BEIRUT — Beirut witnessed intense GPS spoofing on Wednesday, the most severe since early December, Mohammad Najem, executive director of the Beirut–based digital rights organization SMEX, told...
The Mount Lebanon investigating judge Ziad Dghaidy on Wednesday sought a life sentence with hard labor for Georges Dib, a blogger known as "Dr Food," for "manufacturing, trafficking...
Hamas released the name of the fourth hostage whose body it is set to hand over on Thursday as part of the ongoing Gaza truce. Israeli authorities have not confirmed the name, nor have they...
BEIRUT — Following reports regarding the deportation of several Iranian citizens from Beirut's airport, the Iranian embassy said in a statement that this measure was limited, occurred on a...
Winter is belatedly keeping its promises in Lebanon. After a dry and warm January, followed by a rainier first half of February, the second half will be marked by a true polar storm named Adam,...
Australia has been at the center of a controversy where art, politics and community tensions collide. At the heart of the debate is Khaled Sabsabi, an internationally acclaimed Lebanese-Australian...
To finalize a $1.5 billion partnership with Microsoft in April 2024, the Emirati tech conglomerate G-42 had to comply with U.S. requirements: Remove all Chinese equipment from its facilities. And...
The Central Bank (BDL) announced Wednesday that it will increase, on March 1, the monthly withdrawal limits of circulars No. 158 and 166, after consultation with President Joseph Aoun, Prime...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on Wednesday in Baabda, where he stressed that it was "essential to end the Israeli occupation" on the...
The Lebanese Culture Ministry, represented by the Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA), received three archaeological artifacts from the Swiss embassy in Lebanon that had been illegally removed...
BEIRUT — The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) and the Arab Socialist Baath party in Lebanon called for mass participation in the funerals of former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan...
A delegation of Lebanese displaced from villages along the Syrian border in the Hermel region of northern Bekaa met Wednesday with the mufti of Baalbeck-Hermel, Sheikh Bakr el-Rifai, according to...
“An efficient state-building, supported by a high-performance public administration and solid institutions.” This is one of the ambitions Salam’s cabinet set out in its Feb. 17 ministerial...
Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar stated Wednesday that his government is "determined to organize municipal elections in Lebanon on time, adhering to the strictest criteria of transparency and...
The Syrian General Security arrested several groups involved in the "trafficking and sale of arms to Hezbollah" on Wednesday, in the Qutayfa region, a suburb of Damascus, according to the...
As part of the probe into the Aug 4, 2020, Beirut Port explosions, three General Security officers, whom lead investigative judge Tarek Bitar targeted in legal proceedings in January, appeared...
A man was killed Wednesday in an Israeli drone strike on a car in Aita al-Shaab, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health and information from our correspondent in the South. The strike,...
President Joseph Aoun said on Wednesday that "Lebanon will not be a platform directed against any country, especially its brotherly Arab countries" from which he expects support "to...
Daniel Pennac, Laure Adler, Roberto Saviano, Marie Ndiaye, Erik Orsenna, Catherine Cusset, Pierre Assouline, Kamel Daoud, Karina Sainz Borgo, Catherine Cusset, Pascal Bruckner, Camille Laurens,...
Acting to support economic, agricultural, and social initiatives, SEAL (Social Economic Action for Lebanon) organized an event in New York bringing together more than 440 participants, which raised...
Monday’s government session in the Baabda Presidential Palace lasted for four hours, during which the new Cabinet adopted its ministerial statement, which it hopes will secure Parliament’s...
At the source of the Georges Hobeika house was Marie, the couturier's mother. "Marie the energy, Marie the wisdom," people would say. "Marie the transmission," should also...
On Tuesday, all eyes were on Saudi Arabia, which hosted the first U.S.-Russia meeting at the level of foreign chiefs since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Discussions concluded...
Baghdad to Beirut flights are almost fully booked, a few days before Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's funeral on Sunday. Airline officials announced on Wednesday that additional flights are...
Israel has not fully pulled out from southern Lebanon, insisting on maintaining five military positions in the region for an indefinite period. Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz tied this...
They couldn’t wait another day. The Lebanese Army had asked for time to clear debris and secure the area. The municipalities of Houla and Kfar Kila, both in the Marjayoun district, urged residents...
Amid renewed calls to rehabilitate Qleiaat airport in Akkar, northern Lebanon, the head of Parliament’s Public Works Committee, MP Sajih Attieh, on Wednesday denied reports of a visit by a Saudi...
More than one million people have returned to their homes in Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, including 280,000 refugees who came back from abroad, the U.N. said on Tuesday. Assad was...
20:58 Beirut Time Thank you for joining us for our live coverage. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the latest updates. Goodnight! 20:36 Beirut Time The Israeli...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, marking the final stop of his Middle East tour, a day after meeting with American and Russian representatives in...
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s battered economy could rebound to pre-crisis levels if the country’s leaders implement sweeping reforms, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) said in a new report. The...
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated Tuesday evening the "necessity" of a total Israeli withdrawal "as soon as possible" from southern Lebanon, where it continues...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Developments in international calls for the Israeli...
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
