BEIRUT — The Beirut Indictment Chamber presided over by Judge Maher Cheaito unanimously decided to release Amal Chaaban, secretary of the Pre-University Equivalence Commission at the Lebanese...
BEIRUT — The Union of Private School Teachers in Lebanon announced on Thursday that teachers in private schools across Lebanon will go on strike starting Tuesday Jan. 23. The teachers demand that...
TEL AVIV — Israel has destroyed around two thirds of Hamas' fighting regiments in Gaza, according to claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, vowing to press on with...
On a visit to Qatar, where the Asian Cup football tournament is taking place, Lebanon's outgoing Minister of the Interior and Municipalities, Bassam Mawlawi, met with several of his Arab...
Defense systems shot down an armed drone on Thursday over Erbil airport in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, where US and other international forces are stationed, security sources told...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Thursday that there is no "complete solution" to the pockets of Hamas resistance that have so far withstood the Israeli offensive in northern Gaza,...
DAVOS — The deputy leader of Yemen's presidential council said Thursday that its military forces need foreign assistance to launch a ground operation that would back US and UK air strikes against...
BEIRUT — During a meeting with caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed his solidarity with Iraq following Iranian strikes that targeted Erbil,...
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s GDP growth rate could start recovering this year for the first time since before the country’s economic crisis, according to a UN economic report released on Jan. 4. In its...
STRASBOURG — The European Parliament on Thursday called for a "permanent cease-fire" in Gaza — but on condition that all Israeli hostages are released immediately and Hamas dismantled. ...
Iraq has taken an unusually tough stance against Iran, after missile fire from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) killed at least four people in Erbil on Monday evening, including a...
The images of plains flooded by more than a meter of muddy water in Akkar, after the storm that broke out during the week of Jan. 8, demonstrate the extent of the damage to the Lebanese...
Nearly a month ago, after Washington announced the creation of an international coalition to protect ships in the Red Sea from Yemen’s Houthi attacks, US officials reportedly courted China to take...
The war in Gaza will hit economies across the Middle East if it is not resolved and the conflict urgently needs a non-military solution, Qatar's finance minister told Reuters....
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani on Thursday repeated his call for the US-led international anti-jihadist coalition to depart his country amid soaring regional tensions over the...
Palestinian health officials said Israeli forces killed a man Thursday during a two-day raid in the occupied West Bank area of Tulkarem, a day after violence in the territory left 10 dead....
According to security sources quoted by our correspondent in the Bekaa, unidentified gunmen opened fire on an Iraqi national near the border between Syria and Lebanon, on the Syrian side. The man,...
On Monday evening, tension gripped the region amid initial reports of strikes on Erbil, suggesting a potential targeting of American interests. Against the backdrop of escalating tensions related...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib said that the vast majority of displaced Syrians migrate for "economic reasons" during a meeting with national security advisor and head of...
Tension continues to mount between Egypt and Israel on the Philadelphi corridor, at the far south of the Gaza Strip. It ratcheted up on Monday night when fire exchanges broke out near the al-Awja...
At least nine civilians, including two children, were killed Thursday in air strikes on Syria likely to have been carried out by Jordan against drug traffickers, a monitor and media outlet...
Israel should allow displaced Palestinians in Gaza to return to their homes, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said in a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on...
Pakistan launched deadly strikes Thursday against militant targets in Iran in apparent retaliation for Iranian air raids on its territory, further stoking tensions and prompting Tehran to summon...
American forces targeted 14 missiles that were ready to launch in Yemen, the US military said Wednesday, after Washington re-designated the Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a "terrorist" entity for...
In the occupied West Bank, Hafeth Ghazawneh waits in quiet frustration for customers to visit his falafel stall, which has been deserted since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel....
UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Wednesday said he had spoken with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and urged Tehran to stop backing Houthi rebels in Yemen....
A World Health Organization official on Wednesday described dire conditions in the Gaza Strip's remaining hospitals, where patients are "waiting to die" due to extreme shortages of staff and...
22:06 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage from day 104 of the Hamas-Israel war. We'll be back tomorrow with more news updates and analysis, right here at L'Orient...
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