BEIRUT — Hezbollah announced Tuesday the launch of its “Khaybar 1” operations against Israel, hours after Tehran confirmed the killing of senior official Ali Larijani in an Israeli strike — just...
Initial findings by an internal U.N. inquiry suggest Israeli tank fire hit a U.N. position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers, according to a Western military source,...
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at "foolish" NATO over Iran, saying the United States needs no help after allies rebuffed his calls to join efforts to reopen the Strait of...
Iran is selecting ships from friendly countries to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial trade waterway cut off by the Middle East war, data trackers indicated Tuesday. Tehran's forces...
Several loud explosions were heard Tuesday evening in Iraq's capital Baghdad, AFP journalists reported, with a security official reporting a drone and rocket attack on the U.S. embassy. In a...
Powerful Iran-backed armed group Kataeb Hezbollah in Iraq demanded late Tuesday that every "foreign soldier" leave the country, its security chief said. "Iraq's instability is...
The Israeli military said Tuesday that it would hunt down Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei. "We don't know about Mojtaba Khamenei, we don't hear him, we don't see...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Tuesday addressed a message to his party’s fighters in South Lebanon, read by a presenter on the party's channel, al-Manar, without making a...
Over two weeks after the launch of the Israeli‑American war against Iran, the confirmed killing of Ali Larijani in an Israeli strike near Tehran on Tuesday, March 17, marks a new turning point in...
The United Arab Emirates could take part in a U.S.-led effort to safeguard shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Emirati official said on Tuesday, though he also said that no formal plan...
Israel's military said it was striking positions of Iran's Basij paramilitary force around Tehran on Tuesday, after announcing it had killed the volunteer militia's top commander....
U.S. President Donald Trump said UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made the wrong choice in not supporting Washington over war in the Middle East. "He hasn't been supportive, and I think...
Turkey's top diplomat on Tuesday lashed out at Israel after it claimed to have killed Iran's powerful national security chief Ali Larijani, denouncing its targeting of Tehran's leaders...
BEIRUT — Three Lebanese soldiers were killed and five others wounded in three Israeli strikes targeting military personnel Tuesday in the Nabatieh region, at Qaaqaait al-Jisr, Doueir and Zibdin....
Two weeks in, the Israeli-U.S. attack on Iran has already sparked a wider regional conflict, drawing in more than a dozen countries. Lebanon now faces the prospect of another invasion, while global...
BEIRUT – Former Presidents Amin Gemayel and Michel Sleiman, as well as former Prime Ministers Najib Mikati, Fouad Sanioura and Tammam Salam, held a meeting at the residence of Gemayel in Bikfaya on...
The health ministry said Tuesday that Israeli attacks have killed 912 people in the country since war erupted between Israel and Hezbollah on March 2, raising a previous toll of 886 a day earlier....
Syrian authorities have banned alcohol from restaurants and bars in Damascus, one of the clearest moves yet by the Islamist-led government towards enforcing conservative ways since Ahmed al-Sharaa...
Foreign Minister Joe Rajji expressed his "firm condemnation" of an alleged sabotage plot that members of Hezbollah are said to have carried out in Kuwait. This statement from the Bustros...
BEIRUT — At least one person was killed and nine others were injured Tuesday in an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, hit three times since the morning. The strike hit the vicinity...
President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday received the Vatican ambassador, Archbishop Paolo Borgia, who informed him of the results of his two tours through several villages in southern Lebanon,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Ron Dermer, former Israeli minister of strategic affairs, to handle the Lebanese dossier.Known as the voice in Benjamin Netanyahu’s ear, “Bibi’s...
"At Ramlet al-Baida, one of the entry points that the Israeli army tried to force during the 1982 invasion, the eternity of the sea mocks the precariousness of the lives around it. No one...
The fact that Iran has shut down the Strait of Hormuz continues to shock regional energy markets and trade routes. While much attention has focused on the impact of such a closure on the Gulf...
BEIRUT — Three Lebanese soldiers were killed and five others injured in three Israeli strikes targeting military personnel Tuesday in the Nabatieh region, at Qaaqaaiyet al-Jisr, Doueir and Zibdin....
The process of transferring convicted Syrian prisoners from Roumieh prison to Syrian authorities started on Tuesday, the vice president of the Cabinet, Tarek Mitri, told L'Orient Today. Last...
Bangladeshi migrant Ahmad Ali, 55, was doing his regular round delivering drinking water to residents in the United Arab Emirates when Iran launched its first retaliatory attacks in Gulf countries....
Will the Trump administration emerge unscathed from its war on Iran? Will its MAGA movement withstand growing divisions over support for Israel and Washington’s decision to ignite a conflict that...
Fuel prices in Lebanon continued to soar as the regional war push global oil rates higher. On Tuesday, Lebanon's Energy Ministry published new tariffs showing a sharp increase in fuel costs,...
The Israeli military said Tuesday it targeted Akram al-Ajouri, head of the military wing of the group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, in a strike in Iran. "We conducted a strike against Akram...
As the Israeli army continued its strikes on southern Lebanon and advanced on several fronts during the night from Monday to Tuesday, infantry soldiers abducted and detained a resident of Kfar...
As the threat of a multi-month Israeli offensive looms over Lebanon, even if the war with Iran were to end, the Lebanese economy holds its breath, fearing a fallout worse than in 2024. Back then,...
Every morning, Abu Ali gets on his motorbike. He takes the Dora highway, heading north of Beirut, then the exit at Naccashe. He parks, walks down the stairs, and puts on his work clothes. Once...
When asked about the possibility of opening the premises of the Higher Shiite Islamic Council (SISC) in Hazmieh, on the outskirts of Beirut, to host people displaced by the war between Israel and...
Iran confirmed Tuesday evening that its top security official, Ali Larijani, was killed, according to Iranian media reports cited by Reuters. Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz...
As talk is growing in Israel over an offensive aimed at displacing residents south of the Litani, Lebanon, unlike in previous wars, has no unified approach to managing the crisis.One camp is...
Loud explosions shook Iran's capital on Tuesday, an AFP journalist said, after a night of bombing in the war with the United States and Israel. It was not immediately clear what the targets...
Dozens of tents are set up on the pavement of Beirut’s waterfront. The people displaced here have had to endure two nights of sleeping under torrential rain. "Our life was dignified, cozy....
In many ways, the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led operation — in which the extent of Tehran’s involvement remains unclear to this day — precipitated the collapse of the “Axis of Resistance” Iran had spent...
Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war on Tuesday: Stocks rise as oil pushes higher Oil prices resumed their push higher as several countries pushed back against U.S....
Falling shrapnel from an intercepted missile killed one person in Abu Dhabi, the government media office said Tuesday. The incident took place in the Bani Yas area, "following the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11 a.m.: Lebanese University is organizing a solidarity gathering to condemn the...
02:23 Beirut Time Israeli army issues evacuation notice to residents of Aaqbiye building The Arabic-speaking spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, called on residents of a...
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
