Lebanon’s draft budget is a band-aid on a gaping wound
BEIRUT — The draft budget for 2024, debated but not yet passed this week by Parliament, has come under heavy criticism by members of the civil society and legislature alike. Namely, it relies...
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Body of 7-year-old girl found amid flooding in Akkar
BEIRUT —The body of a 7-year-old Syrian girl was found on Saturday by the Civil Defense after heavy rainfall, hailstorms and snowfall overnight in northern Lebanon. Towns near al-Kabir River and...
Ghadir Hamadi, 27 January 2024
South Africa hails 'decisive victory' at ICJ
PRETORIA — South Africa on Friday hailed a ruling by the United Nations' top court that Israel should do everything it can to prevent any acts of genocide in Gaza, with President Cyril Ramaphosa...
26 January 2024
UN agency for Palestinian refugees sacks employees for alleged Oct. 7 role
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday it had sacked several employees accused by Israel of involvement in Hamas's unprecedented Oct. 7 attack. The accusations had prompted the United...
26 January 2024
Senior Hamas official: ICJ ruling helps to 'isolate' Israel
DOHA — Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on Friday was an important development that contributed to isolating Israel and exposing its...
26 January 2024
Weaponizing doubt: How misinformation and confirmation bias risk fueling the war in Gaza
As the war in Gaza rages toward its fifth month, the world is following the violence closely, but many are not considering all available information about events on the ground. With the ICJ now...
Nick Newsom, 26 January 2024
1,003 public schools receive funds from UNICEF: Halabi
BEIRUT — United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) began the distribution of funds to 1,003 public schools in Lebanon, caretaker Education Minister Abbas Halabi announced on Friday, according to...
Malek Jadah, 26 January 2024
Floating Lebanon’s currency: Would it ride the waves of the market or sink to the bottom of the sea?
This article is part two of a three-part series. Read part one here and part three here . 2024 has dawned upon us, bringing Lebanon into its fifth year of economic crisis — one of...
Stephanie Bechara, 26 January 2024
In memorium: Lebanon’s two-decade lira peg
This article is part one of a three-part series. Read part two here and part three here . 2024 has dawned upon us, bringing Lebanon into its fifth year of economic crisis — one of...
Stephanie Bechara, 26 January 2024
Nawaf Salam: Lebanese judge at the World Court
Born in 1953 into a prominent Beirut political family, Nawaf Salam could have been prime minister, captain of a failing ship and miracle worker. He could have been the man the country was waiting...
Stéphanie KHOURI, 26 January 2024
Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza
The UN top court on Friday said Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza and facilitate "urgently needed" humanitarian aid into the besieged territory, handing down rulings in a case that has...
26 January 2024
Maurice Slim-Joseph Aoun: An indefinite soap opera
L’Orient-Le Jour learned that caretaker Defense Minister Maurice Slim has still not agreed to meet with Army Chief Joseph Aoun. He has so far refrained from setting a date for the formal visit by...
Yara ABI AKL, 26 January 2024
UK's Cameron says he sees progress towards pausing Gaza fighting
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said after a Middle East tour on Friday that progress has been made towards a deal to halt fighting in Gaza, bring in more aid and release Israeli...
26 January 2024
UKMTO reports missiles incident southwest of Aden
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Friday it had received a report of two missiles exploding in waters near a ship off Yemen's port of Aden. The...
26 January 2024
Turkey tells Britain immediate full cease-fire needed in Gaza
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told British counterpart David Cameron during a meeting in Istanbul on Friday that an immediate cease-fire was needed in Gaza, a Turkish diplomatic source...
26 January 2024
Rescued from the sea in Lebanon, a Syrian child dies in Cyprus
After six days and nights without water or food, drifting on a small boat, cramped, freezing and exhausted, some sixty Syrian migrants who set out from Akkar (North Lebanon) on Jan. 18 were rescued...
26 January 2024
Israel's El Al says suspending South Africa route in wake of World Court case
El Al Israel Airlines said on Friday it was suspending its route to Johannesburg at the end of March, citing a steep drop in demand after South Africa accused Israel of genocide at the World Court....
26 January 2024
In border town Arzoun, war seems in the offing
Nagham Kriek looks up to the sky but she can’t spot anything. “Do you see that white dot there? That’s an MK. It’s spinning,” said her older sister Rahab, pointing toward the blue sky. Their...
Emmanuel HADDAD, 26 January 2024
Lebanon’s 2024 Budget: What transpired during Day 2 of the Parliamentary sessions
BEIRUT – On Thursday, Jan. 25, members of Parliament gathered for a second day to discuss Lebanon’s draft budget for 2024. In an unprecedented move since the mid-2000s, Parliament could actually...
Stephanie Bechara, 26 January 2024
More than 26,000 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct.7
At least 26,083 Palestinians have been killed and 64,487 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct.7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Friday. Some 183...
26 January 2024
China presses Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red Sea, sources say
Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, or risk harming business relations with Beijing, four Iranian...
26 January 2024
Top UN court to rule on landmark Israel Gaza genocide case
The top UN court hands down an initial decision Friday in a case against Israel over alleged genocide in Gaza, a landmark ruling closely watched in the Middle East and around the world....
26 January 2024
CIA chief heading to Europe for Gaza negotiations
The director of the CIA will meet in Europe with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts plus the Qatari prime minister, aiming to negotiate a truce and hostage release in the Israeli-Hamas war, US...
26 January 2024
42 percent drop in Suez traffic following Huthi attacks
The volume of commercial traffic passing through the Suez Canal has fallen more than 40 percent in the last two months after attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to the United Nations,...
26 January 2024
Rockets fired at gas complex in northern Iraq
Rockets were fired at a gas complex in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region late Thursday, a security source and a local official told AFP. "Two Katyusha...
26 January 2024
Gazan authorities say Israel kills 20 waiting for aid in Gaza
Authorities in the Gaza Strip said Thursday that Israeli forces had killed 20 people waiting for humanitarian aid to be distributed, as Israel pressed its blistering assault in the territory....
26 January 2024
Houthis in Moscow discuss 'pressure' on US, Israel to end Gaza war
A Houthi delegation discussed on Thursday during a rare visit to Moscow "the need to increase efforts to pressure" the United States and Israel to end the Gaza war, a spokesman for the Yemeni...
26 January 2024
Four injured, two critically, in Israeli strikes on three homes in Beit Lif, south Lebanon: Day 112 of Hamas-Israel war
22:25 Beirut Time Thanks for following our LIVE blog. We'll be back tomorrow. 21:07 Beirut Time 🔴 Breaking: Israeli strikes on three houses in the southern...
Malek Jadah, 26 January 2024
Israeli bombings, migrant child dies, 2024 budget vote: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 111 of the Israel-Hamas war here . Israeli attacks continued to ravage southern...
