The Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) announced Monday its intention to file a class action lawsuit in U.S. federal court over the destruction caused by Israel in southern Lebanon since the...
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 2,387 people since the war with Hezbollah erupted six weeks ago, a Lebanese government body said in a new toll. The disaster risk management unit...
Foreign aid groups are struggling to work in the occupied Palestinian territories including in war-torn Gaza despite Israel's top court lifting a ban against them, a director at one of the...
Traffic once again seized up in the Strait of Hormuz as both Tehran and Washington imposed separate blockades, with Iranian vessels continuing to test the U.S. shutdown, tracking data showed...
The Lebanese Foreign Affairs Ministry on Monday condemned in a statement "the attempts aimed at destabilizing and undermining public order in Syria, revealed on April 19 by the Syrian Interior...
Dozens of villages in south Lebanon have become completely inaccessible to civilians after Israel announced Sunday the establishment of a “yellow line,” marking the boundary of a "buffer...
Hezbollah appears more isolated than ever locally. Three years after opening a controversial support front for Hamas in Gaza, its decision in early March to join the regional war alongside Iran has...
BEIRUT — Former Banque du Liban (BDL) governor, Riad Salameh, did not attend his legal hearing on Monday before the deputy general prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Ahmad Rami al-Hajj....
BEIRUT — Amal Movement MP Ali Hassan Khalil said Monday that Israeli forces have carried out varying degrees of destruction in 39 villages in southern Lebanon since the cease-fire with Hezbollah...
The hardest part was facing the family — the wife and children of his former colleague. At the mention of the funeral, held on Wednesday, March 11 in Sour, Qassem Shaalan lowers his voice. “The...
The dressing rooms at the Théâtre du Châtelet are bustling. Valérie Lemercier, in a three-piece tuxedo, greets Carole Bouquet, president of the evening, with a kiss. Further down, Kristin Scott...
Deir Siryan, located six kilometers from Lebanon's southern border, in the Marjayoun district, was evacuated in the early days of the war, which began on March 2, 2026, following Israeli...
"They were having iftar together," Mahmoud Bwary recalls. "A normal evening, like in any family. And then, suddenly, all the life we knew was gone."It was Tuesday, March 17....
Despite renewed hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel on 2 March, later paused by a cease-fire a week ago, Lebanon’s Central Administration of Statistics has updated national accounts and...
BEIRUT — The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, said he believes it is "necessary" for Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
BEIRUT — After FlyDubai and Air Arabia, Etihad Airways has in turn announced its decision to resume flights between the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon on May 1, even though there is no guarantee...
According to L'Orient Today's information, the Paris financial prosecutor opened an investigation into suspected money laundering, criminal breach of trust, and possibly tax fraud. The...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun said Monday that Lebanon will begin talks with Israel, led by former ambassador to Washington Simon Karam, as a fragile 10-day cease-fire holds after weeks of...
An unfavorable caricature of President Joseph Aoun, created by Yemeni cartoonist Kamal Sharaf, drew critiques by social media users in the past two days. The caricature depicts shoes bearing the...
SOUTH LEBANON — Hezbollah, which had not announced any attacks on the Israeli army during the first three days of the cease-fire, claimed responsibility Monday morning for an operation involving...
Oil prices jumped and global equities eased on Monday as markets grew increasingly concerned that the cease-fire between the U.S. and Iran might not hold, while tensions over the Strait of Hormuz...
Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that the United States was not serious about pursuing diplomacy, citing what it called "violations" of their two-week cease-fire. "While...
China has expressed concern over the "forced interception" by the U.S. of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, urging relevant parties to...
There are currently three dynamics at play in the Middle East. The first is Israeli: since Oct. 7, 2023, it has been characterized by an open-ended war with no political horizon, underpinned by the...
As the cease-fire between the United States and Iran is set to expire in three days, Donald Trump has announced the dispatch of a team of negotiators to Islamabad, saying he has “a very fair and...
SOUTH LEBANON — The Israeli army said on Tuesday that it had installed, "in coordination with the residents" of the Christian village of Dibil in southern Lebanon, a new statue of Jesus...
The map released by the Israeli army outlining the “yellow line” zone in southern Lebanon clearly suggests that Israel is preparing to significantly reshape realities on the ground — both in...
From the day after the fragile truce announced on April 16 between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, the first signs of Hezbollah's reckless escalation began to emerge. Hezbollah appears...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, April 20, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Prime Minister Nawaf Salam to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in...
23:36 Beirut Time Corniche Mazraa: Closure of road after discovery of suspicious bag Security forces closed a road in the Corniche Mazraa district following the discovery of a...
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
