Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United Arab Emirates and met the Emirati president during the war with Iran, the Prime Minister's Office said on Wednesday in what would be...
BEIRUT — Over 10,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged in Lebanon since the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel took effect, the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) said...
SOUTH LEBANON — A heated altercation broke out Wednesday in Saida between a Lebanese Army officer and several press photographers who had come to cover the site of an Israeli drone strike that...
BEIRUT — Following a meeting between the "National Moderation" parliamentary bloc and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain al-Tineh on Wednesday, MP Abdel Aziz al-Samad said that Berri...
Suddenly, at 5 a.m. Tuesday, the ground in Deir Mimas began to shake. The sound of an explosion jolted Lena awake. Residents of this Christian-majority village in the Marjayoun district have grown...
The high representative for Gaza in U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace on Wednesday said the fragile cease-fire in the Palestinian territory was holding despite daily violations....
The United Nations rights chief on Wednesday called on Israel to repeal a newly established special military tribunal to try Palestinian militants accused of taking part in Hamas's Oct. 7...
While MPs debated last week the imminent adoption of a general amnesty law, the bill now appears unlikely to pass before several more days of negotiations. The goal is to find a formula capable of...
SOUTH LEBANON — UNIFIL has expressed concern over the « increased use » of drones in southern Lebanon, mainly by Hezbollah targeting Israeli soldiers, and reported at least five explosions caused...
BEIRUT — The Syrian embassy’s chargé d’affaires in Lebanon, Iyad al-Hazaa, met on Wednesday with President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, four days after Salam’s visit to Damascus...
BEIRUT — Lebanon submitted a letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in which it denounces “violations of international conventions” and “direct and blatant interference in Lebanon’s...
For about ten days, Leyla Bouzid, director of "À voix basse," accompanied the screenings of her film in Tunis, in Cap Bon, and in the north of the country. In contrast to the repressive...
BEIRUT — Israeli strikes carried out on Wednesday in Lebanon, mainly by drones and air force, killed at least 29 people across several regions of the country, according to combined tolls from our...
Nearly 20 days after the forceful arrest by State Security of Hassan Itani, a generator operator suspected of charging excessive rates for providing electricity to his clients in Saqiet al-Janzir...
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia conducted a series of strikes on Iran that it has not publicly acknowledged, in response to attacks carried out against the kingdom during the Middle East war, according to...
Everything stems from the personal experience of an independent musician: Samer Etienne al-Shami — Etyen is his stage name — who launched himself into his passion without really knowing how to make...
Countries are tapping into oil inventories and strategic reserves at a "record pace" due to the "unprecedented" supply disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East, the...
At 37, Jessica Kahawaty has lived many lives, shaped by exile and multiple identities. Born in Sydney to a Syrian-Armenian father and a Lebanese mother, she lives between two cultures: one...
BEIRUT — According to Israeli i24News , Hezbollah carried out a coordinated "large-scale coordinated attack" on Tuesday in which it launched a swarm of drones that targeted a single...
On the top floor of the Palais, there’s a déjà vu feeling. The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has not yet officially started, but anticipation already has the atmosphere crackling. One...
Israel has escalated its attacks in Gaza in the five weeks since halting its joint bombing with the U.S. in Iran, redirecting its fire back on the ruined Palestinian enclave where the military...
Israel strikes car near Beirut An Israeli strike targeted a car on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon, state media reported, despite a truce in the war between Israel and...
Few laws in Israel today generate such broad consensus. On Monday, May 11, the knesset (parliament) approved a bill backed across party lines providing for the creation of a special military...
The UAE on Wednesday branded 21 Lebanese people and organizations as "terrorists," ordering the freezing of their assets as it accused them of ties to Hezbollah, the official Emirati news...
It was no coincidence that Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem chose Tuesday to address a message to the group’s fighters and their families, on the eve of the Washington meeting set to launch...
Angy Choufany is a student at the American University of Beirut. My phone lit up with a notification: “Get ready. You might have to leave the South tonight.” Suddenly, my mother was packing...
President Donald Trump said he wanted to urge China's Xi Jinping to "open up" to U.S. business on his way to a summit in Beijing on Wednesday, adding Nvidia's Jensen Huang to a...
Increasingly, the camp opposed to Hezbollah is pointing the finger at a “deep state” that remains a “spectator” while the country sinks deeper into crisis.The term has been used repeatedly in...
Official preparations for direct trade between Turkey and Armenia were completed on May 11, the Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. In a statement, spokesperson Oncu Keceli...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Prime Minister He Lifeng concluded three hours of talks on Wednesday in South Korea aimed at laying the groundwork for this week's Beijing...
How long will the status quo between the United States and Iran hold? Since the conclusion of a fragile cease-fire, now in its second month, both adversaries seem convinced that a deal, at this...
21:47 Beirut Time Hezbollah claims exploding drone attack against Israeli vehicles Hezbollah said it carried out a suicide drone attack today at 19:45 targeting Israeli vehicles in the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Some key things to watch today:12 p.m. Sit-in by the Public Administration Employees’ Association at the...
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
