Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued a decree Friday evening granting national rights to Syrian Kurds, notably officially recognizing the Kurdish language, all the while his army engages in...
Health Minister Rakan Nasreddine and his Environment counterpart Tamara Elzein on Friday inaugurated a center for the treatment of infectious medical waste at the Beirut Governmental University...
BEIRUT — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will not be backing the current version of Lebanon’s Gap Law — the bill meant to allocate the financial sector’s multi-billion-dollar losses — which...
Lebanon marks 22 years without a capital execution. On that grim Jan. 17, 2004, three men convicted of murder — Ahmad Mansour, Badih Hamdeh, and Remi Zaatar — were executed at dawn at Roumieh...
The risk of an imminent U.S. attack on Iran appears to have lessened, but the prospect of a regional war cannot be ruled out. After threatening military intervention against the Iranian regime...
It is neither the absurd, nor Benjamin Meursault, nor even Albert Camus himself that Francois Ozon chooses to place at the center of "The Stranger." His boldest — and most political —...
BEIRUT — Lebanese eurobond prices have climbed to 29 cents-on the dollar on Thursday at closing, up from 23.4 cents at the end of Dec. 2025, marking their highest level since the government...
In a statement published on Jan. 14, Bank Audi announced that Samir Hanna had resigned from his position as group CEO and replaced by Sherine Audi following the bank’s board of directors meeting on...
As darkness fell on Thursday evening in southern Lebanon, an Israeli drone fired two missiles on a car traveling between the towns of Zawtar Sharqieh and Mayfadoun in the district of Nabatieh. The...
BEIRUT — Lebanon has arrested a Syrian national who was helping senior associates of ousted president Bashar al-Assad finance fighters as part of a plot to destabilize Syria's new ruling order,...
More than a year after the November 2024 cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel, and as the threat of a new Israeli offensive in Lebanon has yet to be ruled out, reconstruction in the devastated...
As the protests in Iran have shaken the Islamic Republic, the army now finds itself at a pivotal moment in its history. Long confined to border defense and traditionally only minimally involved in...
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) accused the Israeli army on Friday of firing around 30 bullets at one of its positions near Kfar Shuba (Hasbaya) and denounced the Israeli...
The story of Emirati leader Mohammad bin Zayed (MBZ) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) is one of a divorce in all but name. The partners started off with the intention of evolving...
BEIRUT – First Lady Neemat Aoun chaired the National Commission for Lebanese Women's (NCLW) meeting convened in support of the proposed women’s quota law in the upcoming 2026 parliamentary...
As far back as he can remember, Michel Jreidi has known little but hardship. At 14, he began working during the 1975-90 Civil War, when his house was repeatedly targeted and his life often hung by...
Around 3,000 people were arrested during the recent protests in Iran, according to security officials cited by the country's Tasnim news agency on Friday. The 3,000 people detained included...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian thanked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Friday for Moscow's support at the United Nations in the wake of recent protests, his office said. In a...
BEIRUT – President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that “additional efforts” would be needed to “reinforce the security and stability” required for "the next phase," during a security meeting...
The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, David Barnea, arrived in the United States on Friday morning for talks on Iran, according to an Israeli source and another person familiar with the...
The prime minister of Yemen has been replaced by his foreign minister after the premier submitted the government's resignation, the country's Saudi-backed presidential body said. The move...
According to sources close to the government, this question comes up inevitably in every meeting, as the risk of a new war with Iran grows.Will Hezbollah open a new “support front” for Iran?...
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday, the Kremlin said. Putin will continue efforts to de-escalate the situation in the region, his...
Qatari group Estithmar Holding is set to take control of Syria's Shahba Bank and take a 30 percent stake in Syrian International Islamic Bank, four people familiar with the matter said, marking...
In front of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC), convened Thursday evening at the request of the United States, two Iranian journalists called on the international community to “real and concrete...
"Cooking is an act of attention and generosity," says Maradona Youssef at the outset, when we meet him during one of his visits to Lebanon. "A bridge between people." The chef —...
President Joseph Aoun said on Sunday that he was open to a postponement of the parliamentary elections by “a few months.” He thus effectively gave the green light to a scenario that has been...
A sixth-generation descendant of jewelers and gemologists, Patrick Boghossian grew up surrounded by stones, cutting techniques and expertise. He learned the craft from his grandfather in Beirut,...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was backing the newly appointed "Palestinian Technocratic Government" in Gaza where Washington has announced the launch of a second phase...
On her website, one of her very last works, "Arums in Shades," painted in 2021 in an almost monochrome palette of muted colors, already evoked her farewells to life. A life in which...
21:40 Beirut Time Syria: Army warns civilians ahead of strikes against Kurdish forces east of Aleppo The Syrian army has issued warnings to civilians ahead of strikes against Kurdish...
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, in a bid to influence his efforts to...
"My heart is broken." With these words, skier Manon Ouaiss, 25, began her lengthy message announcing the bad news: she will not be participating in the Winter Olympic Games. The skier...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:• 12 p.m.: Finance Minister Yassine Jaber receives...
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
