The last square of free space in an overcrowded Shatila
It's nine in the morning, but any sign of direct sunlight has already vanished from Shatila's narrow alleys. The damp, concrete buildings are too tall and the tangled electrical wires too...
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Netanyahu crafts a tailor-made commission of inquiry for Oct. 7
Anger has been mounting in Israel in recent days. On Saturday, Dec. 20, thousands of protesters took to the country’s streets to denounce the maneuvers of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, accused,...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 24 December 2025
Bethlehem celebrates first festive Christmas since Gaza war
Scouts marched under a clear blue sky in Bethlehem on Wednesday, as the Palestinian city emerged from the shadow of the war in Gaza to celebrate its first festive Christmas in more than two years....
24 December 2025
Palestinian Authority says Israel tightening control over West Bank with new settlements
The Palestinian Authority condemned on Tuesday Israel's recent approval of 19 settlements in the occupied West Bank, accusing it of tightening its control over Palestinian land. On Sunday,...
24 December 2025
How Israel's hilltop settlers coordinate attacks to expel Palestinians
The Jewish settler outpost of Or Meir is small. A handful of prefabricated white shelters, it sits at the end of a short dirt track on a hill leading up from Road 60, a major route that dissects...
Reuters, 24 December 2025
Israel demolishes home of Palestinian accused of attack
The Israeli army demolished on Wednesday the home of a Palestinian accused of carrying out a stabbing and shooting attack that killed an Israeli earlier this year, the military said. On July 10,...
24 December 2025
Israel says it killed Hamas financial officer in Gaza
The Israeli army said Wednesday that it had identified a Hamas financial official it killed two weeks ago in a strike in the Gaza Strip. Abdel Hay Zaqut, a financial official in Hamas's armed...
24 December 2025
Kfar Debian hosts record-breaking seven-day Christmas carol recital
KFAR DEBIAN — The world's longest Christmas carol recital, “We Sing Emmanuel,” ended Tuesday in Kfar Debian after 170 hours of continuous singing — seven days of uninterrupted Christmas music...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 December 2025
Aleppo: Clashes between Damascus and the SDF could shift the balance of power
The timing of deadly clashes that broke out on the evening of Monday, Dec. 22, in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo — held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which are...
Noura DOUKHI, 24 December 2025
Rai: We pray for the success of negotiations with Israel and the avoidance of war
BKIRKI — In his Christmas homily, Bechara Rai, head of the Maronite Church, called on Wednesday for a successful resolution to security negotiations with Israel and for Lebanon to avert a return to...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 December 2025
Libya army chief of staff killed in jet crash near Ankara after fault reported, Turkish official says
A private jet that crashed overnight, killing Libya's army chief of staff and seven others on board, had reported an electrical fault and requested an emergency landing shortly before contact...
Rueters, 24 December 2025
Aoun, Salam convene Parliament for extraordinary session Jan. 2–March 1, 2026
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun on Wednesday signed a decree convening Parliament for an extraordinary session running from Jan. 2 to March 1, 2026. The decree was also endorsed by Prime Minister...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 December 2025
Israel lays the groundwork for a new attack against Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected in Miami on Dec. 29 to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence, and is hoping to get a green light for Israel to strike...
Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 24 December 2025
Aoun meets Iraqi PM’s envoy, reaffirms strong ties and southern return priority, meets Bukhari
BAABDA — On Wednesday, President Joseph Aoun met with the special envoy of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani and his accompanying delegation at Baabda Presidential Palace to discuss...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 December 2025
Salam, Berri wish Lebanese a merry Christmas,
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri sent Christmas greetings to the Lebanese on Saturday, calling for unity and solidarity in a country still facing multiple...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 December 2025
What's really behind the Lebanese Forces' opposition to the Gap Law?
The Lebanese Forces (LF) are no longer hiding their opposition to the draft law on restoring financial order and returning deposits, known as the Gap Law (law on the financial gap) which has been...
Yara ABI AKL, 24 December 2025
Loss-sharing debate brings Aoun and Salam together after Lebanese Forces' stance
The Cabinet resumed its review yesterday of the bill on "restoring financial order" and the return of deposits. Eight of its 16 articles have already been scrutinized. Another session is...
Mounir YOUNES, 24 December 2025
In Syria and Lebanon, is Turkey a counterweight to Israel?
The clashes on Monday in Aleppo between the Syrian army and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) cannot be separated from the content of the joint press conference held that same day in Damascus by...
Mounir RABIH, 24 December 2025
Where to be this Christmas in the Middle East
What can be said about Christmas and the holiday season that hasn't already been said a million times? Everyone is frustrated by the traffic, obnoxious music and overpriced events and...
Marguerita Sejaan, 24 December 2025
Israeli defense minister says no plan to resettle Gaza after hinting at one
Israel's defense minister denied any intention to resettle the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after earlier remarks that suggested Israel would one day want to do so, comments at odds with U.S....
Reuters, 24 December 2025
Israel's hostage forum releases AI-generated video of last Gaza captive
An Israeli group representing the families of Gaza hostages released on Tuesday an AI-generated video of Ran Gvili, the last captive whose body is still being held in the Palestinian territory....
24 December 2025
Israeli drone strike kills 1 on road between Jmaijmeh-Majdal Selm, south Lebanon l LIVE
16:29 Beirut Time One killed in Israeli drone strike on vehicle between Jmaijmeh and Majdal Selm An Israeli army drone targeted a pickup truck between Jmaijmeh and Majdal Selm in...
Tasnim Chaaban, Ghadir Hamadi, Muntasser Abdallah, Sarah ABDALLAH, 24 December 2025
Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestinian protest in London
London police on Tuesday arrested Swedish activist Greta Thunberg at a demonstration in support of pro-Palestinian hunger strikers, Palestinian campaign groups said. Thunberg's arrest makes...
24 December 2025
Syria ministers talk military cooperation with Putin in Russia
Damascus's foreign and defense ministers met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday during a visit to Moscow where they discussed military cooperation, Syrian state media said. The trip...
