BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced on Friday that it had managed to free two Syrian teenagers who were kidnapped in the Bekaa more than two months ago, without giving further details on the...
The decadeslong rivalry between North African neighbors Morocco and Algeria has spilled onto the football pitch, leaving the Moroccan team out of the African Nations Championship (CHAN)....
BEIRUT — Lebanese state-owned telecom operator Ogero announced Friday in a statement that an outage occurred at the Choueifat exchange, south of Beirut, "due to excess voltage on the generator"...
BEIRUT — The commander-in-chief of the Lebanese Army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, on Friday visited several soldiers based in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a day after a raid by the army in the Burj...
BEIRUT — The newly launched bus service operated by the Railways and Shared Transportation Authority (OCFTC, the institution’s French acronym) could grind to a halt in a matter of days unless the...
BEIRUT —State Security on Friday detained William Noun, a spokesperson for one of the groups representing the relatives of the victims of the Beirut port blast, for investigation, a source at State...
When they returned to the Rafik Hariri International Airport on Wednesday evening, the young female footballers did not appear taken by surprise by the warm welcome awaiting them. In the arrival...
ISTANBUL/STOCKHOLM — Turkish prosecutors Friday opened a probe into an incident in Stockholm in which an effigy of President Tayyip Erdogan was strung up, state media said, adding further...
A little more than six months after her appointment as interim head of the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music, Hiba al-Kawas — best known for her soprano voice and composition — is...
BEIRUT — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah Friday and discussed "the options and the threats emerging from the formation of the corrupt...
BEIRUT — Garbage piles are growing by the sides of several public roads, river banks, waterway canals and at the entrances of towns and villages in Akkar, North Lebanon, L’Orient Today’s...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira continued its tumble on the parallel market Friday, trading around LL49,000 to the US dollar, an all-time low, according to several mobile tracking applications....
In political circles, Lebanon is often referred to as a country ever permeable to external influence, where embassies and consulates hold sway.While clichéd assertion may allow local stakeholders...
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian expressed hope Friday that diplomatic ties between Tehran and Riyadh can be restored through dialogue between the two regional rivals....
BEIRUT — After 14 hours of effort, a large fire was brought under control Friday morning in the "Mehieddine" scrap metal warehouse in Nabatieh, South Lebanon, where three firefighters were slightly...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army shot at an Israeli drone that violated Lebanon’s airspace in the towns of Hula and Wadi Huneen, South Lebanon, the army said in a tweet , Friday . It did not specify...
An explosion suspected to have been caused by a gas leak at a building in northwestern Iran killed six members of the same family, state media said Friday. The blast hit a...
The Polisario movement, which seeks independence in disputed Western Sahara, will meet Friday for leadership elections in the shadow of mounting tensions between host Algeria and Morocco, which...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Labor Minister Mustafa Bayram announced Friday he intends to increase private sector minimum wages and transport allowances, saying he will "push" for these measures to...
In a meeting held a few days ago with new Hezbollah recruits, the party’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah announced that more than 9,000 new recruits had joined the “resistance.” This number...
BEIRUT — Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Friday his country was glad to see a rapprochement between its ally Syria and Turkey, which has backed the political and armed...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met Friday morning with the World Bank's director of Middle East operations, Jean-Christophe Carret, to discuss several issues, including...
BEIRUT — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, who arrived in Beirut Thursday evening for a three-day visit, said Friday that Teheran, Hezbollah's main ally, "does not interfere in...
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry on Friday announced an increase in fuel prices. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL824,000, up by LL21,000. • Twenty liters of...
TRIPOLI — US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns made a rare trip to Libya on Thursday, meeting Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah in Tripoli, the Libyan government said....
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Hundreds of protesters, including relatives of the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port blast victims and MPs, gathered outside the Beirut...
Morocco on Thursday decided to take part in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) despite earlier insisting they were cancelling their participation due to the closure of Algerian airspace to...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
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