The European Union imposed asset freezes and visa bans on Iran's education and culture ministers on Monday, in a fifth round of sanctions against Tehran over its crackdown on demonstrators. ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Oman on Monday, his first official trip to the Gulf country in more than a decade of civil war at home, the Omani foreign ministry said....
The UN Security Council expressed its "dismay" with plans by Israel's hard-right government to retroactively legalize settlements in occupied Palestinian lands, warning in a statement Monday that...
Social media and the walls of the devastated cities are awash with hate messages against Syrian refugees. In the days following the devastating Feb. 6 earthquake, which by the latest estimates...
BEIRUT — A 6.3-magnitude earthquake was felt in Lebanon Monday evening, 14 days after a devastating 7.8 quake in Turkey killed more than 46,000 people in Turkey and Syria. The 6.3-magnitude...
The last three years have been unprecedentedly difficult for Lebanon. The size of the economy declined sharply, about 80 percent of the population is now living in poverty and inflation has risen...
BEIRUT — Employees at the state-owned telecoms company Ogero announced in a statement Monday evening that they will observe a "warning" strike on Wednesday to protest the nonpayment of their...
Saudi Arabia hopes to send medical volunteers to areas of Syria rocked by the recent earthquake that killed thousands in the war-torn country, an official told AFP on Monday....
Since Friday, statements condemning or supporting Thursday's violence against banks in Beirut's Badaro neighborhood have come from all directions. Except for Banque du Liban, which (for once)...
BEIRUT — The Parliament's Bureau met Tuesday but decided to postpone its discussions on setting a future legislative session to an unspecified date, announced Deputy Speaker of Parliament Elias Bou...
This article is part two of a two-part series on how Lebanon’s new taxation system is set to deepen existing inequalities. Read part one here . BEIRUT — With Lebanon’s new salary and wage tax...
The United Arab Emirates and Israel on Monday revealed their first jointly created unmanned vessel, illustrating their growing military ties as maritime threats rise in the Gulf region....
ISTANBUL—Turkey's central bank is expected to cut its policy rate by 50 basis points to 8.5 percent this week, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, following massive earthquakes that killed more than...
In just a few days, Ali Safieddine has become the Lebanese hero of earthquake rescue operations in Syria. In a video that circulated on social media days after the quake, he is seen on the site...
JERUSALEM — Israel will not authorize new settlements in the occupied West Bank in the coming months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Monday, after behind-the-scenes talks to...
DUBAI — Iran's troubled currency broke below the psychologically key level of 500,000 rial per US dollar on Monday. Market participants see no end in sight to sanctions. The Iranian rial plummeted...
Iranian authorities on Monday banned reformist daily Sazandegi for publishing what they deemed "false content", reported the state media. The ban was instated after Sazandegi criticized the...
This article is part one of a two-part series on how Lebanon’s new taxation system is set to deepen existing inequalities. Read part two here . BEIRUT — Lebanon’s newly imposed tax rates on...
BEIRUT — Mohammad al-Mohammad, who died in Turkey on Feb. 6, was buried in his hometown al-Abboudiyeh in Akkar on Monday, reported L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the North. In a speech...
JERUSALEM — The Israeli parliament was set to hold a first reading on Monday of judicial reforms promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's religious-nationalist government – opponents took to...
ANKARA — Turkey is not exporting products that could be used in Russia's war effort, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, after US warnings this month about exports of chemicals,...
BEIRUT — Pictures of a low tide along Lebanese coastal regions have been circulating over the weekend on social media, causing frenzy over the possibility of a tsunami in the Mediterranean sea. The...
BEIRUT — Fuel prices in Lebanon increased Monday, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL1,479,000, up...
RIYADH— Decisions by OPEC+ are not politicised and are based on market fundamentals, Saudi Arabian energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Monday, adding that the alliance of oil...
BEIRUT — Municipality employees in Tripoli and Minieh and other localities in Lebanon's north blocked access to the headquarters of Banque Du Liban (BDL) in Tripoli on Monday morning, L’Orient...
DUBAI — Iran denies Israeli claim that Tehran targeted an Israeli oil tanker on Feb.10, foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday during a weekly press conference. "We strongly...
ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS — Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said a convoy of 14 of its trucks had entered northwestern Syria on Sunday to assist in earthquake rescue operations, as...
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday announced further aid to Turkey and said Washington would provide longer term help to Ankara as it seeks to rebuild...
DUBAI — Iran has denied reports that it has enriched uranium to 84 percent purity, which is close to weapons grade. The Islamic Republic has been enriching uranium to up to 60 percent purity...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. “There may be a plan to extend the terms of all first-level public servants, not just [Banque du Liban chief Riad] Salameh, but...
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
