Hajjar and Shaibani discuss security cooperation in Manama
Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar and Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shaibani met in Bahrain on the sidelines of the 2025 Manama Dialogue to discuss "security cooperation" between their...
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Hamas says to hand over bodies of three Israeli hostages Sunday night
Hamas' armed wing said it would hand over the bodies of three Israeli captives later on Sunday as part of the ongoing hostage-prisoner exchange under a cease-fire agreement with Israel in Gaza....
2 November 2025
Rashidieh camp drug dealer surrenders large narcotics cache
BEIRUT — A drug dealer in Rashidieh Palestinian refugee camp, in southern Lebanon, surrendered a large quantity of narcotics and declared his repentance, according to a statement issued by the...
L'Orient Today staff, 2 November 2025
Israeli strike kills one in Gaza as sides trade blame for truce violations
An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health authorities said, as Israel and Hamas traded blame for violations of the tenuous truce that has mostly halted two...
2 November 2025
Suspect in drug trafficking case injured and arrested after chase and shootout in Hazmieh
BEIRUT — An Internal Security Forces (ISF) patrol arrested a suspect wanted for cocaine trafficking after a chase and shootout starting from the southern suburbs of Beirut, reaching Hazmieh, in...
2 November 2025
In Homs, cultural life is reborn without Bashar al-Assad
On the morning of Oct. 2, Lama Abboud strolls beneath the arches of the Orthodox Theater of Homs, an architectural gem from the late 19th century that she spent three years painstakingly restoring....
Amélie ZACCOUR, 2 November 2025
Egyptian PM pledges support for Lebanese security and south reconstruction in meeting with Salam
BEIRUT — Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi directed full support for Lebanon, including reconstruction in the South, and called on Israel to “withdraw...
L'Orient Today staff, 2 November 2025
Not granting diaspora 'total voting rights' is a setback for the principles of equality and citizenship: Rai
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai called once more for an amendment of the electoral law, to allow expatriates to vote for all 128 MPs and not for six additional MPs, qualifying it as a...
L'Orient Today staff, 2 November 2025
Berri at a crossroads: To lay down arms or risk his speakership?
Since 1992, Lebanon has had 10 prime ministers, five presidents — and Nabih Berri. Reelected speaker of Parliament after every election, without ever facing real competition, Berri has long seemed...
Salah HIJAZI, 2 November 2025
Tom Barrack: Lebanon will risk 10,000 more lives to not have a conversation with Israel
American envoy Tom Barrack once again raised his tone Saturday, urging Lebanese leaders to negotiate with Israel over their shared border and to establish the state’s monopoly on arms.Barrack,...
Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 2 November 2025
In Cairo, Salam urges German president to pressure Israel to end its attacks
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam urged German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whom he met in Cairo on the sidelines of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), to pressure Israel to...
L'Orient Today staff, 2 November 2025
'Serious and firm efforts underway' to ensure monopoly on weapons: Hajjar
Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar affirmed on Sunday that “serious and firm efforts are underway" to extend the state's monopoly on weapons over Lebanese territory, while authorities have...
2 November 2025
Sharaa to head to Washington in November: Barrack
The United States envoy for Syria said on Saturday that Damascus's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa will travel to Washington to sign an agreement to join an international U.S.-led alliance...
2 November 2025
Netanyahu: We will not allow Lebanon to become a renewed front against Israel | LIVE
19:12 Beirut Time Hamas says to hand over bodies of three Israeli hostages tonight Hamas' armed wing said it would hand over the bodies of three Israeli captives later on Sunday as...
Muntasser Abdallah, Ghadir Hamadi, Marguerita Sejaan, 2 November 2025
Israeli defense minister says Lebanese government must fulfill commitment to disarm Hezbollah
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that the Lebanese government must fulfill its commitment to disarm Hezbollah and remove it from southern Lebanon. The Israeli military claimed in...
2 November 2025
Israeli strike kills 4 in Kfar Roummane, south Lebanon
BEIRUT — The Israeli army on Sunday morning claimed responsibility for the previous night’s strike on a car in Kfar Roummane in the Nabatieh district, claiming the strike killed the “logistics...
