Iran detains Nobel-prize winner in 'brutal' arrest
Iranian security forces on Friday detained the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi along with at least eight other activists in an arrest condemned as "brutal" by the Norwegian...
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Ba'ath party in Lebanon now has a new name: 'The National Emblem Party'
A little more than a year after the fall of the decades-long Assad regime in Syria, the head of the Ba'ath Party in Lebanon, Ali Hijazi, announced that the party would change its name to the...
Ghadir Hamadi, 12 December 2025
Beirut airport: Banned hormones brought into Lebanon under guise of medication
Financial prosecutor Maher Cheaito on Friday questioned several freight forwarders, Rafik Hariri International Airport officials, and witnesses in a suspected case of falsifying customs...
12 December 2025
DFLP sit-in in front of UNRWA headquarters in Beirut against budget cuts
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) organized a popular sit-in on Friday in front of UNRWA’s main headquarters in Beirut to protest against budget cuts and call for a rescue...
12 December 2025
Aoun sweeps aside Barrack's statements: 'Don't waste your time with that'
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday dismissed recent remarks by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack, stating that they are "rejected by all Lebanese." "Don't waste your time with that;...
12 December 2025
Cabinet appoints supervisory body for elections
Reading out the decisions Friday from the Cabinet meeting at the Grand Serail, Information Minister Paul Morcos announced the government's appointment of members to the Electoral Commission,...
12 December 2025
Trump says countries 'want to intervene and deal with Hezbollah'
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that some countries want to "intervene and deal with Hezbollah" and that they may "have to do it" at some point. "We have countries...
12 December 2025
Salam government launches 'public hospital equipment plan' in Lebanon
The government announced Friday the launch of a plan to equip public hospitals in Lebanon, funded by the World Bank (WB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), titled "public hospital...
12 December 2025
Several suspects arrested by General Security in Akkar
General Security announced it has arrested several suspects wanted by the judiciary in Akkar, in the far north of the country. According to our correspondent, the arrested suspects are accused of...
12 December 2025
Frankens-time spook and a relationship silent-killer
Sorry, Madonna, but you were wrong. Time does not go by so slowly. It is a formidable force, and it’s burning right through. Almost every conversation I’ve had this week circled back to the same...
Yara Malke, 12 December 2025
Gains made by UAE-backed separatists in Yemen fuel tensions with Saudi Arabia
The offensive may only just be beginning. After seizing large swaths of territory in southern and eastern Yemen last week, the Southern Transitional Council (STC) — the UAE‑backed Yemeni separatist...
Noura DOUKHI, 12 December 2025
In 'freedom and sovereignty,' the political class pays tribute to Gebran Tueni and Francois al-Hajj
Several Lebanese political figures paid tribute to Gebran Tueni on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of his assassination, as well as to General Francois al-Hajj, who was assassinated 18 years...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
Lebanon received international warnings over 'large-scale operation' by Israel: Rajji
Lebanon "has received warnings from Arab and international parties about a large-scale operation by the Israeli army against Lebanon, but that intense diplomatic contacts are ongoing in an...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
Former Iraqi President Barham Saleh to lead UNHCR
Former Iraqi President Barham Saleh, a Kurdish figure, has been appointed to lead the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR), a U.N. source wishing to remain anonymous told AFP on Friday. He will succeed...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
Mother arrested after attempting to dispose of son's body, ISF say
Z. A. B., a Lebanese national, was arrested in mid-November after attempting to dispose of her son S. D. M.'s body, who died by strangulation and was "about 19 years old," by leaving...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
Voting rights at 18: About ten MPs seek to amend the Lebanese Constitution
About ten Lebanese MPs submitted on Friday a request to amend the Constitution to lower the voting age to 18, denouncing a “blatant contradiction” between the age of legal majority in Lebanon,...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
Between Joseph Aoun and Samy Gemayel, points of convergence and Samir Geagea as a shared rival
Old habits die hard. Lebanese Forces (LF) Leader Samir Geagea has always favored the comfort of being in the opposition over the demands that governing requires and the compromises it entails....
Salah HIJAZI, 12 December 2025
Egypt calls to 'spare' Lebanon as Israeli strikes hit South and Bekaa
BEIRUT — Israeli warplanes carried out a series of strikes across four areas in southern Lebanon and one in West Bekaa Valley on Friday morning, the latest in a series of attacks despite ongoing...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
Hezbollah reconstruction: Israel 'will not wait indefinitely,' says Ynet
Senior Israeli officials have explicitly warned that Israel 'will not wait indefinitely' and have accused Hezbollah of embarking on 'a vast reconstruction process on several...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
Joumblatt: 'I support holding a popular referendum' on Lebanon joining the Abraham Accords
Druze leader Walid Joumblatt said he "supports" holding a "popular referendum" on whether Lebanon should join the Abraham Accords, while expressing doubt about Israel’s genuine...
12 December 2025
AUF strengthens AI integration in Middle Eastern higher education
One hundred forty professors from Lebanon, Egypt and Palestine gathered in Beirut from Dec. 1 to 5 for an intensive program on the pedagogical, institutional and ethical integration of artificial...
Joanne NAOUM, 12 December 2025
Lebanese authorities act from a 'position of inferiority' with Syria, Bassil says
Drawing on his role as an opposition figure, and in line with his consistent criticism and concerns about the new regime in Syria, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil took aim at...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
AUB puts STEM in the spotlight and attracts thousands of young Lebanese
The event featured a variety of activities aimed primarily at sparking public curiosity and promoting interest in STEM disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “The main...
C.E., 12 December 2025
Gebran Tueini, 20 years after his pen fell silent
On June 3, 2005, Annahar newspaper organized a protest in downtown Beirut against the assassination of Samir Kassir, an emblematic journalist and key figure of the Cedar Revolution who had been...
Suzanne BAAKLINI, 12 December 2025
How a young Palestinian born in Lebanon found his artistic voice in a medieval French city
With his body-builder muscles, a light beard, and long dreadlocks tied together and cascading down his back, Mario Jouzi's silhouette is always recognizable in his drawings, as a mise en abyme,...
Anne ILCINKAS, 12 December 2025
Araghchi 'happy to respond' positively to Rajji's invitation to Beirut
If not in Tehran, then in Beirut. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday night accepted the invitation of his Lebanese counterpart, Joe Rajji, to come to the Lebanese capital to open a...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
A musical tribute honoring Gebran Tueni, 20 years after his assassination
On Wednesday evening at the Saint Louis Capuchin Cathedral, Beirut paid tribute to Gebran Tueni on the twentieth anniversary of his assassination. The ceremony, both musical and warm, offered a new...
Rana Najjar, 12 December 2025
Fire at hotel on Hamra Street contained
A fire that broke out overnight from Thursday to Friday at a hotel on Hamra Street in Beirut was brought under control around 3 a.m. at dawn by the Civil Defense. "Civil Defense teams...
12 December 2025
Storm Byron claims 12 lives, including 3 children frozen to death in Gaza; conditions 'dire' and 'dangerous,' says UNRWA | LIVE
21:21 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage for the night. See you tomorrow morning with more news updates. 18:23 Beirut Time Israel dropped stun...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
Saudi Arabia shifts its focus to the southwestern front
Since Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) returned from Washington, three things have happened that are increasing the pressure on his country's borders.First, since early December, the Southern...
Joe Macaron, 12 December 2025
US House of Representatives approves repeal of Syria sanctions under Caesar Act
After being initially lifted temporarily by the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. House of Representatives has now approved the permanent repeal of heavy sanctions imposed on Syria under the "Caesar...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 December 2025
Israel blocks tent deliveries to war-torn Gaza as heavy rain floods camps and infant dies of cold: Everything you need to know this Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Dec. 12, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:9 a.m.: The 20th World Congress of the Lebanese World...
