Israel said its forces fired at a threat near a UN peacekeeping position on Friday in Lebanon, acknowledging that a "hit" was responsible for wounding two Blue Helmets in an incident that has...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reiterated his call for an end to arms exports to the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, adding it was the sole means at hand to end the two conflicts pitting...
Leaders from nine European countries around the Mediterranean Sea on Friday called at a summit in Cyprus for an end to fighting in Gaza and Lebanon. French President...
A year ago, almost to the day, we wrote in these same columns that Hassan Nasrallah and Ali Khamenei were faced with the most difficult and crucial choice of their lives: to risk a direct conflict...
The CEO of "Middle East Airlines" (MEA), Mohammad el-Hout, stated on Friday that he received "guarantees from Lebanese authorities and some Western embassies that Beirut International Airport will...
BEIRUT — In a series of statements released on Friday following a press conference, Hezbollah’s Head of Media Relations, Mohammad Afif Nabulsi, addressed the ongoing conflict and the recent...
Following the wave of crushing blows Hezbollah was inflicted in the past few weeks, the party seems weakened. In addition to their impact on its arsenal — which is difficult to verify — and the...
The Israeli army said on Friday it had opened fire at a "threat" near a UNIFIL peacekeepers' position in southern Lebanon during an "incident" that injured two peacekeepers. "Israeli soldiers...
"For your safety and that of your family, you must evacuate your homes immediately and head north of the Awali River. Save your lives." For more than two weeks, Lebanese people, especially those...
BEIRUT — Two UNIFIL peacekeepers were injured by explosions that hit close to the force's Naqoura headquarters' observation tower on Friday, according to a statement released by the...
"Challenging but possible": the new polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, set to start on Monday, is expected to be more complicated due to the fighting between Israel and Hamas in the northern...
"But yes, everything is fine boys, take care of your studies." With the phone glued to her ear, Nicole* reassured her two children, both in London to continue their studies. Large cigar in hand...
The displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah are now at open war, is "disastrous" and the international community so far provides support "nowhere...
The Central Bank (BDL) announced on Thursday that it is increasing the number of beneficiaries of the main circular No. 166, allowing more people to withdraw dollars from their bank accounts, which...
"Inadequate, and in some cases misleading" Amnesty International said, describing the evacuation warnings issued by the Israeli army to residents of southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of...
For about ten days, a word that has not been heard since 2006 has been circulating in the local media: A total blockade is being prepared. Some Lebanese are convinced of this. The Israelis'...
While not new, strikes attributed to Israel in Syria have become increasingly frequent since the start of the war in Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. As recently as Wednesday evening, airstrikes attributed to...
A shipment of aid collected by the Lebanese embassy in Paris arrived Thursday night in Beirut, reports the National News Agency (NNA). This cargo includes a ton of medicine and medical equipment,...
Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, called on the U.N. on Friday to adopt a resolution for an “immediate cease-fire” in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, more than a year...
Will the war in Lebanon lead to a global solution or a regional war? The Israelis have reiterated in their meetings what they have been stating publicly. They seek to reshape the region, even if it...
On Thursday, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack using “booby-trapped drones” on the “air defense headquarters in Kiryat Eliyezer,” a neighborhood near the port of Haifa. This strike...
New Israeli shellfire targeted the main entrance to the headquarters of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, while an Israeli Merkava tank hit a peacekeepers' watchtower on a road...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces (ISF) mourned the security apparatus's member, First Sergeant Ali Mohammed Hammoudi, who was killed Thursday "after an Israeli airstrike targeted the town...
01:25 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE Blog. We will back tomorrow with more LIVE coverage. 01:09 Beirut Time Hezbollah urges Israelis to stay away...
How far will Israel go in its offensive in Lebanon and, more broadly, in its ambition to reshape the Middle East across the seven fronts it is now engaged in?With no end in sight for this...
Fuel prices continued to rise in Lebanon on Friday, according to the price list for the main fuels sold in the country, published by the Energy and Water Ministry. Contacted during the week, the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Oct. 11, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Israel’s continued ground offensive in south...
Esmail Qaani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' al-Quds Force has not been seen in public since the massive Israeli bombing that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sept. 27,...
BEIRUT — On Oct. 8, one year after it opened a front against Israel in support of Hamas, Hezbollah launched more than 85 rockets into the northern Israeli city of Haifa, marking the largest barrage...
On the afternoon of Sept. 27, Ali Hajj Ali drove from Haret Hreik to Achrafieh to visit his wife. They had not separated, but war had separated them. She fled their home in Beirut’s southern...
Read our live coverage of day 370 of the Gaza and Lebanon wars here 22 killed and nearly 120 injured in Israeli strikes on Beirut: Day 370 of the Gaza and Lebanon wars BEIRUT — For...
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
