BEIRUT — A former official from the Syrian embassy's security was arrested on Tuesday, Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced, following the circulation online of passport photos belonging to...
BEIRUT — Kataeb party leader Samy Gemayel lashed out at Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri during a press conference on Tuesday for his refusal to put a proposed amendment to the 2017 electoral law...
BEIRUT — During a televised address on Tuesday evening, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem criticized American influence in Lebanon and what he described as the U.S.'s intentions to...
BEIRUT — Israeli drones have been flying at low altitude over Beirut and its southern suburbs almost without interruption since Monday morning, triggering fear among the capital's residents...
BEIRUT — A Palestinian national was arrested in southern Lebanon under the suspicion he was seeking to be recruited by Israeli intelligence because he had "followed the official Mossad...
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that allied nations in the Middle East were prepared to send troops into Gaza, at his request, to confront Hamas if the group did not cease its...
About 20 environmental activists staged a sit-in Tuesday in Amchit, in the Jbeil district, urging Lebanese authorities to protect what they say is Lebanon’s only known breeding cave for the...
BEIRUT — General Security announced on Tuesday that a sixth convoy is scheduled for Thursday for the 'voluntary return' of Syrian refugees back to Syria. It is the latest in a series of...
BEIRUT — Economy and Trade Minister Amer Bsat and President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, Charles Arbid, launched Tuesday the Beirut One investor conference during an official...
In the maze of Damascus’s old city, Eid Samantov beams. The surprise departure of Bashar al-Assad six months earlier has brought a smile back to his face. At 74, he no longer watches his words. He...
"We lost everything in Lebanon. We had no choice but to leave and start over from scratch," confides Ralph Khoury, his heart heavy yet proud.In his new restaurant in Geneva, which opened...
The Syrian central bank on Tuesday ordered commercial credit institutions to set aside full provisions to cover losses related to Lebanon's financial collapse and to submit credible...
The bloodied body of a woman was discovered Tuesday in the locality of Kenayseh, in Akkar (northern Lebanon), according to our correspondent in the region. Police arrived at the scene and...
Ali Shamkhani, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, responded to his critics Monday in Hebrew in a post on X, after a controversy was sparked by the leak of a video from his...
DUBAI — Forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognized government said on Tuesday they had repelled an attack by al-Qaeda in the country's south that left nine people dead on both sides....
The U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday that supplies into Gaza were ramping up after the U.S.-brokered cease-fire but were still far short of its daily target of 2,000 tons because only two...
Judicial judge Tarek Bitar recently asked the Bulgarian authorities for permission to question Igor Grechushkin in Bulgaria. Grechushkin is the alleged owner of Rhosus, the ship that transported...
"There are going to be fits and starts," U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said Monday when asked about the durability of the cease-fire in Gaza ahead of his scheduled Oct. 21 visit to...
Lebanon finally has its own version of "Shark Tank," after over 45 different editions of the reality TV show around the world. Conceived of in Japan nearly 25 years ago and brought to...
Has the monopoly on weapons convinced Moscow? In a media appearance on Friday, Russia Ambassador to Beirut Alexander Rudakov said that Hezbollah must turn from a “military movement into a purely...
Growth accelerated in Middle Eastern and North African countries this year and is expected to surpass 3 percent despite global uncertainty and regional conflicts, according to an IMF report...
Parliament elected several MPs to key parliamentary positions on Tuesday, including two secretaries and three commissioners on the Parliament Bureau, the body responsible for preparing each...
A mischievous, triumphant laugh echoes through the Torino Express as Alexandre Paulikevitch enters, head held high, smile fixed in place. It’s the laugh of a dancer who defied darkness with an...
U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's statement on Monday marked a turning point in the way the United States approaches the Lebanese issue. The approach is now characterized by greater clarity and direct...
It is in this mindset that we are now building a common Mediterranean space. We are bringing our cooperation to a new level – by proposing the “Pact for the Mediterranean.” The Pact is about...
U.S. Vice President JD Vance landed in Israel on Tuesday on a mission to shore up a fragile U.S.-brokered cease-fire in Gaza. "Welcome to Israel, Vice President Vance," Israel's...
Drones are once again flying low over Beirut. But for those who still haven’t gotten the message, U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack spelled it out clearly. In short, if you don’t disarm Hezbollah, Israel will...
Massad Boulos, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior envoy for Arab and African affairs, said Monday that peace talks over Gaza could expand to include Lebanon and Syria, in a renewed attempt to...
The Middle East Institute (MEI) exhibition, "Arab Pop Art: Between East and West," is listed among the "must-see" events in the fall 2025 guide of Washington City Paper . The...
Justice Minister Adel Nassar pledged Tuesday to “personally follow up” on the cases of journalists killed and wounded in Israeli strikes and gunfire in Lebanon during the war between Hezbollah and...
How do you stage a couples' comedy without recycling the tired clichés of boulevard theater? It's no simple task. Perhaps that's why Ziad Najjar and Walid Arakji teamed up to try it,...
U.S. President Donald Trump assured that the cease-fire in Gaza was still in effect after a series of Israeli strikes killed at least 45 people in the Palestinian territory Sunday, in response to...
Long before having its own walls, the Beirut Museum of Art (BeMA) has, since 2016, been blazing a trail of hope and beauty. Through its initiative "Creative Pathways," developed under a...
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to "eradicate" Hamas if it breached its cease-fire deal with Israel, as Vice President JD Vance travelled to the region Tuesday to bolster the...
BEIRUT — A Beirut court will question MP and former minister Achraf Rifi on Tuesday, following a lawsuit filed two months ago by Hezbollah lawmaker Ibrahim Moussawi. The hearing will take place...
22:42 Beirut Time That concludes our live coverage of events in the region for today. Thanks for joining us. We'll be back tomorrow morning with more news updates and insight....
France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be jailed Tuesday after being found guilty of acquiring Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run. France's right-wing leader from 2007 to...
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The Syrian interior ministry said Monday it seized about 12 million captagon stimulant pills in a raid on a drug smuggling network operating near Damascus. The seizure marks one of the largest...
Iran has announced it has annulled the cooperation agreement it signed in September with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council said...
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
