Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed on Saturday a delegation to travel to Doha in order to advance efforts toward a cease-fire and hostage release deal, according to a statement...
In recent weeks, warnings have mounted about the likelihood of Turkish military intervention against Kurdish factions in northeastern Syria. On Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati visited Syria on Saturday, with the demarcation of land and maritime borders as one of his top priorities in discussions with Syria's new leader,...
The Gaza Health Ministry announced Saturday that at least 32 people were killed in the past 48 hours in the Palestinian territory, which has been at war with Israel for more than 15 months. This...
The election of General Joseph Aoun to the presidency has not only ended the prolonged presidential vacuum — a recurring issue that has become one of the most glaring flaws in Lebanon’s democracy —...
Gaza’s Civil Defense reported Saturday that eight people, including two children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school building in the northern part of the Palestinian territory, where...
“You can certainly say 'mabrook' [congratulations] in Lebanon,” said Antoine Hoyek, president of the Farmers' Association, summing up the mood after a parliamentary session that ended more than two...
The Lebanese Army began deploying in the village of Tayr Harfa (Sour district) on Saturday around noon, the village’s moukhtar (local official), Hassan Haidar, told L’Orient-Le Jour. "The army is...
BEIRUT — “I decided to skip Christmas this year,” says Pamela*, a Lebanese expat living in Austria. She usually books her flights home for the holidays well in advance, but the war that raged...
Lebanon’s elected president Joseph Aoun announced that his first official foreign trip will be to Saudi Arabia, in response to an invitation from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de...
On Thursday, Jan. 9, Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's newly elected president, delivered his inaugural address to Parliament following his election with 99 votes. "I pledge to fulfill my role as supreme...
Grand Mufti Abdel Latif Derian, Lebanon's highest Sunni authority, stated Saturday from the presidential palace in Baabda that "all proposed names are suitable" for the position of prime minister....
Syria’s new authorities announced Saturday that they had foiled an attempted attack by the Islamic State (ISIS) on the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine, a revered Shiite site south of Damascus. A source from...
The special envoy for the Middle East of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump held talks in Doha with Qatar’s prime minister on mediation efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza, according to a statement from...
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Damascus on Saturday for his first official visit since an Islamist-led coalition took power in Syria, AFP reported. According to...
In Aishieh, in southern Lebanon's Jezzine district, Marcel Aoun’s living room has been bustling since his cousin, General Joseph Aoun, was elected president the previous day. On the terrace,...
He will not follow in his father's footsteps. Mohammad Mahdi Nasrallah, the son of former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, ruled out a political career in a brief televised address...
Joseph Aoun's swearing-in speech struck a chord with the heirs of both Fouad Chehab and Bashir Gemayel. Even Michel Aoun's supporters could embrace it without hesitation — if not for Gebran...
A fire broke out Friday night at a Syrian refugee camp near Minyeh, in northern Lebanon, following the explosion of a gas canister, our correspondent Michel Hallak reported. The blast frightened...
20:44 Beirut Time Southern Lebanon The Civil Defense confirmed in the early evening that its teams had recovered the remains of two people from under the rubble of Israeli bombardment...
The chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the country’s ideological army, General Hossein Salami, visited an underground missile base, according to footage aired Friday by state television. Dozens...
A grenade was found Friday on the side of the Beddaoui highway near Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, by passersby, according to our correspondent Michel Hallak. The passersby alerted the army, which...
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
