Journalist Camille Menassa, former administrative director of L'Orient-Le Jour from the early 1970s to the 2000s, died in Lebanon less than three weeks after turning 88, his family announced on...
An Israeli air strike on south Lebanon killed a woman and a girl on Wednesday, prompting Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement to retaliate with rocket fire. The...
More than four years into the crisis, during which the banking sector and the Banque du Liban (BDL) insisted that “deposits are still in the banks,” the message has changed to “The deposits are no...
Every time Israel targets a new site deeper in Lebanese territory, it raises a question: Is this an escalation signaling a potential expansion of the southern Lebanon front, which is meant to be...
BEIRUT — The former Chief of Staff of the Israeli army has sent a letter to members of the war Cabinet warning that their military operations in Gaza were failing, according to Israeli media...
The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is inhumane, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday, calling the Palestinian territory a "death zone." WHO...
Heavy fighting rocked besieged Gaza on Wednesday as aid agencies warned of looming famine and new talks were held in Cairo towards an Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal....
Foreign ministers of the G20 group of nations open a two-day meeting Wednesday in Brazil, with a bleak outlook for progress on a thorny agenda of conflicts and crises, from the Gaza and Ukraine...
Iraq's top court on Wednesday ordered the federal government to cover public sector salaries in the autonomous Kurdistan region, where some workers have gone without pay for months....
The Energy Ministry on Wednesday refuted Israeli accusations of the presence of Hezbollah-operated missile launch sites in the Jbeil and Kesrouan regions, north of Beirut, assuring that the...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's mission to the United Nations issued a statement, Wednesday, in response to threats from the Israeli representative regarding the potential use of force to implement Resolution...
Despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence the Gaza war will end with Israel achieving "absolute victory," a majority of Israelis do not think this is a likely outcome, a poll published...
The Constitutional Council decided Monday to suspend the application of Articles 36, 45, 72, 92 and 93 of the 2024 budget law, after the Lebanese Forces (LF) filed a challenge to invalidate these...
Despite the escalating threats and shelling on the southern front, negotiations persist. The southern area witnessed renewed tension on Monday with Israel airstrikes on Ghazieh, south of Saida, for...
BEIRUT — Mounira Al Solh is not new to sewing. “When I was a kid, my mom came up with a soothing activity to help me relax before trying to sleep,” the artist recalls. “I was allowed to cut a hole...
Lebanon finds itself navigating precarious terrain on political, diplomatic and military fronts. Berri is at the helm of this delicate balancing act. His role as the primary negotiator holds...
Roger Fakhr's soulful folk tunes, Mayssa Jallad's haunting melodies, Yara Asmar's soothing ambience: the latest releases from these talented musicians promise a mix of indie genres that showcase...
BEIRUT — Ambassadors from the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, known as The Group of Five, and involved in trying to help Lebanon in its political deadlock, met on Tuesday at the...
DAMASCUS — An Israeli airstrike hit a residential building in the Kafr Sousa district in Syria's capital Damascus on Wednesday, killing two people, Syrian state media and a security source said. A...
BEIRUT — A Syrian national was tied to a pole and beaten up in the Bekaa village of Taalabaya on Tuesday morning for allegedly participating in a fake video perceived as insulting and inciting...
BEIRUT — Retired Lebanese Army soldiers announced on Tuesday that they are going to agitate further, escalating to the point of "civil disobedience" and "mutiny" if the Cabinet does not increase...
20:59 Beirut Time This concludes our live coverage for today. We will be back tomorrow with more live coverage of the war in Gaza. Goodnight! 20:58 Beirut Time An...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 137 of the Israel-Hamas war here . French ambassador to Lebanon Herve Magro told...
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
