Sharaa meets Trump for historic talks
Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa met President Donald Trump at the White House for unprecedented talks Monday, capping a dramatic turnaround for a former jihadist who once had a $10 million...
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Nahr al-Bared: 5 suspects arrested by army on drug trafficking charges
Lebanese Army intelligence services have arrested five people suspected of drug trafficking during a raid in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in North Lebanon, specifically in the...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Forry case: Riad Salameh summoned on Dec. 10
Released on bail of $14 million, paid last September, as part of the so-called Optimum Invest case — in which he is suspected of pocketing commissions worth several million dollars — former Banque...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Luna Shebel, former voice of the Syrian regime, reportedly killed 'on orders' of Bashar al-Assad
More than a year after her disappearance, initially presented as a car accident, the mystery surrounding the death of Luna Shebel, a former figure in the Syrian regime's propaganda machine,...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Israel builds concrete wall south of Blue Line, opposite Maroun al-Ras and Aitaroun
The Israeli army began building a concrete wall Monday south of the Blue Line, between the village of Avivim (northern Israel) and the occupied Lebanese site of Jal al-Deir, across from the towns...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Bakeries: Union president calls for regularization of Syrian workers
The president of the Beirut and Mount Lebanon Arab Bread Ovens and Bakeries Union, Nasser Srour, said Monday that the sector “has relied for more than 30 years on Syrian labor, mainly to ensure...
10 November 2025
In Beirut, US officials call for 'concrete actions before the end of the year'
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met with an American delegation specializing in sanctions and counterterrorism, which is visiting Lebanon to discuss ways to cut off Hezbollah’s funding sources,...
L'Orient Today staff/AFP, 10 November 2025
Sarkozy released from jail 'nightmare' pending appeal trial
Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday was freed from prison, a 20-day experience the former president called a "nightmare," as a judge ordered his release pending an appeal decision over Libyan...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Banking Control Commission moves to curb excessive bank fees
BEIRUT — The Banking Control Commission (BCC) — Banque du Liban's (BDL, central bank) banking watchdog — issued a memorandum on Nov. 4 for banks to regulate fees and commissions imposed on...
Stephanie Bechara, 10 November 2025
Syria foiled Islamic State plots on Sharaa's life, sources say
Syria has foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate President Ahmad al-Sharaa, two senior officials told Reuters . The sources, a senior Syrian security official and a senior Middle...
Reuters, 10 November 2025
Lebanese Army deploys in Arsal amid clashes between ISIS and Syrian forces
BEKAA — The Lebanese Army reinforced its presence Monday in Arsal (Baalbeck district) after gun clashes between members of the Islamic State and Syrian forces occurred in Fleita, a Syrian town...
10 November 2025
What you need to know before Iraq's parliamentary elections
Just one day remains before Iraq holds parliamentary elections on Tuesday, Nov. 11, and tensions could rise further. Four years after the victory of Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr's bloc, his...
Tatiana KROTOFF, 10 November 2025
Trump to meet Sharaa at White House, capping major turnaround for Syria
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa's White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday caps a stunning year for the rebel-turned-ruler who toppled a longtime autocratic leader and...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
UN says world must act now to halt 'horrific atrocities' in Sudan
The world must act immediately to halt the "horrific atrocities" in Sudan's al-Fasher, the U.N. rights chief told AFP Monday, urging countries not to wait until a "genocide"...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Hezbollah disarmament: Israel pressures Lebanese Army to conduct more 'invasive' searches
BEIRUT — Israel is pressuring the Lebanese Army to ramp up efforts to disarm Hezbollah, specifically by conducting searches of private properties in southern Lebanon, three Lebanese security...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Government working 'day and night' on Israeli withdrawal, Salam says
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said in an interview on LBCI that his government is working “day and night to ensure a complete Israeli withdrawal” from Lebanon and that he “will not compromise” on...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Aoun stresses army's 'essential mission' in arms monopoly, presses Beirut Port prove in Bulgaria
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun, speaking in Sofia during a visit to Bulgaria, reiterated the army’s "essential" role in disarming militias, including Hezbollah, echoing the message of...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
10 months after their displacement from Jenin camp: 'This Nakba is even more painful than the first'
In light of the Israeli military's new large-scale operation on Nov. 26, 2024, we invite you to revisit this article originally published on Nov. 10, 2025. “I kept this key my whole life. Now,...
Lucas LAZO reporting from Jenin, 10 November 2025
International media association denounces Israeli settler attacks on journalists
The Foreign Press Association (FPA) condemned on Monday attacks by Israeli settlers on journalists in the occupied West Bank, especially during this year's olive harvest. The organization,...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Lebanon, the land of borrowed time
It is almost midnight in Beirut, and like every night since September, she waits for her phone to ring. Nearly 8,000 kilometers away, her 18-year-old daughter is finishing her school day and is...
Gilles KHOURY, 10 November 2025
Beirut Chants 2025: 24 concerts to make the heart of the city beat
From Saturday, Nov. 29 to Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, the Lebanese capital will reconnect with one of its brightest traditions: the Beirut Chants festival, which over the years has become a true...
Maya GHANDOUR HERT, 10 November 2025
Border bridge in Wadi Khaled rehabilitated after destruction by Israeli army
Reconstruction work is underway on the Qamar Bridge in the Wadi Khaled region of Akkar, which connects the area to Syria, according to our correspondent in the North. This bridge, serving as an...
10 November 2025
Bulgaria adjourns extradition hearing for Beirut blast shipowner
A Bulgarian court on Monday adjourned an extradition hearing for the shipowner wanted over the devastating Aug. 4, 2020, blast at Beirut port, asking Lebanon to confirm he would not face the death...
10 November 2025
Starter, main, dessert: Discover our autumn recipes by Lebanese chefs
The kitchen can be a great place for relaxation. Not necessarily in the evening after a day at work. Rather, on the weekend, when the temperature drops, or conversely, as in Lebanon, when it still...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Why Jihad Samad holds firm to his alliance with Hezbollah
Last week, the Sunni MP for Dinnieh, Jihad Samad, joined the parliamentary delegation of the Amal-Hezbollah alliance during talks with President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam to...
Yara ABI AKL, 10 November 2025
Fires devastate South, blaze in Akkar brought under control
Dry and windy weather conditions have contributed to the spread of large fires in southern Lebanon (unrelated to Israeli shelling), according to our correspondent in the South. One such blaze...
10 November 2025
2 Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strike near Khan Younis
A Gaza Civil Defense official told Al Jazeera that two people were killed by an Israeli drone strike targeting the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Palestinian...
10 November 2025
'Killing a homosexual has become halal': From one regime to another, the struggle of Syria's queer community
He must choose a pseudonym, so it will be Amir*: that's how he's known in the "community." The rest, he shares candidly, with modesty and transparency. Amir spent most of his life...
Stéphanie KHOURI, 10 November 2025
Departure of Syrians: Will some sectors soon face a shortage of workers?
“We had no choice left.” In the long line of pickup trucks at the Arida border crossing in Akkar, Abdo Abdallah waits beside a jumble of clothes, furniture, mattresses, appliances and even the...
Gabriel BLONDEL, 10 November 2025
Iranian American Jew imprisoned in Iran since this summer, family reveals
On previous visits, Kamran Hekmati had never encountered any trouble for traveling to Israel for his son's bar mitzvah , which happened between seven and 13 years ago, according to various...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Kataeb to submit Constitution amendment on Lebanon's 'neutrality' in regional arena
Kataeb leader Samy Gemayel announced Monday that his party will soon submit a constitutional amendment on Lebanon's "neutrality" in the regional arena — a concept regularly put...
10 November 2025
Hannibal Gaddafi free after almost 10 years in prison
After nearly 10 years of detention, Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is now a free man. “We paid the bail at the registry of the investigating judge at the Court...
by Claude Assaf, 11 November 2025
The double face of Hezbollah: Political visibility and military secrecy
Would Hezbollah be suffering from schizophrenia? On one hand, there are its political figures who make public statements following a very specific agenda. On the other hand, there are its fighters,...
Scarlett HADDAD, 10 November 2025
Outrage and suspicion follow the death Iranian activist who burned Khamenei photo
At the age of 22, he was found dead in his car with a bullet in his head and traces of gunpowder on his fingers, according to Iranian authorities. They called it a suicide. But this explanation has...
Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 10 November 2025
Israel kills Hezbollah member on Saida-Sour highway ahead of south Lebanon, Bekaa intense strikes
BEIRUT — An Israeli drone strike targeted a car Monday morning traveling on the road connecting the main cities of southern Lebanon, Saida and Sour, killing the driver, prior to a series of Israeli...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Seeing the sea from the Burj al-Barajneh camp
The article below is part of L’Orient Today’s selection of pieces translated from L’Orient-Le Jour’s special L’Orient des Écrivains (Writers’ edition) on Oct. 23, 2025 edition, produced for the...
Yara el-Ghadban, 10 November 2025
‘What does it mean, exactly, to be Shiite?’
The article below is part of L’Orient Today’s selection of pieces translated from L’Orient-Le Jour’s special L’Orient des Écrivains (Writers’ edition) on Oct. 23, 2025 edition, produced for the...
Wafa'a Céline Halawi, 10 November 2025
What the Lebanese crisis can teach the rest of the world
The article below is part of L’Orient Today’s selection of pieces translated from L’Orient-Le Jour’s special L’Orient des Écrivains (Writers’ edition) on Oct. 23, 2025 edition, produced for the...
Thomas Porcher, 10 November 2025
Washington and the fight against ‘terrorism,’ a partnership with Sharaa and an effort to contain Hezbollah
The United States has entered a new phase in the region, one of total control.It continues to call for expanding the Abraham Accords through the conclusion of peace treaties between Israel and its...
Mounir RABIH, 10 November 2025
Sheherazade had better watch out
The article below is part of L’Orient Today’s selection of pieces translated from L’Orient-Le Jour’s special L’Orient des Écrivains (Writers’ edition) on Oct. 23, 2025 edition, produced for the...
Interview conducted by Emmanuel Villin, 10 November 2025
An Arab is dead
The article below is part of L’Orient Today’s selection of pieces translated from L’Orient-Le Jour’s special L’Orient des Écrivains (Writers’ edition) on Oct. 23, 2025 edition, produced for the...
Arthur Sarradin, 10 November 2025
UAE 'probably' won't join Gaza stabilization force: Senior official
The United Arab Emirates is not planning to join the international stabilization force for Gaza because it lacks a clear framework, a senior official said on Monday. "The UAE does not yet see...
10 November 2025
Netanyahu threatens to enforce its truce demands on Lebanon and Gaza with an 'iron fist' | LIVE
22:06 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live coverage. We'll be back tomorrow morning. 21:33 Beirut Time Loud cheers for Sharaa as he leaves White House...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Aoun assures US delegation of Lebanon’s crackdown on money laundering and smuggling
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met Sunday evening with an American delegation of sanctions and counterterrorism officials, to whom he asserted that Beirut was working "strictly"...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Deadly weekend in South Lebanon: At least 5 killed in Israeli strikes
SOUTH LEBANON — The Israeli army continued its daily drone attacks on moving vehicles in south Lebanon on Sunday, killing two people in separate strikes in the Bint Jbeil and Nabatieh districts....
L'Orient Today staff, 10 November 2025
Israel kills 5 in south Lebanon, Bekaa since Friday and Gaza death toll surpasses 69,000: Everything you need to know this Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Nov. 10, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:Updates on President Joseph Aoun's meeting with the...
