BEIRUT — Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Joseph Aoun said Friday that the presence of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is an "existential threat" to the country, according to an official army...
BEIRUT — With a deal to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia "getting closer every day," according to Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, L’Orient Today spoke to...
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday condemned an attack on the US Embassy in Lebanon that took place the previous day. Early Thursday morning, a man fired 15 shots from a...
Tuesday's quintet meeting in New York, consisting of the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt, confirmed that the challenges faced by the French mission in addressing Lebanon's...
In the latest of a series of cases against Lebanese banks for blocking access to depositors’ savings, the Mount Lebanon Advocate-General pressed charges this week against Fransabank top brass,...
BEIRUT — A spokesperson for the United States Embassy in Lebanon on Friday denied reports by multiple Lebanese news outlets claiming the US threatened to withdraw its support to the Lebanese Army...
BEIRUT —Lebanon's caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassin, along with officials from various government agencies, announced on Friday an action plan to recover $2.4 billion in unpaid dues from...
In a Sunday ceremony marking the beginning of his third term as the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil directed his attention toward the newly appointed FPM vice president...
BEIRUT — The head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea called in a statement Friday for the government, judiciary and security authorities to "assume their roles" and pursue the investigation into...
Lebanon experienced a boom in tourism this summer. According to the latest available figures, nearly 1.1 million visitors were registered by the Tourism Ministry and General Security in June and...
The UN called Friday on Iranian authorities to scrap a new law that dramatically increases penalties for women who flout strict Islamic dress code, describing it as "repressive and demeaning."...
In the sandy courtyard of a school turned shelter in northern Sudan, two children idly pass a football back and forth. Around them, dozens of adults wait, trapped between a war and a border....
BEIRUT — Abu Hussein was only 13 when his father picked him up from school and drove to Sour’s port to board a ship alongside thousands of others from Lebanon’s south. It was 1983 and war with...
Iran announced Friday the restoring of diplomatic ties with Djibouti more than seven years after it joined other regional nations in severing ties with Tehran in support of Saudi Arabia....
The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, has visited Syria to oversee a joint military drill, media outlets in the Islamic Republic said....
An overnight fire at the Iranian Defense Ministry's battery warehouse was extinguished on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of incidents hitting the Islamic Republic's defense...
China and Syria will establish a strategic partnership, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping said the upgraded relationship will become an important...
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry on Friday announced a slight increase in gasoline and fuel oil prices. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL1,843,000, up by LL7,000 •...
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Thursday there could be no peace in the Middle East without a two-state solution, sending a warning as Saudi Arabia considers recognizing Israel....
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. An Internal Security Forces source confirmed to L’Orient Today yesterday that the “small arms fire” reported near the US...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
