Netanyahu visited northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, his office announced, amid the ongoing Israeli military offensive in the Palestinian territory. "Prime...
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Berdawni waters once again tinged with black
The muhafez of the Bekaa, Judge Kamal Abou Jaoudeh, requested on Tuesday the opening of an investigation concerning the pollution of the Berdawni River, which runs through Zahle, after its waters...
15 April 2025
Aoun: Army pays price in blood to preserve Lebanon's unity, sovereignty, integrity
The Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, lamented on Tuesday that the army is paying a high price to "preserve Lebanon's unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity," following the death...
15 April 2025
Dining with the cosmos: Inside Yasmine Moufti's culinary universe
In the dimmed light of Space 13, tucked away in the alleys of Beirut’s Achrafieh, where incense mingles with the whispers of calming music and moonlight dances across a carefully crafted tableau,...
Tasnim Chaaban, 15 April 2025
Jordan foils Muslim Brotherhood plot to stage attacks in kingdom, some trained in Lebanon
Jordan said on Tuesday it had arrested 16 people linked to the Muslim Brotherhood who were trained and financed in Lebanon and had plotted attacks on targets inside the kingdom involving rockets...
15 April 2025
Syrian minister visits Lebanon, first since fall of Assad regime
The Syrian Minister of Social Affairs, Hind Kabawat, was received Tuesday by her Lebanese counterpart, Hanine Sayyed, in Beirut, marking the first visit by a Syrian minister to Lebanon since the...
15 April 2025
Israel attributes explosion that killed Lebanese soldier to Hezbollah ammunition
The Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, posted on his X account that, according to “the information available to the Israeli army,” the Lebanese soldier killed...
15 April 2025
2025 to be 'year of state monopoly on arms': Joseph Aoun
In an interview with the Qatari daily The New Arab, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun elaborated on the process of disarming Hezbollah, emphasizing his efforts to make 2025 the year "of the state...
L'Orient Today staff, 15 April 2025
Israel moves toward total military occupation of Gaza
In all the 18 months since its war on Gaza began, Israel has never controlled such a large part of the Palestinian territory. After collapsing the fragile cease-fire it had agreed upon with Hamas...
Noura DOUKHI, 15 April 2025
Israel says killed Hezbollah 'commander' in south Lebanon
Lebanon said an Israeli strike Tuesday left one person dead in the south as Israel said it killed a Hezbollah "platoon commander," its latest strike despite a cease-fire between Israel and the...
15 April 2025
Khamenei says Iran-US talks going well but may lead nowhere
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday he was satisfied with talks with arch-foe the United States but warned they could ultimately prove fruitless. Tehran and Washington...
15 April 2025
Zafer Chaoui reappointed head of Lebanese National Institute of Vine and Wine
At a General Assembly meeting held last Wednesday, Zafer Chaoui, president of Château Ksara, was reappointed as head of the Lebanese National Institute of Vine and Wine (INVV) for a three-year...
Fouad GEMAYEL, 15 April 2025
‘Someone Chewing’: Lawrence Abu Hamdan listens in on the ‘lords of sound’
BEIRUT — The entire south-facing hall at Sfeir-Semler Gallery’s Karantina space has been turned over to Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s 2025 installation “Planned Obsolescence.” The piece deploys 10...
Jim Quilty, 15 April 2025
Hispanic-Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa passes away at 89
Mario Vargas Llosa, a titan of Hispanic-American letters, passed away in Lima at 89. He left behind a monumental body of work and a passionate love life. He was the last survivor of a golden...
Maya GHANDOUR HERT, 15 April 2025
Disarmament: Hezbollah open to dialogue... but away from public controversies
"Hezbollah's weapons remain, remain, remain... until the appearance of Imam al-Mehdi." This phrase, when spoken on TV by Kassem Kassir, a political analyst known to be close to...
Scarlett HADDAD, 15 April 2025
Civil Defense rescues 6 people in fire in residential building in Sabtieh
The Civil Defense rescued six people trapped in a fire that erupted on the terrace of a residential building in Sabtieh, the Civil Defense said in a statement sent to L'Orient Today Tuesday. The...
L'Orient Today staff, 15 April 2025
Syria leader in Qatar for first time since Assad fall
Syria's new president arrived in Qatar on Tuesday, state media said, for his first official visit to the Gulf state, a key backer of the new administration after longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad's...
15 April 2025
UN says Israel killed 71 civilians in Lebanon since cease-fire
Israeli forces have killed dozens of civilians in Lebanon since a cease-fire took effect late last year, including a number of women and children, the United Nations said Tuesday....
15 April 2025
President Joseph Aoun departs for official visit to Qatar
President Joseph Aoun left for Doha on an official visit to Qatar in response to an invitation from the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Lebanese Presidency said in...
L'Orient Today staff, 15 April 2025
In Lebanon, we are the Other
We can all agree at least on this: 50 years on, the war is still with us. The war is the Israeli planes and drones that constantly fly over our skies, the missiles fired from south Lebanon into...
Anthony SAMRANI, 15 April 2025
Beirut and Damascus ‘normalize’ relations
Lebanon and Syria finally deal as equals. After decades of turbulent relations, marked by Syria’s longstanding bid to dominate its smaller neighbor, followed by Hezbollah’s heavy-handed involvement...
Salah HIJAZI, 15 April 2025
Nuclear deal well on the way between Washington and... Riyadh?
In the Middle East, "nuclear deal" rhymes with "Iran." But not this time. On April 13, a different deal was put forward in Riyadh: the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are set to sign an agreement to...
Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 15 April 2025
'Increase in radiation therapy fees for cancer treatment,' NSSF director says
General Director of the National Social Security Fund Mohammad Karky outlined recent reforms in response to Lebanon's financial crisis, including an increase in radiation therapy fees for cancer...
L'Orient Today staff, 15 April 2025
Daraj, Megaphone, Kulluna Irada prosecuted for defamation, questioned by the courts
Lawyers for journalists from independent media outlets Daraj and Megaphone appeared before the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, Mirna Kallas, after defamation complaints were filed...
L'Orient Today staff, 15 April 2025
General Security clears arrested individuals in south Lebanon rocket attack on Israel, confirms two detainees remain in custody
General Security Chief Hassan Choucair announced in an interview with al-Joumhouria, published Tuesday, that the individuals arrested in connection with the recent rocket fire were cleared of any...
L'Orient Today staff, 15 April 2025
Traffic Management Authority announces new online booking appointment system
The Traffic Management Authority announced an update to its appointment booking system, allowing citizens to directly schedule appointments online starting at 10:00 a.m. on weekdays to complete...
L'Orient Today staff, 15 April 2025
Berri: Postponing municipal elections unacceptable and out of the question
Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri reiterated on Tuesday that a postponement of municipal elections scheduled to be held every Sunday in Lebanon starting May 4 was "unacceptable and out of the...
L'Orient Today staff, 15 April 2025
Harvard sees $2.2bn funding freeze after defying Trump
Elite U.S. university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze on Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus...
15 April 2025
In Sudan, the long hand of regional powers as the war drags on
Tens of thousands dead. Thirteen million displaced people, 70 percent inside the country and 30 percent in neighboring states. Two-thirds of the population in need of emergency aid. Famine...
Soulayma MARDAM BEY and Dany MOUDALLAL, 15 April 2025
The Eighth Brigade: A 'serious start' to dismantling Syria's paramilitary structures
In a short video published on April 13, the spokesperson for the Eighth Brigade, Mohammad al-Hourani, announced the group's dissolution: “We, officers, soldiers and members, announce the complete...
Tatiana KROTOFF, 15 April 2025
'Hamas will continue to suffer blow after blow': Netanyahu to Gaza troops | Live
21:11 Beirut Time Trump discussed Iran negotiations with Sultan of Oman, White House says President Donald Trump spoke with the Sultan of Oman on Tuesday about the upcoming round of...
Ghadir Hamadi, Muntasser Abdallah, Sarah Abdallah, Nicholas Frakes & Yara Malka, 15 April 2025
Israel demands hostage release for Gaza cease-fire
Hamas said Monday that Israel has offered a 45-day cease-fire if it releases half of the remaining hostages held in Gaza, which the United Nations said is now in the grip of its worst humanitarian...
15 April 2025
Palestinian student detained at US citizenship interview
U.S. immigration authorities on Monday arrested another Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian campus protests, detaining him as he attended an interview to become an...
15 April 2025
Iran says next round of US talks to be in Oman
The next round of talks between the United States and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program will be held in Oman on Saturday, the state-run IRNA reported. Following indirect negotiations in...
15 April 2025
Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 people with respiratory problems
A sandstorm in central and southern Iraq sent more than 1,800 people to hospitals with respiratory problems on Monday, health officials said. Authorities temporarily shut the...
