The deadly Hamas attack on Oct. 7 and the ongoing war of annihilation in Gaza have upended the region’s geopolitics, further confirming that international law holds no sway in the Middle East....
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced Friday evening that an artillery shell struck its Sector West headquarters in Chamaa, a locality in the Sour district of southern...
Following the announcement by the Israeli army on Wednesday that six of its soldiers had been killed in southern Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a picture on X: a green...
Samy Gemayel, the leader of the Kataeb party, is currently on a diplomatic tour in France and the United States. During his visit, he has met with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, U.S....
French President Emmanuel Macron will make a state visit to Saudi Arabia from Dec. 2 to 4, at the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the French Presidency announced on Friday....
The president of the Lebanese National Audiovisual Council, Abdel Hadi Mahfouz, called on Friday on the country's media and intellectual circles to exercise "restraint and calm" in their coverage...
DUBAI, Nov. 15 - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog visited two Iranian nuclear sites on Friday as part of a visit to Iran, ahead of an expected European diplomatic push over Tehran's atomic...
BEIRUT — The mayor of Mrayjeh in Beirut's southern suburbs, Samir Bou Khalil, denied on Friday a rumor claiming that Hezbollah members destroyed municipality documents, according to the state-run...
A French court on Friday ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, jailed for 40 years for the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats, prosecutors said....
The French National Financial Prosecutor's Office requested a trial on Wednesday, including charges of corruption and influence peddling, against Culture Minister Rachida Dati and former...
BEIRUT — Over the past few days, the war between Hezbollah and Israel has escalated even more. The Israeli army announced that it started a second phase of the ground offensive against Lebanon and...
Did the outgoing Lebanese Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, really promise to offer champagne if the country were "rid of" Hezbollah? These remarks were indeed made by the Lebanese chief...
The municipality of Baalshmey, in Aley, Mount Lebanon, denied on Friday that its mayor, Adham Salim al-Danaf, had sold a village property, hit by a deadly Israeli air raid on Tuesday, to a...
The World Bank estimated that the Israel-Hezbollah, which began on Oct. 8, 2023 and was for a long time limited to southern Lebanon and parts of the Bekaa Valley before escalating into an all-out...
The Israeli army is encouraging the looting of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, in particular by attacking Palestinian police forces who are trying to combat it, 29 NGOs accused on Friday in a...
An Israeli strike targeted the upscale Mazze district in Damascus on Friday, announced the official Syrian news agency Sana, the second such raid in two days. “An Israeli aggression targeted...
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Boukhari, assured on Friday that Saudi Arabia “is committed to Lebanon's security and stability, and to the cessation of Israeli hostilities,” during a...
Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati called on Iran on Friday “not to favor one side over another” and to avoid taking positions that could affect the “sensitivities” of either side,...
Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil continues his efforts to position himself as a key player in Lebanon’s political landscape, particularly in the presidential race.Building on his...
Fifteen members of the Civil Defense were killed on Thursday evening in the strike on a center of the organization in Douris, Bekaa, announced the governor of Baalbeck-Hermel Bachir Khodr on X....
Islamic Jihad released a new video clip of Israeli hostage Sacha Trupanov on Friday morning, two days after the release of a first video. In this extract, the young man, identified on the video by...
In the calm and serene landscape of Bkirki, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai tried to stay optimistic about the country’s future, in these days of tribulation. He told his visitors that he is not...
On Friday, Hezbollah “strongly condemned” Israel's attack on the building housing the premises of Radio Al-Rissala, founded by the Amal party and described on its website as “a committed Lebanese...
The Israeli strike on Friday morning in Ghobeiri targeted a building in the Tayyouneh area, opposite Horsh Beirut Park, according to the official National News Agency (NNA). The detonation was...
A U.N. special committee declared on Thursday that Israel's warfare methods in Gaza are “consistent with the characteristics of genocide.” Concurrently, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that the...
Burj al-Barajneh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, was hit by Israeli aircraft shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday, according to local media. The strike came after a second call by the Israeli...
Muriel never imagined her stopover in Paris would turn into an indefinite stay. The 31-year-old architect from Hazmieh had left Beirut in mid-September for a short-term work project in the...
In recent days, both Israel and Hezbollah have opted for military escalation, seemingly convinced that negotiations to end the war are not confined to diplomatic efforts.The balance of power on the...
Surrounded by barrels filled with last year’s harvest, James Palgé, technical director and oenologist at Château Ksara in the Bekaa Valley, fills a glass of Chardonnay. In the calm cellar, with the...
Barely an hour after a warning from the Israeli army, several air raids targeted Beirut's southern suburbs. According to local media, the force of these strikes destroyed several buildings in...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Nov. 18, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Potential developments regarding an American...
22:17 Beirut Time The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced that an artillery shell struck its Western Sector headquarters in Chamaa during the afternoon. No...
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and close advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, met with an Iranian official to ease tensions with the United States, reports the New York Times. “Elon Musk met with...
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
