Protesters block roads in Saida over water cuts
BEIRUT —Protesters blocked several roads in Saida and its suburbs Tuesday in protest against the continued water cuts in the area, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in South Lebanon....
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Bassil identifies minor differences with other parties
BEIRUT — Head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Gebran Bassil stated Tuesday that his party has found only minor differences between their profile for the ideal next president and the profile...
25 October 2022
Freediving between heaven and earth, with Roy Arida
What can a young man do when he is suffocated by the concrete and asphalt of the city, encircled by a profession that does not fulfill him and a society that no longer understands his aspirations?...
Colette KHALAF, 25 October 2022
Saudi Arabia 'more mature guys' in spat with US, says energy minister
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia decided to be the "more mature guys" in a spat with the United States over oil supplies, the kingdom's energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said Tuesday. The decision...
25 October 2022
Kuwait formally dissolves parliament, delays budget approval until after elections
KUWAIT - Kuwait formally dissolved parliament in a decree issued Tuesday, state news agency KUNA said, as the Gulf Arab state's crown prince moved to resolve a standoff between the government and...
25 October 2022
160,000 Captagon pills seized at Beirut airport
The Lebanese Customs Administration announced on Tuesday that it seized roughly 160,000 Captagon pills at Beirut international airport on Monday, according to a statement published by the state-run...
25 October 2022
Iran’s Raisi accuses US of ‘dragging feet’ on return to nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi accused the United States of “dragging their feet” on a decision to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. The 2015 agreement with major powers,...
25 October 2022
Port blast investigation postponed indefinitely, again
Any who hoped Judge Tarek Bitar would be able to resume his investigation of the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port blast were again disappointed. Two MPs involved in the investigation — Ghazi...
Claude ASSEF, 25 October 2022
Israel grants Energean permission to start production at Karish gas field
JERUSALEM — Israel granted Energean permission to start production at the offshore Karish gas field, an Energy Ministry statement announced Tuesday. Energean previously said its floating...
25 October 2022
Repatriation of Syrian refugees to begin Wednesday
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Minister of Social Affairs, Hector Hajjar, announced Tuesday that the gradual repatriation of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon will begin Wednesday at 6 a.m. Lebanese...
25 October 2022
Issam Khalifeh, a fierce advocate for Line 29
It was a new name that a handful of MPs chose to support on Monday during a fourth parliamentary session which failed, once again, to elect a successor to President Michel Aoun. Ten MPs, mostly...
Caroline HAYEK, 25 October 2022
Turkey police raid pro-Kurdish news outlets, detain Journalists
Turkish police on Tuesday searched the premises of several pro-Kurdish media outlets and raided journalists' houses in Istanbul and other cities including in the Kurdish-majority southeast — a move...
25 October 2022
Partial solar eclipse this afternoon over Lebanon, Health Ministry issues guidelines
A partial solar eclipse will be observable Tuesday between 12:54 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. over Lebanon, the Ministry of Health announced Tuesday, issuing a series of guidelines. "Lebanon will observe...
Layal DAGHER/L'Orient-Le Jour, 25 October 2022
Sudan blocks internet services ahead of coup anniversary demonstrations
KHARTOUM — Sudan on Tuesday blocked internet access across the country as pro-democracy activists marked the first anniversary of a coup that derailed the transition to civilian rule, a web monitor...
25 October 2022
Lebanese delegation's visit to Syria 'not canceled,' Syrian ambassador cites 'misunderstanding'
BEIRUT — Syria's ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdel Karim Ali, said in a statement Tuesday that the visit of a Lebanese delegation to Syria to discuss the maritime border between the two countries,...
25 October 2022
Fuel prices sharply decrease for second consecutive day
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced another sharp decrease in fuel prices Tuesday morning, one day after a sudden gain in the value of the Lebanese lira on the parallel market. Here are the...
25 October 2022
Army conducts raid in Nahr al-Bared camp, residents demonstrate in response
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army has been conducting a series of raids since dawn in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, in northern Lebanon, in search of weapons and suspects, an army...
Layal DAGHER/L'Orient-Le Jour , 25 October 2022
Qatar faced unprecedented criticism as host country of FIFA World Cup, Emir says
DOHA — Qatar has faced unprecedented criticism since it was picked as the host of the 2022 World Cup, some of which has amounted to slander, the country's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said...
25 October 2022
Car brakes fail, seven injured in North Lebanon
BEIRUT — Seven people were injured Monday morning when a car hit them head-on after its brakes failed, in the town of Muhammara, at the southern entrance of Akkar in North Lebanon, our...
25 October 2022
Aoun meets with Mikati in Baabda
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, briefly met Tuesday morning at the Baabda Palace with the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, in what would be a farewell visit,...
25 October 2022
Six Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes with Israeli forces
NABLUS — Six Palestinians, including a leader of a rising militant group, were killed Tuesday after Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Nablus, setting off one of the largest firefights in...
25 October 2022
Bank depositor desperation, Parliament fails to elect president, internationally-opposed refugee return plan to start tomorrow: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Parliament will reconvene for a presidential election session on Thursday, four days before the end of President Michel Aoun’s...
25 October 2022
Field hospital in Akkar fully occupied hours after establishment
BEIRUT — All 20 beds in a newly-installed field clinic in Bebnine, Akkar, were filled with cholera patients just hours after the clinic was set up Tuesday, according to L’Orient Today ’s...
