Air France and Emirates have canceled their scheduled flights to Beirut on Feb. 23, the day of the funerals for former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and his designated successor, Hashem...
BEIRUT — A commemorative plaque featuring President Joseph Aoun’s image, along with a street sign bearing his name, was vandalized Sunday in the village of Jarmak, in southern Lebanon’s Jezzine...
Several municipalities in southern Lebanon published directives on Monday evening for their residents to organize their return, in anticipation of the official withdrawal of the Israeli army from...
Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt, accompanied by PSP MP Wael Abou Faour, met Monday with Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri at Ain al-Tineh, where they discussed several...
BEIRUT — An Israeli military spokesperson said Monday that troops would remain at five strategic locations in southern Lebanon beyond the Feb. 18 deadline for full withdrawal. The announcement came...
A massive fire broke out in a fuel tank at the intersection of the towns of Burj al-Arab and Birkayel in the Akkar Governorate, spreading to a nearby building, L'Orient Today's...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Saudi Arabia agreed on Sunday to establish "an informal coordination group" to support the international response to the recovery of economies...
Around 10 days before her planned retirement on March 1, the general prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Mount Lebanon, Ghada Aoun, filed lawsuits Monday against five banks and the former governor...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam submitted his declaration of assets and interests to the National Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday, whose headquarters is located in the Verdun neighborhood of...
The Lebanese government, headed by Nawaf Salam, completed its examination of the ministerial statement during a meeting at the Baabda Palace, under the leadership of the president, Joseph Aoun....
The new minister of Public Works and Transport, Fayez Rasamny, met Monday at the ministry with a World Bank delegation led by Alex Madeline for an initial meeting following the formation of Nawaf...
The Lebanese Forces (LF) said Monday that they had “turned the page on the era when Iran considered Beirut one of four Arab capitals under its control,” while affirming that Lebanon — “far from...
Will this time be the charm? As is the case every time the safety of Beirut international airport is threatened, the same demand takes center stage: several players, starting with Hezbollah’s...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he was "committed" to U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for Gaza, which involves displacing more than two million inhabitants of the...
Noor al-Yacoubi, 25, a translator and media coordinator at a research center, has not left Gaza since the early days of the war between Hamas and Israel. After the cease-fire took effect, she kept...
At the end of a dirt road in the village of Qasr, in Hermel, a mound marks where Lebanon ends, and another marks where Syria starts. There is no clear demarcation of the border. “There, the houses...
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri met on Monday, at Qoteitem, his residence in Beirut, former Hezbollah minister Mohammad Fneish and party MP Amine Sherri, who presented him with an invitation to...
After the Vagabond adventure, Sami Shenaihi and Paul Shoueiry are stepping up with Round Two, a brewery-restaurant located in Dora, at the northern entrance of Beirut. This ambitious project,...
The sad black-and-white portraits, plastered on every street corner, speak for themselves. So many disappeared and "martyrs" fallen under the yoke of the Assad regime, taken from their...
In the weeks following the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Dec. 8, Syria’s new leader, Sharaa, launched a broad diplomatic charm offensive aimed at Western countries.His...
This was the flagship project of the "golden age of America," according to Donald Trump. And the United Arab Emirates will be part of it. During a speech at the White House on Jan. 21,...
Its barely 10 degrees Celsius outside and from her red satin-draped suite on the top floor of the legendary Ariston theater, Federica is entertaining herself by calling out to the hundreds of...
The ambassadors of the Quintet were received in the morning by President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam where they expressed their "full commitment to supporting the Lebanese state,"...
BEIRUT — After a weekend of heightened tensions in Beirut’s southern suburbs following a landing ban on Iranian flights, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem sought to ease concerns in a speech...
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem’s speech Sunday drew sharp criticism from MPs, particularly regarding reconstruction efforts and the party's responsibility for the destruction and loss of...
An Israeli drone carried out a strike on a vehicle north of Saida in southern Lebanon, near the municipal stadium, killing one person and injuring several others, according to our correspondent,...
Lebanon announced on Monday the indefinite extension of the suspension of flights to and from Iran, after refusing to grant landing permits to two Mahan Air flights, due to Israeli threats to bomb...
The six residents of Houla in southern Lebanon, who had been trapped in their village, still occupied by the Israeli army, since Sunday, were able to leave the area without the help of the Lebanese...
"The previous equation in Lebanon has changed … The presence of armed militias is now a thing of the past." The truth, in its rawest form, was this time spoken by former Progressive...
Israel's security cabinet was set to discuss on Monday the next phase of the cease-fire in Gaza after top U.S. diplomat Marco Rubio and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front...
21:58 Beirut Time This concludes our live coverage for today. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the latest updates. Goodnight! 21:55 Beirut Time Israel's...
Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa visited Latakia and Tartus on Sunday, his office said, marking his first official trip to the coastal provinces, which were once strongholds of ousted ruler...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Feb. 17, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Developments in Bekaa and southern Lebanon...
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
