BEIRUT — The municipal council of the Lebanese-Syrian border village of Arsal (Baalbeck-Hermel) has been declared officially resigned by the Interior Ministry, after the resignation of the majority...
BEIRUT — Independent student groups at the American University of Beirut won 16 out of 20 seats in the student faculty council elections Friday, according to L'Orient Today 's reporter...
BEIRUT — The Syrian ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdelkarim Ali, said Friday that "more than 89 percent of Syrian refugees want to be repatriated." The envoy's statement comes after Lebanese...
“It’s so hilarious to me when people from abroad ask me: 'Come on, it can’t be that bad? Isn’t Lebanon the freest country in the Middle East?'” Razane* says with a wry chuckle. “This idea of...
A leading Iranian cleric has come out in support of the people's right to protest against the country's rulers, in a report published Friday, after demonstrations erupted over Mahsa Amini's death....
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan, three weeks after dozens were killed in "Bloody Friday" protests, online videos showed. "Death to the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's judiciary should take tough measures against protesters, and anyone who thinks the country's rulers will fall is dreaming, a senior cleric said Friday. The...
In the run up to the election of a new president (the current presidential term ends Oct. 31), the Constitutional Council ruled Wednesday on five of the 15 challenges filed in June to invalidate...
The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) appealed Friday for $13 million in funding to support Palestinians in Lebanon, as the country reels from an unprecedented economic crisis....
BEIRUT — Lebanon's month-on-month inflation rate rose in September, increasing from 7.55 percent to 8.4 percent, according to the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) calculated by the Central...
It’s been a month since they have heard any news about their loved ones and have decided to take action. Since 2019, Syrians in the regime stronghold have been trying to flee the miserable living...
An Iranian teachers’ union has called a two-day strike from Sunday over the lethal targeting of schoolchildren in a crackdown on protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death. The death of 22-year-old...
Turkey on Friday said the lifting of Western sanctions on countries including Iran and Venezuela would alleviate the global energy crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Venezuela has...
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced new slightly increased fuel prices Friday morning. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL757,000, up by LL4,000...
BEIRUT — A hip up, a swirl and an accent on the head roll. Up, down, up and down to the sound of the derbake , followed by a drop to the floor while twirling two golden canes. Marianela started...
“I don't see a president elected anytime soon," MP Michel Daher said , as Parliament’s third attempt to elect the next head of state failed. MPs are scheduled to reconvene Monday, just one week...
BEIRUT — Lebanon recorded 51 new cholera cases over the last two days bringing the total to 220 confirmed cholera cases since the beginning of the outbreak while death count stood at 5, the Health...
RAMALLAH — One Palestinian was killed on Friday by Israeli troops conducting an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Clashes broke out in the...
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
