Why is Germany so pro-Israel?
On Sept. 6, 2026, the AfD won 43.8 percent of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, a state in eastern Germany. With 39 of 83 seats, it narrowly missed an absolute majority but achieved its best regional...
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‘Are my family and I truly welcome here?’ In Germany, Syrians react to AfD’s rise
From Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, Zahra* felt her anxiety rise when the Alternative for Germany (AfD) was declared the winner of the regional elections Monday. ''It was a...
Clara HAGE, 12 September 2026
Army arrests 3 over killing of Future Movement official in Burj Abi Haidar
BEIRUT — The day after a Future Movement official was shot dead in Beirut’s Burj Abi Haidar neighborhood, the army’s intelligence directorate arrested the suspected shooter and two other people,...
Ghadir Hamadi and L'Orient Today staff, 13 September 2026
Syria, a quarter-century after 9/11
Born in 1961 in Raqqa, Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a Syrian writer, essayist and political dissident. Arrested in 1980 for his involvement in the communist opposition, he spent 16 years in the prisons...
Yassin al-Haj Saleh, 12 September 2026
BRICS adopts joint declaration, urges 'maximum restraint' in Mideast
The BRICS group of nations unanimously adopted a joint declaration Saturday expressing “deep concern” over the war in the Middle East and urging maximum restraint and a “multilateral approach” that...
12 September 2026
Bahrain says it won’t participate in Hormuz meeting with Iran
Bahrain said on Saturday it would not take part in a proposed meeting in Oman between Iran and Gulf states to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has blockaded throughout the Middle East...
12 September 2026
Iran president and UAE crown prince meet in New Delhi: Iranian embassy
Iran's president and the United Arab Emirates crown prince met in New Delhi on Saturday, the Iranian embassy in India said, as the countries remain at odds over the Middle East war, AFP...
12 September 2026
Israeli army continues explosions in Mansouri, strikes in Nabatieh district
In parallel with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s surprise visit to southern Lebanon, Israeli forces continued their attacks Saturday, carrying out two explosions in Qantara (Marjayoun), according...
12 September 2026
Saudi Arabia shuts down the oil pipeline that allowed it to bypass the Strait of Hormuz blockade
Saudi Arabia temporarily shut down its East-West oil pipeline Friday after attacks attributed to drones launched from Iraq, raising concerns over the kingdom’s ability to export crude while the...
12 September 2026
Israeli explosives and soil pollution: Study identifies risk areas in Lebanon
Since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon following the Gaza war in October 2023, concern about the environmental impact has typically focused on loss of vegetation cover,...
Suzanne BAAKLINI, 12 September 2026
Iraq closes three Iran crossings after drone launch, sources to AFP
Iraq closed three border crossings with Iran on Saturday, officials told AFP , after a drone attack on a Saudi Arabian pipeline that both Riyadh and Baghdad said was launched from Iraq. Soon...
12 September 2026
What kind of diplomacy is Joseph Aoun shaping for Lebanon?
Since his election in January 2025, President Joseph Aoun has made numerous trips abroad, marking Lebanon’s return to the diplomatic stage after several years of institutional paralysis. Today, the...
Joe Macaron, 12 September 2026
Al-Qard al-Hassan: Institutions pass the buck as investigation stalls
In Lebanon, the most sensitive cases are not necessarily buried: They sometimes simply get lost among institutions that deflect responsibility onto one another. Last June, Justice Minister Adel...
Mounir YOUNES, 12 September 2026
'No new round of talks with Israel for now,' Aoun says in Nabatieh, as Rome meeting postponed
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Saturday that there were “no new negotiations with Israel at the moment,” in response to a journalist’s question during a visit to Nabatieh, L’Orient Today’s...
12 September 2026
Ali Taher demolition: How significant is the loss for Hezbollah and Iran?
The Hezbollah command center, tunnels and weapons depots nestled beneath the heights of Ali Taher went up in smoke within seconds on Thursday night. The Israeli army detonated 1,100 tons of...
Malek Jadah, 12 September 2026
Why the Houthis’ victory matters far beyond Yemen
The Iranian axis is weakening in southern Lebanon but strengthening its grip on Bab al-Mandeb. On Thursday night and into Friday, Israel announced it had destroyed Hezbollah’s military...
Salah HIJAZI, 12 September 2026
Trump says Strait of Hormuz, Saudi concerns will 'work out just fine'
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that everything would "work out just fine" when asked whether he could help move traffic through the Strait of Hormuz in light of fresh...
12 September 2026
Iran president says Middle East has no need for US 'policeman'
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that the Middle East does not need the United States to be a "regional policeman", with the two countries at war and vying for...
12 September 2026
Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome delayed to October according to US official
The next round of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon in Rome has been delayed until October, a U.S. official said Friday. Last month, the United States said the next round of talks in the...
12 September 2026
Unmet desire, bad omens, and other lite things
Lite like in the labels, in case you thought that was a typo. It’s just the spelling I subscribe to, personally. It just feels right.I really thought September would solve all of my problems...
Yara Malke, 12 September 2026
سورية بعد ربع قرن من 11 أيلول 2001
ياسين الحاج صالح كاتب ومفكر ومعارض سياسي سوري ولد في الرقة في العام 1961. اعتُقل عام 1980 بسبب نشاطه في صفوف المعارضة الشيوعية، وأمضى ستة عشر عامًا في سجون نظام حافظ الأسد. وبعد الإفراج عنه، أصبح...
