Union of Municipalities, the mother of all battles
After the municipal elections in Mount Lebanon, political attention is turning to the next contest: control over the Union of Municipalities. This post-election phase marks a new front in the...
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Hamas releases new video of Israeli hostages
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a new video on the Telegram network showing two Israeli hostages. Undated, the clip shows Elkana Bohbot and Yossef-Haim Ohana, reportedly...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 May 2025
Young man dies after paragliding accident in Jounieh
BEIRUT — A young man died Saturday following a paragliding accident that occurred in Jounieh. "The victim is a young man in his 20s," Georges Kettaneh, director of the Lebanese Red Cross, told...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 May 2025
Around 100 Syrian families 'voluntarily' return to Syria
The Lebanese Army supervised the "voluntary" repatriation of 100 Syrian refugee families from the Arsal camps (Baalbeck-Hermel) to western Qalamoun in Syria on Saturday. The operation...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 May 2025
‘They'd been fighting for a thousand years’: In private, Trump expresses frustration over Gaza war
During a closed-door meeting with donors this week at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, U.S. President Donald Trump recognized that his diplomatic efforts to resolve conflicts in the Gaza Strip...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 May 2025
India, Pakistan confirm cease-fire following Trump announcement
Indian and Pakistani officials confirmed a cease-fire agreement that was brokered by the United States amid rising tensions. Pakistan's foreign minister told Geo News that this was "not...
10 May 2025
Mira, the forcibly or consensually married student, a reflection of a torn Syrian society
In the first photo, a young brunette appears with a sweet face, eyes lined in black and lips red and full. In the second, the same woman appears without makeup, dressed in a sky-blue jilbab —...
Rayan SAFAR, 10 May 2025
Number of voters, regions, competing lists: Your cheat sheet on elections in the North and Akkar
With just a few hours to go before the municipal elections in North Lebanon, the second round of voting this month, L'Orient-Le Jour put together a guide before the start of voting in the...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 May 2025
Start by cooking the rice in a small pot. Add the two cups of water to the pot and the salt. Bring to a boil. Once the water has boiled, add the unwashed rice. Cover with a lid, and reduce the heat...
Jaimee Lee Haddad, 10 May 2025
Over Syria, Baku plays intermediary between Tel Aviv and Ankara
Senior Turkish and Israeli officials met again in Baku on Thursday, May 8, for "deconfliction" talks focused on Syria — marking their second such meeting in less than two months. With tensions...
Dany MOUDALLAL, 10 May 2025
Gaza rescuers say five dead in Israel strike
Gaza's civil defense agency said Saturday that five people were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent in Gaza City, all members of a single family, according to relatives. "Three...
10 May 2025
In Jerusalem, a peace conference presents a two-state solution plan
Thousands gathered Friday in Jerusalem for a rare peace rally, as the war in Gaza enters its 20th month, with a humanitarian situation described as alarming by the U.N. and dozens of Israeli...
L'Orient Today staff, 10 May 2025
India, Pakistan launch multiple attacks as US warns against 'miscalculation'
Pakistan launched counterattacks against India on Saturday after three of its air bases were struck overnight, and as the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours spiralled towards a...
10 May 2025
US envoy calls enrichment 'red line' ahead of new Iran talks
The United States and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks Sunday in Oman ahead of a visit to the region by Donald Trump, whose key negotiator staked out an increasingly hard line on the...
10 May 2025
US judge orders release of Turkish student detained in immigration case
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the release of a Turkish student detained by federal agents as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activism. Judge William...
10 May 2025
Academic held in Iran at 'immediate' risk after heart attack
Sweden on Friday demanded that Iran release academic Ahmadreza Jalali, who is on death row in Iran, after his wife said he had a heart attack in prison and his life is "at immediate...
10 May 2025
Behind the new pager affair, the war of intelligence services
Turkey’s interception of a second shipment of rigged pagers has brought into the open a long-running shadow war between Israel's Mossad and Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT).Ankara...
Jeanine JALKH, 10 May 2025
Sex, jazz and tacos
I hope you are enjoying the first week of May, objectively the best month of the year, not just because it's my birthday month. Everything feels a little lighter to me all of a sudden. The sun...
