BEIRUT — A fire broke out at dawn on Thursday in the Karaz guesthouse, located in the central square of Ehden, in northern Lebanon's Zgharta district, damaging its tarred wooden roof and old...
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has escaped at least two assassination attempts since overthrowing dictator Bashar al-Assad last December, according to information shared with L'Orient Today...
BEIRUT — The Ad Hoc Group, made up of foreign companies holding Lebanese eurobonds, told the global financial intelligence platform Octus on Thursday that they will “oppose any preferential...
TEL AVIV — Israel's foreign ministry said six people detained aboard a boat while trying to breach Israel's blockade of war-ravaged Gaza were put on a plane for deportation on Thursday....
Syria's interior ministry on Thursday said the Israeli military killed one civilian and detained seven people during an overnight incursion, with the Israeli army saying it seized members of...
BEIRUT — Hannibal Gaddafi, a son of fallen Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, detained without trial in Lebanon since 2015, has decided to start a new hunger strike to protest his ongoing detention,...
In a Lebanon plagued by chronic instability, the educational role is seeing its recognition diminish while being more solicited and weakened than ever. Yet the role of the educator, in full...
The Israeli army continued its cease-fire violations on Thursday, with both a land incursion and a targeted strike. In the afternoon, an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle in Deir Siryan, in the...
BEIRUT — Justice Minister Adel Nassar marked the 26th anniversary of the assassination of four magistrates with a ceremony at the Saida courthouse on Thursday, attended by judiciary officials and...
Can you give us a brief overview of this new diploma? This diploma is the first of its kind in Lebanon. It stands out with an unprecedented dual specialization: global food security and...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Geitaoui Hospital announced Thursday the election of its director-general, Professor Pierre Yared, to the position of president of the Syndicate of Hospital Owners in Lebanon....
Everything happened quickly. On Sunday, June 8, U.S. President Donald Trump held a meeting with close advisors and his security team on Iranian nuclear issues and the war in Gaza. The next day,...
BEIRUT — From the Health Ministry to Electricité du Liban (EDL), Ogero, and even Beirut’s international airport, Lebanon is witnessing renewed efforts to impose long-delayed regulatory bodies that...
CAIRO — Egyptian authorities have deported dozens of foreign nationals who arrived in Egypt to take part in a pro-Palestinian march and dozens more face deportation, the organizers and airport...
In the coming days, Cabinet is expected to appoint new diplomats and complete the review of candidates for key positions at the central bank. Yet, in light of the behind-the-scenes leaks and...
BEIRUT — The Syrian General Authority for Land and Maritime Borders announced Thursday the reopening of the al-Boukamal border post starting Saturday, June 14. Located at the border between Syria...
BEIRUT— Beach Boys cofounder Brian Wilson, who created some of rock's most enduring songs such as "Good Vibrations" and "God Only Knows" in a career that was marked by a...
BEIRUT — Over 200 people died after an Air India plane en route to London crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, in western India, on Thursday, Kanan Desai, a senior city police official, told Reuters....
Wedged on the sofa between six friends, Abdallah, 23, struggles to assert his voice in the debate. The closure a month earlier of a feminist NGO by the police in the countryside of Idlib, after its...
Every other Thursday, Nima invites a viral social media trend back to her place, and dissects it under a Middle Eastern ring light. Cue drumroll… Personal Color Analysis : The study of how the...
BEIRUT — The Israeli military on Thursday called for residents to evacuate some areas of Gaza City, as it presses an intensified campaign in the battered Palestinian territory. Israeli forces are...
BEIRUT — Russia and Ukraine announced Thursday that they have carried out an exchange of prisoners of war, a new step in an agreement reached during recent negotiations between the two sides in...
BEIRUT — Iran announced on Thursday the upcoming construction of a new enrichment site and a “significant” increase in its production of enriched uranium, exacerbating tensions over its nuclear...
BEIRUT — Two days after the release of a decree indicating that women should wear burkinis or other body-covering swimsuits on Syrian public beaches, the Syrian Tourism Ministry claims its decision...
“The current electoral law has devastated the country!” Nabih Berri really went for it last Thursday as he renewed his effort for yet another reform of the voting system. The parliamentary...
There was already an eagerness to put away the sweaters and the layers of "onion" that certainly protected us from the cold, but ultimately weighed us down, bundled us up, and made us...
BEIRUT — The UN's nuclear watchdog found for the first time in 20 years that Iran is not meeting its nuclear obligations. In response, Iran announced the opening of a new uranium enrichment...
BEIRUT — The Israeli NGO Adalah announced Thursday that immigration authorities informed them that six activists, including Franco-Palestinian EU lawmaker Rima Hassan, were being deported and...
BEIRUT — California will face off with Washington in court on Thursday over President Donald Trump's deployment of U.S. troops in Los Angeles after demonstrators again took to the streets in...
BEIRUT — The President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, and his wife, Neemat Aoun, left Beirut International Airport this afternoon heading to Rome for a visit to the Vatican. The president will be...
Nada Koussa was simply radiant. Always with a smile, Miss Lebanon has been meeting people since her win on July 27, 2024, organizing her time while managing the surprises her schedule holds. It has...
"We took 36 years to secure the right to know the fate of the missing from the war. Do we need another 36 years for the law to be implemented?" Wadad Halawani said of the monumental fight...
BEIRUT — Over 200 activists of various nationalities who came to Egypt to participate in an international march to Gaza were arrested at their hotel or detained at Cairo airport, Seif Abu Kishk, a...
BEIRUT — Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Wednesday that they have arrested five suspects between May 23, 26, and 27, involved in a prostitution network that reportedly has ties in...
There are now at least nine Lebanese civilians still detained by the Israeli army, more than six months after the start of the fragile cease-fire that ended a devastating 13-month conflict between...
It was May 5, 2025, around 11:30 a.m. Almost nothing remained of the hamlet of Khallet al-Dabaa, a town in the semi-desert area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. The Israeli bulldozers had taken...
BEIRUT — The United Nations General Assembly will vote Thursday on a draft resolution calling for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after the United States...
Following a meeting at the government headquarters Wednesday morning, during which it decided to exempt the public transportation sector from certain taxes, the head of the Land Transport...
BEIRUT — The Palestinian Telecommunications Ministry stated Thursday that telephone and internet networks were cut off throughout the Gaza Strip due to an "attack on the last main fiber optic...
BEIRUT — The UN nuclear watchdog’s Board of Governors formally concluded on Thursday that Iran is not complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in twenty years — a decision that...
BEIRUT — Thanks to the fall of President Assad and the return of a large number of Syrians to their homes, the total number of forcibly displaced people in the world has declined somewhat from the...
Already mourning due to several Israeli strikes during the last conflict, the village of Qmatieh in Mount Lebanon was shaken by another tragedy on Tuesday, after the announcement of the death of...
A fire broke out Thursday morning at the "Karaz" Hotel, located in Ehden's square, almost completely destroying the building, according to L'Orient Today's regional...
BEIRUT — The Israeli Foreign Minister accused Hamas on Thursday of "exploiting the suffering in Gaza" after the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), supported by Israel and the United...
BEIRUT — The Omani mediator announced Thursday a new series of discussions Sunday in Muscat between the United States and Iran on nuclear issues. "I am pleased to confirm that the 6th round...
BEIRUT — The Israeli parliament rejected a bill presented by the opposition aimed at its dissolution, after an agreement between Benjamin Netanyahu and the ultra-Orthodox parties of his coalition,...
22:07 Beirut Time That concludes our live coverage for today, thanks for joining us. We'll be back tomorrow morning with more news updates and analysis. Goodnight. 22:06...
Yasser Abu Shabab passed away on Dec. 4 in a hospital in south Israel from injuries sustained by Israeli attacks during the Gaza war. This article was originally published on June 12, 2025.The...
Following Tripoli's turbulent municipal elections held on May 11, the newly elected council has also been plagued by chaos, including the resignation of half its 24 members two weeks ago — a move...
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
