US has sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war in the Middle East, NYT reports
The United States has sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war in the Middle East, the New York Times reported on Tuesday citing two officials.
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Trump says Iran made a major energy-related gift to the US
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran had made a major energy-related concession to the United States, describing it as a positive development, although he did not give details. Trump...
Reuters, 24 March 2026
Trump's approval hits new 36 percent low as fuel prices surge amid Iran war, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
President Donald Trump's approval rating fell in recent days to its lowest point since he returned to the White House, hit by a surge in fuel prices and widespread disapproval of the war he...
24 March 2026
Iran says US and Israel attacked Bushehr nuclear plant
Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said that U.S. and Israel attacked the vicinity of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday evening, IRNA reported. It said the attack caused no...
Reuters, 24 March 2026
Israel army says plans in Iran, Lebanon unchanged regardless of talks
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it was operating "according to an unchanged plan" in Iran and Lebanon, regardless of any talks aimed at reaching an agreement to end the...
AFP, 24 March 2026
Iranian missile over Jounieh, interception and target unclear
BEIRUT — Around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Kesrouan in Mount Lebanon also felt the effects of the ongoing Israeli-American war against Iran since March 2. Several muffled explosions were heard over...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2026
Israel military says Iranian missile fell in Beirut on Tuesday
The Israeli military said a ballistic missile launched from Iran fell in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, as the Middle East war dragged into its fourth week. "Following an assessment...
AFP, 24 March 2026
Woman killed in northern Israel after rockets fired from Lebanon
Israeli emergency services said a woman was killed in the north of the country on Tuesday following rocket fire from Lebanon, where Israeli forces are fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah....
AFP, 24 March 2026
US expected to send thousands of soldiers to Middle East
The Pentagon is expected to send thousands of soldiers from the army's elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, adding to...
Reuters, 24 March 2026
Bassil calls for 'an internal agreement for a definitive exit from the war'
BEIRUT — The head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM,) Gebran Bassil, on Tuesday called on Lebanese people to agree on "an internal agreement for a definitive exit from the war."...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2026
Judge issues arrest warrants for 2 Hezbollah supporters caught with rockets
BEIRUT — After interrogating two Hezbollah supporters who were arrested earlier this month at Lebanese Army checkpoints while transporting rockets, the chief military investigative judge Ghada Abou...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2026
Katz confirms Israel’s intentions in south Lebanon; latest strikes in Nabatieh kill 2 paramedics
BEIRUT/SOUTH LEBANON — Over three weeks into the war, Israel and Hezbollah continue exchanging strikes in south Lebanon, with Israel planning to hold the area as long as needed, says Defense...
L'Orient Today staff/Reuters, 24 March 2026
Israel must seize 'historic moment' of dialogue with Lebanon, says French FM
BEIRUT — The French foreign minister urged Israel on Tuesday to seize a "historic moment" of dialogue with the Lebanese authorities as Beirut "translates its words into deeds"...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2026
Beyond peace: Lebanon and the Israeli question
Makram Rabah is an Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut, Department of History. His book "Conflict on Mount Lebanon: The Druze, the Maronites and Collective Memory"...
Makram RABAH, 24 March 2026
Israel confirms killing a Revolutionary Guards official
BEIRUT — A day after a strike hit a residential building in Hazmieh, east of Beirut, Israeli army Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee said Tuesday that the navy, acting on Shin Bet...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2026
War could have been avoided if Israel had respected the 2024 cease-fire, Aoun says
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun said Tuesday the renewed Israel-Hezbollah war since March 2 "could have been avoided if Israel had responded to calls to withdraw from the territories it...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2026
Rafik Hariri Airport denies reports of politicians and bankers fleeing Lebanon
BEIRUT — The director of Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport, Jalal Haidar, spoke on Tuesday. He denied reports from some local media. These reports claimed that many Lebanese politicians...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2026
MBS reportedly encouraged Trump to continue war, NYT reports
BEIRUT — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged U.S. President Donald Trump to continue the war against Iran, viewing the U.S.-Israeli military campaign as a "historic opportunity"...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2026
Pakistan PM says Islamabad 'ready' to host talks to end Mideast war
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday Islamabad was prepared to host negotiations to stop the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, after mounting speculation it could act as a...
24 March 2026
At Sciences Po Paris, students use photography to help the displaced
On this particular day, the sky in Paris is blue and the scent of spring already hangs over sun-drenched terraces. Blue like that summer in Lebanon. It was August, during the holidays. Light and...
Myriam EL-HINDI, 24 March 2026
In Paris, politics brings a dinner among Lebanese friends to an abrupt end
They are five Lebanese in their thirties, bound for years by their homeland. Each carries their own baggage; each is the composite product of a certain Lebanese environment, an inheritance, a...
Gilles Khoury, from Paris, 24 March 2026
Lufthansa and Air France extend suspension of flights to the Middle East
BEIRUT — Lufthansa and Air France are extending suspension of their Middle East flights due to the regional war, the airlines announced. "Due to the volatile situation in the Middle...
24 March 2026
Macron at the IMA: Facing the brutality of empires, Lebanon resists
Echoing the sound of bombings, another voice — from the depths of time — rose up this afternoon at the Arab World Institute (IMA), during the opening of the "Byblos, Millennia-old City of...
Joséphine HOBEIKA, 24 March 2026
Inside the newsroom: Reporting the war, day and night
Since the start of the latest war, Stephanie has started making capsules. No, she hasn’t traded her job as a journalist for that of a lemonade seller, nor her jeans for a bistro server’s apron. No,...
Sami SIOUFI, 24 March 2026
West Bank settlers ramp up attacks during war on Iran
“Outright pogroms.” That is how, among others, former Israeli officers described the situation in an open letter published on March 16. A loaded term, used to denounce what they called “Jewish...
Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 24 March 2026
French court suspends Iranian, Lebanese asylum appeals
BEIRUT — The National Court of Asylum suspended appeals from Iranian and Lebanese asylum seekers to avoid rejecting their requests, the court said Tuesday. It awaits stabilization of the security...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2026
Rubio to meet G7 ministers in France on Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with G7 counterparts in France on Friday to discuss the war in Iran, the State Department announced. The trip comes after U.S. President Donald Trump...
24 March 2026
South Lebanon at risk of becoming the new Golan
Israel ordered Sour’s residents to leave the city as quickly as possible; it has systematically destroyed the bridges connecting the south of the river to the rest of the country; and it has...
Salah HIJAZI, 24 March 2026
Middle East war caused 'breakdown' in Gulf security system: Qatar
Qatar, 0n Tuesday, said the Middle East war had stretched the Gulf states' security system beyond breaking point as Iran presses its aerial campaign against neighboring countries. "The...
24 March 2026
Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr appointed as secretary of Iran's top security body
Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr was appointed as the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, the Iranian president's deputy for communications, posted on X on Tuesday, replacing Ali...
24 March 2026
Beirut withdraws Iranian ambassador accreditation, asks him to leave by Sunday
BEIRUT —The Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned the Iranian chargé d'affaires in Beirut, Tufiq Samadi Khoshkhou, to inform him that Lebanon had withdrawn the accreditation of the Iranian...
L'Orient Today staff/Reuters, 24 March 2026
Salam and Hajjar say Lebanon to boost security forces deployment across country
BEIRUT — Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar announced that the deployment of security forces across Lebanese territory will be strengthened in the coming days, without specifying if this measure...
24 March 2026
Bahrain pushes UN-backed action for Hormuz shipping; France tables rival text
Bahrain put forward a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorize countries to use "all necessary means" — diplomatic language for force — to protect commercial shipping...
24 March 2026
Lebanon war: Dialogue ‘on hold’ between presidency and Hezbollah
Although the meeting was scheduled last week, after the Eid al-Fitr holiday, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s visit to the Baabda Presidential Palace did not go unnoticed. This is especially true...
Scarlett HADDAD, 24 March 2026
An iftar with a displaced family of Hezbollah supporters
There is the grandmother, the daughters, their husbands, the granddaughters, the grandsons, the great-grandchildren, two domestic workers, the fiancée, her mother, her two sisters, and five cats....
Stéphanie KHOURI, 24 March 2026
Hezbollah armed members: Two rocket carriers before military investigative judge
The first military investigative judge, Ghada Abu Alwan, is set to question on Tuesday two Hezbollah supporters who were arrested earlier this month at Lebanese Army checkpoints for transporting...
L'Orient Today staff, 24 March 2026
Oil refinery explosion reported in Texas
Local officials warned residents near a Texas oil refinery on Monday to immediately shelter-in-place "in light of the recent explosion" at Valero's Port Arthur Refinery. "To...
24 March 2026
Fuel prices continue to rise in Lebanon
Fuel prices rose again in Lebanon on Tuesday as the regional war pushes global oil prices higher. The Energy Ministry announced new rates showing a significant rise in fuel costs, with the price of...
24 March 2026
Airstrikes on Iraq's PMF site kill 15, including Anbar commander
Airstrikes targeting a site belonging to Iraq's Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces in the western province of Anbar killed at least 15 fighters, including the PMF's Anbar operations...
24 March 2026
US–Iran negotiations: Trump maneuver or countdown underway?
U.S. President Donald Trump took everyone by surprise, including the Israelis, on Monday when he spoke of serious and positive negotiations with Iran aimed at reaching an agreement. He subsequently...
Mounir RABIH, 24 March 2026
Iran sends new waves of missiles into Israel
Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, the Israeli military said, after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed the bombing of the Islamic Republic's power plants and energy...
24 March 2026
Israel strikes Bshamoun, Beirut's southern suburbs 7 times; kidnaps civilian in Halta: Everything you need to know this Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, March 24, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Follow-ups on Israeli-U.S. threats on Iran, and Israeli threats on...
Abbas Mahfouz, 24 March 2026
Israeli strike on Aramoun; Israel says plans in Iran, Lebanon unchanged regardless of talks | LIVE
00:55 Beirut Time US sends 15-point plan to Iran to end war The United States has reportedly delivered a 15-point proposal to Iran aimed at ending the conflict, according to multiple...
Ghadir Hamadi, 24 March 2026
White House eyes Iran’s parliament speaker Ghalibaf as potential US-backed leader, Politico reports
The Trump administration is quietly weighing Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as a potential partner, and even a future leader, Politico reported on Monday, citing two...
