Who is the Israeli 'research center' Alma?
On Feb. 18, the French newspaper Liberation shared a report on alleged Hezbollah tunnels in Jbeil, conducted by the Israeli Alma Research and Education Center, sparking discussions on Lebanese...
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Former Hamas captive mourns husband as Israel celebrates freed hostages
Israel's collective euphoria following the rescue of four hostages on Saturday stands in stark contrast with the anger of Tami Metzger, whose captive husband in Gaza was announced dead days ago....
10 June 2024
Saida's waste treatment company promises to treat piled-up trash within 3 months
BEIRUT — The private company IBC Inc. which manages both the waste treatment plant and the landfill site in Saida, said on Monday that it is aiming to treat all its accumulated waste within the...
10 June 2024
Hezbollah's first-ever targeting of Israeli jets and what it means for the war
On June 6, Hezbollah announced that it had fired anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli warplanes, claiming it forced them to retreat. The group has successfully downed several Israeli combat drones...
Wael Taleb, 10 June 2024
From Zgharta to Nabatieh: Gourmet adventures for curious palates
The Khinshara qurban The bakery smelled of yeast and orange blossom. Outside, Khinshara, a village located 30 kilometers northeast of Beirut in the Metn area, was not quite awake yet. It was...
10 June 2024
ISF member taken hostage in Roumieh prison was released
BEIRUT — A fight broke out on Monday among prisoners at Roumieh Prison, Lebanon's largest correctional facility, resulting in an inmate taking an ISF member hostage. The ISF announced the hostage...
10 June 2024
Mikati on an official visit to Jordan for conference on Gaza
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Jordan on Monday, on an official visit to participate in the « Emergency Humanitarian Response to Gaza » conference, set to start on Tuesday at the...
10 June 2024
What we know so far about the Nusseirat camp Israeli hostage rescue operation
On Saturday morning, four Israeli hostages were freed during an operation in the Nusseirat camp in the Gaza Strip. The operation, dubbed as "heroic" by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...
Ambre Angliviel de La Beaumelle, 10 June 2024
Economic news recap: Here’s what happened last week in Lebanon
-The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a financial institution partly funded by the European Union (EU), launched a new €12.5 million (equivalent to $13.5 million) program...
Stephanie Bechara, 10 June 2024
Blinken arrives in Cairo at start of Mideast tour
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt on Monday at the start of a regional tour to push for a much-awaited Gaza cease-fire between Israel and Hamas....
10 June 2024
In Hassan Nasrallah’s childhood neighborhoods, peril has crushed diversity
“My brothers and I were born in a neighborhood in the belt of misery, in a poor neighborhood called Sharshabooq in eastern Beirut, near Karantina. There were Lebanese and Palestinians. All of them...
Matthieu KARAM, 10 June 2024
Tourism revenues up slightly in 2023, says BDL
Tourism revenues estimated by the Banque du Liban – the only entity in Lebanon to publish official figures for this sector – reached $5.41 billion in 2023, representing a slight increase (+1.7...
10 June 2024
European elections: In Lebanon, La France Insoumise wins the day
While on a national scale in France, the National Rally came out on top with over 30 percent of French voters choosing the far right in the European elections held on Sunday, in Lebanon, French...
10 June 2024
How I survived 21 hours under the rubble in Gaza
A musician who once taught at the Edward Said YMCA in Tal al-Hawa, Hassan managed to flee thanks to an online fundraising campaign launched by an organization. Standing six feet tall, with shaggy...
Rita BASBOUS, 10 June 2024
Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 37,124
The health ministry in Gaza said Monday that at least 37,124 people have been killed in the territory during more than eight months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants....
10 June 2024
Rai questions the 'motives' behind presidential vacuum
BEIRUT — Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai on Monday questioned the "motives" behind Lebanon's presidential vacuum, especially as southern Lebanon "is threatened by war." His words came at the...
10 June 2024
Bazourieh residents on alert after warning messages about upcoming 'military action'
BEIRUT — Residents of the village of Bazourieh (Sour) received warning messages on their phones, on Monday at dawn, presumably from Israel, stating that a building in the village was about to get...
Muntasser Abdallah, 10 June 2024
Art gallery opens in bomb-ridden South Lebanon
"I was lucky enough to be taught by great artists such as Ali Shams, Fatima al-Hajj, Mohammad Rawass, Jamil Molaeb and others. The one who had the greatest impact on my work, however, was Rawass....
Fifi ABOU DIB, 10 June 2024
Hezbollah shoots down Israeli 'Hermes 900' drone, Israeli army confirms incident: Day 248 of the Gaza war
21:24 Beirut Time That's it for today's coverage of the Gaza war and the parallel fighting in South Lebanon. We'll be back tomorrow with the latest news and analyses. Good night!...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 10 June 2024
Three killed in southern Lebanon and over 37,000 killed in Gaza: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, June 10, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from the Head of L’Orient Today, Olivia Le PoidevinWe wake to news of Israel’s...
Abbas Mahfouz, 10 June 2024
Frangieh: The compromise is coming and it's very close
In a speech on the occasion of the commemoration of the June 13, 1978 massacre in Ehden, Marada leader Sleiman Frangieh spoke at length about the notion of Christianity, in what sounded like...
10 June 2024
US in Gaza ceasefire push with UN vote, Mideast tour
The United States stepped up pressure Monday for a Gaza cease-fire with a call for a U.N. Security Council vote on a truce as it redeployed Washington's top diplomat to the region scarred by...
10 June 2024
US resumes air drops aid into northern Gaza
An American cargo plane dropped more than 10 metric tons of rations into northern Gaza on Sunday, the U.S. military said, after a suspension of such deliveries due to Israeli operations in the...
