Will Hezbollah respond to Israel's assassination of Tabataba'i?
The Israeli strike that killed Haytham Ali Tabataba'i on Sunday — described as Hezbollah's "chief of staff" and a leading figure in the party's hardline wing — could be the...
Your search results: 30 articles
Poland summons Israeli ambassador over Yad Vashem post
WARSAW — Poland summoned Israel's ambassador on Monday over a tweet from a Holocaust memorial institute that Warsaw said did not make clear that occupying Nazi German forces, and not Polish...
24 November 2025
Israel kills three in Gaza for crossing 'Yellow Line' as Hamas seeks asylum for fighters abroad
Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians in Gaza near the so-called "Yellow Line" demarcating areas of Israeli control on Monday, as the ostensible cease-fire that came into effect six...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 November 2025
Three employees killed in major blaze at Hawa Chicken factory
NORTH LEBANON — Three employees died after being trapped inside a Hawa Chicken factory in the northern Lebanese town of Anfeh when a major fire broke out on Monday evening. Hawa Chicken is one of...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 November 2025
Drones, six strikes, GBU bombs: What we know about the Israeli attack that killed Tabataba'i
On Sunday, Nov. 23, at around 2:45 p.m., the first news alerts flashed on screens: an Israeli airstrike had hit Beirut’s southern suburbs — the first such strike since last June. Two floors of a...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 24 November 2025
Berri praises Aoun's 'truly independent speech'
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri described President Joseph Aoun's address on the occasion of the 82nd anniversary of Lebanon's independence as "a truly independent speech, both...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 November 2025
Industry minister tells UN conference Lebanon is open for industrial investments
BEIRUT — Industry Minister Joe Issa al-Khoury called all United Nations member states to consider Lebanon for industrial investments during the 21st General Conference of the United Nations...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 November 2025
Controversial GHF suspends all operations in Gaza
The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — at whose "aid" sites, hundreds of Palestinians were shot and killed — will officially close its operations in the besieged territory,...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 November 2025
From zeros and ones to board game champion: How AI learned to strategize
This article is the first in a series being produced in partnership with Urban Analytica at SAIL, a cross-disciplinary initiative at the American University of Beirut that aims to democratize...
Hashem Ayesh Awad, 24 November 2025
Tabataba'i's Lebanese citizenship despite nationality law sparks debate online
BEIRUT — The nationality of the Hezbollah official assassinated by Israel in an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday caused debate online when information surfaced revealing that he...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 November 2025
Samy Gemayel elected vice president of International Alliance of Democratic Centrists
Kataeb leader and MP Samy Gemayel has been elected vice president of the executive council of the International Alliance of Democratic Centrists, according to a statement published Monday by the...
24 November 2025
Saudi residents report alcohol ban eased for select foreigners
Diplomats and premium visa-holders in Saudi Arabia told AFP that the conservative kingdom has quietly eased restrictions on purchasing alcohol for select foreign residents. While the government...
24 November 2025
SSNP holds demonstration in Hamra with George Abdallah in attendance
The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) organized a demonstration on Monday on Hamra’s main street, in west Beirut, to protest ongoing Israeli strikes on Lebanon. Former detainee and...
24 November 2025
Israeli strike on Haret Hreik: No cancellations of reservations or flights to Beirut for now
The deadly strike carried out Sunday by Israel in Beirut's southern suburb to assassinate Hezbollah Chief of Staff Haytham Ali Tabataba'i has so far not sparked panic among members of the...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 November 2025
Haytham Ali Tabataba'i buried in Ghobeiri
BEIRUT — The funeral organized by Hezbollah for its former chief of staff, Haytham Ali Tabataba'i, killed Sunday by an Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, began around 2 p.m.,...
L'Orient Today staff/AFP, 24 November 2025
Rama and Mira, the women behind Zohran Mamdani
The “talk of the town” in New York is still its new mayor, Zohran Mamdani — the first Muslim to ever hold the office. The historic milestone has been accompanied by a second wave of buzz online,...
Irène MOSALLI, 24 November 2025
Climate change hits the Mediterranean region 20% harder than the rest of the world
Thirty years ago, in 1995, the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation process emerged to encourage dialogue and joint action on both sides of the Mediterranean. Thirty years later, the Union for the...
Suzanne BAAKLINI, 24 November 2025
At least 3 Palestinians killed Monday morning in Israeli attacks on Gaza
The Gaza Strip Civil Defense reported at least three people killed in new Israeli attacks carried out Monday morning against the Palestinian enclave, despite the cease-fire. "Three martyrs...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 November 2025
In Tunisia, associations suspended by the regime are stuck in limbo
“We will not let this happen. We have already provided all the necessary documentation; we know we have nothing to be ashamed of,” said Aymen Rezgui, editor-in-chief of Tunisian blog Nawaat....
Lilia BLAISE, 24 November 2025
'Love & Baklawas,' a tribute to sweetness by chef Alan Geaam
“I grew up in Tripoli in the 1980s. The Civil War was raging. I experienced bombs, the cellar where we sheltered, the fear. Yet I also have much sweeter childhood memories… And many of them are...
Josephine HOBEIKA, from Paris, 24 November 2025
New wildfires in a forested area of Akkar
A large wildfire broke out Sunday evening before being brought under control in a forested area called Tall al-Gharbi, between the towns of Fneideq and Qarna, in Akkar. Firefighters from Civil...
24 November 2025
Iran's Revolutionary Guards invoke 'right to avenge' death of Tabataba'i after his assassination by Israel| LIVE
21:41 Beirut Time That concludes our live coverage for the night. Thanks for joining us. We'll be back tomorrow morning with more news updates as the events unfold. Goodnight....
L'Orient Today staff, 24 November 2025
Fine Bouche reinvents itself as a restaurant-bar in the heart of Achrafieh
After four months of closure and nearly $150,000 in renovations, the establishment has reopened on Avenue de l’Indépendance in Sassine. The venue, launched by Merhej Merhej and known since 2019 for...
Nada Alameddine, 24 November 2025
Israeli military to sack several generals over Oct. 7 attack
Israel's military chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir announced the dismissal of several senior officers over their failure to prevent the October 2023 attacks by Hamas. Following an...
24 November 2025
Maya Zbib awakens the monsters of loneliness on stage
Dense on every level — text, direction, performance, dance, sound, music, lighting, scenography — Three Verses of Solitude mirrors the noise and clutter of contemporary life, with its speed, its...
Rana Najjar, 24 November 2025
Hezbollah confirms death of military chief Tabataba'i in Israeli strike
Hezbollah has confirmed the death of military chief Tabataba'i in an Israeli strike on Sunday in the southern suburbs of Beirut, according to a statement. "With pride and honor, Hezbollah...
24 November 2025
Israeli army conducts new exercises near border with Lebanon
The Israeli army will launch on Monday what it describes as a “planned training exercise” in eastern Galilee, near the border with Lebanon, a day after the assassination of Hezbollah’s military...
24 November 2025
Iran condemns Israel killing of Hezbollah military chief
Iran on Monday slammed Israel over its killing of Hezbollah's military chief, a day after the commander was targeted with a strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut. "The Iranian Foreign...
24 November 2025
Israeli strike kills 5, injures 28 in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Hamas calls for truce monitoring body: Everything you need to know this Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Nov. 24, 2025Some key things to watch today:Updates on the aftermath of Israel's strike on Beirut's southern suburbs...
Abbas Mahfouz, 24 November 2025
Independence, really?
Nov. 22 in Lebanon often has fine weather. As far back as I can remember, rain has rarely made an appearance for our Independence Day celebrations; yet God knows we have at times wished some of our...
