BEIRUT — The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said it has counted more than "10,000 Israeli air and ground violations" since the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese basketball team won their first qualifying match for the upcoming 2027 Basketball World Cup in Lusail, Qatar. Ahmad Farran’s squad, playing their first official game under...
BEIRUT — Habib Rizkallah, the judge assigned to review former prosecutor Ghassan Oueidate’s abuse-of-power complaint against Beirut port blast investigator Tarek Bitar, completed his inquiry on...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that the Trump administration was "not worthy" of contact or cooperation with the Islamic republic. "Such a...
The FBI searched multiple properties in Washington state and San Diego on Thursday in what officials said was a terrorism probe into an Afghan national suspected of shooting two National Guard...
Germany, Italy, France and Britain called on Israel to abide by international law and protect Palestinians in the occupied territories in a joint statement on Thursday. "We - France, Germany,...
The showdown between Karim Khayyat, president of Middle East Power (MEP) — the Lebanese company operating the Zouk (Kesrouan) and Jiyyeh (Chouf) power plants — and Électricité du Liban (EDL) has...
NORTH LEBANON — The Public Works and Transport Minister, Fayez Rasamny, and MP Ahmad Kheir (Minieh-Dennieh) inaugurated the seaside promenade in the town of Minieh, North Lebanon, on Thursday, in...
Father Mario studies the basalt facade of Saint Daniel Church in Menjez (Akkar district), displeased.“That electrical cable needs to be covered. And the white paint on the stones here,” he sighed....
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stated Thursday that Hezbollah's weapons "have protected neither the party's leaders nor the Lebanese," also acknowledging that the country is...
BEIRUT — Finance Minister Yassine Jaber said Thursday that the government is "working to reposition Lebanon on the region’s economic map" during the Union of Arab Banks conference, titled...
BEIRUT — Druze leader Walid Joumblatt slammed Iran’s Ali Akbar Velayati for treating Lebanon as a “mailbox” between Tehran and Washington, disregarding the safety of its people. “We reject the...
SOUTH LEBANON — One year after the start of a cease-fire that is routinely violated, the Israeli army on Thursday afternoon struck hills and valleys in the Mahmoudieh and Jarmak areas of Jezzine,...
Iraq said on Thursday it would investigate an attack on an Emirati-owned gas complex in the autonomous Kurdistan region, which disrupted gas supplies and caused power cuts. Sabah al-Numan, the...
"For us, all issues are a priority because, in the end, every Lebanese has their own concerns, and the government takes all of them into consideration," Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said...
BEIRUT — Cabinet began its scheduled meeting late Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Grand Serail, with an agenda unrelated to the state’s monopoly on arms. The Lebanese Army is not expected to submit its...
She looks as if she hasn’t seen the sun for months. With tangled hair, Lara*, 31, greets us in a faint voice. Her movements are limited, mechanical. Sheltered by friends 250 kilometers from home,...
SOUTH LEBANON — One year after the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, the Israeli army continues to occupy five positions inside Lebanese territory, reinforcing and expanding...
DUBAI — Australia's listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a state sponsor of terrorism is "an unjustified and insulting action," Iran's foreign ministry said in a...
Last September, before completing her eight-year term as head of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay announced the rehabilitation project for Beirut's Grand Theater. "She asked the Culture Ministry to...
Every day is made by the day before it, and the one before that, and every other day before that. It's easier to ignore how much we are really ruled by our pasts, because it's frustrating...
Imports in Lebanon have almost returned to their pre-crisis level. Between last January and August, the value of imported goods reached nearly $13 billion. Customs sources anticipate a total for...
ANKARA — A maritime demarcation deal signed between Lebanon and Cyprus violates the rights of Turkish Cypriots on the island and is therefore unacceptable, Turkey said on Thursday. Lebanon and...
More than a month after a cease-fire was announced in Gaza and all living Israeli hostages were released, Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza...
It is late at night when Mohammad Allan Draghmi's front door is violently forced open. Since around midnight, on the night of Tuesday, Nov. 25, to Wednesday, Nov. 26, the Israeli army has...
"My father opened this restaurant 20 years ago. Today, it's my turn to help him revive it." In the viral video (150,000 views on TikTok) shared last November, a smiling young boy...
BEIRUT — United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert released a statement on Thursday, on the occasion of the one-year mark since an ostensible cease-fire was brought...
Tom Barrack, the U. S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Lebanon and Syria until about a month ago, told the New York Times that if Israel senses any threat, “They’re going to respond...
One year ago today, a cease-fire was reached between Israel and Hezbollah after 13 months of war that followed Israel's war on Gaza. But since its implementation on Nov. 27, 2024, the Israeli...
BEIRUT — Walid Moussa was reelected president of the Syndicate of Real Estate Agents and Consultants in Lebanon (REAL) for a four-year term on Nov. 26, during elections to replace four board...
BAGHDAD — A rocket attack hit a storage tank at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field, one of the largest in the Kurdistan region, shutting production and causing power cuts, joint field operator Dana Gas...
What will happen after the pope’s visit? The question now hangs over every debate in Lebanon. People cling to this symbolic event, hoping that the pontiff’s blessing might ward off danger. They...
Hamas called on mediating countries Wednesday to pressure Israel to allow safe passage for dozens of its fighters holed up in tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip. The request came after the Israeli...
23:24 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live bog, see you tomorrow for more. 20:58 Beirut Time UNIFIL marks one year since cease-fire, reports over 10,000...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo set off on Thursday on his first trip outside Italy as leader of the Catholic Church, leaving Rome for Turkey, where he was expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle...
“You ask me if, had I known on July 11 that this operation would lead to such a war, would I have done it? My answer is no, absolutely not.”This was what slain Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Nov. 27 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:• The ongoing large-scale Israeli army raids of...
In southeast Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil district), Hussein Daher is getting used to a new reality.On the heights of Jal al-Deir, in occupied Lebanese territory, the Israeli army is erecting...
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
