The visit of U.S. envoys Tom Barrack and Morgan Ortagus to Beirut centered on three main points. The first was to show support for the Lebanese state following its decision to restore the monopoly...
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, expressed hope on Monday that Hezbollah would cooperate with Lebanese authorities calling for its disarmament, warning against "a resort...
The U.N. General Assembly must be empowered to urgently intervene in Gaza and send a protective military force to help its devastated population, the non-government Gaza Tribunal project said...
From Sheikh Akl, Sami Abi al-Mona, to MP Wael Bou Faour, to the Union of the Municipalities of Haut-Metn (Baabda District), a front of support has formed around Druze leader Walid Joumblatt, who...
Last week, the general prosecution for financial crimes submitted a perusal to Beirut’s first investigative judge, Bilal Halawi, requesting that former Economy Minister Amin Salam, his financial...
Egypt and Qatar have submitted a new Gaza cease-fire proposal to Israel, the head of Egypt's State Information Service said Monday, adding that "the ball is now in its court."...
A Hezbollah delegation, led by the vice president of the Political Council Mahmoud Comati and MP Amine Cherry, on Monday called on the government, following a meeting with the head of the Syrian...
During a meeting with Patriarch Mar Awa III of the Assyrian Church of the East, President Joseph Aoun emphasized Monday "the importance of preserving the Christian presence in the Arab Middle...
Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri said on Monday that Lebanon "will no longer be bound to respect" the roadmap presented by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack if the Israeli state continues its cease-fire...
An office of the Lebanese Forces (LF), located in a shopping center in Ain al-Rummaneh, the Christian southeastern suburb of Beirut, was hit by stray bullets overnight from Sunday to Monday...
A Hamas source told AFP on Monday that the Palestinian militants had agreed to a new proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between the Islamist group and...
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam once again affirmed on Monday that the decision to entrust the Lebanese state with the exclusive authority over weapons has been made. "The decision to...
The wall is pockmarked with shrapnel, except for the spot where Fatima was standing on Dec. 8 — the day that shattered her husband’s life.“She was doing the laundry when the [Israeli] drone struck....
The General Directorate of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) announced Monday new advances of 322 billion Lebanese pounds [$3.6 million at a rate of 89,500 LL to the dollar] for surgeries...
SOUTH LEBANON — Four Syrian workers were injured Monday in an Israeli drone strike that targeted a quarry in Khiam, in the Marjayoun district, according to our correspondent in South Lebanon and...
Irish author Sally Rooney has vowed to give fees generated by two BBC adaptations of her books to support the recently proscribed Palestine Action group. The writer, whose second novel...
On Saturday night, Assala Nasri made Beirut pulse with energy until dawn. Driven by her passion for life, music and singing, the Syrian diva showcased the full range of her sumptuous voice, stage...
Egypt said on Monday it was willing to join a potential international force deployed to war-torn Gaza, but only if backed by a U.N. Security Council resolution and accompanied by a "political...
Let’s be clear: If Raphaël Quenard weren’t the rising star of French cinema — or the latest darling of the Parisian media — his book Clamser à Tataouine would likely not have enjoyed the success it...
Israel on Monday announced it will provide emergency humanitarian aid to South Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries in the midst of renewed violent political instability. The...
Barely over the threshold, at first glance, the scene is set. The eye is drawn by this distortion of flesh that teases ugliness yet captivates. This flabby, sprawling, deformed fleshly envelope...
It is beneath the hills of Ma’ale Adumim, an illegal settlement seven kilometers from Jerusalem, that Bezalel Smotrich intends to bury any prospect of a future Palestinian state. The Israeli...
From Gaza to Ukraine, through Iran, Sudan and the global rise of populism, the world is accelerating at a dizzying pace, along with what remains of the rules and values forged in the last century....
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is traveling to Armenia on Monday for talks on the creation, under U.S. auspices, of a transit corridor near the Iranian border planned as part of the recent...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today during...
Deadly wildfires ravaging Spain have burnt the equivalent of nearly half a million football fields this year, setting a new record for the country, a European monitor said Monday. The fires have...
Fearing an imminent Israeli onslaught, some Palestinian families have begun fleeing the eastern neighborhoods of Gaza, which are under relentless Israeli bombardment, moving westward and...
The death toll from a blast at a gunpowder plant near Moscow rose to 20, with more than 100 wounded, the authorities said on Monday, as a probe began into possible industrial safety violations....
BEIRUT — During a meeting with Patriarch Mar Awa III of the Assyrian Church of the East, President Joseph Aoun highlighted the "importance of safeguarding the Christian presence in the Arab...
Australia has cancelled the visa of an Israeli lawmaker from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition who has advocated against Palestinian statehood and called for Israel to...
A Hamas delegation has received a new cease-fire proposal for the Gaza Strip from mediators in Cairo, a Palestinian official close to the matter told AFP. "The proposal is a framework...
The video, showing a man claiming to be of “Syrian tribes” and openly threatening Lebanon, has spread across social media in recent days. “We will invade Lebanon within 48 hours if the Syrian...
The U.S. ambassador to Turkey and envoy for Syria and Lebanon, Tom Barrack, began his visit with Lebanese leaders Monday by stating, from the Baabda Presidential Palace, that the ball was now in...
U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukraine to give up hopes of getting back annexed Crimea or joining NATO as he prepared to host President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders in Washington on...
The Lebanese Army announced Sunday that it had arrested three individuals — whose nationalities were not specified — on suspicion of fuel trafficking, after a raid on several illegal gas stations...
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said aloud what Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, is believed to have said quietly.Two days after Larijani’s visit to Beirut,...
Taiwan is an internal matter for China, Beijing's foreign ministry said on Monday, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump saying Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he will not invade the...
Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologised and removed an advert featuring a model pulling the corners of his eyes after the image prompted accusations of racism and calls for a boycott on Chinese...
U.S. envoy Tom Barrack called on Israel to honour its commitments under a ceasefire that ended its war with Hezbollah, after the Lebanese government launched a process to disarm the militant group....
Rights group Amnesty International on Monday accused Israel of enacting a "deliberate policy" of starvation in Gaza, as the United Nations and aid groups warn of famine in the Palestinian...
21:57 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage of the region for tonight. We will be back tomorrow morning with our Morning Brief and more news updates. 20:09...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Friday, during an interview with Al-Sharq Al-Awsat that was published on Sunday, that "decisions in Lebanon today are made in Beirut, in Cabinet, and nowhere...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Aug. 15, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:Updates on Israel's planned offensive and mass...
After 48 hours of speeches and contrasting reactions to Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem’s comments, who brandished the threat of "confrontations" in Lebanon should the government persist in...
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Monday called for stepped-up pressure on Russia, including more aid for Ukraine, to push Moscow into concessions toward a "just and lasting...
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
