Caretaker Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar announced on Thursday that the Lebanese state has begun transferring aid to people with disabilities, as part of an initiative aimed at...
Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said on Thursday that Ali Mamlouk, internal security adviser to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and director of the Syrian National Security...
BEIRUT — The head of the Kataeb Party, Sami Gemayel, sent a written letter to caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the Lebanese government on Thursday, asking them to "correct"...
BEIRUT — Body parts of a person killed in an Israeli airstrike at the start of the war were found in a targeted building at the junction of Maarakeh (Sour), according to the state-run National News...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Ankara late on Thursday and went straight into talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the airport, a U.S. official said. ...
The Health Ministry said on Thursday it was working to meet the needs of thousands of Lebanese and Syrians who arrived in Lebanon from Syria following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad on...
This will be a crucial question for the parties involved in post-Assad governance. On Sunday, a few hours after Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) toppled Assad, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)...
MP Nehmat Frem (independent) officially announced his candidacy for the presidency on Thursday, stressing his "commitment to the implementation of the cease-fire agreement, of all United Nations...
I left you on my desk, with a stack of papers and an empty coffee cup, on that quiet morning of Sept. 23. The house was still — save for the clucking of the chickens and ducks in the yard. The cats...
The government of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was non-violently handed over to Mohammad al-Bashir. The new prime minister, appointed to ensure a smooth transition, was previously in...
Pope Francis, who has recently intensified criticism of the Israeli offensive in Gaza, on Thursday received Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, with whom he discussed the "serious" humanitarian...
This is one of Syria's new flashpoints. While a sweeping rebel offensive advanced on Damascus to topple Bashar al-Assad, pro-Turkish factions launched parallel attacks against Kurdish forces. These...
The fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, and the immediate release of thousands of detainees from Syrian prisons, has rekindled hopes in Lebanon that the Syrian government...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said he was ready to run for president if he could secure enough political support, during an interview on Wednesday evening with Hala London. MPs are...
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, now in exile in Moscow, has left behind a battered economy, ravaged by 13 years of uprisings, repression, counter-revolutions, civil war and mass...
The General Directorate of General Security (GS) issued a statement Thursday warning Lebanese citizens against "suspicious applications" that recruit individuals for paid technical work, claiming...
The semi-autonomous Kurdish administration that holds swathes of Syria's northeast said today that it will adopt the three-starred independence flag used by the opposition, after rebels toppled...
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri urged political actors to ramp up efforts to reach a broad consensus on the next president, less than a month before the parliamentary session slated for Jan.9.Even...
BEIRUT — Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), criticized Thursday the lack of arrests in the case of Roland Murr, the LF head of the Karm al-Zeitoun office in Achrafieh, who was killed...
On Tuesday, Lebanon's Minister of Energy and Water, Walid Fayad, relaunched the process of 3D seismic surveys in one of the blocks of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), where Lebanon has long hoped...
Since Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced the Parliament session on Jan. 9 to elect a president, many political players have been trying to be optimistic about the possibility of it being...
The group of airlines that have decided to resume flights to Beirut following the Nov. 27 cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel has grown in recent days, according to sources from four travel...
It has become a symbol of opposition to Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime, waved by thousands worldwide to celebrate the president's downfall on Dec. 8, when rebels led by the Islamist group Hay’at...
Less than a week after the fall of the Assad regime, Damascus's main roads and working-class neighborhoods seem to have returned to ‘normal’ on Wednesday.In the most popular streets of the old...
Hamas has told mediators it is willing to accept a temporary Israeli military presence in Gaza once a cease-fire is implemented, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday. This marks the...
"This is just the beginning of the escalation and we will continue," said Islamist preacher Ahmad shemali during a protest on Tuesday outside Roumieh Prison in the Metn district. The rally called...
Two U.S. congressmen have urged senior American officials to suspend some sanctions on Syria to ease pressure on its shattered economy after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, according to a letter...
Human Rights Watch said Thursday that the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad has created an opportunity for Syria to "turn the page" on decades of repression and lead by example on human rights....
21:24 Beirut Time Thank you for joining is for our live coverage of the developments in Syria following the overthrowing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Be sure to come back...
The man, like the organization, intends to show a new face. In recent years, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist group spearheading the rebel offensive...
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli air strikes on Thursday morning killed 12 Palestinian guards securing aid trucks in southern parts of the territory. Seven guards were killed in a strike...
An Israeli airstrike targeted the main square of Khiam in southern Lebanon on Thursday afternoon, killing at least two people, according to local sources cited by our regional correspondent. On...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 12 p.m.: Gathering to mark the 19th...
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
