on Joyce: First Lebanese woman to climb Everest
View this post on Instagram A post shared by L'Orient Today (@lorienttoday) Meet Joyce Azzam, the first Lebanese woman to climb the Seven...
Amanda Haydar and Jaimee Lee Haddad, 1 July 2024
Israel has almost finished eradicating Hamas's military capabilities, says Netanyahu: Day 269 of the Gaza war
21:35 Beirut Time Thank you for joining our live coverage of the war in Gaza and its repercussions, particularly in Lebanon. We will resume covering the conflict tomorrow morning....
Wael Taleb, Muntasser Abdallah, Nicholas Frakes and Tasnim Chaaban, 1 July 2024
Violent weekend in southern Lebanon and port debris sale: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, July 1, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 10:30 a.m.: Press conference on final report of...
Abbas Mahfouz, 1 July 2024
Israel army says Gaza militants fire barrage of '20 projectiles'
Israel's military said Palestinian militants fired on Monday a barrage of some "20 projectiles" from Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis, and that forces were striking the suspected launch site....
