Hezbollah: The reasons behind the collapse
Israel’s devastating strikes on Hezbollah have shaken the Lebanese political landscape. This party, long dominating internal politics with its powerful militia and serving as a conduit for Iranian...
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Stella Maris, Tirat Carmel and Eliakim: What do we know about bases Hezbollah attacks
Since the end of September, as fighting intensified in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has clashed with the Israeli army on the ground and launched several attacks on military bases around the northern...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 10 November 2024
Israeli army claims destruction of 'Hezbollah underground compound' in southern Lebanon
BEIRUT — The Israeli army's Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said that the army's 36th Division in coordination with the Shaldag unit destroyed a Hezbollah "underground compound hidden under a...
10 November 2024
Dentist, fighter: Who is the first Saudi national killed by Israel in Lebanon?
A Saudi national was killed over the weekend in an Israeli strike in Lebanon, according to information from our correspondent, Mountasser Abdallah. Omran Karim, a dentist from Qatif on Saudi...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2024
Restaurants and bars north of Beirut booming, as Lebanese escape war in the capital
BEIRUT – People chatting, cocktails flowing, bursting laughter, and glasses clinking. Sitting in her chair at a restaurant in Dbayeh, Georgina* looked around her, and things felt almost normal, as...
Stephanie Bechara, 10 November 2024
Salim Ayash, convicted in Rafik Hariri's assassination, reportedly killed in Syria
Arab media outlets, including al-Hadath and al-Arabiya, report that Salim Ayash, who was convicted in 2020 by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) for the 2005 assassination of former Prime...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2024
Hochstein returns with Trump’s ‘blessing’: Will this time be different?
The chapter of the 2024 U.S. presidential election is closed. Joe Biden's administration has two more months in power before transferring it to the incoming administration that Donald Trump is set...
Mounir RABIH, 11 November 2024
Netanyahu admits Israel's role in deadly Hezbollah pager and walkie-talkie attacks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly acknowledged on Sunday that Israel was responsible for the coordinated explosions of Hezbollah members' communication devices on September 17 and...
10 November 2024
Amal and Hezbollah believe Lebanese Army is preserver of national unity, says Mortada
BEIRUT — Caretaker Minister Mohamad Mortada told Al Mayadeen TV on Sunday that the Amal Movement and Hezbollah believe that the Lebanese Army is the "preserver of national unity and the protector...
10 November 2024
Bou Habib: Israel's goal is to 'create an unlivable buffer zone' in southern Lebanon
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, at the preparatory ministerial meeting for the upcoming joint Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh, called for support from Arab and...
10 November 2024
Schools reopen in northern Israel
Some schools reopened Sunday in northern Israel, which has been under near-daily attacks by Hezbollah, following a relaxation of civil defense restrictions, an Education Ministry spokeswoman said....
10 November 2024
Three Islamic Health Civil Defense responders killed by Israeli strike on Adloun
Three rescue workers were killed in an Israeli raid on Adloun (Saida district) on Sunday. The strike targeted a Civil Defense vehicle belonging to the Islamic Health Authority, according to the...
10 November 2024
Rai reiterates his call to relocate IDPs from schools to 'better places'
BEIRUT — During his Sunday homily at the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai reiterated his call to relocate internally displaced people (IDPs) from schools to “better...
10 November 2024
Qabalan to Geagea: No presidential elections without Shiite MPs
BEIRUT — Mufti Ahmad Qabalan said Sunday that Parliament will not convene to elect a president without the participation of Shiite MPs. This statement came after Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea...
10 November 2024
Casualties in Israeli strike on house in Aalmat, Jbeil district
An Israeli airstrike hit a house in Aalmat, in the hills of the Jbeil district, on Sunday morning, according to information from multiple sources, including the state-run National News Agency...
10 November 2024
US strikes on 'Houthi weapons'
U.S. warplanes staged multiple strikes Saturday night on Houthi "advanced weapons storage facilities in Yemen," the Pentagon said. The facilities contained various weapons used to target military...
10 November 2024
Geagea: Presidential session can be held without Hezbollah
Can war and political confrontation go hand in hand? It is with this logic in mind that Lebanese Forces (LF) party leader Samir Geagea seems to be approaching the current situation in Lebanon....
Yara ABI AKL, 10 November 2024
Israeli army's chief of staff approves 'expansion' of ground offensive in southern Lebanon: Day 401 of the Gaza and Lebanon wars
23:41 Beirut Time Iran's foreign ministry called for an arms embargo on Israel and its expulsion from the U.N. , following a deadly strike in Syria. Foreign ministry...
Muntasser Abdallah, Marguerita Sejaan, Tasnim Chaaban, Malek Jadah, Sarah Abdallah, 10 November 2024
Israel army slams soldiers for burning Lebanese flag
The Israeli military on Saturday accused a group of soldiers of burning a Lebanese flag in southern Lebanon where they are fighting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah....
