Israel's 'largest air campaign against Syria'
During and after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria was under fire from multiple international forces, including American, Russian, and Israeli, with the latter launching what an Israeli security...
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Received by Geagea, Neemat Frem wants to rebuild institutions, enforce cease-fire
Independent MP Neemat Frem, who announced his candidacy on Thursday and presented himself as a "natural candidate for the presidency" of Lebanon, met Friday in Meerab with Lebanese Forces leader...
13 December 2024
Water supply to Sour resumes, announces South Lebanon Water Establishment
The South Lebanon Water Authority announced Friday that it had "carried out the necessary maintenance work to connect the Bass hydropower station (east of Sour) to the distribution networks" and...
13 December 2024
In Khiam, impatience and doubts shadow the first returns after the Israeli withdrawal
“It feels like a day of liberation. We’re overjoyed,” said Layal*, describing the withdrawal of Israeli forces from her village of Khiam on Thursday.Having fled the Marjayoun district village when...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE with Muntasser Abdallah, 13 December 2024
Will Lebanon have a president on Jan.9?
This newfound momentum is evident in the flurry of meetings — some public, others held behind closed doors — among key political figures, as well as the sudden announcement of new candidates. While...
Scarlett HADDAD, 13 December 2024
Blinken pledges to work with Iraq against IS jihadists
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Friday to work with Iraq to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State group (IS) following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in neighboring Syria. As...
13 December 2024
How the Assad dynasty transformed Beirut-Damascus relations
After the fall of the Assad regime on Sunday, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry was quick to issue a statement, "We are committed to maintaining the best possible relations with the new government.”As...
Salah HIJAZI and Rita SASSINE, 13 December 2024
After years in exile, Syrian opponents taken to a ‘new world’
“Don’t ask me where I’m going, I have no idea.” After several sleepless nights, Samar Yazbeck took a flight to Doha. The Syrian writer, in exile in Paris since July 2011, wanted to join her...
Stéphanie KHOURI, 13 December 2024
'Syria freed!': Thousands cheer at famed Damascus mosque
Thousands of Syrians converged on a landmark Damascus mosque for Friday prayers, waving opposition flags and chanting – a sight unimaginable just days ago before rebels ousted president Bashar...
13 December 2024
Forry Associates: deadlock sine die
At Thursday’s hearing, Beirut’s first investigative judge, Bilal Halawi, did not set a date for a new hearing in the Forry Associates case, which involves around $330 million in commissions...
Claude ASSAF, 13 December 2024
New Syria authorities sending 'constructive' signals
Syria's new interim authorities have asked the United Nations refugee agency to remain in the country following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, sending a "constructive" signal, the...
13 December 2024
Amnesty for Islamists: From prison, Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir asks the authorities to close the case
Salafist Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, who has been detained in Lebanon since 2015 and is serving a life sentence, called on the Lebanese authorities to close the case of the Islamists and to build good...
13 December 2024
Amnesty accuses Israel of 'war crimes' based on four 'emblematic' strikes in Lebanon
Four Israeli strikes in Lebanon, killing at least 49 civilians and wiping out entire families, were carried out on residential buildings without warning, and still without the slightest evidence of...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 December 2024
Israeli drone strike south of Sidon; Slim calls for end to Israeli 'violations'
An Israeli drone strike targeted an area south of Saida in southern Lebanon on Friday afternoon, according to L'Orient-Le Jour's correspondent, while the caretaker Lebanese Minister of Defense...
13 December 2024
Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 44,875
The health ministry in Gaza said Friday that at least 44,875 people have been killed in more than 14 months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. The toll...
13 December 2024
Golan Heights: A look back at the 1974 disengagement agreement
On Sunday, as Damascus celebrated the end of 54 years of Assad family rule after a rebel offensive led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his troops...
Dany MOUDALLAL, 13 December 2024
Assassinations of Gebran Tueni and François al-Hage: this year, a commemoration unlike any other
They were assassinated 19 and 17 years ago respectively, to the day, amid Lebanon’s struggle for sovereignty and freedom from Syrian tutelage under then-president Emile Lahoud. Gebran Tueni, a...
Layal DAGHER, 13 December 2024
Slight drop in fuel prices while gas remains unchanged
Fuel prices all slightly decreased on Friday while the price of a domestic gas cylinder remained unchanged. Here are the new rates: 20 liters of 95 octane gasoline: LL 1,403,000 (-LL 3,000) 20...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 December 2024
Lebanese imprisoned in Syria: Justice Minister says case being handled
Caretaker Justice Minister Henri Khoury assured Thursday evening that the country is working seriously on the case of the Lebanese detained in Syria under the Assad government, some of whom have...
13 December 2024
Where is Maher al-Assad?
He was the regime's second-in-command. While millions of Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed president's younger brother — who, as commander of the formidable 4th Armored...
Tatiana KROTOFF, 13 December 2024
Thousands gather at Damascus's Umayyad Mosque ahead of Friday prayers
Thousands of Syrians converged at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus ahead of Friday prayers where the leader of the Islamist rebels who seized power last week is expected, AFP correspondents...
13 December 2024
In Damascus, Jolani negotiates his grip on power
The question is now on everyone's lips. In light of the changing balance of power in Syria, rumors abound as to whether the commander-in-chief of the new administration, Ahmad al-Sharaa, will...
Mounir RABIH, 13 December 2024
Woman killed in Tripoli building roof collapse
The roof of a building in Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, collapsed during the night from Thursday to Friday, killing a woman, according to L'Orient-Le Jour's correspondent, citing several concordant...
13 December 2024
Offensive that toppled Assad had been planned for a year, says HTS commander: Live coverage of Syria
21:50 Beirut Time 🔴 Syria's Islamist rebels, who took the world by surprise by toppling President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive, had planned this operation a year ago , one...
Nicholas Frakes, 13 December 2024
Israel orders troops to 'prepare to remain' in Syria buffer zone through winter
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to "prepare to remain" throughout the winter in the U.N.-patrolled buffer zone that is supposed to separate Israeli and Syrian forces...
13 December 2024
Turkey will 'never allow weakness' in fight against IS, Erdogan tells Blinken
Turkey will never ease up in the fight against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in Syria, despite its operations against Kurdish fighters seen as key to containing the extremists, President Recep...
13 December 2024
US charges ex-head of Syrian prison with torture
The former head of a notorious Syrian prison was charged Thursday in the United States with torturing opponents of the now-collapsed government of Bashar al-Assad, the Justice Department said....
13 December 2024
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 58, hit flour trucks
Gaza's civil defense agency said a series of Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least 58 people, including 12 guards securing aid trucks, while the military said it targeted militants...
13 December 2024
HTS seeks 'civil state' and Israel bombs Khiam following army deployment: Everything you need to know this Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Dec. 13, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza between...
