Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Saturday in Rome, after meeting caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, that the truce between Israel and Hezbollah should be "the prelude to lasting...
Several unions of agricultural producers from Bekaa met in Zahleh on Saturday to ask the government not to authorize the import of potatoes from abroad before Feb. 1, 2025, to promote the sale of...
Russia is pulling back its military from the front lines in northern Syria and from posts in the Alawite Mountains but is not leaving its two main bases in the country after the fall of...
Turkey on Saturday reopened its embassy in Damascus after a 12-year closure, a week after rebels toppled longtime leader Bashar al-Assad, an AFP journalist said. The...
One person was killed on Saturday morning in an Israeli drone strike targeting a car on the Khardali road between Nabatieh and Marjayoun, according to our correspondent in the region, Muntasser...
A senior official from the United Arab Emirates expressed "concern" on Saturday over the Islamist affiliations of the rebel groups that overthrew President Bashar al-Assad and now hold power in...
The Amal Movement and Hezbollah held a ceremony in honor of the "martyrs" of the town of Burj Rahal (Sour), one of the areas most heavily bombed by the Israeli army during its clashes with...
Six Syrian shepherds were killed on Saturday by fighters from the jihadist group Islamic State (ISIS), who stole their livestock in the desert region of central Homs, the Syrian Observatory for...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar stated during a visit to Hermel that at least 85,600 people crossed from Syria into Hermel between last Sunday — the day the Syrian...
At least one person was killed during clashes between Palestinian security forces and armed militants on Saturday in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, residents and medical sources reported....
A "Christmas Marathon" will be held this Sunday in Jounieh, organized by the Beirut Marathon Association, known for hosting the annual marathon in the Lebanese capital. According to a statement on...
Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem announced on Saturday his party's program for the upcoming phase in Lebanon, stressing the need to implement the cease-fire with Israel south of the Litani,...
Residents of southern Lebanese towns continue to return home gradually, as the Israeli army announced it had carried out an airstrike on "missile launchers armed and ready to fire at...
At least seven Palestinians were killed and 12 injured after an Israeli strike hit a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza, Gaza City's civil emergency service reported Saturday, according to...
The collapse of the Assad regime on Dec. 8, 2024 marked the end of decades-long oppression by one of the most brutal dictatorships. As analysts and experts, legitimate or self-declared, have been...
Israel has initiated contacts with "foreign parties and Syrians" in an attempt to locate the burial site of famed Israeli agent Eli Cohen, who was executed in 1965, the local newspaper Al-Akhbar...
In Jordan, ministers and officials from the U.S., Europe, Arab states and Turkey are meeting this Saturday in Aqaba, on the Red Sea, to discuss the Syrian situation following the fall of the Assad...
Charles Mansour, the moukhtar of Zgharta, confirmed to L'Orient Today on Saturday that DNA tests have returned negative for a former detainee from Syria’s Saydnaya prison, who had been...
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi held talks with visiting U.S. officials regarding efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and a potential hostages-for-prisoners agreement in the Palestinian...
New Israeli airstrikes targeted military sites in Damascus and its suburbs early Saturday, nearly a week after the Syrian capital was taken by a coalition of rebels, according to the Syrian...
The administration of the Lebanese University (LU) denied on Saturday reports claiming that weapons had been hidden in a warehouse it rents in Jnah, a suburb south of Beirut, which is not part of...
Russia appears to be dismantling and removing military equipment from an airbase in Syria, according to satellite imagery, Reuters reports. A Syrian security official near the Russian airbase in...
U.S. Army General Michael Kurilla, head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), recently concluded a three-day visit to Israel, where he met with several officials from Israel's defense establishment to...
BEIRUT — Future Movement leader and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri welcomed the fall of the Syrian regime on Saturday, calling for the dismantling of Assad's governance approach, which he...
A video circulating online and in local media shows two people on a motorcycle advancing through an impressive underground tunnel that was reportedly discovered in the mountainous region of...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated Friday that it is ''imperative'' to continue efforts against ISIS in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The remarks came during his visit to...
After more than a year of fruitless negotiations, could a cease-fire agreement soon be reached in Gaza? While the American, Egyptian and Qatari mediators have, on more than one occasion in recent...
Turkey convinced Russia and Iran not to intervene in Syria during the rebel offensive that led to the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Friday. "The most important...
The Syrian Islamist rebels, who shocked the world by toppling President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive, had been planning the operation for over a year, according to one of their military...
OLJ: Four days after the fall of the regime, how do you see the situation, especially that of Christians in Syria with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham coming to power? SN: We have been educated for...
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Among the horrific images coming out from Sednaya, the pandemonium of Assad’s prison hell, is a swollen face bearing the marks of torture. It is the face of Mazen al-Hamada. Two moles on his right...
BEIRUT — The major fire that broke out Saturday morning in the MTV channel building in Naccache, Metn, has been brought under control by Civil Defense teams before noon. The channel, which had to...
Syrian cyclist Bassel Soufi traveled 40 kilometers from Latakia in northwestern Syria to visit the Assad family’s private seaside resort. For the first time in decades, locals were free to wander...
Lebanese army intelligence services arrested a Lebanese human smuggler on Friday at his home in the village of Sindyaneh, in the Akkar region. According to L’OrientToday correspondent Michel...
The owners of approximately 70 trucks carrying goods, stranded in the Syrian city of Daraa, have called on Lebanese authorities to help facilitate the passage of their vehicles through the Masnaa...
A Qatari delegation is set to travel to Syria on Sunday to meet with officials from the transitional government established after the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad, a Qatari diplomat told...
Saydnaya Prison, located north of Damascus, is infamous for its inhumane conditions and its central role in the violent repression carried out by the Assad regime, particularly since the start of...
The European Union intends to establish contact "soon" with Syria’s new leadership on an "operational" rather than "political" level, a senior EU official said Friday. "We are considering...
The rise to power in Syria of a group some label as Islamist, others as jihadist, is currently a secondary event compared to the fall of the Assad regime. For Syria and the region, from...
An expanded law cracking down even further on women who refuse to follow Iran’s strict dress code is awaiting one last signature before it officially comes into force. Iran’s president is facing...
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
