With production in the Gulf countries at a standstill and gas prices rising, the war in the Middle East is disrupting the supply of fertilizers and posing risks for food security. A third of...
Before Islam, the Arabs named certain years after battles they fought, such as the "Year of the Elephant," in memory of the eponymous battle. They also called their tribal wars, such as...
Hezbollah said Wednesday that it launched dozens of rockets at northern Israel as part of a new operation against its foe, as Israel carried out fresh strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs....
Dear reader, The regional war sparked by the U.S.-Israeli offensive against Iran on Feb.28 shows no signs of abating – in fact, quite the opposite. Bombing campaigns on Iran continue. On Sunday,...
BEIRUT — Lebanon has declared it is prepared to enter negotiations with Israel under international sponsorship to establish "a comprehensive truce," the country’s representative told the...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Wednesday hailed the election of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s new supreme leader, following the assassination of his father, Ali Khamenei, on Feb....
"The army is determined to extend the authority of the state throughout the entire territory, in accordance with the decision of the political leadership," Army Commander Rodolph Haykal...
“The mask fell, and I saw the truth,” Lynn Harfoush told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. Originally from Baalbeck, she grew up in Beirut’s southern suburbs. She used to support Hezbollah,...
"In Lebanon, our loved ones can't imagine what we're going through," says Savio Haykal, a 21-year-old Lebanese student. "They don't realize we're suffering too, just...
Some weeks feel like entire decades condensed into days, and the week following Hezbollah's salvo of missiles fired into Israel on the night of Monday, March 2, was certainly one of them.In...
In addition to the unprecedented strike on the Aisha Bakkar neighborhood in Beirut, the Israeli army continued its deadly attacks across Lebanon on Wednesday. At least 14 people were killed in two...
BEIRUT — Several major banks and financial firms have evacuated staff from offices in Dubai after Iran threatened to target American and Israeli economic interests in the Gulf, according to...
What L'Orient-Le Jour learnedThe U.S. suspended its coordination with the Lebanese Army to pressure for Army Commander Rodolph Haykal's dismissal, several diplomatic sources told...
The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, targeted the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), MP Gebran Bassil, in one of his messages on X, criticizing his...
Between mental exhaustion, a survival instinct and an irrepressible need to create, Lebanon’s cultural scene once again finds itself under pressure.With each Israeli war, artists summon all their...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stressed Wednesday the need to ensure fuel oil supplies to displacement shelters and villages in southern Lebanon during the Cabinet's daily ministerial...
The U.N. Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday in New York, at France’s request, to discuss the war between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon, which continues to...
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday paid tribute to Father Pierre al-Rai, the parish priest of Qlayaa, killed Monday by Israeli artillery fire in the Christian village in southern Lebanon. Recalling that “...
Iran's military on Wednesday said any ships belonging to the United States, Israel or their allies passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz will be targeted. "Any vessel whose oil...
Education Minister Rima Karameh announced Wednesday that authorities have opened 1,156 public schools and high schools, along with 75 public institutes, to shelter people displaced by Israeli...
The majority Christian parties have taken action. Two days after Parliament decided to extend its mandate by two years, the Lebanese Forces, the Free Patriotic Movement, as well as MP Michel Moawad...
Tensions are rising between Washington and Tehran regarding the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian National Security Advisor Ali Larijani said on Monday that the corridor will remain closed, while the...
The Mount Lebanon Criminal Court, presided over by Elie Helou, held its first hearing on Tuesday in the trial of the alleged perpetrators of the murder of Khalil Khalil, 19, who was killed in...
Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is injured but "safe and sound," the president's son said Wednesday, offering the first official explanation for why the 56-year-old has...
The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) announced Wednesday that paramedic Youssef Assaf succumbed to wounds sustained from an Israeli strike on Majdal Zoun (Sour) while "carrying out his humanitarian...
Dutch airline KLM announced Wednesday it had cancelled all flights to Dubai until March 28 for safety reasons because of the war in the region. "Due to ongoing unrest in the Middle East, KLM...
Last August, the government tasked the Lebanese Army with disarming Hezbollah and other militias. Ever since, the army has been in the spotlight of the arms monopoly issue. In recent statement,...
BEIRUT — The Israeli army has announced that it launched “a wave of simultaneous and large-scale strikes against Iran and Beirut.” In a message on X, the Israeli army’s Arabic-language...
As some schools reopened Tuesday or were set to reopen Wednesday after several days of closure due to the war between Hezbollah and Israel, parents remain divided over whether to send their...
Not this week, but “very soon,” U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday, regarding the end of the war in Iran.This statement was largely interpreted as an attempt to reassure the markets, as...
BEIRUT — A building and Élysée College in Hazmieh, southeast of Beirut, were evacuated Wednesday morning after a suspicious call targeting members of the Zeaiter family inside the building,...
Iraq's oil ministry sent a letter early last week to the Kurdistan Regional Government seeking permission to pump at least 100,000 barrels per day of crude from Kirkuk oilfields through the...
Israel's intelligence assessment is that Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was lightly wounded in the Israeli-U.S. joint air war against Iran and that is why he has not been seen...
The war is gradually spreading across several fronts. After the Israeli air operation in the Bekaa town of Nabi Sheet and the ensuing clashes with Hezbollah and local residents, the conflict in the...
At the edge of the Qlaya (Marjayoun district) town hall, a crowd gathers. Some residents are crying, as others vent their anger.People in this Christian-majority town are used to the sound of...
Iranian protesters will be treated as enemies if they support Tehran's foes, the country's top police officer warned, as the Middle East war sparked fears mass anti-government rallies could...
02:45 Beirut Time 7 killed and 21 wounded in Israeli strike on Ramlet al-Baida The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that at least seven people were killed and 21 wounded in Israeli...
France will provide 60 metric tons of humanitarian aid for Lebanon, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday. "What we have decided is to triple the volume of aid that will...
In the face of Israel's war in Lebanon and the risk of a wider regional conflict amid the Israel-U.S. war in Iran, France requested an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting this...
BEIRUT — Israel carried out a strike around 5 a.m. Wednesday on an apartment in Aisha Bakkar, in central Beirut. It is the second attack on central Beirut since the start of the Israeli war on...
Iran accused Israel on Tuesday of killing four of its diplomats in a weekend strike on a hotel in Raouche, Beirut, in what it called a "terrorist attack." Tehran's permanent mission...
Recent Israeli landings in Serghaya in Syria are not seen as a coincidence. According to military experts, they are part of a broader plan to encircle Hezbollah, carried out by the Israeli army...
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
