Yemen's UAE-backed separatists announced a two-year transition to independence Friday despite reporting 20 deaths in airstrikes from a Saudi-led coalition trying to roll back their weeks-long...
The United Arab Emirates confirmed its last troops had left Yemen and called for de-escalation as Abu Dhabi-backed separatists were hit by deadly airstrikes on Friday. "The UAE concluded the...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces arrested a person on Friday after a video showing a nude performance at an upscale Beirut restaurant during New Year’s Eve circulated widely on social media,...
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday denounced two "incidents" in which the Israeli army fired near peacekeepers outside Kfar Shuba, in the Hasbaya district,...
New revelations by Al Jazeera about plots allegedly orchestrated by former Syrian officers from the ousted Assad regime were published on Wednesday and Thursday. This time, some of the...
“The death of Mohammed Harbi is a great loss for Algeria and the Arab world because he was an actor and a clear-sighted witness of Algerian nationalism and the war for independence,” said Benjamin...
The judicial investigation opened into the individual known as ‘Abu Omar,’ who allegedly posed as a Saudi prince and defrauded several Lebanese political figures, continued on Friday with a series...
BEIRUT — The "specter of war" in Lebanon, which has receded without being fully dismissed as President Joseph Aoun stated Wednesday, seemed to loom a little closer over the south Friday...
Charbel Dagher, author and professor of Arabic literature from Batroun, Lebanon, has been awarded the 2025 Great Arab Minds Award for Literature and Arts, with the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed...
Every New Year’s nightcap used to be a jarring, in-your-face reminder that life moves on with or without me, a recipe for casting aspersions on my past self and her decisions. Not this time.2025...
Grill the rosemary sprigs in a pan. Remove the needles and chop them finely. Mix 110 g of softened butter with the sugar, rosemary, and fleur de sel. Add the flour, almond powder, and egg. Mix...
Names of several officials, whether rightly or wrongly mentioned, have emerged in a fraud scandal, exposing serious flaws in Lebanon’s political system.As 2025 drew to a close, an unexpected saga...
Not quite the same, not quite another, each galette des rois (king's cake) finds its own identity even if the fundamentals are, in the end, always the same. The galette is a story of good...
The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Dec. 29, the sixth in 2025, confirmed that several issues that shaped 2025 will remain at...
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing into Gaza on Friday, where she spoke with members of the Red Crescent and truck drivers ferrying humanitarian aid, AFP...
BEIRUT — Christmas in Lebanon this year brought a host of new world records, some of which were listed in the Guinness World Records, the renowned British reference book. From Dec. 16 to 23 in...
BEIRUT — Abbas Ali Daher Shukur, the brother of former General Security officer Ahmad Shukur, who has been missing since Dec. 19, appealed to President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and...
Airstrikes killed seven people in Yemen on Friday as a Saudi-led coalition attacked U.A.E.-backed separatists who have seized huge swathes of territory, said an official for the group. More than...
Within the framework of its plan to place all weapons exclusively in the hands of the state, the Lebanese Army is moving to disarm Palestinian factions in refugee camps.The most recent operation...
Riyadh emerges victorious from the battle, but the war is likely far from over. By publicly displaying its disagreement with Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia revealed the critical stage reached in the...
BEIRUT — Heavy security deployments and preventive measures helped Lebanon usher in the New Year without major incidents, authorities said, with only a handful of injuries reported from traffic...
Saudi airstrikes hit a U.A.E.-backed separatist military camp in Yemen's Hadramawt province on Friday, causing deaths and injuries, a senior official for the group told AFP . A senior STC...
The senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Larijani, said on Friday that U.S. interference in Iranian protests would lead to chaos across the region. U.S. President Donald Trump had...
Since Sunday, Dec. 28, the slogan "Do not be afraid, do not be afraid, we are together" has echoed through the streets of Iran after merchants from Tehran’s Grand Bazaar called for a...
Many issues remain unresolved in Lebanon as 2025 comes to an end.Hezbollah’s disarmament, parliamentary elections, and economic reforms stand out as the three main milestones to watch in...
Syria said Thursday a suicide bomber who killed a security forces member in Aleppo on New Year's Eve was in the Islamic State group, which planned attacks on churches and gatherings. IS...
After holding their breath while waiting for the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, most Lebanese parties are now analyzing the statements...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Jan. 2, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:Developments in violence against protesters in...
22:04 Beirut Time Arms monopoly in Lebanon: First phase of army plan to be completed in early 2026, according to Salam "The first phase of the army's plan regarding the...
Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record of executions in the kingdom in a single year. Analysts have largely attributed the surge in...
Several people were killed during unrest in Iran, Iranian media and rights groups said on Thursday, as the biggest protests to hit the Islamic Republic for three years over worsening economic...
Investigators as of Friday are still working to identify the 40 victims killed in a fire in the Swiss Alps town of Crans-Montana during a New Year's celebration, which injured 115 others. It...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a move by Israel to ban electricity or water to facilities owned by the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), a U.N....
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
