UK police arrest scores of Palestine Action supporters
U.K. police arrested scores of people in London and other cities for supporting Palestine Action in a third consecutive weekend of protests over the government's decision to ban the activist...
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Lebanon's poultry sector prepares ambitious growth strategy
The Lebanese Poultry Syndicate organized a conference this week at the American University of Beirut (AUB) to launch the preparations for a "National Strategy for the Poultry Sector,"...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 July 2025
2 killed in Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon
Ahead of a new visit to Beirut by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack, aimed at addressing the issue of Israeli withdrawal and Hezbollah disarmament, southern Lebanon was once again the scene of deadly Israeli...
19 July 2025
Lebanese man from Arab tribe in Wadi Khaled killed in Sweida
A Lebanese man from an Arab tribe in Wadi Khaled was killed in the Syrian city of Sweida, as fierce fighting between Druze factions and Bedouin tribes has raged since July 13. The president of the...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE with Michel HALLAK., 19 July 2025
US envoy urges accountability for church attack in West Bank village
The U.S. ambassador to Israel on Saturday visited a Christian village in the occupied West Bank and urged accountability for an attack on an ancient church, which residents have blamed on Israeli...
19 July 2025
Who are the factions fighting in Sweida?
Despite the announcement of a cease-fire Wednesday night between Damascus and some Druze armed factions, clashes continued Friday in Syria’s southern province of Sweida. Government forces had begun...
Clémentine Mariuzzo, 19 July 2025
EU welcomes Israel-Syria cease-fire, urges protection of civilians
The EU on Saturday welcomed a U.S.-brokered cease-fire between Syria and Israel, saying it was "appalled" by the deadly sectarian violence in Syria's southern Druze heartland that...
19 July 2025
Salam counts on the 'wisdom' of political leaders to prevent the events in Sweida from destabilizing Lebanon
Caretaker Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Friday night he was relying on the Lebanese Army, the wisdom of political leaders and the awareness of the Lebanese people to prevent the country from...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 July 2025
War with Iran forces Israel to adjust 2025 military budget
Israel plans to boost its defense budget by $12.5 billion for 2025 and 2026, according to a joint statement released Thursday by the Defense and Finance ministries. The increase comes on top of the...
Thomas Duquesne, 19 July 2025
Sweida clashes: Concern in Lebanon, and new calls for calm
As the security situation deteriorated sharply this week in Syria’s southern province of Sweida — where fighting between the Druze population on one side and Sunni tribes and government forces on...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 July 2025
Death toll from Sweida violence rises to 940: Monitor
At least 940 people have been killed in Syria's Sweida province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Saturday in an updated toll for a week of violence in the heartland of the...
19 July 2025
In southern Syria, hospitals are overflowing with victims from Sweida
An ambulance screeched under the arch of the Bousra al-Harir clinic on Friday, the latest in a steady stream since fighting erupted Sunday between Bedouin tribes and Druze factions in Syria’s...
Caroline HAYEK and Ahmad ROUMI, from Damascus, 19 July 2025
Sharaa announces cease-fire, deploys forces in Sweida
The Syrian government on Saturday announced a cease-fire in the southern province of Sweida and said its forces had begun deploying there, following days of deadly intercommunal fighting that left...
19 July 2025
DRCongo, M23 armed group sign cease-fire deal in Qatar
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 signed a cease-fire deal on Saturday to end fighting that has devastated the country's mineral-rich but conflict-torn east....
19 July 2025
Far from the executive branch, the FPM fights for its survival
The Free Patriotic Movement is holding a municipal congress Saturday to revive local governance and address key issues such as Syrian migration and advanced decentralization policies. Beyond its...
Scarlett HADDAD, 19 July 2025
2 more killed in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon; fighting continues in Sweida, Syria | Live
19:26 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage of events in the region for tonight. We will be back tomorrow morning with more news updates. 19:17 Beirut Time...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE, Philippe HAGE BOUTROS and Suzanne BAAKLINI., 19 July 2025
Sharaa renews pledge to 'protect minorities'
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Saturday renewed his pledge to protect minorities, after sectarian clashes left more than 700 people dead in the Druze-majority province of Sweida....
19 July 2025
Gaza civil defense says Israeli attacks kill 26 near 2 aid centers
Gaza's civil defense agency on Saturday said Israeli attacks killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centres in the south of the Palestinian territory. Agency spokesperson...
19 July 2025
Sharaa announces 'immediate cease-fire' in Sweida province
The office of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced an "immediate cease-fire" in Sweida on Saturday as interior ministry forces deployed in the Druze-majority province under a...
19 July 2025
Call for armed struggle in Syria: Wi'am Wahab, a lover of controversy
Known for his fiery rhetoric and headline-grabbing appearances, former minister Wiam Wahhab was back in the spotlight this week with a controversial post on X calling for the creation of a “Tawhid...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 19 July 2025
Security forces begin deploying in Sweida province: Ministry
Syrian security forces have begun deploying in the Druze-majority province of Sweida, where sectarian violence has left more than 700 people dead, the interior ministry said on Saturday....
19 July 2025
Presidency promises to send force 'to end clashes' in Sweida
The Syrian presidency pledged Friday evening to send forces to the south of the country in order to "end the ongoing clashes" in Sweida between Druze factions and armed tribal groups,...
19 July 2025
In Daraa, the Bedouin tribes' revenge has hundreds of faces
Abu Oussama stood at an intersection in Naamer, a small town in Syria’s Daraa province, gathering a few men under the searing Friday sun. It was July 18, and they were preparing to ride their...
Caroline HAYEK, from Damascus, 19 July 2025
Sweida clashes: Is Walid Joumblatt's leadership facing its limits?
“We are at the beginning of a serious crisis and of sectarian partition.” With those words Friday, former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt summed up the recent bloody clashes in...
