BEIRUT — U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a "cease-fire" Thursday, and said he was trying to set up the first-ever meeting between the leaders...
From his home in Baghdad, 25-year-old journalist Mohammad Bazzi has spent the past week glued to his phone, scrolling through Instagram, X, and TikTok to follow developments in Bint Jbeil. This...
BEIRUT — This was their first direct contact. On Thursday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun received a phone call from his American counterpart Donald Trump, amid intensified efforts to secure a...
BEIRUT — The case of the Israeli strike that targeted a building in Ain Saadeh on April 6, killing three people — Pierre and Flavia Moawad and Roula Matar — and whose presumed target was a...
BEIRUT — The Israeli army detonated a building Thursday morning belonging to the official high school in the border town of Marwahine in the Sour district, an act condemned by Education Minister...
Hezbollah lawmaker Hussein Hajj Hassan told AFP on Thursday that the Lebanese government's decision to hold direct negotiations with Israel was a "grave error," urging Beirut to...
Among the first villages occupied by the Israeli army since the war began on March 2, Qantara, in the Marjayoun district, was severely damaged by the fighting. On Monday, April 13, the Israeli army...
Located just three kilometers from the Israeli border along the coast, Naqoura, which also hosts UNIFIL's headquarters, holds a strategic position. Since the start of the war, the town in the...
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Finance Minister Yassine Jaber signed on Wednesday a $200 million agreement approved in January by the World Bank under its AMAN – ESSN (Emergency Social Safety Net Project)...
"These are not isolated incidents. They are part of a clear trend of worsening abuse: violence, medical neglect, and treatment that puts him in immediate danger," said Ben Marmarelli,...
In line at the local grocery store, the cashier and a customer debate whether the “new” name of “Tarboush” is better than the original. An age-old question. A man and his wife wait for their turn...
Former Bank Audi chairman Samir Hanna was questioned for a second time on Wednesday by the assistant public prosecutor at the Court of Cassations, Ahmad Rami al-Hajj, in a financial case linking...
On April 7, the Israeli army claimed to control the strategic town of Khiam, about six kilometers from the border. But near-daily clashes continue between Hezbollah and Israeli soldiers, who are...
The head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), MP Gebran Bassil, said during an interview with CNN on Wednesday night that the “fair” result of the ongoing negotiations between Lebanon and...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old media coordinator at a local research center, translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing...
The U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday it had launched "Economic Fury," an operation involving new sanctions targeting the Iranian regime and Hezbollah, amid uncertainty over...
Around March 20, the Israeli invading troops advanced in a new axis in the village of Markaba, in the eastern sector, pushing into southern Lebanon along the border zone where it has been ordered...
Israel said Thursday it had "foiled attacks" by Hezbollah against its positions in southern Lebanon, where it continues its invasion and systematic destruction of border villages,...
Even if the participants do not say so openly, Iran’s shadow hung over the Washington meeting between the Lebanese, Israeli and U.S. ambassadors, held under the auspices of U.S. Secretary of State...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Thursday that a cease-fire must serve as a “natural gateway” to direct negotiations with Israel, to be conducted “exclusively by the Lebanese...
One person was killed in an Israeli drone strike that targeted a van Dahr al-Baidar road, our correspondent in the Bekaa reported Thursday. The Dahr al-Baida road connects the Bekaa Valley to...
Taybeh, a key village in southern Lebanon's Marjayoun district, can be regarded as under Israeli occupation. Images, broadcasted by several media outlets, show large-scale Israeli demolitions...
Amid ongoing direct diplomatic talks between Lebanon and Israel, and as the Israeli cabinet has refused to implement a cease-fire, the Israeli army expanded its invasion in southern Lebanese...
"Peace in Lebanon is essential for peace negotiations with Iran," said Tahir Andrabi, spokesperson for Pakistan's Foreign Ministry. He added that Lebanon "remains part of the...
It will likely be another two to three months before the Court of Cassation’s prosecutor’s office issues its requisitions in the investigation into the double explosion at the Beirut Port (Aug. 4,...
BEIRUT — U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday afternoon on his Truth Social platform a long-awaited cease-fire in Lebanon, set to take effect at midnight local time for a duration of ten...
Dozens of homes were obliterated in a split second. Unfortunately, such images have become increasingly common since the start of the Israeli ground offensive in southern Lebanon, where villages...
They are painters, sculptors, photographers, actors, creators, gallery owners. Above all, they are Lebanese, and they are attempting to respond to the violence of this new war with subtle, almost...
After persuading the United States to join Israel in a war against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now faces a more complicated equation.The sharp rise in his popularity at the...
Another setback for a reform presented as central to state-building. A plan to establish a unified central authority to coordinate Lebanon’s land, sea and air borders has been put on hold before...
“We risk being completely cut off from the outside world,” Rakan says, his voice worried over the phone lagging due to unstable connection from Ain Ibl in the Bint Jbeil district. It is yet another...
Iran arrested four suspected Israeli spies, state media reported on Thursday. It came as U.S. officials discuss possible peace talks with Iran after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran on Feb. 28...
In a packed hall in Qamishli's sports stadium in northeast Syria, Firas Ahmad is one of dozens of Kurds waiting to apply for citizenship after many in the minority were barred from doing so for...
Flydubai, the second-largest airline in the emirate of Dubai after Emirates, announced in a statement sent to its partners that it will resume its flights to Lebanon on April 18, after they were...
Since late Wednesday afternoon, that is all people in Lebanon have been talking about. If the announced deal is confirmed, it will be the product of multiple international and regional efforts, at...
23:44 Beirut Time Cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon: Berlin hopes for ‘future as good neighbours’ Germany hopes for a "future as good neighbours" following the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, April 16, 2026Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz Some key things to watch today:`Updates on Lebanon-Israel talks today.A session of...
After U.S. President Donald Trump stated Wednesday evening that the "leaders of Israel and Lebanon" would speak on Thursday, an official source told AFP that they were "not...
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
