Trump warns Iran of 'very traumatic' outcome if no nuclear deal
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran Thursday with "very traumatic" consequences if it fails to make a nuclear deal, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was...
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Iran–US: Netanyahu goes back empty-handed... for now
The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew close attention in Tehran and regional capitals. Netanyahu traveled to Washington on Wednesday...
Dany MOUDALLAL, 12 February 2026
Sharaa, Shaibani, Khattab targeted in 5 assassination attempts in 2025: UN
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, his foreign minister, Assaad al-Shaibani, and interior minister, Anas Khattab, were targeted in five foiled assassination attempts in 2025, orchestrated by a...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
Two Israelis who crossed Lebanese border apprehended by Israeli army
The Israeli army said Thursday it had "safely brought back" two Israelis who crossed the border into Lebanon, during a gathering of about "20 people" near the Blue Line....
12 February 2026
Assir testifies and clears Fadl Shaker of any link to Abra clashes
The military tribunal, presided over by Judge Wassim Fayad, heard former Islamist leader Ahmad al-Assir as a witness Thursday in the case of the clashes between Islamists and the Lebanese Army in...
12 February 2026
Blind dates and cupid on the dancefloor: KED's Valentine's Day hotspot for singles
As dating apps seep into every corner of the romantic scene, a nightlife event is betting on something simpler: meeting without screens. On Feb. 14, The Blind Spark: After Dark will take over KED...
Rayanne TAWIL, 12 February 2026
Beirut reports 'positive pace' and 'significant progress' in IMF talks
The Lebanese Finance Ministry said talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which began last Tuesday, continued Thursday in Beirut at a "positive pace," recording...
12 February 2026
German president in Beirut next week for 3 days of visits, meetings
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will arrive in Beirut overnight from Sunday to Monday for a three-day visit, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Thursday. During his...
12 February 2026
Pope Leo XIV writes to Sheikh Ali al-Khatib, calls for dialogue and peace
The vice president of the Higher Shiite Islamic Council, Sheikh Ali al-Khatib, received a message Thursday from Pope Leo XIV thanking him for his participation in the ecumenical meeting in Beirut...
12 February 2026
Diaries from Gaza: 'The deepest scars are carried quietly by children'
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old media coordinator at a local research center, translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing...
Noor ALYACOUBI, 12 February 2026
After Tripoli incidents, Beirut and Saida buildings at risk of collapse
The issue of buildings at risk of collapse continues to stir concern in Lebanon. While building collapses and evacuation calls have increased recently in Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, calls have...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
Israel charges reservist and civilian for betting on military operations
An Israeli citizen and a reservist soldier have been charged with using classified information to bet on military operations via the Polymarket website, Israeli authorities said Thursday, according...
12 February 2026
Aoun: ‘Prison overcrowding is not solved by a general amnesty’
President Joseph Aoun said Thursday that he favors "speeding up trials" over passing a general amnesty law, as the fate of Islamist detainees incarcerated in Lebanese prisons has become a...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
CIA makes new push to recruit Chinese military officers as informants
Just weeks after a dramatic purge of China's top general, the CIA is moving to capitalize on any resulting discord with a new public video targeting potential informants in the Chinese...
Reuters, 12 February 2026
Lufthansa says 100,000 passengers affected by strikes
Lufthansa said on Thursday that almost 800 flights were canceled due to strikes by pilots and flight attendants, with approximately 100,000 passengers affected. Lufthansa expects to resume a...
Reuters, 12 February 2026
The Lebanese Cabinet appoints 1,690 contract professors as full-timers
For the first time since 2014, the issue of contract professors at the Lebanese University (LU) was raised during the Cabinet meeting on Friday, when 1,690 contract professors were granted the...
Anne-Marie El-HAGE, 12 February 2026
Lebanese Army, UNIFIL are deploying in strategic valley in south Lebanon
A large joint patrol of UNIFIL peacekeepers and the Lebanese Army was deployed Thursday in the strategic valley of Wadi al-Hujeir (South Lebanon district) – regularly inspected by the military –...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
Where to be this Valentine's Day in Beirut
Though everyone loves to deny it, Beirut knows that it'll remain your first and true love. Relishing in its imperfections, it never pretends not to be pompous and dirty. It just asks you to...
Marguerita Sejaan, 12 February 2026
Venice Biennale: Nabil Nahas to unveil 45-meter artwork representing Lebanon
Under the solemn glass roof of the National Library, artist Nabil Nahas presented "Don’t Get Me Wrong," the project he will showcase to represent Lebanon at the Venice Art Biennale, in...
Nanette Ziadé-Ritter, 12 February 2026
Behind their worldwide performances, Mayyas juggle college, stage and dance
Between her master's studies in English literature at Notre Dame University–Louaize (NDU), teaching English every morning, and dance rehearsals late into the evening, Jana Obeid's life is a...
Lamia SFEIR DAROUNI, 12 February 2026
Reciprocity, exceptions: Beirut and Damascus reopen their border to trucks for 1 week
Truck traffic between Syria and Lebanon will resume for one week starting Friday, Feb. 13, under certain conditions, "while an agreement is reached on a new organizational mechanism" for...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
Haykal in race against time ahead of Paris conference
Lebanese Army Chief Rodolph Haykal has no respite. In recent days, he made one visit after another ahead of the March 5 conference in Paris in support of the Lebanese Army.This event, pivotal for...
Jeanine JALKH, 12 February 2026
Syria defense ministry says army has taken control of al-Tanf base after US pullout
Syria's defense ministry said on Thursday that the army had taken control of the al-Tanf base after the withdrawal of U.S. forces deployed there as part of the coalition against the Islamic...
AFP/L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
German parliament says speaker has visited Gaza
The speaker of Germany's lower house of parliament briefly visited the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the body told AFP . Julia Kloeckner spent "about an hour in...
AFP/L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
Iran sacks local TV boss after anti-Khamenei 'slip'
Iranian authorities have dismissed a provincial television director after a reporter appeared to call for the death of the country's supreme leader. The incident happened during...
AFP/L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
Most families of foreign fighters have left Syria IS-linked camp
Most relatives of foreign fighters have left al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria since the departure on Jan. 20 of Kurdish troops, who were replaced by Syrian security forces, two humanitarian...
L'Orient Today staff/AFP, 12 February 2026
Russia has blocked WhatsApp for failing to comply with local laws, Kremlin says
Russia has blocked popular messaging service WhatsApp for failing to abide by Russian legislation, the Kremlin said Thursday. "Such a decision was indeed made and implemented," Kremlin...
AFP, 12 February 2026
Pressure rises on Dubai port giant DP World over chief's alleged Epstein ties
The UK development finance agency and Canada's second-largest pension fund have suspended new investment with global ports operator DP World over alleged ties between its chief executive and...
L'Orient Today staff/Reuters, 12 February 2026
Fire at the Colonel Beer restaurant-brewery complex in Batroun
A major fire broke out Thursday morning at the "Colonel Beer" restaurant, located on a beach in Batroun, North Lebanon, according to our correspondent. The blaze destroyed the entire...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
Britain pledges major air defence package for Ukraine
Britain on Thursday pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in air defenses for Ukraine to help stave off Russian attacks on the country's power and heating systems. The British defence...
AFP/L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
IOC decision to disqualify skeleton racer Heraskevych is 'a moment of shame', Ukraine foreign minister says
The International Olympic Committee's decision to disqualify Ukraine's skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych over the use of a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with...
L'Orient Today/Reuters, 12 February 2026
In Lebanon, even death barely makes a sound
On Sunday, Feb. 8, in Tripoli, a residential building collapsed. Fourteen people, entire families, are buried beneath the rubble. Another building had already fallen two weeks earlier, claiming...
Rita SASSINE, 12 February 2026
At least 21 drown in Nile boat sinking in Sudan: local govt
At least 21 people drowned when a boat sank in the Nile River in northern Sudan, according to the local state government and eyewitnesses interviewed by AFP . The River Nile State announced...
AFP, 12 February 2026
France calls on UN rights rapporteur on Palestinian territories to resign
France is calling for the resignation of the U.N. special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories over comments she made allegedly targeting Israel at a conference, the foreign minister said on...
AFP/ L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
Israel used US bombs to vaporize thousands of Palestinians, Al Jazeera investigates
According to an investigation by Al Jazeera, 2,842 Palestinians were wiped off the surface in Israeli strikes against the population in Gaza during its latest war on the enclave. These attacks were...
Baptiste MAISONNAVE, 12 February 2026
Russian strikes cut heating to nearly 2,600 Kyiv residential buildings
Russian strikes overnight cut heating to nearly 2,600 residential buildings in Kyiv, in a nationwide attack that wounded around seven people and targeted energy facilities, officials said Thursday....
AFP, 12 February 2026
Hermes chief says Jeffrey Epstein visited workshop with Woody Allen
Axel Dumas, chief executive of the French luxury house Hermes, said Thursday that he met Jeffrey Epstein in 2013 when the convicted sex offender invited himself to a workshop visit with actor Woody...
AFP/ L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
China says it opposes 'all attempts to annex' Palestinian territory
China said on Thursday it opposed "all attempts to annex" Palestinian territories, days after Israel's security cabinet approved measures to tighten control over the occupied West...
AFP, 12 February 2026
Agreement with Iran could be reached 'within the next month': Trump | LIVE
10:01 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage of the region for the night. We will be back tomorrow morning with more news updates. 10:01 Beirut Time The...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 February 2026
Salameh reveals plan for sustainable recovery of culture in Lebanon
Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh held a press conference in which he presented an ambitious strategy that places cultural industries at the heart of Lebanon’s national recovery project.Contrary to...
Maya GHANDOUR HERT, 12 February 2026
US renews Iran threat; Israeli strikes force Lebanese family to flee: Everything you need to know this Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Feb. 12 2026Compiled by Abbas MahfouzSome key things to watch today:10 a.m.: The Ministry of Youth and Sports, in partnership...
