Lebanese Army arrests suspected Islamic State members
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced Wednesday that it arrested suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group, one of whom was preparing to commit a terrorist act. The army did not specify...
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Iran denies it poses a threat to Saudi Arabia, following report
DUBAI — Iran denied Wednesday that it poses a threat to Saudi Arabia after the Wall Street Journal reported that Riyadh shared intelligence with the United States warning of an imminent attack...
2 November 2022
Arab League insists Lebanon must implement reforms, elect new president
BEIRUT — The Arab League called on Lebanon's Parliament Wednesday to elect a new president and "implement reforms" during the summit's closing ceremony in Algiers. Lebanon is facing a double...
2 November 2022
Mikati calls on Arab League to 'cooperate' with Lebanon
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati called on member states of the Arab League Wednesday to "cooperate" as Lebanon as the country is facing a dire socio-economic crisis and an unprecedented...
2 November 2022
Amid the cholera outbreak, Lebanon’s municipalities shoulder the burden
BEIRUT — As Lebanon grapples with its first cholera outbreak since 1993, municipalities say they are bearing most of the financial and medical burden. This is especially true in the northern...
Mohamad El Chamaa, 2 November 2022
Iran official: Return of Netanyahu would create new challenge for US, Israel
DUBAI — An adviser to Iran's Revolutionary Guards' chief commander said Wednesday that a return of Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu to power would create a new challenge for the United States and...
2 November 2022
International Support Group urges Lebanon to elect a new president 'without delay'
BEIRUT — The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) urged the country's Parliament on Wednesday to elect, "without delay," a new president to "unite the Lebanese people in the national...
2 November 2022
Lebanon has neither a president nor a fully-fledged cabinet ... now what?
“Where are we heading now?” This question has been on everyone’s lips since Michel Aoun left the Presidential Palace on Sunday, leaving in his wake an unprecedented vacuum in the executive...
Yara ABI AKL, 2 November 2022
Erdogan moots putting headscarf reform to referendum
ANKARA — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his party could put to a referendum constitutional amendments which would protect women's right to wear headscarves and a...
2 November 2022
Cabinet formation stalls in the shadow of the presidential election
Until Saturday night, two days before the end of Michel Aoun’s presidential term, several political stakeholders were convinced that a new cabinet could see the day of light at the last minute....
Scarlett HADDAD, 2 November 2022
Running water cut off in South Lebanon due to lack of electricity
BEIRUT — The South Lebanon Water Establishment announced Wednesday the complete cutting off of water services supplied by most of its pumping stations "due to instability of electricity supply."...
2 November 2022
Egypt's president calls on Lebanon to elect a new president 'without delay'
BEIRUT — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday called for the election of a new Lebanese president “without delay, so that his election achieves a renaissance for Lebanon,” according...
2 November 2022
Sun, shadow and conversation at the ‘Fortress of Tranquility’
HOSN NIHA, Bekaa Valley — “It is so quiet here, you cannot hear a sound. Your mobile won’t work. You’re disconnected from the world.” Curator Nour Osseiran smiles placidly as she speaks. “It’s...
Jim Quilty, 2 November 2022
Qatar rejects compensation fund for World Cup migrant workers
DOHA – Qatar has rejected calls for a compensation fund for migrant workers killed or injured during World Cup preparations, with the country's labor minister calling it a "publicity stunt." Labor...
2 November 2022
Israel's Lapid pulls out of COP27 after election blow
Israel's caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday canceled plans to attend the UN climate conference in Egypt next week, as initial election results showed a rival bloc winning power....
2 November 2022
Middle East at risk of climate-induced food, water scarcity, Greenpeace says
The Middle East is at high risk of water and food scarcity as well as severe heatwaves as a result of climate change, said a Greenpeace study released Wednesday. Published only days ahead of the...
2 November 2022
Two depositors, one armed, hold up bank in Hazmieh
BEIRUT — At least five people — including two depositors, one of whom was armed — infiltrated Crédit Libanais' Hazmieh branch on Wednesday to demand the return of one of their group's deposited...
Wael Taleb, 2 November 2022
Increase in fuel prices
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry on Wednesday announced an increase in fuel prices. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL722,000, up by LL20,000 • Twenty...
2 November 2022
Lebanon says it has 'guarantees' if Netanyahu wins in Israel
Deputy Parliament Speaker Elias Bou Saab said Wednesday that Lebanon has obtained guarantees from the United States on the maintenance of the maritime border agreement in the event that Benjamin...
2 November 2022
Anger at Jabal Mohsen after roof collapse kills student
Maguy Mahmoud was 16 years old. She was killed in her school in the Jabal Mohsen neighborhood of Tripoli on Wednesday when the roof of her classroom caved in, also injuring another student. The...
Souhayb JAWHAR, 2 November 2022
Berri abandons convening a dialogue meeting on Aoun's successor
Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday abandoned the idea of convening the various political groups to a dialogue session on the presidential election, an initiative he had been...
2 November 2022
Palestinian shot dead in car-ramming attack at occupied West Bank checkpoint
JERUSALEM — Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man on Wednesday after a suspected car-ramming attack at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank that left a soldier severely injured, Palestinian...
2 November 2022
Moawad: 'I will not withdraw and will fight until the end'
BEIRUT — Zgharta MP Michel Moawad affirmed Tuesday evening that he will not withdraw his candidacy for the presidency in Lebanon and that he "will fight until the end." Moawad had successively...
2 November 2022
Saudi ambassador cancels visit to a village in the Bekaa for 'security reasons'
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari on Tuesday canceled a visit to al-Faour village in the Bekaa "for security reasons." "I canceled my visit to the al-Faour village due to...
2 November 2022
Iran orders probe into 'shocking' police brutality video
Iranian authorities on Wednesday ordered an investigation into a video showing officers savagely beating a protester that rights groups said exposed the sheer brutality of the police repression...
3 November 2022
Lebanon records 10 new cholera cases and no new deaths in 24 hours
BEIRUT — Lebanon recorded Tuesday night 10 new cases of cholera and no new deaths in the last 24 hours, while the total number of new confirmed and suspected cases stands at 186, the Health...
2 November 2022
An executive double vacancy, 5 million seized Captagon pills, and a captured prison escapee: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . “Our goal is the election of a new president as soon as possible,” said caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, while...
2 November 2022
Netanyahu poised for comeback in Israeli election, exit polls show
JERUSALEM — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared well placed to return to power as exit polls following Tuesday's election showed his right-wing bloc heading for a narrow...
2 November 2022
Bassil calls to find 'a consensus president,' re-emphasizes he is not a presidential candidate
BEIRUT — The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil said in a televised interview Tuesday night that he supports the idea of finding "a consensus president," but that he is not a...
