BEIRUT — On Thursday, the Electricité du Liban (EDL) employees' union called on its members to go on strike from Friday, April 19, to Friday, April 26, to demand, among other things, fairer wages....
BEIRUT — The Banque du Liban (BDL) announced its intention to reintroduce the use of bankcards in the country, in a press release issued on Thursday. The central bank is working in coordination...
BEIRUT — Tensions boiled over between Lebanese and Syrian nationals in Tripoli and in a village near Batroun on Wednesday night, as reported to our correspondent in the North, Michel Hallak. In...
On two occasions this week, Hezbollah managed to carry out precision strikes against northern Israel, using drones and missiles — without the famous Israeli air defense system, the Iron Dome, being...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said on Thursday that Syrians who do not have "security reasons" for being in Lebanon cannot stay in the country. Mawlawi hosted a meeting...
Gebran Bassil knows well that the victory of Fadi Hanna, the Free Patriotic Movement’s candidate for the Order of Engineers and Architects’ chairmanship, is owed to his alliance with his...
BEIRUT — Sheikhs and public figures in the Bekaa region succeeded in preventing a Syrian refugee camp in Marj from being dismantled on Wednesday night, after three suspects, who took refuge...
Hezbollah has intensified its activities on the Lebanese southern front after Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel Saturday night, which was in response to the bombing of the Iranian consular...
The health ministry in Gaza said Thursday that at least 33,970 people have been killed in the territory during more than six months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. ...
BEIRUT — Alphabet Inc.'s Google has terminated 28 employees following their participation in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to supply the...
BEIRUT — The Litani River Authority (LRA) demolished tents that belong to Syrian migrants in the Southern Lebanese village of Sarafand on Thursday, L'Orient Today 's correspondent reported, citing...
Between Bashar al-Assad and Iran, there is a before and after Oct. 7. The Islamic Republic is increasingly under fire from Israel in Syria, notably the attack on Iran’s consulate annex building in...
Hundreds of Gazans found rare respite at the beach this week from more than six months of traumatizing Israeli bombardments in the Palestinian territory. After temperatures...
German airline giant Lufthansa on Thursday extended its suspension of flights to and from Tehran and Beirut to the end of April and said its planes would continue avoiding Iranian airspace....
AMSTERDAM – Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award on Thursday for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her...
Just a few days before Israel’s nonstop bombardment of Gaza passed the half-year mark, Israel carried out two attacks that sparked a fervor of international condemnation. The first was an...
BEIRUT — Two Lebanese businessmen — Ali H. Khalil and Husayn Shahrur — are on Forbes Middle East' s list of Top 30 Asset Managers of 2024 , published this week. Asset managers typically work or...
22:20 Beirut Time We're closing today's live coverage of the Gaza war and its repercussions in the region —...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country reserved the right to protect itself after Iran's unprecedented attack, and that it alone would decide how to do so. Iran...
Israel considered carrying out a strike on Iran in retaliation for last weekend's unprecedented attack but then aborted the plan, according to Israeli and US media reports. Iran launched more...
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank rallied Wednesday calling for the release of prisoners held by Israel without charge and for families to again be able to visit their incarcerated loved ones....
Dismantling the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, as sought by Israel, would accelerate Gaza's slide into famine and doom generations of children to despair, the organization's head warned...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 194 of the Gaza war here . Hezbollah injured 18 Israeli soldiers in a strike on...
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
