The organization Reporters Without Borders on Tuesday denounced an attack that injured a Lebanese journalist while he was reporting on Monday in the southern suburb of Beirut, which is hit daily by...
The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) on Tuesday condemned "the targeting of its volunteer teams while they were on rescue missions," saying in a statement that "sites are being bombarded...
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced Tuesday "that the Italian brigade facilitated today the transport of dozens of civilians from southern Lebanon to safer areas,...
The Israeli army's Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced that the army killed Hassan Salameh, commander of Hezbollah's Nasr unit, in an airstrike on Jwayya, in the Sour...
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said in an interview broadcast Tuesday night on CNBC that "we have destroyed almost all of [Iran's] enrichment capability during the war," which began on...
In its latest updated tally of the human consequences of the war, the Health Ministry recorded a total of 570 killed in Israeli attacks and strikes in Lebanon as of Tuesday at 5 p.m., an increase...
A post by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright saying that the U.S. Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz was deleted on Tuesday, minutes after his account had posted it....
BEIRUT — A wave of panic swept through the Kesrouan district after residents in Jounieh and Zouk Mikael received threatening calls about false Israeli evacuation calls. Local authorities described...
Egypt, Ireland and the European Union announced Tuesday that they are sending humanitarian aid to Lebanon, as the country is mired in a new war between Hezbollah and Israel that has killed 570...
Joseph Aoun has stirred debate. Delivering some of his harshest criticism yet of Hezbollah — without directly naming it — for dragging Lebanon into war with Israel, the president on Monday said the...
President Joseph Aoun received Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Tuesday afternoon, with whom he "assessed the military developments and ongoing contacts aimed at finding ways to end the Israeli...
BEIRUT — Dubai-based Sidara, an engineering and consulting group founded by Lebanon’s Dar Al-Handasah, officially acquired Scottish oil and gas giant Wood, the company announced in a press release...
The authors of the criminal complaint against Hezbollah's deputy secretary-general, Naim Qassem, which was submitted last August to the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Jamal...
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday insisted, following a meeting with former prime ministers Najib Mikati, Tammam Salam and Fouad Siniora, on the role played by the mechanism (the committee...
BEIRUT – Lebanese President Joseph Aoun received a phone call Tuesday afternoon from Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa to discuss reinforcing the border between the two countries, the presidency's...
What L’Orient-Le Jour has learnedWashington delivered a strong message to Beirut on Tuesday, urging the Lebanese authorities to act quickly to end any military activity by Hezbollah, prevent it...
From southern Lebanon to the Bekaa Valley, through Beirut and its suburbs, the war raging in Lebanon is visible everywhere. In the rubble of buildings reduced to dust by Israeli strikes, now...
“It’s my homeland, no matter what. I love Lebanon every time,” Jean Sarkissyan says. There's no flair in this statement, and no marketing angle either – just a sense of belonging that he...
The United States and Israel pounded Iran on Tuesday with what both the Pentagon and Iranians on the ground described as the most intense airstrikes of the conflict, despite global markets betting...
Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon are mounting pressure on the Christian villages — whose residents had until now refused to flee — following a strike on Qlaya (Marjayoun district) that killed...
The fall of the Assad dictatorship had not persuaded them to go home. It is, in the end, the relentless Israeli bombardment on Lebanon since March 2 that has driven tens of thousands of Syrian...
The top U.S. general said on Tuesday that while Iran was fighting, it was not more formidable than Washington had thought, as the United States geared up for the most intense day of strikes against...
BEIRUT — Information Minister Paul Morcos said diplomatic efforts by President Joseph Aoun, including talks with Emmanuel Macron and other leaders, have “helped avert the threat of strikes...
On Friday, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, escorted by three frigates and a submarine from the French navy. Diverted from the waters of the Baltic...
BEIRUT — The Amal movement on Tuesday congratulated Iran for choosing its new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeds his father, Ali Khamenei, killed on the first day of the...
Abu Dhabi state oil giant ADNOC has shut its Ruwais refinery, a source said on Tuesday, after a fire broke out at a facility within the complex following a drone strike, the latest disruption to...
A drone attack caused a fire in an industrial zone in the emirate of Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, UAE authorities said, in an area that houses oil and energy infrastructure. "Authorities in the...
Mojtaba Khamenei, described as "the Revolutionary Guards' man," was appointed Supreme Leader by the Assembly of Experts in Iran on Sunday. This choice sends a clear message: power...
Tank movements, ground combat with Hezbollah: The Israeli army continues to advance in southern Lebanon and appears to intensify its maneuvers on several fronts in the area overnight from Monday to...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday condemned what he called a campaign of “unjustified attacks” targeting the Lebanese Army and its leadership, following remarks by Commander-in-Chief...
The other day, you renewed your subscription to the Lebanese package of local TV channels. Naively, you had canceled it in December 2024 when the last war ended, convinced you wouldn’t need it...
The ongoing war involving U.S.-Israel and Iran is severely disrupting travel and transport across the Middle East, forcing airlines, land crossings and shipping routes to operate under heightened...
BEIRUT — Beirut’s first investigative judge, Roula Osman, issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for Ali Berro, a journalist with Hezbollah’s al-Manar channel, after questioning him for about...
U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News that it's possible he would be willing to talk with Iran but that it depends on the terms, the cable news network said on Tuesday. Asked in an...
As the war the United States and Israel wages against the Islamic Republic reaches an unprecedented scale — involving twelve countries — the future of the region remains more uncertain than ever,...
The head of energy giant Saudi Aramco on Tuesday warned the Middle East war could have "catastrophic consequences" on oil markets, describing the crisis as unprecedented. CEO and...
It is an unusual target. On March 8, the Israeli army said that it had struck the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) space and satellite headquarters. Israel justified the strike by noting...
BEIRUT — The public fuel supplier Électricité du Liban (EDL) stated Tuesday that it is taking steps to ensure "as much as possible" the continuity of electricity supply, as the rapid...
Iran vowed on Tuesday that not one liter of oil would be exported from the Gulf while its war with the U.S. and Israel continues, in a stark rebuke to President Donald Trump's boast that the...
Fuel prices in Lebanon continued to soar as regional war push global oil rates higher. Crude oil has topped $100 a barrel in recent days for the first time since 2022, driven by concerns over a...
Is an end to the war possible? While the current outlook remains grim, Lebanon says it is ready to push further in its diplomatic efforts. Speaking to European ambassadors on Monday, President...
BEIRUT — Residents of two buildings, one in Haret Saida and the other in Abbassieh near Sour, were threatened Tuesday with strikes by the Israeli army. In a message posted on X by its...
In the span of 48 hours, leading Lebanese institutions provided proof that the mindset and national culture that continue to prevail within the “deep state” leave it unable not only to implement...
Dear reader, With the recent escalation in the country, followed by yesterday’s mass evacuation of Beirut’s southern suburbs, I wasn’t sure I should write this week. But my mom said something...
00:25 Beirut Time At least one new Israeli strike was heard in the vicinity of Beirut Several witnesses reported another loud explosion in the city, following a second Israeli strike...
Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants — critical infrastructure for millions of people in the...
Record high Islamophobia in the U.S. in 2025 was driven in part by President Donald Trump's crackdown against pro-Palestinian protests and immigration, a Muslim advocacy group said on Tuesday....
Egypt raised domestic fuel prices by up to 30 percent on Tuesday, blaming "exceptional" global energy pressures caused by the Middle East war, which has disrupted oil supplies and...
The first night Iranian missiles flew over the sky of the United Arab Emirates, her neighbors went out onto their balconies to film the scene. Rim, on the other hand, closed her curtains. "I...
On Monday, March 2, after Hezbollah fired six rockets at Israel, triggering a new escalation , the Lebanese government declared the party's military and security activities illegal,...
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
