BEIRUT — Perfect six out of six. Lebanon wrapped up a flawless qualification campaign for the 2025 Asian Cup with a 91-88 victory over the United Arab Emirates on Monday at Nouhad Naoufal Stadium...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Finance Ministry indicated that it has introduced an annex to the contracts linked to eurobonds — the dollar-denominated debt securities issued by the Lebanese state —...
The Internal Security Forces announced in a statement that they have arrested "one of the most dangerous drug traffickers" in Lebanon, a 62-year-old individual. The ISF claims to have...
The semi-autonomous Kurdish administration in Syria said on Tuesday that it did not endorse the outcome of a national dialogue conference that excluded it over its links to armed groups. The...
The Kataeb party on Tuesday called on Hezbollah to "organize and implement the disarmament of its fighters and comply with the constitution and laws," according to a statement read by its...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun personally filed his declaration of assets and interests on Tuesday morning with the National Anti-Corruption Commission. Judge Claude Karam, president of this...
BEIRUT — "Since 2006, the Mossad has been preparing for the third war in Lebanon," said its chief, David Barnea, according to several Israeli media outlets, including Haaretz. The head of Israeli...
An Israeli drone carried out a strike in Bekaa, marking the first security incident during an otherwise calm day, according to our Bekaa correspondent Sarah Abdallah, citing security sources. The...
The closing statement of Syria's national dialogue conference held Tuesday in Damascus said that any armed groups outside the country's military were considered "outlawed" and...
A resident of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank has been killed and several others have been wounded in a confrontation with Israeli forces on Tuesday, according to the Israeli...
U.S. Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff has delayed a visit to the region, scheduled to start Wednesday, Israeli and American outlets reported Tuesday. Citing an Israeli source familiar with...
Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc on Tuesday supported Lebanon's new government, which in a ministerial statement ahead of a confidence vote vowed a state monopoly on arms and the...
As Syria spends the next three years drafting a new constitution, the stakes could not be higher for the country’s minority populations. While 75 percent of Syria’s 23 million citizens are Sunni...
Former Minister of Economy and Trade Raed Khoury (FPM) "advises" Nawaf Salam's government, formed on Feb. 8, to use the McKinsey plan as a basis for organizing the structural reforms...
The noticeable absence of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader, Gebran Bassil, at the popular funeral of Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday, Feb. 23, sparked a new tension between Hezbollah and its...
Mount Hermon will reopen to Israeli visitors after being closed since the outbreak of the war in October 2023, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Since Oct. 7, the Israeli army designated...
Israeli tanks entered the Jenin refugee camp for the first time in more than two decades, as part of the "Iron Wall" operation aimed at eliminating resistance groups. After more than a...
Lebanon will be represented at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale by the project “The Land Remembers – al-Ared tatazakar,” designed by the Collective for Architecture Lebanon (CAL). The...
The phosphorus bombs dropped by the Israeli air force in southern Lebanon since the start of the October 2023 conflict with Hezbollah left a stark trail in the sky: white plumes marking their...
The World Health Organization is very concerned about attacks on health care in the West Bank, an official told journalists on Tuesday. "We see the current flashpoints of violence, attacks on...
Israeli provocations escalate in Syria. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Feb. 23, that Israel will not tolerate the deployment of the new Syrian army south of Damascus. He made...
Iran heightened alert levels near its nuclear sites amid fears of a U.S. and Israeli attack, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday. Two senior government officials told the British newspaper that Iran...
Syria's new interim president pledged on Tuesday to ensure the state has a monopoly on weapons at a national dialogue conference on the country's future after Bashar al-Assad's...
New Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar appears determined. “I want to organize the municipal elections within the scheduled timeframe, that is, next May,” he told L’Orient-Le Jour, shutting down media...
20:48 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live coverage of the confidence vote. We'll be back when it resumes tomorrow morning. 20:47 Beirut Time...
BEIRUT — MP Wael Abou Faour of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) said the U.S. administration has discussed the prospect of a “reconciliation” between Lebanon and Israel with Lebanese...
Fuel prices saw a slight change on Tuesday in Lebanon, according to the new prices published by the Ministry of Energy, with the cost of gasoline going down by a couple of thousand lira while fuel...
President Joseph Aoun personally submitted his asset and interest declaration to the National Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday morning. Judge Claude Karam, the president of this commission,...
The public telephone operator in Lebanon, Ogero, announced on Tuesday on X that the exchanges in Marjayoun, in south Lebanon, and Douma, in north Lebanon, are currently out of service due to...
Syria's economy minister sat down with the Middle East director of the World Bank on Monday to discuss resuming cooperation with the lender, which was suspended under the toppled government of...
By deciding to permanently raise the monthly withdrawal ceiling allowed for by some of its circulars, the Banque du Liban (BDL) is attempting to send positive signals about the fate of deposits...
Palestinian militants said on Monday that an unusual deployment of Israeli tanks in the occupied West Bank, part of a major offensive that has displaced tens of thousands, may be a step toward...
Iran held talks on Monday with European powers Germany, France and Britain about its nuclear program, a senior Iranian diplomat said, describing the meeting in Geneva as constructive. Iran, hit...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:Updates on the cease-fire in Gaza as the deadline for...
BEIRUT — Finance Minister Yassin Jaber confirmed the ministry’s commitment to the former Cabinet’s decision to extend the Lebanese eurobonds interest payment prescription period for three years, in...
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
Lebanese, Israeli delegation to meet in Washington; Lebanon files UN complaint against Iran: Everything you need to know this Thursday
