Baghdad considers exporting oil via Tripoli port
BEIRUT — Iraq's oil ministry is considering exporting oil through Lebanon's Tripoli port and will study reviving the dormant Iraq-Syria oil export pipeline, it said on Tuesday. The ministry...
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Basketball: Lebanon beats Japan, secures spot in Asia Cup quarterfinals
The Lebanese national basketball team defeated Japan on Tuesday in the qualifying round for the quarterfinals of the Asia Cup organized in Jeddah by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)....
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Israeli airstrike on Naqoura fishing port injures two fishermen
BEIRUT — Following a day devoid of major Israeli attacks, Israel bombed the fishing port in Naqoura, Lebanon's southernmost coastal village, in Sour district, injuring two fishermen, one of...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
US, Jordan offer Syria support in upholding Sweida cease-fire
AMMAN — Syrian and Jordanian foreign ministers and a U.S. envoy agreed on Tuesday to form a working group to help Damascus uphold a cease-fire in Sweida province, rocked by recent sectarian...
12 August 2025
Around 11,450 square meters consumed by fire in Fneideq
BEIRUT — The Civil Defense managed to bring a fire in the Akkar district village of Fneideq under control after two hours of battling the flames on Tuesday, L'Orient Today's correspondent...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Aoun: 'Some are paid to destroy the country... These people are the antithesis of the state'
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun met with a delegation of youth from the Maronite Foundation in the World on Tuesday to discuss his efforts to establish trust between the state and Lebanese at home...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Army intelligence chief in Beirut's southern suburb dismissed
BEIRUT — The director of army intelligence in Beirut’s southern suburb, General Maher Raad, was dismissed Tuesday, a military source confirmed to L’Orient-Le Jour. The source denied that the...
12 August 2025
Heat wave exposes limits of EDL and private generators
Almost every summer, Lebanon’s public electricity provider, Electricité du Liban (EDL), faces an increased risk of blackouts, often temporary but disruptive. While these outages have generally been...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 12 August 2025
Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo as Netanyahu says partial truce not an option
Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya and his delegation arrived in Cairo Tuesday evening, Egypt’s state-affiliated al-Qahera News channel reported, while from Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu told local...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Haidar tells Berri all Shiite ministers will attend Wednesday's Cabinet meeting
BEIRUT — Following last week's walkout by all of Cabinet's Shiite ministers, Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday to assure him that all said...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Statue of Virgin Mary vandalized in Jezzine district
BEIRUT — A statue of the Virgin Mary was destroyed in the village of Qtaleh (Jezzine district), a security source told L'Orient Today on Tuesday, just days before the feast of the Assumption of...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Ministry of Tourism launches its 'smart tourism app'
BEIRUT — The Ministry of Tourism launched an AI-powered app to aid tourists in planning their Lebanon destinations on Tuesday, dubbed the "smart tourism application" by Minister of...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
‘Are you with me, Lebanon?’: Lost Frequencies turns Jbeil into an open-air nightclub
The Byblos International Festival came back this August after a six-year hiatus, reclaiming its place as one of Lebanon’s cultural landmarks. On the way there, the summer traffic crawled along the...
Rayanne TAWIL, 12 August 2025
Iran says direct nuclear talks with US possible under suitable conditions
DUBAI — Iran could hold direct nuclear talks with the United States if conditions are suitable, first Vice President Mohammadreza Aref said on Tuesday, according to state media. But U.S. demands...
12 August 2025
Iranian Embassy sets schedule of Larijani's visit
BEIRUT — The Iranian Embassy in Lebanon has set the schedule for the Beirut visit of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani, a source in the embassy told L'Orient Today...
Malek Jadah, 12 August 2025
Despite planned Israeli offensive on Gaza, talks back on the table
Condemnations have not abated since the Aug. 8 approval of an Israeli plan to launch a large-scale offensive on Gaza City. From the European Union to Arab countries and even Germany, which...
Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 12 August 2025
Outage on EDL network: Civil servants in Saida call for 'resolution of the problem'
BEIRUT — In Saida, as Lebanon has experienced a heat wave since last week, several civil servants called on the South Lebanon muhafez (governor) Mansour Daou, to take the necessary measures to...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Kurdish and Syrian government officials meet after Paris talks canceled
Syria's foreign minister and a senior official in the country's Kurdish administration have met in Damascus, sources from both sides told AFP on Tuesday, days after the government boycotted...
12 August 2025
Armenia-Azerbaijan: 'With the Zangezur corridor, Iran is surrounded'
In Washington, under the leadership of U.S. President Donald Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed an agreement on Aug. 8 to end a four-decade...
Interview conducted by Tatiana KROTOFF, 12 August 2025
Before hell and antisemitic remarks: Galliano's excess made in Dior
Paris, January 1998 — In the plush salons of the Opéra Garnier, silence prevails. The air is heavy, charged with anticipation. Under a white light, a feminine silhouette emerges, slicing slowly...
Stéphanie NASSAR, 12 August 2025
The Elders group of global leaders warns of Gaza 'genocide'
The Elders group of international stateswomen and statesmen for the first time on Tuesday called the situation in Gaza an "unfolding genocide," saying that Israel's obstruction of aid...
12 August 2025
Council of Europe cautions weapon sales to Israel
The Council of Europe urged its member states on Tuesday to halt deliveries of weapons to Israel if they could be used for human rights violations. Michael O'Flaherty, the Council's...
12 August 2025
Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya calls on Joseph Aoun for a 'national dialogue on national security strategy'
Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, the Lebanese Sunni party affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and close to Hamas, on Tuesday called on President Joseph Aoun, to "launch a national dialogue on the...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Larijani in Beirut: What message is he delivering to Hezbollah?
Although Foreign Minister Joe Rajji and a part of the political class denounced the “Iranian interference” in Lebanese affairs, Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council,...
Scarlett HADDAD, 12 August 2025
WHO wants more aid in Gaza before Israeli occupation
The U.N. health agency on Tuesday said Israel should let it stock medical supplies to deal with a "catastrophic" health situation in Gaza before it seizes control of Gaza City. Israel...
12 August 2025
Heatwave: Here are the precautions to take
BEIRUT — A few days after the start of the heat wave currently affecting Lebanon, the Civil Defense advised residents on Monday to take several measures to protect themselves in the next few days...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Lebanese man from Dearborn missing after drowning in Lake Erie in Michigan
Hussein Afif Hassoun is 23 years old. Since Sunday, the Lebanese man originally from Kfar Hata (Saida) and resident of Dearborn, Michigan, in the United States, has been missing after drowning in...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Debates, concerts, meetups: L'Orient-Le Jour launches its first festival in Beirut
Does diplomacy still serve any purpose? How can we continue to create when everything is being destroyed? Can change be measured? Is artificial intelligence our new religion? Can freedom simply be...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Diaries from Gaza: Anas was not just a journalist; he was our voice
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today...
Noor ALYACOUBI, 12 August 2025
Border demarcation and security: Damascus 'open to cooperation' with Lebanon
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday, in an interview with Lebanese channel LBCI, that it is "open to cooperation" with Lebanese authorities regarding "the demarcation...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Syrian worker injured in device explosion in Sour
A device exploded Tuesday morning in an orchard in the locality of Hanieh (Sour), injuring a Syrian worker, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in South Lebanon, Mountasser...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
Haneen Sayed: Government processes 71,000 applications for repatriation of Syrian refugees
BEIRUT — Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed said Tuesday that the Lebanese government is currently processing "71,000 additional applications" for the voluntary repatriation of Syrian refugees...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
35 years after the Christians, the Shiites face the twilight of their domination
On Feb. 17, 1974, in Bednayel, near Baalbek, the spiritual leader of the Shiite community, Musa Sadr, no longer minced his words. “From today onwards, we will weep no more,” he warned. In his...
Salah HIJAZI, 12 August 2025
Why has Egypt turned to Israeli gas despite the war in Gaza?
The Leviathan gas field signed on Aug. 7 with Egypt the largest export contract in Israel's history. Yet this agreement comes amid a tense regional context, marked by the conflict in Gaza since...
Joe Macaron, 12 August 2025
Singer Bono accuses Netanyahu: What you are doing in Gaza is immoral
In an unusually blunt statement published on their Instagram account and on their official website, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr took a stand on the war in Gaza. The Irish band...
Maya GHANDOUR HERT, 12 August 2025
Lebanese sprinter Marc-Anthony Ibrahim breaks national 400-meter hurdles record
Sprinter Marc-Anthony Ibrahim, 22, broke the national record for the 400-meter hurdles on Saturday at the IFAM Putpost Stadium in Oordegem, Brussels, Belgium, with a time of 48.95 seconds. This...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
EDL network failure in Zouk repaired
The public provider Electricité du Liban (EDL) said Tuesday that it had repaired the failure that occurred Sunday on a high- and medium-voltage relay at the main Zouk plant due to humidity that...
12 August 2025
Israel opposition chief backs call for strike in support of Gaza hostages
Israeli opposition chief Yair Lapid on Tuesday backed calls for a general strike in solidarity with hostages still held in Gaza. "Strike on Sunday," Lapid posted on X, saying even...
12 August 2025
Berri: Government's resignation is out of the question
Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berry announced Tuesday that the government's resignation was out of the question," while a Hezbollah MP said he believed Nawaf Salam's cabinet would...
L'Orient Today staff, 12 August 2025
UN, media groups condemn Israel's killing of Al Jazeera team in Gaza
Condemnations poured in from the United Nations, the EU and media rights groups Monday after an Israeli strike killed an Al Jazeera news team in Gaza, as Palestinians mourned the journalists and...
12 August 2025
Slight drop in fuel prices
Fuel prices registered slight drops Tuesday in Lebanon, according to the price list published by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: - 20 liters of 95-octane gasoline: 1,442,000...
12 August 2025
Syria, Jordan, US create 'working group' to uphold Sweida cease-fire | Live
22:00 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. 21:10...
Anya Wickremasinghe, 12 August 2025
Israel kills 6 journalists, Hamas negotiators head to Egypt: Everything you need to know this Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:10:30-11 a.m. Parliamentary committee meetings:...
Abbas Mahfouz, 12 August 2025
Anas al-Sharif, the voice of northern Gaza, silenced by Israel
He said that he had "lived pain in all its details" and had "tasted sadness and loss many times." His message, written in April to be published in the event of his death, is now...
