BEIRUT — In the course of six days, four Lebanese accused of working for Israeli intelligence were arrested, three of them from southern Lebanon and the fourth from the Bekaa, both areas that were...
BEIRUT — Emirati businessman Khalaf al-Habtoor, who owns, among other things, two hotels in Beirut, announced Thursday in a post on X that he will be making new investments in Lebanon as soon as...
BEIRUT — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Beirut on Thursday, marking the first visit of this kind to Lebanon in 15 years. Farhan visited the presidential palace in Baabda...
BEIRUT — Three days before their scheduled withdrawal from southern Lebanon on Jan. 26 as per the cease-fire agreement reached with Hezbollah, Israeli forces continued detonating buildings, further...
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT — The Israeli government said on Thursday a cease-fire deal with Hezbollah was not being implemented fast enough, days before Israel is meant to complete a withdrawal of its...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah "will not accept any violation" of the cease-fire agreement with Israel, the party said in a statement released on Thursday. There is much uncertainty among diplomatic...
Elissa Bou Ghosn is 23 years old and in her third year of graphic design at the American University of Science and Technology (AUST). Iyade Creidi is 29 years old and is studying marketing and...
It is often said that war is the normal state of the world, but one must live through it to truly understand what this “normality” entails. There are no Lebanese capable of envisioning a project...
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Wednesday, in an interview with the Lebanese media Asas Media, that the Hezbollah and Amal tandem are determined to keep the finance ministry in the next...
The Central Bank of Syria announced Wednesday that it will freeze all bank accounts of people and companies linked to the Assad regime, which was overthrown on Dec. 8, 2024, by Hay'at Tahrir...
The Jan. 26 deadline by which Israel must withdraw from southern Lebanon, as set in the cease-fire agreement, approaches. On the ground, however, not only the eastern sector — which includes...
One of the government’s priorities will be to work on the “reconstruction of villages and houses destroyed in southern Lebanon, the Bekaa and Beirut to allow residents to return to their homes,”...
BEIRUT — President of the Republic Joseph Aoun told the UNHCR's commissioner Filippo Grandi that Lebanon wants the return of Syrian refugees to their country "as soon as possible,"...
The head of the parliamentary finance committee, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, has called in a statement cited by the state-run National News Agency (NNA) on President of the Republic Joseph Aoun, caretaker...
The Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, politically aligned to Hezbollah, reported that the party had already given $400 million to 140,000 people affected by Israeli bombings, which destroyed entire areas...
Hundreds of people left the refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, on "orders from the Israeli army," the city's governor told AFP, an order immediately denied...
One of the primary challenges for Syria’s new administration is addressing the aspirations of Syrian Kurds. Their attempts at greater autonomy face not only Turkey’s steadfast determination to...
"I sincerely believe that this new chapter marks the beginning of a transformation process for our country, especially after the fall of Assad's regime in Syria," said Sally Nasr, a...
Syria’s transitional authorities terminated the contract with the Russian company managing Tartous port, Al-Monitor reported Tuesday, ending a more than five-year arrangement and further reducing...
Israel's outgoing ambassador to the United States, Michael Herzog, said that Israel is holding talks with the Trump administration to extend the Israeli army's presence in southern Lebanon...
The blow was hard and double-fold for the Shiite tandem. Not only was a so-called preliminary agreement with President Joesph Aoun and members of the quintet not respected, but they also received...
The scene lasted only 20 seconds. In the late afternoon of Saturday, Jan. 18, a group of young people were chatting on the terrace of a bar in Tel Aviv, among other seated patrons. A man appeared...
Swiss prosecutors clarified on Wednesday that they are studying several complaints filed against Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who is visiting the country, accused by NGOs of "incitement to...
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) confirmed Thursday morning to L'Orient-Le Jour that two soldiers from the Finnish contingent were "slightly injured" Wednesday...
The five ambassadors of the Quintet (involved in the Lebanese dossier) met in Beirut on Wednesday to discuss developments on the local scene, particularly the formation of a government following...
21:59 Beirut Time The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation has reported that the Israeli army is preparing to prolong its occupation in southern Lebanon, with both UNIFIL and the United...
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to reclassify Yemen's Houthi rebels as a "foreign terrorist organization," the White House announced Wednesday. Former Democratic...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Jan. 23, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Updates on Lebanon's Cabinet formation.• Whether...
In the coming days, U.S. private security contractors will begin management of a key Gaza checkpoint and deploy armed guards to devastated Palestinian enclave, two Israeli officials and a source...
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
