Reforms, Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah's weapons and the Israeli-Zionist project: "The challenges are enormous, but we will stand by the president," said former...
The leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Thursday that jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan's call for the militant group to disarm will not affect the SDF. "The...
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati stated on Thursday that the text of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah on Nov. 27 was "sent the same day by the General...
The longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails, Nael Barghouti, who spent more than four decades behind bars, walked free on Thursday under the latest hostage-prisoner swap of a fragile...
The Israeli military carried out airstrikes in Hermel, in the Bekaa Valley for the second consecutive day on Thursday, killing at least two people, according to our correspondent in the region...
The Israeli military said it struck a Hezbollah observation post in south Lebanon on Thursday, calling its presence "a violation of the cease-fire understandings between Israel and...
Israel has received the "green light" from the U.S. to remain in the "buffer zones" in Lebanon and Syria "without a time limit, depending on the situation," Israeli...
Electricity supply has been gradually returning to 'normal' since Wednesday morning, announced Électricité du Liban (EDL) on Thursday, which had recently rationed its supply due to a lack...
After gaining the confidence of the Lebanese Parliament, with 95 favorable votes out of 128 deputies, the new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam received a long series of congratulations and well-wishes...
What could have compelled Sharareh, a Lebanese-Armenian violinist of Iranian descent, to board a flight to Salamanca with a man she had met only days earlier at a National Lebanese Orchestra...
The jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdish militant group PKK called on Thursday for the group to lay down its arms and dissolve itself, in a letter read by Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party....
France Médias Monde (FMM), a global group consisting of RFI, France 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya (MCD), will open a new hub in Beirut at the premises of the École supérieure des affaires (ESA) on...
Founded in 2023 at Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris, the International Research Laboratory on Images and Stage Design (Liris) operates within the Institute for Research in Theater Studies....
Lina Ghotmeh has a stellar, consistent track record: She designed the Hermès workshops in Normandy (inaugurated in 2023), the Estonian National Museum in Tartu, the Stone Garden Housing building in...
BEIRUT — The Syrian Lira experienced a significant improvement in value in the past two months, reaching 9,800 SYP to the dollar on the black market, compared to the 13,200 SYP to the dollar set...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government passed its first parliamentary hurdle. After a lengthy debate in Parliament at Nijmeh Square, it secured a solid majority of 95 votes of confidence on...
Under Donald Trump’s presidency, Washington and Moscow appear determined to restore diplomatic ties and resolve the Ukraine conflict on their own terms.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...
The Shiite Supreme Council, the highest authority for the Shiite community in Lebanon, called on Muslims to observe the crescent moon announcing the beginning of the month of Ramadan on Friday...
French Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Anne-Marie Descôtes met Thursday with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the Grand Serail in Beirut. Discussions focused on the challenges facing the...
After winning Parliament's vote of confidence, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam received a long series of congratulations and best wishes from numerous Lebanese and international political leaders....
Resolution 1701, which aimed to end hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah following the 2006 war, continues to be violated. Lebanon, as President Joseph Aoun stated on Sunday, is "exhausted by...
The telecom company Alfa announced on Thursday that it resumed operations in five centers in southern Lebanon located at the Lebanese-Israeli border, which were damaged during the conflict between...
Israeli fighter jets launched a series of airstrikes overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, targeting military positions in southern Syria, particularly near Damascus and in Deraa province. The...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced on Wednesday that it had discovered and dismantled two Israeli spy devices placed in southern Lebanon, without providing further details on the locations where...
The United States imposed sanctions on six entities based in Hong Kong and China on Wednesday that it accused of being involved in an Iranian drone procurement network, as the Trump administration...
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL 21st), instructed committee staff to refer to the Israeli-occupied West Bank by its Hebrew name "Judea and Samaria,"...
President Isaac Herzog said on Thursday that Israel had a "moral obligation" to bring back all hostages from Gaza captivity following the return of four bodies by Hamas militants....
French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday called on Hamas to stop its "barbarism" after confirmation that French-Israeli hostage Ohad Yahalomi, seized in Hamas's October 2023 attack,...
It is no coincidence that Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem stated that the reconstruction of the predominantly-Shiite areas destroyed by the war should be a priority for the government....
What if the path toward certain long-awaited financial reforms depended on justice? While the most prominent of these reforms — starting with those related to banking restructuring, capital...
21:32 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live coverage. We'll be back tomorrow morning 21:31 Beirut Time Lebanon An Israeli drone strike in Deir...
Israel freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, shortly after saying Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over coffins believed to contain the bodies of four hostages. Prime...
Turkey's leading pro-Kurd party said it was expecting a "historic declaration" Thursday from the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, amid efforts...
In the Syrian region of Kisweh, southwest of Damascus, residents jolted awake by Israeli strikes voiced their fears Wednesday of a fresh escalation after similar attacks had appeared to taper off...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 10:00 a.m.: Joint meeting of leaderships from Amal...
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
