In just a few words, Mohesen Rafiqdoost, a former minister of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 1982 to 1988, has openly contradicted the Iranian regime's narrative and...
A 12-year-old child died Thursday from severe injuries after being accidentally shot in the head during a shooting on Monday in Tripoli, reports our correspondent in the region, Michel Hallak. Two...
The Israeli army announced Thursday that it carried out a strike on a Hezbollah site in the Bekaa region, in eastern Lebanon, where a truce has been in effect since Nov. 27. "Earlier...
WASHINGTON — “There are no guarantees that this is not going to become a routine,” Palestinian-American Samar Saeed said with conviction. “He could be any one of us.”The PhD candidate assisted in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Thursday that Israel "will not give up" the five positions deemed "strategic" it occupies in Lebanon, in a video posted on...
Lebanon made a new request for financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose delegation completed a four-day visit to Beirut on Thursday. This step, undertaken by Nawaf...
BEIRUT – Wheat stored in the silos at the Beirut Port caused an unpleasant odor in some neighborhoods of the capital on Thursday, as changing weather conditions led to its fermentation and...
The United Kingdom's senior defense adviser for the Middle East and North Africa region, Vice Admiral Edward Ahlgren, reaffirmed Thursday his country's support for Lebanon's stability...
Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed the Israeli Air Force conducted an air strike in Damascus on Thursday, with the military saying it had struck a "command center" of the Palestinian...
BEIRUT — Lebanon is experiencing a heat wave that began Thursday morning, prompting the Civil Defense to issue safety recommendations, particularly to prevent fires and drowning along rivers. The...
WASHINGTON — The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on Iran's oil minister Mohsen Paknejad and some Hong Kong-flagged vessels that are part of a shadow fleet that helps disguise Iranian...
His appointment went smoothly during the Cabinet meeting on Thursday. But for Rodolphe Haykal, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Lebanese Army, the mission ahead is no small task. And...
For over a century now, the United States has been the number one destination for Lebanese medical students. While the majority chose to settle in the States hoping for a prosperous financial...
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, who oversaw a landmark 2022 arrangement with Lebanon as foreign minister, said in an interview with Israeli media on Thursday that the same politicians who...
ISTANBUL — Several independent media outlets in Turkey face a potential risk of closure after algorithm changes made by Google led to a significant reduction in reader traffic, a joint statement...
"Today in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, under the gracious hospitality of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the United States and Ukraine have taken important steps toward restoring lasting peace in...
MOSCOW — Armenia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that a draft peace agreement with Azerbaijan had been finalized from its side and that it was ready to discuss a date and location to sign a...
Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa signed a constitutional decree on Thursday that will be enforced over a five-year transitional period, its national news agency SANA reported. The...
First lady Neemat Aoun expressed hope Wednesday evening at the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in New York that upcoming appointments in Lebanon’s...
Aged between 14 and 16 years, 84 students from 28 private French-speaking Lebanese program schools took on the role of a journalist for an article, with the task of painting in French the portrait...
The central committee of the Tashnag Party in Lebanon, the largest political representative of the country’s Armenian community, has unanimously elected Albert Balabanian as its new...
At his home, in his intimate and warm corner, singer-songwriter Anthony Khoury, better known as Anthony Adonis, welcomes us into his small duplex where his (former) architectural talents are felt...
“Ahla w sahla!” With a smiling face, Nizar Hani welcomed tourists and visitors to the Shouf Cedar Reserve. Then he sat on the ground in the shade of the cedars, refusing to be called mister or...
Remember the Gilmore Girls episode where Dean and Rory argue about The Donna Reed show? Dean later explains that he thinks a wife cooking for her husband is "nice." Why wouldn't it be? I would...
The United States wants to help the Lebanese state rebuild southern Lebanon, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Congress will mobilize funds to achieve that goal, said Morgan Ortagus, deputy...
BEIRUT — The Cabinet on Thursday approved a series of military and security appointments following a compromise reached Monday between President Joseph Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. The...
In an unprecedented move, the State Shura Council ruled that the Lebanese state had failed in its role as a guarantor of justice and in overseeing security services, requiring it to pay Ziad Itani...
In her latest play, Iraqi director Tamara al-Saadi draws on the myth of Antigone to "give a voice to the children sacrificed on the altar of the powerful." The tragedy of Gaza and the...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army received on Thursday morning soldier Ziad Chebli, the last of the five Lebanese captives Israel had agreed to release on Tuesday evening. The handover took place at the...
Iraq announced Wednesday that it was investigating an attack on Syrian workers in the country after a newly formed Iraqi group vowed to avenge the mass killing of Alawite civilians in Syria. For...
In a surprise announcement on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed the formation of three "working groups" with Lebanon to resolve disputes between the two.This...
The Canadian government on Wednesday announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of transition. Many Western nations, including Canada, had put a...
A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Lebanon mission chief Ernesto Ramirez-Rigo, met Wednesday with President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, and Parliament...
JERUSALEM — A group of around 100 senior figures from Syria's Druze are expected to visit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday, members of the community said, in a further sign of...
Misinformation has spread rapidly in Syria over the past few days. Reports of summary executions by pro-Assad fighters in Qardaha, along with videos allegedly showing Turkish mercenaries and...
21:22 Beirut Time Syria The Kurdish-led administration in northeastern Syria has criticized the constitutional declaration adopted a few hours earlier by the new Syrian authorities ,...
CAIRO — Lebanese Finance Minister Yassine Jaber said on Wednesday there would be a new deal between his country and the International Monetary Fund, according to a statement released by the...
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Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians, a new report released on Thursday by United Nations experts has found. 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
