In a statement released on X, the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry announced that the country’s State Security Agency had foiled a “terrorist plot” targeting “vital facilities in the country” which had...
BEIRUT — Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said on X that he spoke to his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot — expected in Beirut Thursday — conveying the message that Hezbollah is...
Hezbollah paid tribute and offered its condolences Wednesday to the Islamic Republic of Iran after the death of one of the regime's pillars, Supreme National Security Council chief Ali...
Here are the latest economic developments from war in the Middle East as of Wednesday: Oil jumps after Iran facilities hit Oil prices surged after Israeli strikes hit Iranian facilities at a...
Israeli attacks in Lebanon escalated Wednesday, with the targeting of bridges in southern Lebanon — particularly those over the Litani River. Two of these bridges were already destroyed around 4...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh said Wednesday on the Qatari channel Al Jazeera that Lebanon continues to work toward a diplomatic solution to end the ongoing war raging...
Lebanon’s Agriculture Minister, Nizar Hani, assured Wednesday that farmland affected by Israeli strikes can still be cultivated without a risk of poisoning, based on tests conducted by the...
Six Lebanese nationals were included in Forbes magazine’s 2026 list of the world’s billionaires, unchanged from a year earlier, with their combined net worth rising 13 percent to $13.9 billion....
On Tuesday night at 11 p.m., an evacuation order from the Israeli army sparked panic in the southern coastal city of Sour. By morning, much of the densely populated area had emptied — but not...
Since the start of the war, at least five Lebanese soldiers have been killed by the Israeli army. In the most recent Israeli attack, three soldiers were killed and five others wounded in the...
Israel has killed or injured the equivalent of a classroom of children per day since it began its offensive against Lebanon two weeks ago, denounced UNICEF Deputy Executive Ted Chaiban. According...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday temporarily waived a century-old shipping law to help ease energy costs that have surged since U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the Middle East into war....
Health Minister Rakan Nasreddine said after meeting Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain al-Tineh on Wednesday that the death toll of the Israeli war on Lebanon has now reached 957 people killed...
"War has come to Beirut." Mohammad, 18, with deep circles under his eyes, sits on a plastic chair on Beshara al-Khoury street, just steps from the Bashoura building pulverized by an...
This is a new development in the war with Iran, which could have far-reaching consequences. On Wednesday, Iranian state television reported that an Israeli-American strike had hit Iranian...
Riots broke out Tuesday night at Roumieh prison (Metn, Mount Lebanon), one of Lebanon’s largest detention centers, after about 100 Syrian inmates were transferred from Roumieh to Syria in...
Has the critical threshold that Robert Pape calls the “escalation trap” already been crossed?According to the University of Chicago professor, the most dangerous phase of a war is rarely its...
Israel said Wednesday its forces had killed another top Iranian official, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, and said its military was authorised to kill any senior figure of the Islamic republic...
U.S.-Israeli strikes hit Iranian facilities at a major Gulf gas field on Wednesday, causing a fire, Iranian state television reported. "Moments ago, parts of the gas facilities located in the...
The Al-Manar television channel, affiliated with Hezbollah, announced Wednesday that its director of political programming, Mohammad Cherri, as well as his wife, were killed during an Israeli...
Respect for international humanitarian law — particularly the protection of medical vehicles, civilians and their property — is being put to the test in the war between Hezbollah and Israel.On...
Israeli strikes on central Beirut on Wednesday morning killed at least 12 people, the Lebanese Health Ministry said in updated tolls. The Ministry said that the strikes on the Basta and Zoqaq...
President of the Republic Joseph Aoun insisted Wednesday, during a security meeting in Baabda attended by the main leaders of Lebanon's military and security agencies, on the importance of...
The video has flooded social media. It unavoidably brings to mind another, featuring a piano whose chords rose from under the fingers of Gaby Bou Rached, amid the rubble of an apartment blown apart...
French President Emmanuel Macron's special envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said Wednesday that the "only solution to ending the conflict in Lebanon is through negotiation,"...
BEIRUT – Five Al-Amana gas stations, affiliated with Hezbollah, were targeted Wednesday morning by Israeli strikes in several localities in southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent. The...
At least four explosions were heard on Wednesday in the city of Erbil in the autonomous Kurdistan region, AFP journalists reported. It was not immediately clear what the target was. From a...
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated that the war with Iran could end “soon.” Some see this as an attempt to reassure global markets, while others believe he wants to wrap up the...
BEIRUT – The Israeli army acknowledged Wednesday that tank fire had struck a United Nations position in southern Lebanon on March 6, injuring Ghanaian peacekeepers, according to Reuters . The...
In this particularly delicate period, the Lebanese Army is on the front lines and facing immense pressure from all sides, both internally and externally.True to its tradition of discretion and not...
It was another hellish night for Beirut under Israeli fire. This latest tragic episode of the war in Lebanon started Tuesday evening when Hezbollah's deputy leader, Naim Qassem, sent a message...
Royal Jordanian airline announced, in a message sent to Lebanese airlines and travel agencies, that it will resume its regular flights between Amman and Beirut starting Thursday, March 19. Since...
The classic barber’s chair here is far from professional. Instead, a simple plastic seat has been set up on the seafront sidewalk in Ain al-Mreisseh.A small mirror rests against a palm tree....
Dear reader, Since last Friday’s check-in, not much has changed, except that we are now 11 days into the same war that keeps on escalating every day, if not every hour. When it comes to food, I...
The U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran, is expected to temporarily pull into port after a fire on board, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, the 18th day of the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, March 18, 2026Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today: Aftermath of Israel's overnight strikes on...
00:21 Beirut Time Missile debris falls in Abu Dhabi; no injuries reported, according to media office The Abu Dhabi Media Office announced late in the evening that the authorities were...
The Israeli army announced Tuesday night that it had carried out preemptive strikes in Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah launchers, after a series of air raid alerts in northern Israel. "Over the...
What L'Orient-Le Jour has learnedU.S. and Israeli pressure on Syria is continuing with the aim of pushing Syria into a military confrontation with Hezbollah. According to converging diplomatic...
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
