BEIRUT — In its first official acknowledgment of the trip, Hezbollah announced Thursday that the party's head of the Liaison and Coordination Unit, Wafiq Safa, visited the United Arab Emirates to...
BEIRUT — France confirmed Thursday that its diplomats are coordinating with Lebanon to work towards a de-escalation of the conflict in the region. A spokesperson for the French Ministry of...
BEIRUT — Outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced on Thursday that conditions dictating the distribution of performance bonuses to civil servants had been adjusted and set by a commission...
RAMALLAH — Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, increasing to nine the number of Palestinians killed in the territory over 24...
Hamas’ Oct. 7 deadly attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza had suspended the Saudi-Israeli talks on normalization. Saudi Arabia has put normalization back on the table while strengthening...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc released a statement following its weekly meeting, calling for the election of a “sovereignist president, capable of facing up to the challenges.” Over a...
BEIRUT — In a dig at Hezbollah, accusing the party of using dialogue as an excuse for blocking the process, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said in a statement that "there is no other...
Despite his decision to step down from the presidency of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Druze leader Walid Joumblatt remains a prominent figure in the local political landscape. This makes...
Fatima* painstakingly chain-smoked cigarettes in the cramped room she shares with her sister Aisha*. The call to prayer signaling the end of the fast had yet to echo through Sour. “I simply don’t...
BEIRUT — Controversy followed the publication by al-Akhbar newspaper of an alleged decision by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to financially compensate families in southern Lebanon...
The news that Wafiq Safa, the head of Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit, is on a visit to the UAE came as a bombshell in Beirut. According to the party, this is the first time that a...
Dutch police said on Thursday they had arrested someone suspected of throwing a burning object at Israel's embassy in The Hague, which is under heavy security amid the war in Gaza....
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday discussed with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the negotiations to secure an immediate cease-fire for at least six weeks in the war...
This Mother's Day, celebrated on March 21 in Lebanon, saw MP Marc Daou (independent) express on his X (formerly Twitter) account "all solidarity with the Lebanese mother's claim to her right to...
BEIRUT — On March 18, Israeli forces once again stormed al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, besieging it, shooting at civilians This was not the first attack against a healthcare facility by Israel...
The health ministry in Gaza said Thursday that at least 31,988 people have been killed in the territory during more than five months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. ...
More than 140 militants have been killed in four days of fighting in and around Gaza's largest hospital, where the Israeli army's operation is still underway, the military said Thursday....
The death toll rose to four on Thursday in an Israeli operation in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. "Palestine Red...
The United States has circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for an "immediate cease-fire linked to the release of hostages" in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State...
As Palestinian climber Faris Abu Gosh encouraged his friend ascending a limestone cliff in the occupied West Bank, the war raging in Gaza momentarily slipped from his mind....
Two Palestinians, who the Israeli military said posed a "threat" to its soldiers, were killed by an air strike in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority said early Thursday....
Pro-Palestinian protesters heckled and interrupted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday as he tried to give a speech at the opening of the Leipzig Book Fair. Several...
22:14 Beirut Time That's it for today's live coverage of the war on Gaza, and the repercussions in Lebanon and the region. Thanks for joining us and we'll be back tomorrow with more news...
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