Iraq slams US after deadly strikes on pro-Iran forces
BAGHDAD — US air strikes targeting pro-Iranian forces in Iraq claimed at least one life and drew an angry response from Baghdad Tuesday amid high regional tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in...
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Bodies of Kuwaiti and Saudi missing in Iraq found
DUBAI — Iraqi authorities have found the bodies of a Kuwaiti and a Saudi national resident in Kuwait who went missing while on a hunting trip in a desert area of Iraq, Kuwait's foreign minister...
26 December 2023
Mothers, children in Beirut show solidarity with Gaza
BEIRUT — Around 200 people, mostly mothers and children, gathered in Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Tuesday, to show solidarity with the children of Gaza, a day after Christmas, while the war still...
26 December 2023
Archbishop Hage criticized for meeting with Israeli president
BEIRUT — The Maronite Patriarchal Vicar of Haifa and Jerusalem, Archbishop Moussa al-Hage, once again faced criticism from Hezbollah party members and supporters for his annual meeting with Israeli...
26 December 2023
Nine Israeli soldiers wounded in Hezbollah strike on church
TEL AVIV — Israel's military said Tuesday an anti-tank missile fired by Lebanese Hezbollah group wounded nine soldiers as they rescued a civilian who was injured in another cross-border strike....
26 December 2023
Bildits, the successful Lebanese building kits going global
Many kids have found Bildits sets under their Christmas trees this holiday season. “We received very encouraging feedback from parents. They told us that children have never concentrated so hard...
Fouad GEMAYEL, 26 December 2023
Suppliers threaten to suspend food to Lebanese prisons
BEIRUT — Six companies have threatened to "stop supplying food to several Lebanese prisons by the end of 2023," in a letter sent to the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces,...
26 December 2023
Christmas in south Lebanon: Ain Ibl enjoys an enchanted interlude
AIN IBL, Nabatieh — In the schoolyard of Collège Saint-Joseph des Soeurs des Saints-Coeurs in Ain Ibl, a flock of soldiers in blue berets garnish stacks of pancakes with chocolate. Showers of rain...
Caroline HAYEK, 26 December 2023
Minister of defense freezes weapon licenses ahead of New Years
BEIRUT — The Lebanese caretaker Minister of National Defense Maurice Slim decided on Tuesday to freeze the validity of licenses to carry weapons in all Lebanese territories, according to state-run...
26 December 2023
In numbers: Hezbollah’s casualties
After Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on Oct. 7, Hezbollah opened a battlefront in support of Hamas from Lebanon’s south. The party officially became involved in the conflict on Oct. 8, when it launched...
Elie WEHBE, 26 December 2023
Iran's Raisi to visit Turkey on Jan. 4 for talks focused on Gaza
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Ankara on Jan. 4 to meet his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan for talks likely to focus on the situations in Gaza and Syria as well as bilateral...
26 December 2023
Army commander meets with defense minister, despite tense relationship
BEIRUT — Lebanese Army Commander Joseph Aoun visited the caretaker defense minister, Maurice Slim, in the latter's office in Yarzeh on Tuesday for the occasion of Christmas, according to state-run...
26 December 2023
Hamiyeh criticizes power rationing at Beirut airport
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker minister of public Works and transport, Ali Hamiyeh, denounced on Tuesday a power rationing at Beirut International Airport, pointing out that the government had...
26 December 2023
Israel army arrests senior Palestinian lawmaker Jarrar
The Israeli army on Tuesday said it arrested senior Palestinian politician Khalida Jarrar in the occupied West Bank, along with other activists of her leftist party....
26 December 2023
Explosions heard in skies over Egypt's Dahab city
Explosions were heard over the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Dahab on Tuesday, Egypt's Al Qahera News TV reported. "A flying object was downed approximately 2 km from the...
26 December 2023
Israeli minister hints at retaliatory actions taken in Iraq, Yemen, Iran
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hinted on Tuesday that the country had retaliated in Iraq, Yemen and Iran for attacks carried out against it as the war with Hamas-led Palestinian militants in...
26 December 2023
Lebanese army rescues would-be migrants from sinking boat off the northern coast
BEIRUT — The Lebanese army announced on Tuesday that it rescued 54 would-be migrants who were on a boat that broke down and was used to "smuggle people illegally." "Following information about a...
26 December 2023
Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in West Bank raid
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Tuesday in a raid on a refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestinian health ministry said. The two –...
26 December 2023
Children among 5 killed in Russian strikes on Syria
Russian air strikes on the last major rebel stronghold in Syria killed five civilians from the same family, including three children, rescuers and a war monitor said on Tuesday....
26 December 2023
Baghdad denounces US strikes in Iraq as 'hostile act'
Iraq on Tuesday denounced US air strikes in the country as a "hostile act" after the Pentagon said it had targeted three sites used by pro-Iran forces after coming under fire....
26 December 2023
One dead, 24 wounded in strikes on pro-Iran sites in Iraq
One member of pro-Iranian forces in Iraq was killed and 24 other people were wounded in strikes Tuesday, security sources said, after the United States said it had conducted retaliatory strikes in...
26 December 2023
Israel PM says no peace until Hamas destroyed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted peace can only be achieved in Gaza if Hamas is destroyed, the territory demilitarised and Palestinian society "deradicalized," after warning...
26 December 2023
'Harrowing': WHO decries deadly strike on Gaza refugee camp
World Health Organization staff visited Monday a Gaza hospital receiving casualties from deadly strikes on a refugee camp, hearing distressing stories of entire families killed and seeing dying...
26 December 2023
Fuel prices slightly decrease
BEIRUT — Fuel prices slightly decreased on Tuesday while the price of gas cylinders increased, according to the Ministry of Energy. Here are the new prices: - 20 liters of 95-octane gasoline:...
26 December 2023
Iran Guards say Israeli strike kills senior general in Syria
An Israeli strike in Syria has killed a senior general with Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the military force said, with Tehran vowing retribution. The incident further...
26 December 2023
Two killed, one injured in Israeli strike on car in south Lebanon: Day 81 of Hamas-Israel war
21:08 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage from day 81 of the Hamas-Israel war. We'll be back tomorrow with more news updates and analysis, right here a t L'Orient...
Malek Jadah, 26 December 2023
Continued border clashes, flooding in Lebanon, arson in Tripoli: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on our LIVE coverage of Day 77 , Day 78 , Day 79 and Day 80 of the Israel-Hamas war. Hezbollah announced the...
