Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar announced on Friday during a press conference a series of measures designed to facilitate and regulate the labor market in Lebanon, particularly regarding foreign...
The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, on Friday accused Souheil Bahij Harb, chief of the intelligence division in southern Lebanon within the Lebanese Army, of...
The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, said Friday that his country "will continue to support Hezbollah" and that the latter is currently...
The Internal Security Forces seized 20 kg of Captagon pills in the luggage of four Turkish nationals who were heading to Kuwait at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, the state-run...
The scheduled U.N. Security Council meeting, initially planned for next Monday to vote on the renewal of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate, has been postponed. According...
BEIRUT — Chadi* was paying 100 “lollars” — dollars trapped in Lebanon’s frozen banking system — every three months to just keep his account open. And he is far from alone. Across Lebanon,...
Following a meeting with the prime minister at the Grand Serail in Beirut, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said Friday that "everyone must comply" with the decisions of Nawaf...
Iran will meet next week with Britain, France and Germany on its nuclear program, the parties said Friday, as the European powers warned Tehran to engage swiftly to avoid snapback sanctions. The...
Israel must meet the basic needs of Gazan civilians for food, water, and medicine, the International Committee of the Red Cross said following Friday's "devastating and entirely...
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday condemned the famine in Gaza as a "moral outrage" and a "man-made catastrophe," after the United Nations declared it....
The South Intelligence Unit shut down a nursery in the town of Rmeish (Bint Jbeil district) with a red wax seal, following an order from the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Nabatieh, the state-run...
Banque de l’Habitat announced in a statement that "Banque du Liban agreed, on Aug. 20, 2025, to release an amount of 300 billion Lebanese Lira from its own funds [deposited at BDL], intended...
Youth and Sports Minister Nora Bairakdarian confirmed in a circular published Friday the ban on acrobatic paragliding in Lebanon due to the lack of a legal framework governing the discipline. This...
It's a first in the history of Syrian state media. During an official ceremony on Wednesday at the National Visual Arts Center in Damascus, under the slogan "SANA: A turning point,"...
The UK government said Friday it would appeal a court ruling blocking it from housing asylum seekers in a flashpoint hotel, as public discontent grows over accommodation for migrants. The...
A frank conversation with a sitting prime minister: a rare democratic feat in Lebanon. On the occasion of the “Un vent de liberté” festival, an exclusive interview will take place with the former...
BEIRUT — Jaafari Mufti Ahmad Qabalan on Friday called the start of the Lebanese Army’s disarmament of Palestinian camps — including Thursday’s kickoff at Burj al-Barajneh in southern Beirut — a...
Iran will hold new discussions on its nuclear program with Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the European Union on Tuesday, the Iranian foreign ministry announced Friday. "It was agreed...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad, received the advisor to the President of the Republic, General Andre Rahal, at the bloc's office in the southern suburbs, as the cabinet is expecting by the...
BEIRUT — A fire broke out in the abandoned Kids Mondo building across from the Beirut waterfront, sparked by burning waste, local media reported. Civil Defense teams brought the blaze under...
By Aug. 31, the Lebanese Army is expected to present its action plan to the government for dismantling Hezbollah’s arsenal by the end of the year. It is a delicate mission fraught with...
In the windy mountains overlooking Beirut, three towns stand along the old summer resort roads: Aley, Bhamdoun and Sawfar. Once popular holiday destinations for Lebanese and expats seeking cooler...
In the plural art of Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, poetry seeps in through every pore, carried by enchanting bards. While much of Beirut numbed itself with noise in an effort to forget, on...
It’s hard to believe we’re coming to the end of August already. I’ve reached that threshold now where part of me is longing for cooler weather while the other half of me is not yet ready for the...
Stock markets advanced Friday ahead of a pivotal speech by the U.S. central bank chief, expected to shed light on possible interest rate cuts in the world's top economy. Major European stock...
Her clear gaze suits the setting — enough to unsettle more than a few. On a private beach in southern France, the most famous of the “summer girls,” as French Vogue editors long called her, waits...
Following a complaint from five clients claiming that their accounts had been emptied, Bankmed CEO and former minister Rayya al-Hassan was questioned on Thursday by the assistant prosecutor general...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today...
Only a few weeks remain before its dismantlement. Turkey, Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) reached an agreement in early August to evacuate the Makhmour refugee camp — a stronghold...
BEKAA — An exchange of gunfire took place Friday in Baalbeck, in the Bekaa, between the Lebanese Army and individuals suspected of being involved in the kidnapping of a little girl, who had been...
BEIRUT — Fuel prices in Lebanon saw a very slight drop on Friday, while the price of a gas canister remained stable, according to the latest schedule published by the Ministry of Energy and Water....
As Lebanon moves closer to finalizing the “financial organization” and deposit restitution bill — expected in the second half of September, according to Finance Ministry sources — eurobond holders...
After a nearly one-month-long investigation into the illegal online gambling case related to Casino du Liban, Mount Lebanon investigative judge, Tarek Bou Nassar, referred the file last week to the...
Syria will issue new banknotes, removing two zeros from its currency in an attempt to restore public confidence in the severely devalued lira, according to seven sources familiar with the matter...
Israel rejected the findings of a U.N.-backed food security report on Friday, insisting that there was no famine in Gaza and that the findings were based on "Hamas lies". The foreign...
Will the European Union finally sanction Israel? The question has resurfaced since Tel Aviv announced on Wednesday its new military offensive to seize Gaza City, alongside final approval of the...
U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said "it is a war crime to use starvation as a method of warfare", minutes after famine was declared in the Gaza Strip on Friday. Turk said the resulting...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces (ISF) have arrested M.F. in Bhanine, North Lebanon, the main suspect in the murder of his sister, R.F., a young mother born in 1994, according to a statement...
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained a video showing a military convoy belonging to the Syrian Ministry of Defense as it passed along the Homs – Tartous highway near the village of...
A fire believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit destroyed two homes in Beddawi’s Haret al-Tanak neighborhood Friday morning, causing major material damage but no injuries,...
Israel threatened Friday to destroy Gaza City if Hamas did not accept peace on its terms, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the green light to negotiations aimed at freeing all...
The United Nations on Friday officially declared a famine in Gaza, the first time it has done so in the Middle East, with experts warning 500,000 people face "catastrophic" hunger....
Three members of the security forces were killed and 19 wounded during the arrest of an opposition figure in Iraqi Kurdistan, two security officials told AFP on Friday. "Three law enforcement...
President Donald Trump on Thursday visited police and troops he has deployed in the US capital in what he calls a crackdown on crime, saying they were going to "stay here for a while."...
The U.S. State Department on Monday dismissed Shahed Ghoreishi, its communications chief for Israeli-Palestinian affairs, after repeated disputes over how to present Trump's policies, including...
Ukraine's military struck the Unecha oil pumping station in Russia's Bryansk region, the commander of Ukraine's unmanned systems forces, Robert Brovdi, said late on Thursday. Brovdi...
“He is funny, humble and liked by everyone.” A day after news of his death, and shortly before attending his funeral, Omar Sinjer’s friends still spoke about him in the present tense.On Aug. 20,...
The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing greater numbers of children...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed Friday to destroy Gaza City if Hamas did not agree to disarm, release all remaining hostages in the territory and end the war on Israel's terms....
The security agreement between Israel and Syria is moving slowly. But what about Lebanon?After the publicly acknowledged meeting in Paris between Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad Shaibani and Israeli...
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
