Hamas' Arouri was a key player until death in Beirut strike
CAIRO — Deputy Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri had long expected the Israeli drone strike that security sources said killed him in Beirut on Tuesday, three months after his group's surprise...
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France provided 15 tons of medical supplies to Lebanese Army
BEIRUT — France has supplied 15 tons of medical freight to support the Lebanese Army over the past two months, and plans to deepen medical cooperation with structural projects, a source close to...
2 January 2024
Israeli attack kills senior Hamas official in Beirut suburb
BEIRUT — Senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday night in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, a stronghold of allied Lebanese militant group...
2 January 2024
Who was Saleh al-Arouri?
Here are some quick facts about the deputy leader of Hamas' political wing, killed in an Israeli drone strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut: • He was 58 years old, born in the occupied West...
Amelia Hankins, 2 January 2024
Israeli drone attacks Hamas office in Beirut, killing seven: NNA
BEIRUT — An Israeli drone struck a Hamas office in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday, killing seven people, Lebanon's state news agency reported. Hamas TV says Israel...
2 January 2024
Philip Khoury, Harrods' visionary Lebanese pastry chef
It was an "epiphany moment" that set him on the path to pastry. Sitting on a bench facing the church of Saint-Sulpice in the Odéon district of Paris, Philip Khoury tasted two small cakes...
Nour BRAIDY, 2 January 2024
Only 15% of Israelis want Netanyahu as PM after Gaza war, poll finds
TEL AVIV — Only 15 percent of Israelis want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay in office after the war on Hamas in Gaza ends, though many more still support his strategy of completely...
2 January 2024
Gasoline rises again, other fuel prices unchanged
Prices in Lebanese pounds for gasoline sold in Lebanon rose again on Tuesday, according to the latest price list updated by the Ministry of Energy and Water. Having been on the decline for some...
2 January 2024
Saudi state TV says kingdom officially begins membership of BRICS bloc
Saudi state TV said on Tuesday that the kingdom had officially begun its membership of the BRICS bloc. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister had said in August that the kingdom would...
2 January 2024
IS kills nine Syria troops, militiamen
Islamic State group jihadists killed nine Syrian government troops and militiamen in an attack on military posts in the eastern desert, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday....
2 January 2024
UK's Blair denies link to role in 'resettlement' of Gazans
Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair has strongly denied an Israeli media report linking him to talks last week about the resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza in other countries....
2 January 2024
Bertrand Badie: Weapons are powerless against rage caused by suffering
Q- As a leading figure of international relations in the academic world, you are certainly not among those whose outrage in the face of injustice has waned. You continue to urge the West to take...
Karim Bitar, 2 January 2024
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Israel is a fragile state
KB: Just 48 hours after the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, you sent me a message predicting that this war might turn out badly for Israel, because current circumstances are radically different...
Interview by Karim Bitar, 2 January 2024
In the UAE, you can now drink beer ‘made in Abu Dhabi’
After decades of restrictions on alcohol production, it is now possible to drink beer made in the UAE. The country’s first local brewery opened its doors on Saturday, Dec. 23 in Abu Dhabi,...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 2 January 2024
More than 22,000 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7
A total of 22,185 Palestinians have been killed and 57,035 wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct.7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Some 207...
2 January 2024
Turkey detains 33 accused of spying for Israel
Turkey announced on Tuesday it had detained 33 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on behalf of Israel's Mossad intelligence service. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the...
2 January 2024
Israel army says investigating soldier over killing of detained Gazan
The Israeli military said Tuesday it is investigating a soldier suspected of shooting dead a Palestinian who had been captured and detained by troops in the Gaza Strip....
2 January 2024
Armed drone shot down over air base housing U.S. forces in northern Iraq
An armed drone was shot down on Tuesday over Erbil airport in northern Iraq, where US and other international forces are stationed, two security sources said. The Iraqi...
2 January 2024
Israel says it struck Syrian military targets in response to rockets
Israel carried out a strike against Syrian military targets overnight between Monday and Tuesday in response to earlier rocket launches, the Israeli military said. The military...
2 January 2024
Israel troops kill 4 Palestinians in West Bank raid
Israeli troops killed four Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, sources on both sides said, with the army describing the four as "terrorists."...
2 January 2024
Riad Turk, the 'Syrian Mandela,' dead at 93 in France
Syrian dissident Riad Turk, who has been compared to Nelson Mandela for spending years in prison for his staunch opposition to the government, died Monday in exile in France, his daughter said....
2 January 2024
Palestinian, 23, dies in Israeli jail
A 23-year-old Palestinian prisoner has died in an Israeli jail, the prison service said Monday, adding it was looking into the circumstances of the inmate's death. The...
2 January 2024
Gaza war overshadows football as Asian Cup looms for Palestine
Two weeks ahead of Palestine's opening game at the 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar, the team is struggling to focus as war rages on in Gaza, where thousands have been killed. Some...
2 January 2024
Three Hamas members, including deputy political leader, killed in Israeli drone strike on Beirut southern suburbs: Day 88 of Hamas-Israel war
22:48 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage from day 88 of the Hamas-Israel war. We'll be back tomorrow with more news updates and analysis, right here at L'Orient...
Ghadir Hamadi, 2 January 2024
Border clashes, fuel deliveries, increasing family benefits: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on our LIVE coverage of Day 84 , Day 85 and Day 86 of the Israel-Hamas war. Hezbollah second-in-command Naim...
