BEIRUT — Sleiman Frangieh, leader of the Marada movement and candidate in the Lebanese presidential election, said Wednesday that "Lebanon is more important than the presidency," after a meeting...
Israeli strikes killed eight soldiers in southern Syria Wednesday, later returning to bomb Aleppo airport for the fourth time in a fortnight, the defence ministry in Damascus said. Israel...
BEIRUT — Middle East Airlines (MEA) continues to modify and cancel flights in and out of Beirut International Airport due to tensions and risks arising from the Hamas-Israel war, which has...
BEIRUT — A man accused of opening fire at the entrance of the American Embassy in Beirut on Sept. 20 and, in a separate incident, at the headquarters of Beirut's General Security, has been charged...
The moment when the father of Mohammed Hassan Mansour, a Hezbollah fighter, learned of his son’s death in an Israeli strike on Oct. 22, was widely circulated online.In the video, the father is seen...
Click here to read our live coverage . BEIRUT — On Friday, Oct. 13, Israeli forces fired at least one missile at a group of journalists in Lebanon who had been covering the clashes near the...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said on Wednesday that Lebanon would no longer tolerate any delays from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in...
LONDON — Britain would consider discussing a humanitarian pause in Gaza to facilitate aid coming into the territory, but does not want a wholesale cease-fire as that would only benefit Hamas...
Gaza Strip reduced to rubble, and then what? The imminent Israeli ground offensive on the Palestinian enclave has not even begun, and whole areas have been already devastated. More than 5,000...
AMMAN — Jordan's King Abdullah told French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday that ending Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza is an urgent necessity and warned there could otherwise be an "explosion"...
GENEVA — Gaza needs billions of dollars in international economic aid to compensate for years of restrictions that have stifled its economy and curbed its development, according to a report...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese public company Ogero, responsible for managing fixed-line telephony and internet services in Lebanon, issued a statement on Wednesday announcing a series of measures "to...
DOHA — Qatar's prime minister said on Wednesday there was some progress on hostage negotiations after Palestinian militant group Hamas abducted more than 200 hostages during its Oct. 7 rampage...
More than 100 Palestinians have been killed across the occupied West Bank since war erupted between Israel and Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas on Oct. 7, the Health Ministry said Wednesday....
BEIRUT — A fire during a mutiny at a police station in Ehden, in northern Lebanon, has left two detainees dead and two others injured, security and medical sources confirmed to L'Orient Today on...
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Tuesday asserted before the United Nations Security Council in New York that it had never "wanted or sought war," as the conflict between Israel and Hamas, which broke out...
DOHA — Qatari mediators are urging Hamas to quicken the pace of hostage releases to include women and children held in Gaza and to do so without expecting Israeli concessions, according to three...
JERUSALEM — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Wednesday the 2023-24 national budget was "no longer relevant" given the Gaza war and would be amended, and sounded unfazed by...
BEIRUT — An Israeli attack on military positions in southwest Syria on Wednesday killed eight soldiers and wounded seven more, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) reported....
Gaza's Hamas government said Wednesday that Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Palestinian territory during the night killed at least 80 people. A statement from the...
21:55 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE blog on day 19 of the Hamas-Israel war. We will be back tomorrow with more updates. 21:45 Beirut Time Iran...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on our LIVE coverage of Day 18 of the Israel-Hamas war here . Israeli bombardment hit a public elementary school in...
GAZA/JERUSALEM — Countries including the United States, Canada, Russia and Arab states pushed for either a pause or ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip so that...
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank — Israeli forces on an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank came under fire by a group of Palestinians whom the military then hit with a drone, the Israeli...
WASHINGTON — Two dozen American military personnel were wounded last week in a series of drone attacks at American bases in Iraq and Syria, US Central Command told NBC News on Tuesday....
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
