Lebanese Army frees kidnapped Syrian minor in Baalbeck
The Lebanese Army announced on Tuesday that it freed a minor of Syrian nationality who was kidnapped for ransom in the village of Hortaala in the Baalbeck region. A unit of the Lebanese Army...
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Kataeb calls for clear timetable for disarmament of Hezbollah
The Kataeb party called on Tuesday for "discussing a clear mechanism to collect Hezbollah's illegal weapons" following the escalation at the Lebanese-Israeli border on Saturday....
L'Orient Today staff, 25 March 2025
US gave Syria list of conditions for partial sanctions relief, sources say
The United States has handed Syria a list of conditions that it wants Damascus to fulfill in exchange for partial sanctions relief, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters, including...
Humeyra Pamuk & Maya Gebeily, 25 March 2025
Discover the best of world animation at Burj Hammoud's Cinema Royal
The Beirut Animation Nights festival is back for its third edition, bringing a curated selection of animated short films to the heart of Beirut. The Royal Cinema in Burj Hammoud will host...
L'Orient Today staff, 25 March 2025
Frem announces alliance with the LF, Kataeb and Mansour al-Bon in Kesrwan municipal elections
MP Neemat Frem announced Tuesday his alliance with the Lebanese Forces (LF), Kataeb and former independent MP Mansour al-Bon for the municipal elections in Jounieh scheduled for May. This election...
L'Orient Today staff, 25 March 2025
Public contract teachers strike: 'If the law doesn't grant us our rights, change the law'
Following a two-day warning strike last week, several hundred contract teachers from the public sector gathered Monday morning in Beirut under the slogan "Monday of Anger," rallying...
Anne-Marie El-HAGE, 25 March 2025
Morcos proposes the appointment of a board for Tele-Liban chaired by Bassam Abou Zeid
Information Minister Paul Morcos asked the Cabinet on Tuesday to approve the appointment of a new board for the public television station Tele-Liban, chaired by private channel LBCI journalist...
L'Orient Today staff, 25 March 2025
What you need to know about MP Ali Hassan Khalil's electoral and senate proposals
Once again and for the umpteenth time, the debate on the electoral law ahead of the legislative elections has been reignited in Lebanon. The latest development: two bill proposals presented by MP...
Suzanne BAAKLINI, 25 March 2025
Appeal to the Constitutional Council against the 2025 budget to be filed Wednesday by 11 MPs
11 MPs are expected to file an appeal on Wednesday with the Constitutional Council against the decree promulgating the 2025 budget proposal by the government, at the beginning of March. In their...
25 March 2025
Ghada Aoun praises Nawaf Salam's remarks on lifting banking secrecy
The former attorney general at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, Ghada Aoun, on Tuesday praised the statements made by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who advocated the day before for "lifting...
25 March 2025
Arab mediations resumed in face of Israeli escalation in Gaza
Egypt, Qatar, and Jordan are intensifying efforts to revive Gaza cease-fire negotiations. Led by Arab nations, diplomatic initiatives aim to secure a new truce and reactivate prisoner exchanges, as...
Dany MOUDALLAL, 25 March 2025
Three children killed, several injured in Hermel gas station fire
A major fire broke out Tuesday morning at a gas station in Hermel, in the northern Bekaa (North Lebanon), resulting in three fatalities, all children, and several injuries, according to the Civil...
25 March 2025
Health ministry in Gaza says 792 killed since Israel resumed strikes
The health ministry in Gaza said Tuesday that 792 people had been killed in the week since Israel resumed bombardments on the Palestinian territory, including 62 in the past 24 hours. The ministry...
25 March 2025
Salam says Qleyaat airport could be operational within a year
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Tuesday, during a tour of North Lebanon, the opening of Qleyaat Airport within a year. He also stated that his government's commitment to strengthening...
L'Orient Today staff, 25 March 2025
Aoun calls for Feast of the Annunciation to be 'new beginning to strengthen national unity'
President Joseph Aoun called Tuesday for making the Islamic-Christian Feast of the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary "a new beginning to strengthen our national unity in order to establish a...
25 March 2025
More than 21,000 people have fled massacres in Syria to Lebanon, according to the UN | Live
19:25 Beirut Time This concludes our live coverage for today. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the latest updates. Goodnight! 19:24 Beirut Time The Israeli army...
Muntasser Abdallah, Sarah Abdallah & Nicholas Frakes, 25 March 2025
Joint commissions delay review of Khalil's electoral law proposal, approve special economic zones bill
BEIRUT — The joint parliamentary commissions on Monday postponed the examination of two draft laws related to electoral reform and the creation of a senate, both presented by MP Ali Hassan Khalil,...
L'Orient Today staff, 25 March 2025
Trump admin sent journalist classified US plan for Yemen strikes
A U.S. journalist was inadvertently included in a group chat in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials discussed upcoming strikes against Yemen's...
25 March 2025
Gaza civil defence says 14 killed in Israeli strikes since midnight
Gaza's civil defense said Tuesday that 14 people had been killed since midnight in Israeli strikes on the war-battered Palestinian territory, a week into Israel's renewed offensive....
25 March 2025
Hezbollah's weapons: Lebanese forces unyielding despite pushback
"Hezbollah is doing Israel the greatest service," said Lebanese Forces (LF) MP Ghassan Hasbani in a radio interview Saturday. He went further, claiming that if the Lebanese Army fails to disarm...
Yara ABI AKL, 25 March 2025
Israel strikes Syria bases again despite EU warning
The Israeli army said Tuesday that it had again struck two military bases in central Syria, a day after the European Union's foreign policy chief warned strikes there and in Lebanon risked...
25 March 2025
Hezbollah official reportedly killed in Israeli strike in Qaaqaiyet al-Jisr
An Israeli drone strike reportedly killed a Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon's Qaaqaiyet al-Jisr (Nabatieh district) on Monday evening, according to our correspondent in southern Lebanon....
L'Orient Today staff, 25 March 2025
BDL Governor: A decisive test for the new executive
Lebanese citizens have spent the last weeks caught between the cautious hope they have in their new leadership and the toll of war and economic collapse. Its new government — a president promising...
Collective, 25 March 2025
Co-Director of Oscar-winning 'No Other Land' attacked by settlers, arrested by Israeli army
The Israeli army arrested Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary film "No Other Land," after he was violently attacked by "a mob of Israeli settlers" in the...
