In an interview with the TV channel LBCI on Thursday night, President Michel Aoun said he will give the Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati until Oct. 31 to form a government, "otherwise I will...
Now that cholera has reappeared in Lebanon for the first time since 1993, debate is heating up around the risk of contamination, with conflicting information pouring in on how best to protect...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi on Thursday asked governors "of all districts" to "fully monitor" the implementation of water treatment and "tighten their supervision on all...
ANKARA — Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Thursday that he had asked his staff to start the process of resuming working relations with Turkey after meeting his Turkish counterpart in...
Lebanon and Israel signed a US-mediated maritime border agreement today that allows Lebanon to start gas exploration in its exclusive economic zone and there are hints that Qatar Energy could soon...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah insisted Thursday that the official signing of the maritime border agreement doesn't imply a normalization of relations between Lebanon and Israel....
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Thursday condemned the Wednesday attack on a major Shiite shrine in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, claimed by the Islamic State group, which killed at least 15 people. In...
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia has drastically simplified visa procedures for Lebanese nationals meeting certain criteria, according to a Middle East Airlines (MEA) statement issued Thursday. Passengers...
AMMAN — Jordan’s Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh announced a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday to improve his administration's performance under IMF-guided economic reforms. The...
BEIRUT — Members of the Lebanese and Israeli delegations arrived in Naqoura, in southern Lebanon, Thursday to sign the US-brokered deal on their maritime border. The Lebanese delegation...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Michel Aoun said Thursday that finalizing the maritime border agreement with Israel is "technical work" that bears "no political dimensions" that would contradict...
In Lebanon, National Lawyer’s Day has been observed on Oct. 10 for 12 years, but it has never been more bitter than this year. The crisis — specifically the recurrent judges’ strikes, protesting...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Minister of Social Affairs, Hector Al-Hajjar said Thursday morning that a “second batch” of Syrian refugees will leave Lebanon next week, Thursday during a meeting with caretaker...
CAIRO — Egypt's pound slid 13.5 percent to a record low against the dollar on Thursday as authorities announced a $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal with a commitment to a "durably...
BEIRUT — US mediator Amos Hochstein dodged a question from Al-Manar correspondent, who was going to ask about Israeli drones flying over Lebanon since this morning, during a press...
BEIRUT — As a tribute to the late Professor Melhem Chaoul, a prominent sociologist and someone active in the academic and cultural fields who passed away prematurely earlier this year, the...
JERUSALEM — Israel's government approved a landmark US-brokered maritime border deal with Lebanon on Thursday, a statement from Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office said. Lebanese President Michel...
Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday claimed Israel's foe Lebanon de-facto "recognizes" Israel, due to a maritime border deal the two states are set to sign imminently. "This is a political...
BEIRUT — Lebanon recorded 41 new cholera cases and three deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total to 346 confirmed cases and 14 deaths, the Ministry of Health announced Wednesday evening in its daily...
BEIRUT — Lebanon and Israel signed the final agreement on the delimitation of their shared maritime border Thursday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun signed the deal from Baabda, while...
DUBAI — One member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards was shot dead "by rioters" in the western city of Malayer, according to the official IRNA news agency, on the fortieth day after the death of Mahsa...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The US-mediated maritime border agreement between Lebanon and Israel is scheduled to be signed today at the headquarters of the...
DUBAI — The militant group Islamic State said it carried out an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Iran on Wednesday which killed 15 people, escalating tensions in a country reeling from a wave...
CAIRO — Syrian air defences have downed a number of missiles in an "Israeli aggression" over the capital Damascus' in the third such strike in less than a week, state media reported late on...
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday welcomed the imminent signing of the maritime border agreement between Israel and Lebanon, saying it took "guts" to get it done. Receiving his Israeli...
BEIRUT – The future of Beirut port’s grain silos, which burned under largely unabated fires for several weeks this summer, remains in question. The silos were partially destroyed in the Aug. 4,...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
