Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister, Tarek Mitri, denied in an interview with the American Arabic-language channel al-Horra that the Lebanese government "has received any official request to sign a...
After the U.S. moved to block Iraq's imports of electricity from Iran, Baghdad is looking to Qatar and Oman as possible options should Washington do the same regarding their trade in gas, the...
Five years ago, as the world was scrambling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Lebanon saw its very first death as a result of the virus, 50 -year-old Lebanese man who had returned from Egypt and...
The Syrian presidency announced on Monday an agreement with the head of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate the institutions of the semi-autonomous Kurdish...
The U.N. is concerned about the "serious consequences" for the civilian population in Gaza following Israel's halt of electricity distribution in the Palestinian territory, which has...
Amnesty International on Monday urged Syria's new authorities to allow independent international investigators to look into deadly violence that broke out on the country's Mediterranean...
"Two young girls" were arrested in Sour after the public prosecutor at the South Lebanon Appeals Court, Rahif Ramadan, gave instructions to "combat the phenomenon of...
Ibrahim* doesn’t want to hear about politics anymore. Hunched over, his voice low, this former high-ranking official of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) was once among those who bet everything on the...
Two people were injured after a dispute turned violent in the Zahriya neighborhood in Tripoli, where a man opened fire Monday afternoon in a restaurant selling chicken a few minutes before iftar,...
The Lebanese Finance Ministry announced on Monday that several meetings had taken place between the ministry's directors and experts and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, led by...
A Syrian war monitor said Monday that the death toll from days of violence in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast had surpassed 1,000. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said...
Statements made about 10 days ago by Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji regarding Hezbollah continue to stir tensions between the party and the Lebanese Forces, sworn enemies on the Lebanese...
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were a threat to his mission to unite the country and promised to...
The Trump administration has canceled more than 80 percent of all the programs at U.S. Agency for International Development following a six-week review, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on...
Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad after nearly 1,000 civilians were killed in the worst violence since...
U.S. federal authorities have arrested one of the leaders of pro-Palestinian student demonstrations at Columbia University in New York, as Donald Trump has vowed to expel foreign student...
"What has changed … is that we are entering a new phase, without a doubt. But this phase doesn’t signify a change in principles, only an evolution of methods," said Naim Qassem, the...
The Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI), led by Salim Zeeny, expressed regret in a statement over the government's adoption by decree of the 2025 budget on Thursday, without the text...
Many deposit restitution plans proposed by the government, banks, or deputies were blocked in banks and have failed since the beginning of the 2019 crisis. Now, a new plan is emerging in Baabda.As...
The Syrian Interior Ministry has canceled travel bans issued under the regime of ousted President Bashar Assad, lifting restrictions on more than 5 million people, the ministry announced Sunday....
A Syrian man was kidnapped in Syrian territory while working on a tanker involved in the smuggling and transportation of diesel into Syria from Lebanon, a security source told L’Orient Today’s...
Jacques Mourad — like his friend, the anti-Assad Italian priest Paolo Dall’Oglio, missing since 2013 — was abducted by Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists in 2015. Unlike Dall’Oglio, whose fate remains...
The Arab plan is a direct response to Donald Trump’s proposal in late January to empty Gaza of its inhabitants and turn it into a “Riviera.” On March 4, following an emergency summit of the Arab...
Brasseria, the latest establishment of the Boubess group, is a Franco-Italian influenced venue located on Pasteur Street in the Gemmayzeh neighborhood, which opened its doors on Jan. 3.Also known...
Massaad Boulos, Donald Trump's Lebanese American adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, met Sunday at his home in Washington with an Israeli official from the occupied West Bank...
He personally designed the plans for his house in Odaisseh, south Lebanon. This long-dreamed home, whose construction he began in the late 1990s upon returning to his hometown after three difficult...
The Lebanese Cabinet on Monday denied media reports claiming the government is planning to abolish state committees and institutions in Lebanon, stating that the document cited by local outlets...
The Syrian Ministry of Defense announced on Monday the successful conclusion of the military operation in the west of the country, where fighting with loyalists of the deposed regime and mass...
The sectarian violence that has shaken Syria’s coastal areas in recent days, following clashes between the new authorities and loyalists of the ousted president Bashar al-Assad, raises the question...
Three months after overthrowing the Assad regime, Ahmad al-Sharaa finds himself surrounded. On one side, the insurrection launched Thursday night by pro-Assad regime fighters, and on the other,...
Syria is experiencing the deadliest violence since the Assad regime was overthrown on Dec. 8. The human toll of the sudden escalation has surged rapidly, with hundreds of people killed in four days...
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam paid tribute to teachers on Monday, on the occasion of Teachers' Day, calling for improvements to their situation and the preservation of their dignity in a...
A disagreement escalated on Sunday evening between residents of the village of Aqibieh, south of the city of Saida, and Syrian nationals, reports our correspondent in South Lebanon. Gunshots were...
More than 7,000 people who fled Syria’s coastal region — where fighting between loyalists of ousted President Bashar al-Assad and the new authorities have left hundreds dead — have settled in the...
Lebanon’s newly appointed environment minister, Dr. Tamara El-Zein, has proposed waste-to-energy (WtE) incinerators as a key part of the country’s waste management strategy, but without the...
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday called the United States' decision to end a waiver from sanctions imposed on Tehran, which allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran,...
Ali is Alawite. Originally from Masyaf, he has been living and working in Lebanon for over ten years. When the Assad regime fell on Dec. 8, he panicked. Not due to any affection for a clan that...
Contact was lost Sunday midday with a Lebanese Army soldier, Ziad Chebli, as he was driving from Halta (Hasbaya) to the Bastara Farms area (Shebaa Farms, Hasbaya district). He was riding a...
20:51 Beirut Time Gaza-Yemen Yemen's Houthi rebels have announced that they will take action as soon as their four-day ultimatum to lift the blockade on humanitarian aid to Gaza...
Interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa vowed Sunday to pursue those responsible for the "civilian bloodshed" that has killed at least 973 in western Syria, according to the Syrian...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage here.Monday, March 3, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Updates...
New incidents occurred Sunday in southern Lebanon, two days after the largest wave of bombing launched by Israel on this part of the country since a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah took...
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
Lebanese, Israeli delegation to meet in Washington; Lebanon files UN complaint against Iran: Everything you need to know this Thursday
