In case there was any doubt as to the reasons behind the massive traffic jams clogging up Lebanon's roads since the beginning of the month... the holiday season is well underway, buoyed by a...
Six Palestine solidarity activists taking part in Britain's biggest prison hunger strike in decades have been hospitalized after relatives and supporters warned Thursday that some are at...
BEIRUT — More than 200 families, who left Syria after the fall of the former Assad regime, are now living in a residential complex recently constructed on the outskirts of Hermel, in the Bekaa near...
This announcement, long-awaited, concerns one of the most important proposed laws: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced on Friday that ongoing discussions on a bill to organize the...
BEIRUT — The case of the Hawk III ship has once again come into the spotlight in recent weeks after its owner was heavily fined, three months after Lebanese authorities seized it.The tanker, which...
President Joseph Aoun on Friday welcomed the announcement of an international conference in support of the Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces (ISF) to be held in February 2026. The...
The Our Lady of the Presentation Greek Catholic Church in Khiam, southern Lebanon, was demolished this week due to the damage it sustained during the recent war between Hezbollah and Israel, as...
Contact was lost Wednesday afternoon with Ahmed Ali Shukr, a retired major from General Security and native of Nabi Sheet (Baalbeck), while he was in central Bekaa, local elected officials (...
In a joint investigation with PBS Frontline , the Washington Post has shed light on the inner workings of "Operation Narnia," a covert campaign led by Israel against Iranian scientists...
The Mzaar Ski Resort in Kfar Dibian, Kesrouan, which manages one of Lebanon's best-known ski resorts, kicked off its winter season on Friday with a ceremony held near the slopes, attended by...
After being temporarily suspended twice this year, the Caesar Act is now on the verge of disappearing altogether. On Dec. 17, the U.S. Congress, both the House of Representatives and the Senate,...
Cairo is continuing its mediation efforts to prevent a new Israeli offensive in Lebanon, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly reiterated Friday during an official visit to Beirut, as part of...
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Friday evening a draft law on the "financial hole," demanded by the international community and aimed at distributing financial losses among...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun chaired a meeting Friday focused on ongoing discussions aimed at reaching an agreement with Syria regarding Syrian prisoners and detainees currently incarcerated in...
Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rassamny assured on Friday that the Rafik Hariri International Airport (RHIA) "will be completely transformed" within 12 months, during the...
On Wednesday, Israel approved a contract for $35 billion in gas exports to Egypt, a deal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed as the largest in his country’s history.The deal was first...
The Cease-Fire Monitoring Committee (known as the 'Mechanism') between Lebanon and Israel met in Naqoura on Friday for the second time in its new format, which includes civilian...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun held a meeting on Friday to discuss the ongoing discussion aiming at reaching an agreement with Syria on prisoners and detainees currently held in Lebanese prisons,...
The Israeli army released a video on Friday purporting to reveal confessions made by Lebanese civilian naval captain Imad Amhaz, who was abducted by an Israeli army commando from the northern...
Jamaa Islamiya, the Lebanese Islamist party affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, is steadily expanding its influence.Locally, the group has gained some prestige after joining the “support front”...
As the government works to pass a law backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the distribution of financial losses and deposit repayments, Lebanese depositors’ associations have spoken...
Vladimir Putin on Friday hailed the progress of his troops in Ukraine during an annual press conference in Moscow — a staple of his 25-year rule — with the Russian president emboldened by...
This time, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri scored a point against his critics.Despite a boycott by several parliamentary blocs, Berri succeeded in holding a plenary session on Thursday. The session...
In an exceptional move, popular Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday, Dec. 16, ordered the suspension of his armed militia, Saraya al-Salam, as well as the closure of its offices in Basra,...
The United States will host talks in Miami on Friday to push the next phase of the Gaza cease-fire, as President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would likely visit him...
As Lebanon continues its “voluntary return” programs for Syrian refugees and migrants to their homeland, organized in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the...
21:26 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage of the region for the night. We will be back tomorrow morning with more news updates. 19:39 Beirut Time...
At the end of the Lebanese civil war, everyone rebuilt houses, cities, and lives. Said Touma, however, dreamed of a different kind of rebirth: that of Lebanese viticulture. Heir to a family...
Wine, that elixir synonymous with pleasure, spirituality and the imprint of multiple civilizations, accompanies our meals as much as our moods. In Lebanon, its production is undergoing a major...
Lebanon's history with wine famously spans thousands of years. Long before the country became a well-known wine destination, vineyards already covered the slopes of the Bekaa Valley, shaping...
When you arrive at the heights of Ain Bourday (Bekaa), the first impression is of a landscape seemingly abandoned by time. A dry, mineral plateau swept by winds, it offers no obvious promise. Yet...
Founded in 1868 by François-Eugène Brun in the Bekaa Valley, Domaine des Tourelles emerged as the country’s first commercial winery, created for the general public. At a time when production...
More than 7,000 years ago, in the “golden meadows” of the Bekaa Valley near Zahle, the Phoenicians mastered vine cultivation, becoming the world’s first wine traders. They carried this culture —...
“At the end of the war in 1992, Lebanon was not a member of the OIV [International Organisation of Vine and Wine], which then had 45 members,” says Zafer Chaoui, former president of the Union...
At the helm of Lebanese Wine 209 and Levain Wine Bar, Selim Yasmine is a wine enthusiast who takes his passion, as he puts it, quite literally and very seriously. He offers valuable advice,...
Elegance and refinement are two words that sum up the philosophy of Château Kefraya. Qualities that can only be achieved through mastery, discernment and humility, all of which are essential, in...
He speaks about wine as if it were a poem, with the precision of an engineer and the sensitivity of an artist. For Carlos Khachan, every glass carries a story, and every grape variety holds a...
Winemaking is often seen as a male-dominated profession, yet women have been active on the scene for some time now. In Lebanon, a society often described as patriarchal, do they face an uphill...
Ask any oenologist, and they will tell you — a wine is completely defined by the terroir on which its vines grow. In the Bordeaux vineyards, it is not uncommon to find two estates separated by...
The professions related to wine cannot be practiced without passion. So, passionate are the winegrowers, oenologists, cellar masters and wine merchants. Even the newest of the group, the sommelier...
In everyday language, "tasting" is often synonymous with "savoring" or "enjoying." In reality, tasting goes far beyond simple pleasure: it involves analyzing the...
Wine is above all meant to be tasted, but it is also stored and presented in containers of various sizes. From the small flask to the gigantic bottle, each size has its own purpose and history....
Musar — a name that resonates in Lebanon as strongly as it does abroad. It is a wine intertwined with collective memory, though few know its true story. It embodies both the resilience of the land...
It all began in 2007, in the cool hillsides of Qornet Shehwan (Metn district). A simple family passion for wine, an improvised workshop, a few barrels and a sincere desire to create something...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Dec. 19, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:10 a.m. The Lebanese University's Faculty of...
It's a big year already for Arab cinema at the Oscars. Of the 15 films shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for best international feature, a record four selections...
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
