BEIRUT — On Wednesday, amid the second wave of Hezbollah communication devices detonating, reports emerged of solar energy systems also exploding in several areas of Lebanon, sparking further...
In Paris on Thursday, the heads of French and American diplomacy called on all parties "to de-escalate in the Middle East," stating that they were "very concerned" as attacks targeting Hezbollah in...
Tensions flared along the Israel-Lebanon border on Thursday, with heavy cross-border fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah leaving at least two Israeli soldiers dead. The escalation follows...
“This is the largest security operation in history,” said a former Lebanese army officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, about Tuesday and Wednesday’s explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies...
BEIRUT — Hamra Street, usually noisy and bustling, is eerily calm. Any other day, the street would be alive with people, street food vendors, shoppers, and students — but not today. More than 30...
The series of pager and walkie-talkie explosions linked to Hezbollah on Tuesday and Wednesday across Lebanon have killed 37 and injured nearly 3,000 others, according to a preliminary count as of...
Israel will face "a crushing response from the axis of resistance," Iran's Revolutionary Guards Commander Hossein Salami told Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday according to...
Two Israeli soldiers were killed in combat on Thursday in Israel's north, the Israeli military said. Israel's N12 News said one of them was killed by a drone and the other by an anti-tank missile...
The Lebanese civilian aviation directorate issued a statement on Thursday calling on "all companies, institutions and investors working at Beirut international airport to inform all their employees...
The Directorate General of Lebanese Civil Aviation issued a statement Thursday, instructing "all companies, institutions, and investors operating at Rafik Hariri International Airport (RHIA)...
An ambulance with sirens blaring weaved through the crowd gathered outside the American University of Beirut Medical Center on Cairo Street.Hundreds of relatives of the pager attacks’ victims...
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, urged the U.N. to intervene to put an end to Israel's "technological war" against the country. "The U.N. Security Council must take a firm stance...
BEIRUT — The caretaker cabinet session, scheduled for today at the Grand Serail, was postponed until tomorrow due to the lack of a quorum, amid disarray in the country following the mass...
According to several Israeli media outlets, numerous people received fake messages on Wednesday evening urging them to take shelter. Citing KAN News, the Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli...
"This is not the right time to talk politics." These words, spoken on Tuesday by Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea, sum up the mood of Hezbollah's detractors after the double wave of...
What happened on Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 sounds more like the stuff of science fiction. The rules of engagement between Israel and Hezbollah shook up completely following the waves of simultaneous...
At least 32 people, including two children, were killed and more than 3,000 others were injured during Tuesday and Wednesday's exploding devices attack, with around 300 in critical condition, in...
Twenty dead in a few hours. The toll of the Israeli operation consisting of simultaneously blowing up walkie-talkies used by members of Hezbollah is the heaviest recorded in one day, both for the...
A Hezbollah anti-tank rocket attack has injured eight people in northern Israel, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz, while other media outlets also reported one death. The announcement comes...
What to expect In the wake of the two days of devastating explosions across Lebanon, attributed to Israel, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah will deliver a speech today, Thursday, Sept....
Israel's police arrested an Israeli citizen recruited by Iranian intelligence to plot the assassinations of top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a joint statement by...
In the corridor connecting the emergency room to the operating theater at Hôtel-Dieu de France (HDF) in Achrafieh, nurses pushed a stretcher carrying a young man, injured in the aftermath of...
On Tuesday, Beirut’s Chief Investigating Judge, Bilal Halawi, interrogated officials from the Central Bank (BDL) and lawyer Marwan Issa al-Khoury, nephew of former central bank governor Riad...
23:03 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live coverage of the Gaza war and its implications on the region — particularly after the most recent developments in Lebanon, including...
The pagers held by thousands of Hezbollah members that were detonated Tuesday are believed to have come from an Israeli front company, the New York Times reported, citing three intelligence sources...
U.S. authorities on Wednesday said Iranian cyberattackers had offered "stolen, non-public" material from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign to staff for his then White House...
U.N. member states voted Wednesday to formally demand an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months and the imposition of sanctions for non-compliance....
The White House on Wednesday warned all sides against escalation in the Middle East after two days of blasts in Lebanon, widely attributed to Israel, on hand-held devices targeting militant group...
U.S. President Joe Biden will welcome UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday for talks on Gaza and Sudan, the White House said, despite concern over the Gulf power's role in...
Senior diplomats from the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Italy will meet on Thursday in Paris to discuss the spiralling tensions in the Middle East, sources said on Wednesday....
TOKYO – Japanese radio equipment maker Icom Inc. said on Thursday that it was investigating the facts regarding news reports that two-way radio devices bearing its logo have exploded in Lebanon....
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Sept. 20, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from L’Orient Today editor – Olivia Le PoidevinWhere do we go from here? The mood...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from L’Orient Today editor – Olivia Le PoidevinTerror came to the streets of...
For a second time in two days, Hezbollah was targeted by the detonation of its member's communication devices in an attack widely attributed to Israel, whose defense minister declared on Wednesday...
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
