Iran's protest anthem at White House celebration
Iran's protest anthem "Baraye" played at a White House celebration Monday marking Nowruz, the Persian New Year. A video of Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour performing the...
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EU executive offers €1 billion to help rebuild Turkey after earthquake
BRUSSELS — The EU executive will give €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to help with reconstruction efforts in Turkey after last month's devastating earthquakes, the head of the European Commission said...
20 March 2023
Fuel prices rise for third time on Monday, diesel above LL2 million
BEIRUT — Fuel prices in Lebanon increased for the third time Monday evening, pushing the price of diesel above LL2 million for the first time, according to the latest tariffs announced by the...
20 March 2023
Ghassan Salameh: 2003 US invasion of Iraq was emulated around the world
While the world ponders the long-term geostrategic consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, you continue to perceive the US invasion of Iraq as a key rupture in the international order....
Cyrille NÊME, 20 March 2023
Israeli shot in Tel Aviv attack dies of wounds
An Israeli man shot by a Palestinian militant in a Tel Aviv attack earlier this month has died of his wounds, the hospital treating him said Monday. He is the latest victim...
20 March 2023
Gebran Bassil caught between a rock and a hard place
Not long ago, Gebran Bassil was a fierce politician at the center of Lebanese politics.At the time, he was backed by two major factors: his father-in-law Michel Aoun, who was president at the time...
Jeanine JALKH, 20 March 2023
EU imposes further sanctions on Iran for human rights violations
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Monday imposed a new package of sanctions against Iran, its sixth, in response to human rights violations, adding eight individuals and one entity to its list....
20 March 2023
UN expert: Iran abuses could be 'crimes against humanity'
A UN human rights expert said Monday that Iranian authorities had committed widespread and serious violations since the death of Mahsa Amini, noting those breaches could amount to crimes...
20 March 2023
Berri: 'Without dialogue, there will be more paralysis' in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri reiterated his call for a dialogue between all political forces in Lebanon, including the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and the Lebanese Forces (LF), to...
20 March 2023
Lebanese lira hits record low of LL120,000
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira hit an all-time low on the parallel market on Monday, trading at around LL120,000 to the dollar as of 4:30 p.m. as it continued its latest free fall more than three...
20 March 2023
Fuel prices rise for second time on Monday
BEIRUT — Fuel prices in Lebanon increased for the second time Monday afternoon, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry, as the Lebanese lira hit a record low on the...
20 March 2023
Tunisian president's supporters rally against 'traitors'
TUNIS — Several hundred supporters of President Kais Saied rallied in Tunis on Monday to show their support for him after a crackdown on opponents accused of treason and corruption, and to...
20 March 2023
Turkey quake damage estimated at $104 billion: Erdogan
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told international donors Monday that damage caused to his country by a devastating earthquake was estimated at around $104 billion (97 billion euros)....
20 March 2023
Berri sets Parliament bureau meeting for next Monday to convene legislative session
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has set a meeting for the Parliament bureau next Monday at 1 p.m. to convene a legislative session, the state-run National News Agency reported. No further...
20 March 2023
Lebanese Forces accept Rai’s prayer invitation
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Forces announced Monday that they accept Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai’s invitation to a prayer day involving all Christian MPs on April 5, head of the LF Party, Samir...
20 March 2023
Turkey halts transit of sanctioned goods to Russia: exporter, diplomat
ISTANBUL — Turkey halted the transit of Western-sanctioned goods to Russia this month after a year of war in Ukraine and mounting US and European pressure on Ankara for action, a top...
20 March 2023
Iran violations may amount to crimes against humanity: UN expert
GENEVA — Iran's authorities have committed violations in recent months that may amount to crimes against humanity, a UN-appointed expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday, citing...
20 March 2023
Ministry issues new bread prices
BEIRUT — Bread prices in Lebanon changed again on Monday, as the Lebanese lira continues to depreciate against the US dollar on the parallel market. The lira was trading at around LL116,000 to the...
20 March 2023
Britain imposes sanctions on Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials
LONDON — Britain on Monday sanctioned senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including those it said were responsible for managing the group's financial...
20 March 2023
Young man missing from Rmeileh since Tuesday
BEIRUT — A Lebanese man has been missing since Tuesday from Rmeileh, in the Chouf district, an Internal Security Forces source confirmed Monday to L'Orient Today . In a video posted Sunday on...
Ghadir Hamadi, 20 March 2023
Suspected abductors of Brummana High School teacher arrested
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF) have arrested the suspected abductors of Ferial Neaimeh, a teacher at Brummana High School who was kidnapped on Thursday while on route to her job....
20 March 2023
Iraq to hold provincial elections on Nov. 6
Iraq's parliament has set Nov. 6 as the date for elections for provincial councils, powerful bodies that were dissolved amid anti-government protests in 2019. "Provincial elections will...
20 March 2023
Iraq PM to hold Turkey talks on water, Kurdish rebels
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani will visit Turkey on Tuesday for talks including on scarce water resources and the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a government source said....
20 March 2023
Beirut Bar Association to overturn BDL’s Circular No. 659 on bank capital
The Beirut Bar Association, which has been fighting for the Lebanese depositors’ rights in the face of illegal de-facto haircuts, is now targeting a recent Banque du Liban (BDL) decision regarding...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 20 March 2023
Palestinian prime minister blasts 'inflammatory' Israeli minister's remarks denying Palestinians exist
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday blasted as "inflammatory" remarks made by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that Palestinians do not exist....
20 March 2023
Yemen's Houthis and government say prisoner exchange deal reached
DUBAI — The two sides in Yemen's conflict on Monday said they had agreed to exchange some 880 detainees after talks in Switzerland facilitated by the United Nations and the...
20 March 2023
Fuel prices rise further
BEIRUT — Fuel prices increased in Lebanon on Monday morning — with the price for 95-octane gasoline surpassing LL2 million for the first time — according to the latest tariffs announced by the...
20 March 2023
Kuwait Oil Company declares 'state of emergency' after oil spill on land
The Kuwait Oil Company declared a "state of emergency" on Monday following an oil spill on land, but said no injuries or disruption to production had been reported....
20 March 2023
The road to war: An ex-Reuters journalist recalls the chase for WMD in Iraq
Louis Charbonneau covered the UN weapons inspections prior to the Iraq war and later became UN bureau chief. He is now UN director at Human Rights Watch. It was March 6, 2003, about two weeks...
20 March 2023
Saudi bank says 'no impact' on growth plans after Credit Suisse buyout: statement
Credit Suisse's largest shareholder Saudi National Bank on Monday said there was "no impact" on its growth plans or profitability after the troubled Swiss lender was bought out by UBS. "Changes...
20 March 2023
Netanyahu softens pace, focus of Israel's judicial overhaul
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a softening on Monday of his hard-right government's judicial overhaul plan, an apparent concession to more than two months of...
20 March 2023
Israeli injured in West Bank shooting as talks seek 'calm'
A shooting in the northern West Bank town of Huwara on Sunday seriously wounded an Israeli, the army and rescuers said, as Israeli and Palestinian officials in Egypt agreed to "restore calm."...
20 March 2023
Biden tells Netanyahu he backs compromise on Israel judicial overhaul
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that democratic values were a hallmark of US-Israeli ties and said he supported finding a compromise...
20 March 2023
Another lawsuit against Salameh, ISF pelted with stones, lira’s latest plunge persists: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Lebanese Judge Helena Iskandar filed a lawsuit against Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh in France late last week,...
