How many manufacturers are there in Lebanon?
BEIRUT — The increasingly realistic possibility of economic reforms in Lebanon makes the lack of a centralized and up-to-date database of its manufacturers an especially pressing hinderance to...
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Safadi to Rajji discuss need 'to end Israeli aggressions against Lebanon'
BEIRUT — Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi met Monday in Amman on "the necessity to end Israeli aggressions against Lebanon," as the former...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2025
Japan donates solar panels for Lebanese Army medical centers
BEIRUT — Japan has provided the Lebanese Army with support in the form of solar-powered electrical systems installed in several medical centers used by the Lebanese Army, under the supervision of...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2025
Palestinian family returns home from iftar to find it seized by an Israeli family
Israeli settlers seized the home of a Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank on Sunday as they were visiting relatives for iftar [the meal that breaks the fast during Ramadan], according to...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2025
Two hostages in video released by Hamas ask those already freed to 'tell them' about conditions
In a video released by Hamas on its Telegram channel on Monday, two hostages, Elkana Bohbot and Yosef-Haim Ohana, both kidnapped from the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7, criticized the Israeli...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2025
How many Palestinians has Israel killed in its war on Gaza?
Palestinian health authorities say Israel's ground and air campaign in Gaza which resumed last week has killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly a third of the dead under 18....
24 March 2025
Beirut apartment prices in 2025: Achrafieh
Political and security events have revived the Beirut real estate market in a few weeks. Real estate was reeling from several months of war in 2024. It started to improve after the cease-fire in...
Guillaume Boudisseau, 24 March 2025
Army multiplies operations at the Lebanese-Syrian border with arrests and crossing closures
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army closed six illegal crossing points along the Lebanese-Syrian border in Hermel district on Monday afternoon and arrested several suspected traffickers, as part of several...
L'Orient Today, 24 March 2025
Journalist working with Al Jazeera killed in Israeli Gaza strike, network says
Al Jazeera said on Monday that a journalist working with one of its channels was killed in an Israeli strike on his vehicle in northern Gaza. "Hussam Shabat, a journalist collaborating with...
24 March 2025
There is no hatred, there are only proofs of hatred
We have poet Pierre Reverdy to thank for this very beautiful phrase about love: "There is no love, there are only proofs of love." It is useless to tell someone you love them if there is...
Chawki Azouri , 24 March 2025
Unknown individuals open fire on public hospital in Akkar, assault doctor
A group of individuals assaulted a doctor and opened fire on Sunday at the Abdallah al-Rassi Government Hospital in Halba (Akkar), without causing any casualties, according to information from...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2025
Interior Ministry officially announces municipal election dates across Lebanon
The Lebanese Interior Ministry officially set on Monday the dates for municipal elections across Lebanon, which will take place every Sunday in May in different regions of the country. These...
L'Orient Today, 24 March 2025
Rana Khoury: Theater, her mother, and society's problems
When Rana's Khoury's 4-year-old son miraculously survived the 2020 Beirut Port explosion, the traumatized mother decided they would both leave Lebanon for France. Settling in Paris, Khoury...
Zéna ZALZAL, 24 March 2025
Pushing effort to sack security chief, Israel PM alleges anti-govt plot
Israel's prime minister, pushing to dismiss internal security chief Ronen Bar, on Monday alleged an attempt to bring down his government after Israeli media reported Bar's agency spent...
24 March 2025
Lebanon led ‘intensive’ contacts to prevent strikes on Beirut during Saturday escalation
BEIRUT — Lebanese officials engaged in intensive discussion with the U.S. and France to prevent Israel from bombing Beirut amid its heavy strikes against southern Lebanon over the weekend, a...
24 March 2025
After breaking apart, Michel Moawad’s bloc towards a ‘renewal’?
Michel Moawad does not give up. After his parliamentary bloc (the Renewal bloc) crumbled due to internal disagreements, the former presidential candidate is working to piece it back together.When...
Yara ABI AKL, 24 March 2025
Health ministry in Gaza says 730 killed since Israel resumed strikes
The health ministry in Gaza said Monday that 730 people had been killed since Israel resumed bombardments on the Palestinian territory on March 18, including 57 in the past 24 hours. The ministry...
24 March 2025
Iran says open to indirect nuclear talks with US
Iran said on Monday it was open to indirect talks with the United States after President Donald Trump demanded negotiations for a new nuclear deal. "The way is open for indirect...
24 March 2025
Israel shatters last taboo: Openly wants to ‘annex’ Gaza
He said it without hesitation. The word did not come from Bezalel Smotrich or Itamar Ben-Gvir, who do not officially speak for Benjamin Netanyahu. It came from Defense Minister Israel Katz, a...
Anthony SAMRANI, 24 March 2025
Lebanese Forces say Hezbollah should thank those seeking to protect Lebanon from war
The Lebanese Forces (LF) asserted Monday that Lebanon's stability can only be achieved through the "total respect of international resolutions," stating that Hezbollah should...
L'Orient Today, 24 March 2025
Agriculture Minister declares state of emergency for forest conservation
Lebanese Agriculture Minister Nizar Hani declared a state of emergency on Sunday for the conservation of Lebanon's forests, "threatened by climate change, repeated fires, illegal and...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2025
Defense Minister Michel Menassa to visit Damascus on Wednesday
Defense Minister Michel Menassa will travel to Damascus on Wednesday to discuss recent tensions at the border between the two countries, a Lebanese official who requested anonymity told AFP on...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2025
Lebanese army closes six illegal crossing points with Syria
The Lebanese army closed six illegal crossing points in Hermel, along the Lebanese Syrian border, in order to combat smuggling and infiltration, the troops announced on their X account. These...
L'Orient Today, 24 March 2025
Faced with Erdogan's autocratic turn, 'Turks can only rely on themselves'
Incarcerated on Sunday after a judicial campaign led by Ankara, accusing him of corruption and support for terrorism, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu called on his supporters to take to the streets....
Clara HAGE, 24 March 2025
Israel shooting attack kills one, gunman 'neutralized'
Israeli police said on Monday that officers "neutralized" a gunman who carried out an attack in the country's north which first responders said killed one man and wounded another....
24 March 2025
Palestinian NGO says teen dies in Israeli prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Club non-governmental organization said Monday that a Palestinian 17-year-old died in Israel's Megiddo prison in unknown circumstances. In a statement, the...
24 March 2025
US alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA
The U.S. government has claimed that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for UNRWA in his visa application, saying that should be...
24 March 2025
Who is behind the rocket fire toward Israel?
The situation nearly escalated. On Saturday morning, three rockets fired from southern Lebanon were intercepted over the town of Metula in northern Israel, jeopardizing the status quo that the...
Salah HIJAZI, 24 March 2025
UN says Israeli tank responsible for strike on UN compound in Gaza| Live
22:06 Beirut Time That concludes our live coverage for today, thanks for joining us. We'll be back tomorrow with more news updates and analysis. Goodnight. 22:05 Beirut Time...
Nicholas Frakes Amelia Hankins Renee Davis Muntasser Abdallah Sarah Abdallah, 24 March 2025
Israel PM accuses security chief of investigating minister without his consent
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Israel's internal security chief, whose dismissal was blocked by the Supreme Court, of investigating far-right National Security Minister...
24 March 2025
West Bank Palestinians in 'extremely precarious' situation
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) denounced on Monday the "extremely precarious" situation of Palestinians displaced by the ongoing Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank....
24 March 2025
‘I used to think the resistance was protecting us'
In the gutted living room of a building in central Sour, velvet red sofas clung dangerously close to the void. Standing on the debris of his neighbor's apartment, Ahmad* still hasn't...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 24 March 2025
Israel presses ground offensive in Gaza
Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, encircling part of Rafah city near Egypt almost a week into a renewed assault on the Palestinian territory....
24 March 2025
US: Houthi attacks force ships to make costly detour around Africa
Attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen have forced three-fourths of U.S.-flagged ships to avoid the Red Sea and instead take the long and expensive detour around the southern tip of Africa, the U.S....
24 March 2025
In Turkey, a vote of confidence for Istanbul's embattled ex-mayor
"We won't give in to despair," insisted 38-year-old Aslihan, referring to the massive protests sweeping across Turkey since the arrest of Istanbul's popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu....
24 March 2025
Israel launches punishing air campaign following rocket fire from south Lebanon: Everything you need to know this Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage.Monday, March 24, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:Developments...
