Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem on Tuesday denounced pressure from the United States on Lebanon, which he accused of trying to push the country into making concessions to Israel without...
"Dangerous words." That is one reaction to the controversial statements made last week by Druze Sheikh Akl Sami Abi al-Mona, in which he claimed that domestic violence could have a...
Avichay Adraee, Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army and a familiar face to the Lebanese public and the region, is expected to soon leave his position after more than twenty years with...
The judiciary, and more broadly the justice system, has just suffered a major loss with the resignation of one of its most esteemed and reputable magistrates. Samer Lichaa, who had been appointed...
Dozens of NGOs under the "Coastline for All" campaign held a press conference Tuesday on the Ain Mreisseh Corniche in Beirut to denounce the growing attacks against the coastline in...
Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar chaired a meeting of the Central Internal Security Council to review the overall security situation in Lebanon, discuss measures to strengthen law enforcement and...
Five days after his election as mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani appointed Dean Fuleihan, a seasoned local official of Lebanese descent, to the post of first deputy mayor.Mamdani, who has pledged...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Tuesday paid tribute to Lebanon’s national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA), on its 80th anniversary, praising its employees and calling the company “an essential...
BEIRUT — Metropolis Cinema is trying something new. The association has collaborated with the British Council and the U.K. embassy for “Intersections,” an unusually ambitious week of film.Running...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today...
Ending Iranian influence in the region has been the refrain repeated by every American official, including members of the delegation that visited Lebanon in recent days to discuss ways to prevent...
The Catholic Information Center (CCI) held a press conference Tuesday to provide more details about the upcoming interfaith meeting organized during Pope Leo XIV's visit to Lebanon, scheduled...
A familiar face to the Lebanese public and accross the region — known during the war for announcing some of the Israeli strikes — is soon expected to step away from the spotlight: Avichay Adraee,...
The Lebanese Army carried out live-fire drills Saturday at the Naqoura shooting range in southern Lebanon. The training took place amid rising tensions along the southern border, which prompted...
Video footage showing a young man — the son of an adviser to former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati — and his father's bodyguard, has caused outrage on social media on Tuesday, as the...
If Beirut residents saw smoke and heard explosions at the Beirut Port on Tuesday, there is no cause for concern: The Lebanese Army is conducting two days of drills simulating emergencies based on...
On the sidelines of his visit to Lebanon, U.S. Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John Hurley said the American administration considers that exchange companies...
Syria is joining the global coalition against the Islamic State group, a U.S. official said Monday hours after President Donald Trump welcomed his Syrian counterpart Ahmad al-Sharaa for historic...
The night in southern Lebanon was marked by new infiltrations of the Israeli army into Lebanese territory, this time in the border villages of Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil district) and Houla (Marjayoun...
Egypt's parliamentary election is sparking little enthusiasm among the population. From Nov. 10-11 and again from Nov. 24-25, Egyptians are called to elect their deputies for five years, with...
A Kurdish group in Germany has filed a complaint against Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity, German prosecutors confirmed to AFP on Monday. The...
The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Hezbollah, hand in hand again? After more than two years of deep disagreements on key issues, including the war with Israel and the presidential election, the...
For the third consecutive day, fires have been raging through forests in several regions in northern and southern Lebanon, despite the mobilization of firefighting teams, Civil Defense and the...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who is set to conclude his visit to Sofia, Bulgaria, on Tuesday, expressed regret during a meeting with the Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov that Beirut’s...
Beirut al-Marfa’ begins before you even realize it has. You step into Beit Beirut, that wounded yellow building standing stubbornly at the edge of Sodeco, and climb the stairs to the second floor,...
The mayor of New York does not set foreign policy. Nor is he particularly representative of the dynamics that shape U.S. society, and he rarely manages to assert himself at the national level....
Less than a year after seizing power in Syria, Ahmad al-Sharaa is received at the White House by Donald Trump — a first for a Syrian head of state since the country’s independence.Removed from the...
Yemen's Houthi rebels have suggested they are temporarily suspending their attacks targeting Israeli ships in the Red Sea, as a fragile cease-fire holds in the Gaza Strip. In a letter...
The Israeli parliament on Monday night passed in a first reading a bill to establish the "death penalty for terrorists," a measure specifically tailored to apply to Palestinians convicted...
21:51 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live coverage. We'll be back tomorrow morning. 21:14 Beirut Time Ron Dermer announces his resignation from...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:9:00 a.m.: ESCWA and UNICEF open the first "Arab...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to meet...
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
