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Mikati at D-8 summit: 'We rely on you to support Lebanon'
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, attending the D-8 Summit in Cairo at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, called on participating members "to support...
19 December 2024
Turkey is no longer hiding its neo-imperial ambitions in Syria
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has mastered the reinterpretation of history to suit his political vision. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — revered as the “Father of the Turks” — sought to modernize the...
Clara HAGE and Dany MOUDALLAL, 19 December 2024
Hezbollah strongly condemns latest Israeli retaliation against Houthis
On Thursday, Hezbollah strongly condemned the recent “Israeli-American aggression in Yemen, which targeted civilian installations, in flagrant violation of all international and humanitarian norms...
19 December 2024
Arab Institute for Women wins Best Research Project Award
The Arab Institute for Women (AiW), affiliated with the Lebanese American University (LAU), has won the Best Research Project of the Year Award at the Times Higher Education Awards Arab World 2024...
Micheline ABI KHALIL, 19 December 2024
4 Israelis suspected of illegal entry into south Lebanon arrested
Israeli police announced on Thursday that they had arrested four Israelis suspected of illegally entering Lebanese territory, reports Haaretz, without disclosing where or when the suspects had...
19 December 2024
Bani Hayyan calls for 'urgent action to halt Israeli aggression on the town'
The southern Lebanese municipality of Bani Hayyan, in Marjayoun district, "urgently called on the Lebanese government, the trusted national army, the international community, and the monitoring...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 December 2024
Stranger Mother
It is two hours past midnight now. Across the road from us, a single streetlight hums its familiar monotonous tune and its beacon flickers. The air is heavy with a melange of smells that our noses...
Nohra Chalouhi, 19 December 2024
PSP paves way for Joseph Aoun, Frangieh steps aside without stepping away
Two figures gave impetus to the presidential dossier on Wednesday: Walid Joumblatt and Sleiman Frangieh.In the run-up to the Jan. 9 parliamentary session dedicated to elect a president, to which...
Rita SASSINE, 19 December 2024
Hezbollah strongly condemns latest 'Israeli-American aggression on Yemen'
Hezbollah strongly condemned the latest "Israeli-American aggression on Yemen, which targeted civilian facilities in a blatant violation of all international and humanitarian norms and laws," after...
L'Orient Today, 19 December 2024
Jeita Grotto to soon come under different management
BEIRUT — Caretaker Minister of Tourism Walid Nassar, announced on Thursday the forthcoming launch of a call for tenders to reallocate the operation of the Jeita Grotto nature and tourist site, in...
L'Orient Today, 19 December 2024
In the aftermath of Israel’s war on Lebanon, prices of glass and aluminum skyrocket
BEIRUT – People displaced by the war in Lebanon returned to a ravaged South, Bekaa and southern suburbs of Beirut to find their homes and shops in ruins — and faced with a significant hike in the...
Stephanie Bechara, 19 December 2024
Huguette Caland: Redefining the body through sensuality and subversion
Huguette Caland, a Lebanese painter, sculptor and fashion designer, was remarkable not only for directing her mischievous and subversive gaze outward but also for turning it inward. Referring to...
Gilles Khoury, 19 December 2024
Israeli army detonates, bulldozes houses in Naqoura and Kfar Kila
BEIRUT — The Israeli army rigged several homes in Kfar Kila and detonated them on Thursday morning, three weeks into a cease-fire that is meant to bring an end to fighting between Hezbollah and...
L'Orient Today, 19 December 2024
30 people killed since cease-fire deal: Ambiguity serves Israel
Almost three weeks since the cease-fire deal came into effect, Lebanon is still waiting for the guns to fall silent. The deal, which came into force at 4 a.m. on Nov. 27, put an end — on paper at...
Gabriel BLONDEL, 19 December 2024
Uptick in attacks as Israel bombs Yemeni infrastructure and Houthi missile hits Tel Aviv school
Tensions between the Houthis and Israel are mounting, with both sides launching subsequent attacks on each other's territory. Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility on Thursday for firing two...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 December 2024
Maher al-Assad's wife and son fled Syria through Lebanon, confirms Mawlawi
Lebanon's caretaker Interior Minister, Bassam Mawlawi, confirmed Wednesday evening that the wife and son of Maher al-Assad — the brother of Syria's ousted president and second-in-command of the...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 December 2024
Bloomberg platform: Why BDL remains reluctant to liberalize exchange rate
This was intended to be a cornerstone project for the new leadership at Banque du Liban (BDL): the adoption of a new exchange platform to end the multiplicity of rates that have plagued Lebanon...
Mounir YOUNES, 19 December 2024
Can Turkey replace Syria in Lebanon?
This question gains legitimacy in light of recent international and regional assessments of the events in Syria, which identify Turkey and Israel — along with the Americans — as the primary...
Scarlett HADDAD, 19 December 2024
Sharaa insists Syria will not become Afghanistan, affirms he supports diversity and women’s education
In an interview aired on BBC on Thursday, Ahmad al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) the leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), dismissed comparisons between Syria and Afghanistan,...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 December 2024
In Iraq, Assad regime’s fall could limit Iranian militias' influence
Iraq faces uncertainty about its next steps. Since the start of the war in Gaza over a year ago, Iraq has been making efforts to limit its involvement in the multiple fronts of a conflict that has...
Tatiana KROTOFF, 19 December 2024
EDL: Power restored to the main substation in Beirut's southern suburbs
BEIRUT — Electricité du Liban (EDL) announced in a statement Thursday that electricity power was restored to the main substation in Beirut's southern suburbs. "Due to Israeli aggression on...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 December 2024
What fate for women’s rights in Syria?
On the first Friday of prayers after the fall of Assad, in a liberated Damascus, thousands of people filled the inner halls and open-air courtyards at Umayyad Mosque and spilled out into the nearby...
By Ghadir Hamadi and Amelia Hankins, 19 December 2024
Returning to Darayya, the beating, battered heart of the Syrian revolution
They’re imposing, how they stand in front of the Daraya police station, Kalashnikovs in hand, some hooded, waiting for one of their leaders to arrive. Eight years ago, these Free Syrian Army...
Emmanuel HADDAD, 19 December 2024
France to host Syria meeting, cautious on aid, sanctions lifting
PARIS — France said on Wednesday it would host an international meeting on Syria in January and that the lifting of sanctions and reconstruction aid would be conditional on clear political and...
19 December 2024
UN chief sees Assad's fall as 'ray of hope'; hundreds demonstrate in Damascus for democracy, women's rights: Live coverage of events in Syria
17:50 Beirut Time The Secretary-General of the United Nations also felt that there was a “glimmer of hope” in Syria after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, overthrown by a...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 December 2024
Human Rights Watch: Water deprivation by Israel in Gaza is an act of genocide
THE HAGUE — Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and...
19 December 2024
First flight from Damascus airport and Israeli settlers infiltrate Lebanon: Everything you need to know this Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• The search for missing people in Syria...
