BEIRUT — "National defense strategy," "state monopoly on arms," Hezbollah's "disarmament," "national security strategy" — all of these terms have recently been used by different local political...
BEIRUT — Finance Minister Yassine Jaber revealed Wednesday that Lebanon obtained a preliminary agreement to increase the value of a World Bank (WB) loan for reconstruction from $250 to $400...
WASHINGTON — Iran is ringing two deeply buried tunnel complexes with a massive security perimeter linked to its main nuclear complex, a report said Wednesday, amid U.S. and Israeli threats of...
Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap is facing a wave of support as well as some high-profile condemnation following its performance at Coachella on the weekend, when its members expressed support for...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun called on the Lebanese diaspora, which is nearly three times the size of Lebanon's own population, to "invest or settle" in their motherland, calling Lebanese abroad...
BEIRUT — A speech delivered by Foreign Minister Joe Rajji in Cairo on Wednesday during the Arab League's 163rd summit focused on the importance of Lebanon developing a foreign policy that protects...
In the bustling streets of Beirut, amid power cuts and political fervor, a different kind of energy circulates: the allure of jazz. From April 24 to 30, in celebration of International Jazz Day,...
Launched on Feb. 7, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation (ADMAF) festival marks its 22nd edition alongside the 50th anniversary of cultural and diplomatic relations with...
Jordan outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's most vocal opposition group, and confiscated its assets on Wednesday after members of the group were found to be linked to a sabotage plot,...
A Hezbollah delegation visited the Hôtel-Dieu de France hospital on Wednesday to be at the bedside of Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara al-Rai, who underwent hip surgery on Sunday in Beirut...
Why did President Joseph Aoun submit an April 17 challenge to the law on non-residential rent to the Constitutional Council? The law, published in the Official Gazette on April 3, mainly provides...
BEIRUT — During a visit to Tripoli on Wednesday, Minister of Culture Ghassan Salameh said that the ministry will "endeavor to the best of its ability to contribute to the restoration of...
A week ago, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that Hezbollah fighters could be integrated into the army, but only on an individual basis and not as a collective unit.Speaking during an...
The first novel by Carole Awit, "Zadig et Zoé" (published by L'Harmattan, collection Lettres d'ailleurs, 2025), is the long-matured fruit of a painful lived experience, a harsh...
This week, we’re circling back to a previous edition of HLP to provide an update on one of the biggest ongoing questions in Lebanon: Can the Lebanese state really reclaim control over all...
The Apostolic Nuncio in Lebanon, Paolo Borgia, met several political and religious figures on Wednesday who came to offer their condolences for the death of Pope Francis, at the Apostolic...
BEIRUT — A large fire broke out in front of the Imam al-Mahdi schools in the village of Ghazieh (Saida), setting cars and school vans on fire, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in...
The stakes are high. For the first time since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, a Syrian official has traveled to Washington in a bid to ease the financial stranglehold on the shattered...
Jaafarite Mufti Ahmad Qabalan called Wednesday for treating south Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut and Bekaa as "part of Lebanese territory," according to a statement reported by...
The Minister of the Interior and Municipalities, Ahmad Hajjar, stated on Wednesday that the municipal and mukhtar elections will be held exceptionally on Saturday, May 24 in the South and...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 hit the Marmara Sea near the western outskirts of Istanbul on Wednesday, officials said, with the impact felt across Turkey's largest city, where people...
“I am rather in favor of adopting closed lists to ensure Muslim-Christian parity [within the municipal council] in Beirut,” Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told An-Nahar daily on Monday.This...
MP Ibrahim Kanaan met with U.S. Deputy Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus in Washington to outline Lebanon’s key reform priorities and its path toward economic recovery, the state-run National News...
BEIRUT — The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, told local television station Al Jadeed on Wednesday that he received a summons from the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding...
The head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, met the French ambassador to Lebanon, Hervé Magro, on Wednesday, with whom he discussed "numerous ongoing issues," including...
The commander of the UNIFIL Western sector, General Nicola Mandolesi, met with the head of the Hanieh (Sour) Municipal Council, Qassem Mohsen, as part of institutional meetings with local...
The head of the Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea, on Wednesday criticized statements by several Hezbollah leaders who rejected the idea of disarming the party, while the Lebanese state, represented by...
Following February, the slowdown in the inflation growth rate continues in March. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Lebanon recorded its smallest monthly increase since September 2024, a month when...
Germany, France and Britain on Wednesday called on Israel to stop blocking humanitarian aid into Gaza, warning of "an acute risk of starvation, epidemic disease and death." "This...
Following the death of Pope Francis at age 88, the wheels of the Catholic Church’s ecclesiastical machinery are already turning to fill the vacant apostolic seat.The funeral for the holy father is...
American envoy Morgan Ortagus stated that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is determined to make "the bold and necessary decisions" for Lebanon's recovery, as the president recently...
22:04 Beirut Time That concludes our live coverage for today. Thanks for joining us. We'll be back tomorrow with more news updates and analysis of events in Lebanon, Palestine, and the...
Israel's military said Wednesday that a missile was "launched from Yemen," where the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have regularly targeted Israel. Shortly after 4:00 a.m. local time,...
U.S. President Donald Trump's return to power has emboldened Israeli leaders' push to increase military presence in Gaza and reinvigorated right-wing ambitions to annex the occupied West...
Turkey's opposition has called on supporters to rally outside the parliament in Ankara on Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on gatherings on a symbolic day for the republic. A month...
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit the Middle East next month on a three-country tour, his spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. It will be his second foreign trip since returning to...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, April 23, 2025Some key things to watch today:• Developments in efforts to broker a new cease-fire in Gaza.• 11 a.m.:...
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
