Lebanon closes its airspace after Israeli attack on Iran
Lebanese civil aviation announced Friday night the closure of its airspace until tomorrow morning at six o'clock, a source told L'Orient Today. This measure comes after renewed tension in...
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Netanyahu tells Iranians 'more is on the way' after Israeli strikes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday in a message to Iranians that Israel would press its campaign after launching waves of strikes at military and nuclear sites. "In the past 24...
13 June 2025
Army says Israelis can leave shelters after Iran missile attack
The military said Friday Israelis could leave protected spaces but urged them to stay nearby after Iran fired a salvo of missiles which Israeli first responders said left several injured....
13 June 2025
Netanyahu calls on Iranians to unite against 'evil and oppressive regime'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Iranians Friday to unite against what he described as an "evil and oppressive regime," telling them Israel was engaged in "one of...
13 June 2025
Israel says Iran crossed 'red lines' after firing missiles at civilians
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Iran crossed "red lines" Friday when its missiles targeted civilian areas after Israel launched a wave of attacks on the Islamic Republic....
13 June 2025
Lebanon closes airspace after Israeli attack on Iran
The Lebanese civil aviation authority announced Friday evening the closure of its airspace until 6 a.m., a source told L'Orient-Le Jour. This measure comes after tensions escalated in the...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
Shooting from Syrian territory at Hosh al-Sayed Ali
Syrian security forces shot Friday night from Syrian territory at Hosh al-Sayyed Ali, in northern Bekaa, without causing any injuries. While some reports said a Lebanese soldier was wounded during...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
Bitar sets new hearing for Ghazi Zeaiter for June 27
Investigative Judge Tarek Bitar, in charge of the Beirut Port explosion investigation, set a new hearing for former Public Works Minister and MP Ghazi Zeaiter for June 27. Zeaiter is implicated in...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
Trump wants to bend Iran, but is he ready to see it through with Netanyahu?
After the unprecedented escalation following the Israeli attack against Iran on Thursday night to Friday, one main question arises: Why did Washington give the escalation the green light?U.S....
Noura DOUKHI, 13 June 2025
Available resources, deterrence tactics, and the 'Axis of Resistance': How does Iran plan to respond?
"No limits." The Iranian army says it is ready for anything in response to Israeli strikes on its territory early Friday morning, saying all red lines have been crossed. A red "revenge" flag was...
Clara HAGE, 13 June 2025
Canonization of Archbishop Ignace Maloyan scheduled for Oct. 19
The Armenian Catholic patriarch announced Friday the date of the canonization of Ignace Maloyan (1869-1915), is scheduled for Oct. 19. This canonization was approved by Pope Francis following an...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
UN conference on Israel-Palestinian issue postponed after attack on Iran-sces
A United Nations conference co-hosted by France and Saudi Arabia aimed at forging a roadmap towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians has been postponed after Israel launched...
13 June 2025
Iranians 'expect' EU to condemn Israeli attack: FM
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that the Iranian people expected the European Union and the broader international community to condemn Israel's "criminal...
13 June 2025
Iran FM promises 'decisive' response to Israel attacks
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday vowed a "decisive" response to Israeli strikes that killed senior officers and scientists, his office said. "Iran's response...
13 June 2025
Aoun cuts short visit to the Vatican, Salam oversees emergency plans
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun cut short his visit to the Vatican on Friday, while Prime Minister Nawaf Salam reviewed emergency plans with the relevant ministers and the army's chief of staff,...
13 June 2025
Targeted sites and eliminated leaders: Israeli strikes on Iran in infographics
Since the early hours of Friday, the Israeli army has carried out heavy bombardments on several major Iranian cities, claiming the country has reached the "point of no return" in its...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
Israelis are 'hysterical,' panic buying and preparing for shelter awaiting Iranian response
The streets of Israel’s major cities were empty this morning, after residents were warned to stay home and prepare food and supplies to last for the next two weeks, al-Jazeera's correspondent...
13 June 2025
Sirens sound in north Israel: military
Israel's military said sirens sounded in the country's north on Friday, hours after Israel launched a wave of strikes on Iran. It was not immediately clear what triggered the sirens in...
13 June 2025
Loud blast heard near airbase in west Iran: state media
A loud blast was heard Friday afternoon near a military airbase in Iran's western Hamedan province, state media reported, following a major Israeli attack on the country. "A few hours...
13 June 2025
Israeli strikes on Iran: Why Hezbollah is staying on the sidelines
The massive Israeli strikes on Iran early Friday morning have all the makings of a new regional escalation. Once again, Lebanon could get caught up in it — less than 200 days after the signing of a...
Salah HIJAZI, 13 June 2025
Amal delegation visits Sheikh Audeh to condemn attack against him
BEIRUT — A delegation from the Shiite Amal movement, led by the vice-president of the political bureau, Sheikh Hassan al-Masri, visited Sheikh Yasser Audeh on Friday to denounce the assault he...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
Israeli strikes on Iran: Paris, UK, US warn their nationals in Lebanon
The U.S. and the U.K. issued urgent advisories to their nationals in Lebanon on Friday after Israeli strikes on Iran and anticipated reprisals . The United Kingdom advised against all travel to...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
Nonresidential leases: Law published in the Official Gazette
The law on nonresidential leases was published Thursday in the Official Gazette and is now in effect. Its official publication was requested by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam last week, after it was...
Claude ASSAF, 13 June 2025
Iraq accuses Israel of using its airspace to attack Iran
Iraq accuses Israel of using its airspace to attack Iran.
13 June 2025
Rome calls on Iran and Israel to 'return to negotiation as soon as possible'
BEIRUT — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke by phone with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Friday, urging a "return to negotiation as soon as possible," according to a...
AFP, 13 June 2025
Initial reports from Iran say 78 killed by Israeli strikes on Tehran
Israeli strikes on residential neighborhoods in Iran's capital killed at least 78 people, according to initial reports from Iran's NourNews. According to the report, at least 78 residents...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
Macron says Israel has 'right to defend itself'
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said Israel had the right to protect itself and called for "maximum restraint" from all parties following Israel's wave of strikes on Iran....
13 June 2025
Strikes in Iran: Erdogan denounces Israel's 'banditry'
BEIRUT — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Friday that Israel is seeking to drag the world into a "disaster" after its strikes on Iran, urging the international community...
AFP, 13 June 2025
In Paris, 10 years of Radiodays for Lebanese Bibo Basbous
Wearing jeans and a matching blue t-shirt, Ibrahim Basbous, known as Bibo to his friends, is busy behind his espresso machine. “A Kees van der Westen,” he proudly says, which he went to collect...
Anne ILCINKAS à Paris, 13 June 2025
How Sharaa reinvented his image in six months
Ahmad al-Sharaa, dressed in a simple white shirt with rolled-up sleeves, aviator sunglasses, and a beard trimmed even shorter than his last appearance, mingles with the crowd in the gardens of...
Clara HAGE, 13 June 2025
Iran confirms Israel killed Guards aerospace commander
Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed that its aerospace commander had been killed with fellow officers in an Israeli air strike on their command centre on Friday. "Commander of the...
13 June 2025
Several Israeli embassies announce their closure to the public
BEIRUT — Several Israeli embassies around the world have announced their closure to the public, following massive strikes carried out overnight from Thursday to Friday against military and nuclear...
AFP, 13 June 2025
Trump urges Iran to continue negotiations, warns there's more Israeli strikes to come
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had given Iran a 60-day ultimatum on a nuclear deal before Israel's strikes, but added Tehran now has a second chance. "Two months...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
Iran will make Israel 'regret' its massive attack
BEIRUT — Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said Friday that his country will make Israel "regret" its massive attack against Iran, which targeted nuclear sites in particular....
AFP, 13 June 2025
Beirut Airport: Flights canceled after Israeli strikes in Iran
Several airlines announced Friday they canceled their scheduled flights to or from Rafic Hariri International Airport (RHIA), hours after unprecedented Israeli strikes against Iran that targeted...
Layal DAGHER, 13 June 2025
Israeli strikes on Iran: Our co-editor-in-chief Anthony Samrani has answered your questions
15:56 Beirut Time Thank you for your many questions, and we apologize for those we couldn’t get to. The news is fast-moving, and we have to get back to it! To follow all the...
13 June 2025
Iran says imposed internet restrictions after Israel attack
Iran's communications ministry said Friday that internet restrictions have been introduced nationwide following Israel's wave of strikes. "Temporary restrictions have been imposed on...
13 June 2025
Aoun has officially invited Leo XIV to visit Lebanon
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was received Friday at 10 a.m. (11 a.m. Lebanese time) by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where he has been on an official visit since Thursday with his wife...
13 June 2025
Iran confirms an Israeli strike killed the head of the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace force
BEIRUT — The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's ideological army, confirmed the death of the commander of their aerospace force, announced earlier by Israel, during the massive Israeli attack...
AFP, 13 June 2025
Emirates airline cancels its flights to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iran
BEIRUT — Air France, Air India, Emirates, or Qatar Airways announced on Friday the suspension of dozens of flights to and from the Middle East, or planning to fly over the region, after Israeli...
AFP, 13 June 2025
Israeli embassies shut, Ben Gurion closed, rabbis urge public to stay home
Israel's embassy to Sweden said on Friday that Israel would close its diplomatic missions around the world in light of intense Israeli air operations against Iran, launched in the early hours of...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
India’s deadly air disaster raises questions for Air India and Boeing
Lunch break at a doctors' hostel in India's Ahmedabad turned fatal for many in the dining area when parts of an Air India aircraft crashed through its roof as the plane hurtled to the...
13 June 2025
Israeli strikes in Iran: Trump says it's still possible 'to stop this massacre'
U.S. President Donald Trump stated Friday that it's still possible "to stop this massacre" following the continuing Israeli strikes on Iran, in a post on his Truth Social account. Trump said he...
13 June 2025
Ciné-Palestine 2025: The right to narrate and resist
With around 50 films unveiled in more than a dozen screening venues across the Paris region and Marseille, the Ciné-Palestine Festival (FCP) reaffirmed this year its commitment to highlighting the...
Emmanuel KHOURY, 13 June 2025
'Avoid escalation': World reacts to Israel strike on Iran
World leaders urged restraint on Friday after Israel pounded Iran, striking 100 targets including nuclear and military sites, and killing senior figures. Here is a roundup of key reactions:...
13 June 2025
Aoun extended an official invitation to Leo XIV to visit Lebanon
BEIRUT — The President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, was received on Friday at 10 a.m. (11 a.m. Lebanese time) by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where he has been since Thursday on an official visit...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 June 2025
Iran says most of damage at underground uranium enrichment plant 'surface level'
Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said Friday that most of the damage from Israeli air strikes targeting its underground uranium enrichment facility at Natanz was at ground level. "Most...
13 June 2025
Who are the new Iranian military chiefs appointed after Israeli assassinations?
BEIRUT— Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei swiftly appointed new heads of the Revolutionary Guard and the armed forces to replace senior commanders killed in targeted Israeli airstrikes on Friday...
Ghadir Hamadi, 13 June 2025
The high price paid by doctors in the Alawite massacres on Syria’s coast
In al-Qussour, an upscale district in the coastal city of Baniyas, the apartment of Dr. Ibrahim* remains frozen in time. In the bedroom shared by his two sons, the beds are unmade, a tube of...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 13 June 2025
Strikes on Iran: Israel says it killed most leaders of the Guardians' aerospace force
BEIRUT — The Israeli Ministry of Defense claimed Friday that the army's airstrikes on Iran have claimed the lives of most of the leaders of the Guardians of the Revolution's aerospace...
