Talal Arslan calls Israeli attack on Iran a terrorist act
BEIRUT — Head of the Lebanese Democratic Party, Druze leader Talal Arslan, condemned the Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday, calling it a "new episode of organized terrorism exercised by...
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'May God let oppressors strike other oppressors': Syrians rejoice over strikes against Iran
"It's the first time we don't end up on a blacklist," laughs Abou Malek, an Aleppo hotel employee. Following heavy Israeli strikes on Iran and the expected reprisals, French...
Caroline HAYEK with Ahmad ROUMI, 14 June 2025
MEA cancels all Iraq flights scheduled for Saturday and Sunday
Middle East Airlines (MEA), Lebanon’s national carrier, announced Saturday the cancellation of all flights to and from Iraq over the weekend, due to the continued closure of Iraqi airspace. The...
14 June 2025
WSJ: Netanyahu persuaded Trump to back Israeli strikes on Iran
The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday details about conversations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump, describing how Netanyahu persuaded his...
L'Orient Today, 14 June 2025
Why the weakening of Iran is getting mixed reactions in the Middle East
Israel is waging a war of eradication in Gaza and pushing forward with is annexation of the West Bank. It occupies part of southern Syria and Lebanon and is acting freely in both countries,...
Soulayma MARDAM BEY, 14 June 2025
A vehicle destroyed by an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon
An Israeli drone fired two missiles on Saturday at a car that was destroyed in the town of Beit Lif, in the Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent Muntasser...
14 June 2025
Rassamny tours Beirut Airport following decision to reopen Lebanon's airspace
BEIRUT — Minister of Public Works and Transportation, Fayez Rassamny , toured the Beirut airport on Saturday to inspect the situation there after the decision to reopen Lebanon's airspace,...
14 June 2025
The Israel-Iran war has been declared. And now?
This conflict did not begin in those early hours of Friday morning. The war between Israel and Iran has been playing out in the shadows for decades. The fight against Israel is one of the pillars...
Anthony SAMRANI, 14 June 2025
Israeli army says it is 'currently' launching attacks on several sites in Iran
The Israeli army stated on Saturday afternoon that it was “currently” carrying out raids on multiple sites in Iran, following Iranian missile strikes in retaliation for the massive attack launched...
14 June 2025
Iran says joining US talks 'meaningless' amid ongoing Israel attacks
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Saturday that there was “no point” for Iran to hold the scheduled talks with the United States on Sunday regarding its nuclear program, given the...
14 June 2025
'Israel could not have carried out its operation without the US'
In the early hours of Friday, Iran awoke to a sky full of 200 Israeli fighter jets and a deluge of strikes. Israel bombed nuclear facilities and residential neighborhoods, killing at least 20...
Nemtala EDDÉ, 14 June 2025
Israeli army reports seven soldiers injured in overnight Iranian strikes
The Israeli army stated on Saturday that seven Israeli soldiers were slightly injured following Iranian missile strikes overnight, in retaliation for the massive attack launched by Israel the...
14 June 2025
MEA resumes its flights to Istanbul
The national airline Middle East Airlines (MEA) announced the resumption of its flights between Beirut and Istanbul on Saturday, June 14, 2025, following the reopening of Lebanese airspace to...
14 June 2025
MEA cancels all its flights to Iraq scheduled for Saturday
The national airline Middle East Airlines (MEA) announced on Saturday the cancellation of all its flights to and from Iraq for the day, due to the continued closure of Iraqi airspace. Affected are...
14 June 2025
Egypt: Failed attempt at international march to Gaza, several activists blocked
An action by the Global March to Gaza collective was thwarted by Egyptian authorities, who blocked several dozen pro-Palestinian activists in the outskirts of Cairo for several hours before...
14 June 2025
Iran appoints a new head of the Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Force
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday appointed a new head of the Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Force to replace the commander killed in Israeli strikes the previous day. In...
14 June 2025
Meeting of milk producers in the Bekaa, denouncing the ‘catastrophic situation’ of their sector
The Union of Cattle Breeders and Milk Producers in Lebanon declared on Saturday that the sector is in a “catastrophic situation” and called on the Minister of Agriculture, Nizar Hani, to “assume...
14 June 2025
Ben-Gurion International Airport closed until further notice
Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel’s main international airport, is closed until further notice, a spokesperson said Saturday, following missile attacks by Iran overnight in response to...
14 June 2025
Israeli army says it killed nine nuclear scientists in Iran in strikes on Friday
The Israeli army stated on Saturday that its airstrikes in Iran the previous day had resulted in the deaths of nine senior nuclear scientists and experts. During Friday’s strikes on Iran, “nine...
14 June 2025
Strikes in Iran: Gulf states bet on prudence
It was something the Gulf monarchies had feared would happen for months. The oil-rich countries now face real security risks following Israel's massive attack against Iran early Friday morning and...
Dany MOUDALLAL, 14 June 2025
Jordan, Syria and Lebanon reopen their airspace
Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, neighbors of Israel, announced on Saturday the reopening of their airspaces, which had been closed the day before due to the Israeli attack on Iran to which Tehran...
14 June 2025
‘Tehran will burn’ if Iran continues missile attacks on Israel, warns defense minister
Tehran “will burn” if Iran fires more missiles at Israel, said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Saturday, following Iran’s overnight retaliation to Israel’s massive strike on Iran the...
14 June 2025
Israeli army announces it will strike new targets in Tehran
The Israeli army announced on Saturday that its fighter jets were ready to resume strikes on targets in Tehran, after claiming to have hit air defense systems in the region of the Iranian capital...
14 June 2025
Back in Beirut, Aoun chairs security meeting
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun chaired a security meeting Saturday morning focused on “monitoring ongoing developments,” following Israel’s unprecedented attack on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory...
14 June 2025
Salloum: No fear regarding availability of medicine
BEIRUT — Amid the conflict between Iran and Israel which started on Friday, the president of the Lebanese Order of Pharmacists, Joe Salloum, confirmed that there is no fear regarding the...
14 June 2025
'With them, you have to expect anything': After Israeli strikes Iran, Lebanon holds its breath
BEIRUT — Hussein meticulously trims his roses, keeping one eye on the wisps of smoke traversing the skyline on the television screen perched among the flowers up in his shop. The 54-year-old...
Gabriel BLONDEL and Lisa GOURSAUD, 14 June 2025
Iranian airspace closed ‘until further notice,’ says state media
Iran’s airspace will remain closed “until further notice,” state media announced Saturday, on the second day of missile exchanges between Israel and Iran. “There will be no flights to or from the...
14 June 2025
Lebanese airspace has reopened as of 10 a.m.
Public Works Minister Fayez Rassamny announced that Lebanese airspace reopened at 10 a.m. Saturday, in coordination with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, after being closed overnight amid...
L'Orient Today staff, 14 June 2025
Early detection systems find no abnormal radioactivity levels after Israeli strikes on Iran
Israel's bombing if Iran's uranium enrichment facilities, including its biggest, in Natanz, on Friday, has raised concerns about the risk of radioactive pollution spilling out into...
Suzanne BAAKLINI, 14 June 2025
Israeli army says it struck ‘dozens’ of missile launchers in Iran
The Israeli army announced Saturday that it is targeting “dozens” of surface-to-surface missile launchers in Iran, following overnight airstrikes on air defense systems near Tehran. In a...
14 June 2025
Israel says it targeted Iranian air defense systems near Tehran
The Israeli army said Saturday it targeted Iranian air defense systems during an overnight wave of strikes near Tehran. “During the night, the air force struck dozens of targets, including...
14 June 2025
Iranian missile attack on Israel kills three east of Haifa; Israel hits oil depots in Iran | LIVE
01:21 Beirut Time Iranian Defense Ministry targeted by Israel Iran's Ministry of Defense headquarters in Tehran has reportedly been attacked by Israel, according to reports from...
Malek Jadah, Lea Moukadam, 14 June 2025
Two killed by rocket fire on Israeli residential area, rescuers say
Israeli emergency services said rocket fire on a residential area killed two people in the coastal plain on Saturday after Iran launched barrages of missiles. "Among the casualties:...
14 June 2025
Is Israel trying to topple the Iranian regime?
The attack was unprecedented. Blending sabotage, concealed vehicles, offensive weapons used deep inside Iran by Mossad commandos, and a secret military base from which drones were launched, the...
Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 14 June 2025
Iran says 78 killed, 320 wounded in Israeli strikes: UN ambassador
Israel's strikes on Iran killed 78 people, including top military commanders, and wounded more than 320, the Islamic republic's ambassador to the United Nations said Friday. "So far,...
