Iran warns against 'instability' after US strike group arrives
Iran's president on Tuesday warned U.S. "threats" against the Islamic republic would only cause instability, as a U.S. naval strike group led by an aircraft carrier took up position...
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A 2.5-magnitude earthquake recorded in West Bekaa
The National Center for Geophysics in Bhannes, affiliated with the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), reported Tuesday that it registered a 2.5-magnitude earthquake on the Richter...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 January 2026
Nouh Zeaiter questioned for two days by the military investigating judge
Following his arrest last November in an ambush on Kneisseh road in Baalbeck, Nouh Zeaiter, a drug baron in Lebanon, was questioned last week by military investigating judge Houssam Atallah over...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 January 2026
Rajji says he asked Araghchi to 'convince Hezbollah to act with reason'
Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji said Tuesday that he asked his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, who was visiting Beirut on Jan. 9, to "convince Hezbollah to act with reason."...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 January 2026
Iran neighbors will be considered 'hostile' if territory used to launch attack: IRGC
Iran neighbors will be considered 'hostile' if territory used to launch attack: IRGC
27 January 2026
U.S. to conduct multi-day military exercise in Middle East
The United States on Tuesday announced a major multi-day Air Force exercise in the Middle East, as Washington and Tehran face off over Iran's deadly crackdown on anti-government demonstrations....
L'Orient Today staff, 27 January 2026
EDL director questioned over fraud complaint against MEP at Zouk and Jiyeh plants
BEIRUT — Jamal Hajjar, public prosecutor at the Court of Cassations, questioned Kamal Hayek, the director general of Électricité du Liban (EDL), over suspicions that Middle East Power (MEP) —...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 January 2026
Hezbollah member killed in Israeli strike in Sour district
The Israeli army carried out strikes on Lebanese territory on Tuesday, killing a Hezbollah member, Hussein Ahmad Mardina, in Batoulieh (Sour district). According to initial reports, the strike...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 January 2026
Lebanese Parliament debates 2026 budget amid public sector grievances and regional tensions
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Parliament discussed the 2026 state budget in the last week of January, hoping to pass it before the end of the month and prevent the government from promulgating it unchanged...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 January 2026
World Bank approves $350 million new loans to support Lebanon’s recovery
BEIRUT — The World Bank (WB) said on Tuesday it had approved $350 million in new financing for Lebanon, aimed at helping the country’s "poor and vulnerable" while modernizing public...
L'Orient Today staff/Reuters, 27 January 2026
Syria's al-Sharaa to meet Putin in Russia on Wednesday
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday for talks, the Kremlin said, in the former rebel commander's second visit to Russia since he ousted...
27 January 2026
Syria must avoid 'security vacuum' that could aid IS: European, U.S. statement
In a joint statement with the US and European allies on Tuesday, France called on Syria's government and Kurdish forces to "avoid any security vacuum" that could benefit the Islamic...
27 January 2026
Iran warns of 'destructive consequences' if Revolutionary Guards listed as terror group by EU
Iran has warned of "destructive consequences" if the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is listed as a terrorist organization by the EU, state media reported Tuesday, after...
27 January 2026
Hamas seeking a role for its police in Gaza before discussions on disarmament
Hamas is seeking to integrate its 10,000 police officers into a new Palestinian administration for Gaza, backed by the United States, according to Reuters . This demand is expected to be met with...
27 January 2026
Fake delivery drivers spark insecurity; Razi al-Hajj refers case to prosecutor
In response to a surge in thefts, assaults and murders committed in the Metn area by individuals posing as delivery drivers, Razi al-Hajj, a Lebanese Forces MP from Metn, asked the public...
Claude ASSAF, 27 January 2026
Meeting between Aoun's security adviser, 'mechanism' head
The security and military advisor to President Joseph Aoun, retired General Antoine Mansour, met Tuesday with U.S. Colonel David Leon Klingensmith, deputy head of the cease-fire oversight committee...
27 January 2026
After Berri’s visit, are Joseph Aoun and Hezbollah heading toward reconciliation?
Barely 48 hours after Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s visit to the Presidential Palace in Baabda on Friday, channels of dialogue between President Joseph Aoun and Hezbollah were reactivated. Both...
Yara ABI AKL, 27 January 2026
UN push to get hundreds of thousands of Gaza children back to school
The United Nations announced Tuesday a major push to get hundreds of thousands of children across the war-scarred Gaza Strip back to school. Since the start of the war sparked by Hamas'...
27 January 2026
Which assets is the US military deploying to the region?
The United States sent significant military deployments to the Middle East in January, raising fears of an imminent U.S. attack on Iran, amid rising tensions between the two countries.Almost two...
Malek Jadah, 27 January 2026
In Tripoli, the Colorado Cinema shuts down: A jewel lost to oblivion
The Colorado in Tripoli, once among the city's most important cinemas, has been sold. It is expected to be converted into a commercial space. This marks yet another step toward the erosion of...
Nanette Ziadé-Ritter, 27 January 2026
'Al-Beit baytak,' a Lebanese musical with good intentions...
In a mountain village, nestled between hills and waterfalls, a small abandoned family house suddenly awakens from its long slumber.Joumana (Maya Yammine), who inherited it, has decided to part with...
Zéna ZALZAL, 27 January 2026
How to respond to Hezbollah’s narrative?
For months now, Hezbollah, along with its MPs, senior figures and a broader circle of clerics, journalists and online activists have pushed to firmly plant the idea that the Lebanese State bears...
Élie FAYAD, 27 January 2026
Tax hikes, insufficient spending, lack of vision: Parliamentary committee’s key criticism of 2026 budget law
The MPs, who held a plenary session from Tuesday to Thursday, have until the end of the month to debate and adopt the 2026 budget law and its amendments — otherwise, the draft that the Cabinet...
Mounir YOUNES, 27 January 2026
Khulaifi warns, ‘any escalation in the region will have a direct impact on Lebanon’
Qatar’s State Minister at the Foreign Affairs Ministry Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi’s visit to Beirut reflects Qatar’s commitment to establish stability across the region.Doha...
Mounir RABIH, 27 January 2026
Lebanon's leaders slam Qassem's stance on possible US-Iran conflict
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem's speech on Monday sparked criticism from across political spectrum after saying his party was "concerned by the need to face the...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 January 2026
New 2.5 magnitude tremor recorded in western Bekaa
BEIRUT — A 2.5 magnitude tremor took place on Tuesday at 5:41 a.m., with its epicenter located in the Marj area of the western Bekaa district, reported the Geophysics department of the National...
27 January 2026
Hunger strike at Roumieh Prison amid ‘tragic and explosive’ situation
In a video filmed inside Building B of Roumieh Prison, which houses Salafist inmates, a detainee standing alongside about 59 other prisoners announced on Sunday the launch of an open-ended hunger...
Claude ASSAF, 27 January 2026
Interior Ministry sets valet parking fees at 400,000 LL maximum
The Interior and Tourism ministries have issued a circular raising the maximum rate for valet parking services to 400,000 Lebanese liras. Since February 2025, the official fee for valet services in...
27 January 2026
Googoosh, the ‘Persian Fairuz,’ calls on Trump to 'act now' over Iran
The interview was scheduled for the very end of 2025 – to discuss the release of her landmark autobiography, "A Sinful Voice," co-written with Tara Dehlavi – when, on Dec. 28, a wave of...
Karl RICHA, 27 January 2026
Building collapse in Qobbeih: Tributes and funerals for 2 victims after a night of anger in Tripoli
Elissar al-Mir, a woman in her twenties trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed over the weekend in the Qobbeih neighborhood of Tripoli, was found dead Tuesday evening by Civil...
28 January 2026
Rights group says confirmed Iran protest toll over 6,000
A U.S.-based rights group said Tuesday it had confirmed the deaths of over 6,000 people in protests in Iran suppressed by security forces, adding it was investigating over 17,000 more potential...
27 January 2026
In Israel, Arab parties revive 'Joint List' to counter Netanyahu
Will they succeed in forming a united front against Benjamin Netanyahu and blocking his path to another government? The announcement certainly made waves on the Israeli political scene. On...
Noura DOUKHI, 27 January 2026
US aircraft carrier arrives in the Gulf as crackdown continues
Uncertainty persisted Tuesday over U.S. President Donald Trump’s intentions, after he dispatched a military fleet off the coast of Iran, maintaining the threat of intervention in response to...
27 January 2026
Why the 1979 revolution hasn’t happened again in Iran (yet)
This is the most existential threat the Islamic Republic has ever faced — a situation reminiscent of the revolution that brought it to power against the shah’s regime.But, unlike the 1978-1979...
Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 27 January 2026
'We have nothing left': Thousands protest outside Parliament against 2026 budget bill
Thousands of protesters demonstrated Wednesday outside Parliament against the 2026 budget bill, which lawmakers are reviewing this morning and are expected to put to a vote after three days of...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 January 2026
Netanyahu says will respond with 'force Iran has never seen' if it attacks Israel| LIVE
21:14 Beirut Time Netanyahu says will respond with 'force Iran has never seen' if it attacks Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that Israel would strike back if...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 January 2026
'At this rate, the whole city will be evacuated': In Tripoli, collapsing buildings are costing lives
Qobbeih, Tripoli, North Lebanon. Civil Defense rescuers dig through the rubble to make their way inside. After more than 30 hours of relentless work, on Sunday morning, they are still searching for...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE and Yara Sarkis reporting from Tripoli., 27 January 2026
Lebanon reports Israeli truce violations to SC, Israel kills 1 in Sour, last hostage remains returned from Gaza: Everything you need to know this Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:11 a.m. A session to discuss and approve the 2026...
