As soon as they were installed, they were vandalized. Two newly erected advertising billboards on the road to Beirut airport were set on fire Wednesday night. Freshly placed the day before their...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called for the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), on Sunday, to be "a turning point, and not just a moment of remembrance," during the opening of an...
President Joseph Aoun is scheduled to give a speech on Saturday at 8 p.m., on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the start of the Lebanese Civil War, which lasted from 1975 to 1990. The speech...
The weather in Lebanon this week has been a little overcast which has naturally left me feeling kind of sluggish. Something about the grey skies makes each day feel like a filler episode and dulls...
General Edgar Lawandos, director of the State Security Department, toured the regional directorates of Akkar and North Lebanon with the Chief of Staff, Brigadier Jamil Taameh, reported the...
In collaboration with the advertising agency TBWA\RAAD Dubai, the Maharat Foundation clinched the silver trophy in the "Print & Publishing" category among 42 entries at the Dubai...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army started entering certain Hezbollah camps in several areas north of the Litani River, sources close to the Baabda Palace and the Grand Serail told L'Orient Today....
The USS Carl Vinson appears to have arrived Thursday off the southern coast of Oman, according to various accounts tracking maritime military movements on X. With the USS Harry S. Truman deployed...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces (ISF) said in a statement on Friday that it destroyed a quantity of seized narcotic substances in a sealed crusher in the village of Bsalim (Metn). According...
In a country where young people are often the subject of discussion but rarely invited to shape it, Outlook and L’Orient Today are teaming up to open a space for new perspectives. This writing...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun appointed Rawaa Harati on April 8 to the national committee responsible for negotiating a new assistance program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Lebanon...
The European Union, via UNICEF, has delivered 40 tons of medical supplies and essential medications (antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, painkillers) and 15 emergency medical kits to the Lebanese...
BEIRUT – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joe Rajji, received on Friday an invitation to visit Moscow during a meeting with the Russian ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Rudakov, according to the...
BEIRUT - Leader of Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea, has set an ultimatum for the disarmament of Hezbollah, stating that the party should hand over its arsenal to the state within six months,...
Ali Fayad, a Hezbollah MP, stated on Friday that his party was "open to any process of internal dialogue initiated by the Lebanese state," particularly on the issue of its weapons, which...
U.S. President Donald Trump publicly urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show restraint toward Turkey during a White House meeting this week, as Ankara and Tel Aviv quietly opened...
The Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, American Wes Anderson and his collection of stars, French Julia Ducournau competing for a second Palme d'Or, and Belgians Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne aiming...
BEIRUT - Energy Minister Joe Saddi visited the premises of Électricité du Liban (EDL) Mar Mikhael on Friday, the building was heavily damaged during the August 4, 2020, explosion at the port....
On a wet stage transformed into a dance floor, 3,000 young people await the arrival of the "queen of disco." Behind the scenes, local reporters and socialites crush yet another cigarette...
BEIRUT - Former director of General Security, Abbas Ibrahim, appeared on Friday before the investigative judge at the Court of Justice, Tarek Bitar, as part of the investigation into the double...
There are only three of them. Three who can decide whether the "new Middle East" will come into being through another escalation that plunges it into a great unknown, or through the...
"The situation of four Maronite villages in northern Cyprus and the conditions of their inhabitants" were discussed Wednesday during a meeting between Foreign Minister Joe Rajji and the...
Appearances can be deceiving. Behind the current buzz in political circles ahead of the municipal elections looms the shadow of the upcoming legislative elections, scheduled for May 2026. According...
Since it was submitted to the Cabinet on to the Council first on Saturday and then again on Tuesday, the draft law on the banking sector restructuring has sparked intense debates. Discussions on...
The international environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has sounded the alarm over the effects of climate change in Lebanon, following last week's recent fires. Minister of Agriculture Nizar...
This Sunday, April 13, Lebanon commemorates the 50th anniversary of the civil war, as it is still recovering from a devastating 13-month war against Israel. Numerous events are scheduled over the...
The full-scale war between Hezbollah and Israel from September to November last year, extending almost a year of clashes in south Lebanon, had driven away all international airlines, leaving the...
BEIRUT – Hezbollah MP Ali Fayyad pointed out on Friday that his party is "open to any internal dialogue process launched by the Lebanese state", notambly on the matter of its weapons,...
U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus did not mention the disarmament of Palestinians in the camps during her last visit to Lebanon but highlighted it in a television appearance the day after her departure....
BEIRUT – The former director of General Security, Abbas Ibrahim, appeared for a hearing on Friday in Beirut, as part of the investigation into the 2020 Beirut Port Explosion led by judge Tarek...
BEIRUT - Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, conducted an inspection tour on Friday morning at the Beirut port, recently under scrutiny following accusations of Hezbollah arms smuggling. He then...
The new political authorities displayed their determination to restore justice and the rule of law by working to bring sensitive investigations, including the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port blast, to...
Hezbollah indirectly denied a senior Hezbollah official's surprise statement to Reuters Wednesday that the group would discuss disarmament with the president if Israel withdrew from south...
BEIRUT - Druze leader Walid Joumblatt, former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), stated on Friday that during the commemorations marking 50 years since the beginning of the Lebanese...
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Iran is giving a 'genuine chance' to diplomacy during the talks with the U.S. scheduled this weekend in Oman, despite the growing pressure from Washington, the foreign ministry spokesperson...
The second aircraft carrier sent by the U.S. to the Middle East to protect commercial shipping lanes mainly from the Yemeni Houthis rebels has arrived. Announced the U.S. military on Thursday....
'Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, April 11, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:Cabinet meeting discussing bank restructuringPort...
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
