Aoun praises Saudi Arabia for its 'continued efforts to de-escalate'
President Joseph Aoun on Friday praised Saudi Arabia's "continued efforts" to "de-escalate" and "establish peace" in Yemen, in a message posted on X by the...
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Joseph Aoun condemns 'terrorist attack,' expresses 'deep solidarity' with Syria
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun on Friday condemned what he called a “terrorist attack” on a mosque in an Alawite area of Homs, Syria, that killed at least eight people, and expressed “deep...
26 December 2025
Accused of fraud, Sheikh Khaldoun Oraymet says he fears for his life
Sheikh Khaldoun Oraymet, a Sunni dignitary from the Akkar region (northern Lebanon), said he fears for his life during a press conference held on Friday. For several weeks, this cleric has been...
26 December 2025
Story behind 'sudden,' unconditional release of Israeli-Russian researcher in Iraq
In a joint interview broadcast Thursday with her sister and the U.S. envoy tasked with negotiating for hostages, Adam Boehler, Elizabeth Tsurkov recounted her sudden release, confirming that...
26 December 2025
Yemen separatists say Saudi strikes will not deter them
Yemen separatists said they would not be deterred from pursuing their objectives after strikes they blamed on Saudi Arabia hit their positions Friday, in the latest escalation since they seized...
26 December 2025
Spies, assassinations, pagers attack: Recent alleged Mossad operations in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Ongoing investigations into the possible involvement of Israel’s Mossad in the kidnapping of retired General Security officer Ahmad Ali Shukur in the Bekaa Valley on Dec. 19 add to a list...
Malek Jadah, 26 December 2025
Israel Katz tells military to act 'forcefully' against attacker's village
Defence Minister Israel Katz on Friday ordered the military to launch an operation in the village of Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank after it emerged that a Palestinian who killed two people...
26 December 2025
Islamist militant group claims responsibility for Syria mosque bombing, at least 8 killed
An Islamist militant group claimed responsibility for the bombing of a mosque in an Alawite-majority area of Syria's Homs on Friday, which killed at least eight people. In a statement on...
26 December 2025
Jezzine: Council of State urged to annul election of Municipalities Union
The preliminary report of the reporting advisor to the Council of State, Hiba Braidy, recommends that the institution accept the appeal filed against the vote that led to the election of Bassam...
26 December 2025
‘May God protect us from the Great Satan': Escalation on the minds of Lebanese in Nigeria after US strikes
Hours after the U.S. strike on “an Islamic State base” in Northwest Sotoko, Hussein, a 35-year-old supermarket owner from Lebanon, sits in his shop nestled in one of eastern Lagos’s bustling...
Ghadir Hamadi, 26 December 2025
In Abu Dhabi’s makeshift humanitarian city, life for Gaza evacuees on hold
At first glance, it looks like any other school. Children shout in the hallways, drawings cover the walls, the bell calls them out to recess, and the smell of disinfectant lingers on the...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 26 December 2025
Metro al-Madina set to spring back into 2026
BEIRUT — Hisham Jaber launched a renaissance in Beirut cabaret in January 2012. Actually, he was hesitant to use the word “cabaret” at the time, and he and his collaborators had been developing the...
Jim Quilty, 26 December 2025
Walking into M.F. Husain’s world of art and color in Doha
You arrive by car, and before orientating yourself, you see it: a blue, contemporary structure rising from the landscape, bearing the word qalam (pen). A single stroke. A declaration. The Lawh Wa...
Rayanne TAWIL, 26 December 2025
Political arrests in Iran reflect fears of renewed unrest
“Our voices rise together, strong and determined,” journalist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi told a crowd gathered in Mashhad on Dec. 12, just before being violently arrested...
Léone LAALI, 26 December 2025
President Aoun awards Rodolph Saade the National Order of the Cedar
President Joseph Aoun awarded the Officer’s rank of the National Order of the Cedar to Rodolph Saade, chairman and CEO of CMA CGM, during a ceremony attended by members of the Saade family, as well...
26 December 2025
Two dead in Palestinian attack, Israeli authorities say
A Palestinian assailant ran over a man and stabbed a woman and killed them both in northern Israel on Friday, Israeli emergency services said. The assailant, from the occupied West Bank, was shot...
Reuters, 26 December 2025
Rita Kordahi crafts Lebanese cuisine with a Parisian touch
Lively Rita Maria Kordahi is a young chef who founded Beirut Bakery in Paris less than six years ago.With attention to detail and practiced refinement, she spoke to L'Orient-Le Jour about her...
Joséphine HOBEIKA in Paris, 26 December 2025
Mohammad Faraj, Jordanian journalist residing in Lebanon, detained in Amman
BEIRUT — The detention of Jordanian journalist Mohammad Faraj, from the pan-Arab channel al-Mayadeen, by authorities in Jordan, has sparked significant reaction on social media. His family has...
L'Orient Today staff, 26 December 2025
15 Lebanese on the Forbes Middle East '30 Under 30' list for 2025
BEIRUT — From detecting methane from space and turning agricultural waste into protein to reforming public services and exporting Lebanese products abroad, fifteen Lebanese figures feature in the...
L'Orient Today staff, 26 December 2025
Fuel shortage forces hospital to suspend most services
A major Gaza hospital has suspended several services because of a critical fuel shortage in the devastated Palestinian territory, which continues to face a severe humanitarian crisis, it said....
AFP, 26 December 2025
Staging the ordeal of getting a Lebanese passport in 'My Night in Beirut'
The stage is set: two characters pierce through its total darkness like apparitions in a flash. The recorded voice of a man rings out, recounting a mundane, administrative ordeal: renewing a...
Muriel MAALOUF, 26 December 2025
Homs bombing 'desperate attempt' to destabilise country, says FM
Syria's foreign ministry called Friday's deadly bombing of a Homs mosque a "desperate attempt" to destabilize the country, vowing to hold the perpetrators accountable. In a...
AFP, 26 December 2025
'Israel is the only country in the Middle East where the Christian community is thriving,' says Netanyahu
BEIRUT — In greetings delivered for the Christmas holiday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that Israel is "the only country in the Middle East where the Christian community...
L'Orient Today staff, 26 December 2025
Weapons monopoly: ‘We will go all the way,’ says President Aoun from Bkirki
As the end of the year approaches, along with the close of the first phase of the army plan to restore the monopoly on weapons, President Joseph Aoun said Thursday from the seat of the Maronite...
L'Orient Today staff, 26 December 2025
Nigeria gave US intelligence for strikes on militants
Nigeria on Friday signalled more strikes against jihadist groups were expected after a Christmas Day bombardment by U.S. forces against militants in the north of the country. The west African...
AFP, 26 December 2025
Separatists report Saudi air strikes in Hadramawt
UAE-backed separatists accused Saudi Arabia, the main backer of Yemen's internationally-recognised government, of striking their positions in Hadramawt on Friday, a day after the kingdom urged...
AFP, 26 December 2025
Cabinet approves financial gap law
BEIRUT — Meeting since Friday morning at the Grand Serail, Cabinet approved the financial gap draft law, tackling the return of deposits, after reviewing provisions that were still pending,...
L'Orient Today staff, 26 December 2025
Israeli army says it struck Hezbollah targets Friday
An Israeli army drone carried out at least one strike on Friday on the heights between Kfar Shuba and Shebaa (Hasbaya district), a region claimed by Lebanon, reports our correspondent in southern...
L'Orient Today staff, 26 December 2025
Inspired by a longing for home, a clothing brand that helps heal the pain of exile
Elias Audi, a 17-year-old Lebanese high school student based in Boston, understood well what many expatriates express: homesickness is a real ailment that even frequent trips back home cannot cure....
Fifi ABOU DIB, 26 December 2025
Even on Christmas, no respite from Israeli attacks: Strikes kill 3, local media crew targeted
Israel provided no respite to Lebanon even on Christmas Day as the Israeli army repeatedly targeted the South and the northern Bekaa with airstrikes that killed three people, according to the...
L'Orient Today staff, 26 December 2025
Kurds chief says 'all efforts' being made to salvage deal with Damascus
Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi said Thursday that "all efforts" were being made to prevent the collapse of talks on an agreement with Damascus to integrate his forces into the central...
AFP, 26 December 2025
Katz tells army to act 'forcefully' against village of person who killed 2 Israelis in West Bank | LIVE
21:07 Beirut Time UNIFIL reports Israeli fire near patrols Heavy machine gun fire from Israeli army positions south of the Blue Line struck near a UNIFIL patrol inspecting a checkpoint...
Renee Robledo-Davis, Muntaser Abdallah, Sarah Abdallah, 26 December 2025
US launches Christmas Day strikes on IS targets
President Donald Trump said U.S. forces conducted "powerful and deadly" strikes Thursday against Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria, weeks after he warned against any...
