After an especially deadly weekend, two brothers were killed Monday afternoon in an Israeli drone strike on a sawmill in the town of Biyad, south of Sour in southern Lebanon, bringing the death...
The president of the Libyan al-Qumma party, Abdallah Naqer, recently proposed that his party — founded in 2011 in the wake of the uprising against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi — pay half of...
Hamas said Monday it would hand over the remains of a deceased hostage, the 16th since a cease-fire began, shortly after families of missing Israelis called for a suspension of the Gaza truce until...
After creating the position of vice president of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) earlier this year and appointing his close adviser, Hussein al-Sheikh, to it,...
A delegation from the parliamentary Hezbollah-Amal Movement bloc, who support keeping the electoral law as is — and thus the six seats reserved for the diaspora — met with President Joseph Aoun,...
The Lebanese Forces (LF) made their decision as early as Sunday night: Their MPs will not participate in Tuesday's parliamentary session, which is notably set to adopt an emergency assistance...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today...
In the early hours of Sunday, around 1 a.m., 24-year-old Lebanese Elio Abou Hanna was shot dead by an armed Palestinian patrol while driving in the eastern part of the Shatila Palestinian camp,...
The French Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned "the Israeli fire that targeted a detachment of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon [UNIFIL]" on Sunday, noting that these...
The Israeli army accused UNIFIL, the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, on Monday of shooting down one of its "intelligence" drones in southern Lebanon near Kfar Kila the previous day,...
On Sept. 2, MP Cynthia Zarazir presented an urgent draft law — or fast-track bill — to amend Article 1 of the Lebanese nationality law . At first glance, the proposition is deceptively...
One worker was killed after a wall collapsed at a construction site near al-Rahman Mosque in Tripoli, trapping him for two hours, while another worker was rescued earlier and survived, L’Orient...
BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV landed in Lebanon on Sunday afternoon, beginning a highly anticipated three-day visit to the country. His arrival follows a trip to Turkey. Local authorities have rolled out...
Israel said on Monday it had allowed a team including Red Cross staff, Egyptian rescuers, and a Hamas member to search for the bodies of deceased hostages in Gaza. "The Red Cross, the...
While the cease-fire in Gaza has already suffered a few setbacks, with Israel resuming sporadic strikes on the enclave, a pressing question arises regarding the next phases of Donald Trump’s plan:...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared on Monday that the emergency situation status put in place for southern Israel during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack, would be lifted the following...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo will visit eight towns and cities in Turkey and Lebanon later this year, the Vatican said on Monday, his first trip outside Italy as pontiff, and he is expected to make...
“The Turks were fantastic. President Erdogan was fantastic,” U.S. President Donald praised his Turkish counterpart’s role in securing the Gaza cease-fire on Oct. 13, just before leaving for the...
BEIRUT — Egyptian ambassador to Lebanon Alaa Moussa expressed his country's support for President Joseph Aoun on Monday during their meeting at Baabda Presidential Palace, saying Cairo “stands...
JERUSALEM — The families of Israeli hostages on Monday demanded that the next steps in the U.S.-brokered Gaza cease-fire be put on hold until Hamas returns the remaining bodies of dead captives....
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Sunday night that his party has no intention of provoking a new war against Israel but is ready to defend itself if a conflict erupts. He added that, despite this...
BEIRUT — Journalist Bassam Barrak, who passed away on Monday at the age of 53 after a long illness, was a familiar face on Lebanese TV, where his decades spent as a news anchor earned him praise...
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an American non-profit tasked with providing aid for Palestinian civilians in Gaza, told AFP on Saturday it stands ready to resume shipments under a...
Student elections seem to reflect the popular sentiment on the political scene. In the 2025 elections, the camp opposed to Hezbollah, particularly the Lebanese Forces (LF), achieved remarkable...
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BEKAA — Two young men died inside a tunnel in the mountainous area between the towns of Lala and Baaloul in western Bekaa while searching for gold and artifacts, L'Orient Today's...
The Khalifeh brothers (Ayad and Sari) are undoubtedly great musicians and performers. They demonstrated this during their cello-piano recital on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, as part of the...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Forces decided on Sunday night during a meeting in Meerab that their MPs would boycott Tuesday's Parliament meeting, which will be dedicated to adopting an emergency...
Paris is working to restore its image (and reputation). Less than a week after the spectacular Louvre heist, in which eight pieces of jewelry worth 88 million euros were stolen, the city’s cultural...
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday that Washington does not view Israel's bombardment of Nuseirat refugee camp as a violation...
Lebanon braces for a particularly heavy week on the diplomatic front. Alongside a new meeting of the cease-fire monitoring mechanism — chaired by its new head, General Joseph Clearfield, and...
21:54 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage of the region for tonight. We will be back tomorrow morning with more news updates. 20:37 Beirut Time...
The outcry continues to mount over the state of the bodies of Palestinians repatriated to the Gaza Strip. Since Oct. 13, 2025, 195 bodies have been returned by the Israeli state as part of a...
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Iran declared one of the country's largest private banks bankrupt with its assets absorbed by the state, official media reported Saturday, in a rare move in the country grappling with...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam traveled Saturday to Rome and the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo XIV ahead of the pontiff's planned visit to Lebanon at the end of November. According to the...
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
Lebanese, Israeli delegation to meet in Washington; Lebanon files UN complaint against Iran: Everything you need to know this Thursday
