BEIRUT — Several towns in southern Lebanon were hit by Israeli drone strikes on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring two others, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in...
President Joseph Aoun received former French President François Hollande at Baabda Presidential Palace on Friday. Hollande is in Beirut to speak this evening at a festival organized by...
A delegation from the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) on Friday delivered a letter from former leader Walid Joumblatt to U.N. Special Coordinator in Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. The...
It was the only functioning school of its kind in this border region of southern Lebanon. At dawn on Thursday, a unit of the Israeli army crossed into Lebanese territory near the village of Aita...
Minister of the Displaced Kamal Shehadeh on Friday denied reports that his ministry is set to be dissolved, telling L’Orient-Le Jour that the claims are “unfounded.” His remarks followed an...
20:05 Beirut Time That’s it — you now know everything. We’re looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow. Have a great evening! 20:05 Beirut Time That’s it for...
Aid centers in Gaza run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, where Palestinians are killed daily by gunfire as they line up for aid, are in part controlled by members of an...
Germany will support a United Nations resolution for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but does not believe the time has come to recognize a Palestinian state, a government...
BEIRUT — Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Beirut, Lisa A. Johnson, conducted a farewell tour with Lebanese officials on Friday as she prepared to end her diplomatic mission in Lebanon after about twenty...
The Israeli army claims it has dismantled in recent months several military cells in southern Syria, some of them led by Lebanese operatives working on behalf of Unit 840, a covert branch of Iran’s...
The Banque du Liban (BDL, central bank) on Friday unveiled the first issue of its semiannual macroeconomic report, presenting it to the press at the central bank’s Building E, which houses the...
The online video outlet Brut now belongs to CMA CGM, the group owned by French Lebanese billionaire Rodolph Saadeh, after the completion of its acquisition was announced Friday. The deal adds to...
Hunkered in a corner of the Beirut hotel lobby where she had arrived the night before, Coco Makmak is lively and upbeat. Slim, tanned, energetic and warm, she quickly agrees to the interview and...
BEIRUT — Emirati businessman Khalaf Ahmad al-Habtoor met with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the Grand Serail on Friday where he promised to "include Lebanon on the map of [his] international...
Madonna Adib, an award-winning Syrian director and screenwriter, explores the intertwining of bodies, femininity and queer identity through her work. Her films spotlight questions of belonging,...
Record cocaine seizures, the elimination of a drug lord in an unprecedented operation, destruction of cannabis fields, dismantling of captagon factories… Not a day goes by in Lebanon without the...
An operation to disarm the Beddawi and Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camps in northern and southern Lebanon, respectively, has been scheduled to start on Saturday, the Lebanese-Palestinians...
On Tuesday, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) made an unusual announcement on their X account. “Big news in crypto! It’s not us doing an airdrop, but Solana just launched a huge one — you can’t...
New elements are emerging in the interception of one of the largest narcotics shipments in North Lebanon last week, as security sources confirmed to L'Orient Today that out of the several...
Gasoline prices rose again this week, posting an increase equivalent to nearly $0.50 per 20 liters since Aug. 22, according to the latest pricing report published by the Ministry of Energy and...
BEIRUT — Agriculture Minister Nizar Hani inaugurated the first edition of the "Agri Lebanon 2025" exhibition, a space for “scientific, economic, and agricultural gathering,” on Thursday....
We first met Sarah Ali not backstage or in a quiet interview room, but on stage, her voice pouring into the night. It was the kind of voice that makes you stop mid-conversation, turn your head and...
DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates summoned the Israeli ambassador on Friday over Israel's attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, Israeli broadcaster KAN reported, in another sign of strain between the...
U.S. senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley said their recent visit to the region led them to the “inescapable conclusion” that Israel is conducting ethnic cleansing in both Gaza and the...
The draft budget for 2026, which the government will begin reviewing Thursday, holds no major surprises and follows in the footsteps of previous ones. It is an adjustment budget that reflects the...
This time, Israel missed its target. On Tuesday, Israeli forces bombed Doha, the capital of Qatar, a key U.S. ally. The strike was aimed at killing Hamas negotiators gathered to discuss a new U.S....
This time, the outcome is positive. On his second visit to Beirut since January’s presidential election, the French president’s special envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, came to deliver a...
A delicious remedy for the summer heat, Lebanese booza (a type of ice cream) has become a fixture on Parisian streets in recent years. Unlike classic ice cream, this Levantine specialty stands out...
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that enriched nuclear material remained "under the rubble" of facilities damaged during the recent war with Israel....
The number of people killed in Israel's bombardment of 15 sites across Sanaa and the northern province of al-Jawf has risen to 46, according to numbers released on Thursday by the Houthi Health...
20:17 Beirut Time Drone strike in Aitaroun The person injured in an Israeli drone strike in Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil district) succumbed to his injuries , according to our correspondent...
WASHINGTON — Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani will meet top U.S. officials on Friday and is expected to discuss an Israeli attack in Qatar and the status of talks for...
Nearly three decades of archaeological finds in Gaza were hurriedly evacuated Thursday from a Gaza City building threatened by an Israeli strike, an official in charge of the antiquities told AFP....
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Sept. 12, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.For the first time in its history, L’Orient‑Le Jour hosts its own festival....
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
