Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed Wednesday that Iran would never surrender, as Tehran launched a barrage of hypersonic missiles at Israel on the sixth day of intensifying conflict...
BEIRUT —Prime Minister Nawaf Salam chaired a meeting on Wednesday at the Grand Serail to discuss the rehabilitation project of Qaaleiyat Airport in northern Lebanon. The session was attended by...
Israel launched a new series of strikes on Wednesday night on "ground-to-ground missile launch and storage sites" in western Iran, as announced by Israeli army spokesman Efi Defrin during...
BEIRUT —A senior Iranian official delivered a sharp warning on Wednesday, telling Qatar’s Al Jazeera network that any direct U.S. military involvement in the escalating conflict between Iran and...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he was "profoundly alarmed" by the escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran, and warned against any "additional...
The Israeli army announced Wednesday evening that it had detected missile fire from Iran towards Israel, urging the population to seek shelter in the center of the country. "The defense...
The United States is working to evacuate U.S. citizens wishing to leave Israel by arranging flights and cruise ship departures, U.S. ambassador Mike Huckabee said in a post on X on Wednesday, as...
Iran issued an evacuation warning on Wednesday for the residents of the Israeli city of Haifa, state television reported, on the sixth day of fighting between the two foes. "A few minutes...
“It’s the dirty work Israel does for all of us.” This remark by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during Tuesday’s G7 summit in Canada has stirred significant controversy both within Germany’s...
BEIRUT — For the first time since Syria's civil war began in 2011, the new authorities who toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 have announced measures to ease the return of...
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is weighing whether the United States will join Israel in strikes against Iran, revealing that Tehran has reached out to seek negotiations to end the...
The Lebanese artist duo, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, is symbiotic. This solidarity between the two is necessarily a ground for osmosis. Ideas circulate from one to the other, stratify,...
BEIRUT — As Israel and Iran trade military blows, a parallel battle is unfolding in cyberspace, with each side launching digital attacks that threaten critical infrastructure, financial systems and...
BEIRUT — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday Iran had the "legitimate" right to defend itself in the face of Israel's ongoing bombing campaign, now in its sixth day....
The night was once again short in the Middle East. The possibility that the United States may soon enter the war against Iran alongside Israel revived fears of regional escalation, although the...
BEIRUT — Israel and Iran exchanged fire again on Wednesday, the sixth day of strikes in their most intense confrontation in history, fuelling fears of a drawn-out conflict that could engulf the...
BEIRUT — Gaza's civil defence agency said 33 people were killed by Israeli fire in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, including 11 who were seeking aid. The war sparked by Hamas's...
BEIRUT — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated on Wednesday that air force planes had destroyed the Iranian "internal security headquarters" after the military announced strikes...
BEIRUT — General Security (GS) released a statement on Wednesday informing all foreigners in Lebanon, Arabs and others, whose papers (visas, residence permits, etc.) have expired, that they can...
SAIDA — An Israeli drone launched two missiles on Wednesday afternoon at an uninhabited house in the southern Lebanese village of Barish, in Sour district, according to L'Orient Today's...
The Israeli military said public safety guidelines that have mandated school closures, among other restrictions, would ease in some areas from 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Parts of the...
On the sixth day of the war between Israel and Iran, all eyes are on a potential upcoming U.S. involvement in the conflict, as President Donald Trump has called for Tehran's "unconditional...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said during a speech on Wednesday that Iran will accept neither an imposed peace nor an imposed war, in quotes cited by Reuters, adding that those who know...
Since the onset of the war between Iran and Israel last Friday, the silence of the Syrian Foreign Affairs Ministry has been notable. Damascus is indeed the only regional capital not to have...
Southern Lebanon, a scene of near-daily clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli army since October 2023, remained at the center of the United Nations' diplomatic concerns. The visit of the...
I speak of a time beyond the memory of those under sixty, an era when Beirut still carried the charm of a postcard, and song soared above slate roofs and Eastern domes.Her name was Arlette, a name...
A rapper with the provocative Irish group Kneecap appeared in court Wednesday charged with a terror offense for allegedly supporting Hezbollah, as hundreds of cheering fans gathered outside. Liam...
BEIRUT — A large fire broke out on Wednesday in Chtoura, in the Bekaa's Zahle district, and destroyed an agricultural area where wheat was being cultivated. A number of trees were also burned...
In addition to the ongoing delays in restructuring the banking sector, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visiting Lebanon from May 28 to June 5 encountered similar inertia on fiscal and...
It was 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1979, and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi advanced in uniform on the tarmac at Tehran airport. He was accompanied by his wife, Farah Diba, dressed as a modern empress:...
Beirut’s First Investigative Judge Bilal Halawi questioned the chairwoman of the board of directors, Raya al-Hassan, former interior minister, on Tuesday. The case involves the alleged theft of...
Alongside the first diplomatic appointments since 2017, Nawaf Salam's government adopted a plan for the return of Syrian refugees and migrants "without delay" during its Monday...
Cornered by the assault of the Israeli army, Iran has only one objective: to put pressure on Israel and stop the fighting. But how can this be achieved when the asymmetric nature of the conflict...
The American military is strengthening its presence in the Middle East by deploying new fighter jets and extending the stationing of other aircraft, three American officials said, as open warfare...
CAIRO — Israeli gunfire and strikes killed at least 30 people across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, local health authorities said, as some Palestinians there said their plight was being...
It is at the heart of the anti-Iranian nuclear obsession in Israel and the United States. To reach it, one must penetrate a mountain of hard rock and then descend an endless spiral tunnel leading...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced on Wednesday that it had raided the houses of suspects in the village of Brital (Baalbeck district) and the countryside of Arsal where they arrested three...
WhatsApp said it was "concerned" that its services would be blocked in Iran after a state broadcaster urged the public to delete the messaging app, saying it was sharing data with its...
As U.S. President Donald Trump weighs his options in what appears to be America's inevitable involvement in the Israel-Iran war, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Israel's...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Cabinet approved on Monday draft decrees — also validated by the State Shura Council — setting monthly compensations for the head and members of several public bodies: the...
Iran said Wednesday it had detained five suspected agents of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency on charges of tarnishing the country's image online, Iranian news agencies reported....
Greece has repatriated 105 of its citizens and foreign nationals from Israel, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, as the Iran-Israel war raged. "The people repatriated were transported to Athens...
At the wheel of his battered old car on Aleppo’s dusty streets, Mahmoud is fuming. “Gallows, that’s what we need! Right there, in Saadallah al-Jabiri Square!” said the man in his sixties, pointing...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah lawmaker Ibrahim Moussawi on Tuesday evening posted a message on his X account about dignity and dishonor, accompanied by the hashtag 'Our Lives for Khamenei.' Iran, of...
Since launching its attacks on Iran on Friday, the Israeli army has killed 585 people and wounded 1,326 others, according to a Washington-based NGO cited by the Associated Press. The organization,...
The Banque de l’Habitat is set to raise the ceiling for its subsidized housing loans to $100,000, following the approval of this decision by the government on June 16.Funded by a line of credit of...
It all started with a surprise attack, the Mossad's touch, and, most importantly, the decapitation of the security command. This is how Hezbollah's descent into hell began last September,...
00:47 Beirut Time Iran reportedly willing to accept Trump’s meeting proposal, says NYT According to the New York Times, citing a senior Iranian official, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas...
As the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies, rising insecurity and closed airports have left many Lebanese feeling uncertain about the days ahead. A source at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, June 18, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:The outcome of the discussions had between Trump and...
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
