Hezbollah calls on Aoun to 'end political submission'
Hezbollah on Wednesday accused the American administration of wanting to turn Lebanon into an "American-Israeli colony" and of pushing the Lebanese government into making "faulty...
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Receiving Salam, Sisi reaffirms Egypt's 'full support' for Lebanon
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Wednesday at the presidential palace in the city of al-Alamein, north of Cairo, and reaffirmed his...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Menassa in Kuwait: Meetings with interior minister, Lebanese community
Lebanese Defense Minister Michel Menassa, during his visit to Kuwait, met Wednesday with the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahd Youssef Saoud al-Sabah. According to...
27 August 2025
NGO says starving Gaza children too weak to cry
The head of Save the Children described in horrific detail Wednesday the slow agony of starving children in Gaza, saying they are so weak they do not even cry. Addressing a Security Council...
27 August 2025
Israel steps up operations around Gaza City, ahead of meeting at White House
The Israeli army intensified its operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, ahead of a White House meeting chaired by Donald Trump focused on postwar plans for the devastated Palestinian territory....
27 August 2025
Netanyahu refers to Armenian ‘genocide,’ an Israeli first
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, for the first time in his country’s history, referred to the mass killings and deportations carried out by the Ottoman Empire against several...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Lebanese Army destroys cannabis field
The Lebanese Army destroyed a field of hashish plants on Wednesday in the Ras Baalbeck area of the Bekaa region, near the border with Syria. In a statement, the army announced that its...
27 August 2025
Tehran 'not interfering in Lebanon’s internal affairs,' Aragchi insists
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is "not interfering in Lebanon’s internal affairs" and is "ready to cooperate with Saudi Arabia to help resolve the Lebanese...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Islamist detainees in Lebanon: New sit-ins, Syrian delegation now expected Monday
New sit-ins, organized by the families of detainees, took place on Wednesday in front of Roumieh prison in the Metn district of Mount Lebanon, as well as at the Joussieh border crossing with Syria,...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Hezbollah delegation meets former PM Hassan Diab to discuss the disarmament plan
BEIRUT — Former Prime Minister Hassan Diab met with a Hezbollah delegation on Wednesday, as part of the group’s ongoing talks amid a government request for the army to present a disarmament plan —...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Private generators: Lebanese state determined to enforce the law
Forty-five days. That is the deadline Lebanon’s government gave private generator owners on Aug. 13 to bring their operations into compliance or face legal action.“Our decision is firm and is an...
Nemtala EDDÉ, 27 August 2025
Israel to add two southern humanitarian aid distribution centres
Israel will add two humanitarian aid distribution centres in the southern Gaza Strip to receive Palestinians it expects to relocate there when the military carries out its planned takeover of Gaza...
Reuters, 27 August 2025
Showtime for Venice Film Festival where stars and Gaza protesters gather
The Venice Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday with Hollywood royalty heading to Italy's swanky movie showcase where a strong line up of star-packed films will vie with protests over Gaza for...
AFP, 27 August 2025
Russian move to quit treaty against torture is 'admission of guilt', says Kyiv
Ukraine criticised Russia on Wednesday for setting out plans to withdraw from the Council of Europe's treaty for the prevention of torture, saying the proposal was a tacit admission of guilt by...
Reuters, 27 August 2025
Rifi and other anti-Hezbollah MPs file legal complaint against Naim Qassem
BEIRUT — Several anti-Hezbollah MPs and political figures filed a complaint Wednesday against Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem over one of his speeches in which he threatened a...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Aoun and Hajjar pay tribute to GS on its 80th anniversary and discuss its 'heavy responsibilities'
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun and Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of General Security (GS,) praising the agency’s key role in border control and handling...
27 August 2025
Barrack's visits to Sour and Khiam canceled amid public pressure
SOUTH LEBANON — U.S. envoy Tom Barrack canceled planned visits to Khiam and Sour on Wednesday, after protests erupted over his push to disarm Hezbollah and his remarks to journalists a day earlier...
Ghadir Hamadi and L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Samia Halaby: I was born in Jerusalem, so I am Palestinian. If you say I am American-Palestinian, it will make me angry!
Coming straight from the United States — where she has lived and worked for over seven decades — to attend the opening of the tribute exhibition organized by Andrée Sfeir-Semler as part of...
Zéna ZALZAL, 27 August 2025
Berri accuses Barrack of 'complicating things again' and making proposals 'contrary to what was promised'
BEIRUT — Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri voiced disappointment Wednesday over U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s visit, as the army prepares to present its plan to disarm militias, including...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Ghassan Salameh: No risk of civil war or confrontation with Hezbollah
BEIRUT — Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh said Tuesday there will be "no armed confrontation" with Hezbollah over its weapons, despite the group's opposition and warnings the move...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Israeli military says evacuation of Gaza City is 'inevitable'
A spokesperson for the Israeli military said Wednesday that the evacuation of Gaza City is "inevitable" as part of the ongoing military operations in the Palestinian territory. "The...
AFP, 27 August 2025
Return of IAEA inspectors does not mean full resumption of cooperation
The return of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to Iran does not mark a full resumption of nuclear cooperation with Tehran, Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday. "No...
AFP, 27 August 2025
Everything you need to know about recycling in Lebanon
In the 10 years since the ‘You Stink’ ( tol'it rihetkon ) movement was launched, Lebanon’s trash has remained a perennial problem. It’s that one issue that no one seems to be able to solve....
Jaimee Lee Haddad, 27 August 2025
Hacking Lebanese Politics #21: Lebanon’s traffic law and roads, explained
Driving in Lebanon isn’t just stressful and dangerous, it’s deadly . Every week, the numbers pile up like wrecked cars on the highway. In just 10 days this August, 28 people were killed and 93...
Sahar Ghoussoub, 27 August 2025
Pope Leo calls for cease-fire, hostages' release in Israel-Hamas conflict
Pope Leo made a "strong appeal" to the global community on Wednesday to end the nearly two-year conflict between Israel and Hamas, calling for a permanent cease-fire, the release of...
Reuters, 27 August 2025
Israel strikes near Damascus kill six soldiers
Israeli drone strikes killed six Syrian soldiers outside Damascus, state television reported Wednesday, updating the toll for attacks the previous day, which also saw a man killed in the south....
AFP, 27 August 2025
Judicial Independence: Between hope and reality
“We had dreamed of an independent judiciary, but we awoke to a reality that falls short of our expectations.”This is how Najat Abu Shaqra, president of the Lebanese Judges Association, expressed...
Claude ASSAF, 27 August 2025
Dozens of Israeli troops, armored vehicles raid Nablus for searches and expulsions
The Israeli army launched a large-scale operation early Tuesday before dawn in the old city of Nablus, in the north of the occupied West Bank, deploying dozens of soldiers and armored vehicles,...
AFP, 27 August 2025
Former Minister Bouchikian charged with corruption and illicit enrichment
BEIRUT — The Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal’s public prosecutor, Sami Sader, has charged former minister and lawmaker Georges Bouchikian with corruption and illicit enrichment. His parliamentary...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Bank deposits: How the BDL plans to wipe out $30 billion in losses
Five years after the outbreak of the economic crisis, the thorny issue of the financial system’s losses — and how they should be distributed — may be getting a partial answer through what looks...
Mounir YOUNES, 27 August 2025
Mitri: Still no date set for Lebanese-Syrian meeting
BEIRUT — Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri said Wednesday that no date has been set yet for a meeting between Lebanon and Syria, despite earlier reports suggesting it would take place soon. A...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Kidnapping: Syrian boy freed by the army, four remain in captivity
BEKAA — The Lebanese Army freed a 14-year old Syrian national in the hills of al-Khraybeh in the Bekaa on Tuesday night after he was kidnapped following gunfire between smugglers on Lebanon's...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Army arrests a Palestinian wanted by authorities in Burj al-Barajneh
The Lebanese Army announced Wednesday that it had arrested, during a raid in the Palestinian camp of Burj al-Barajneh in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Palestinian (M.G.) "Wanted for...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Iranian embassy denounces Barrack's behavior at press conference
BEIRUT — The Iranian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday night denounced the reaction of U.S. envoy Tom Barrack during his Tuesday press conference at the Baabda Palace, where he lashed out at the...
L'Orient Today staff, 27 August 2025
Iran link to Australian synagogue attack uncovered via funding trail, spy agency says
Australia's intelligence agency traced the funding of hooded criminals who allegedly set fire to a Melbourne synagogue, linking the antisemitic attack to Iran, officials said, even as those...
Reuters, 27 August 2025
Israeli police seize nearly 400,000 euros, accused of financing 'terrorism'
Israeli police announced Wednesday that they had confiscated "about 1.5 million shekels," more than 385,000 euros, an amount they believe is linked to "terrorism," during an...
AFP, 27 August 2025
UN nuclear watchdog chief says inspectors 'back in Iran'
The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog has said a team of its inspectors are "back in Iran," the first to enter since Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities this year....
AFP, 27 August 2025
In Gaza, Israel continues to kill journalists with impunity
Mariam Abu Dagga, Houssam al-Masri, Mohammad Salama, Moaz Abu Taha, Ahmad Abu Aziz. All Palestinian journalists, all killed on Aug. 25 in a double-tap strike by the Israeli army on Nasser Hospital...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 27 August 2025
Trump to chair White House meeting on Wednesday, Witkoff says
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday President Donald Trump will chair a meeting on Gaza at the White House on Wednesday and added that Washington expected Israel's war in the...
Reuters, 27 August 2025
Israeli army says evacuation of Gaza City is 'inevitable' | LIVE
21:50 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage of events in the region for the night. We will be back tomorrow morning with more news updates. 21:50 Beirut Time...
Renee Davis Muntasser Abdallah Sarah ABDALLAH Ghadir Hamadi , 27 August 2025
Diaries from Gaza: 'The thought of evacuation has become my new obsession'
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 her diaries with L'Orient Today during the...
Noor ALYACOUBI, 27 August 2025
Three people suspected of selling counterfeit gold arrested in Jounieh
State Security agents stated in a Tuesday press release published by the state-run National News Agency (NNA) that three individuals suspected of involvement in a counterfeit gold-selling network...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 27 August 2025
Row over Bosnia's Jewish treasure raising funds for Gaza
Bosnia's national museum has defended a decision to donate funds from the display of a precious Jewish manuscript to the people of Gaza. It said ticket sales to see the Sarajevo Haggadah, one...
AFP, 27 August 2025
US visit to Beirut: The tit-for-tat will have to wait
This is a formal American delegation. U.S. envoy Tom Barrack, accompanied by the U.S. deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus and several senators, including Lindsay Graham and...
The Editorial Team of L’Orient-Le Jour, 27 August 2025
US leverages support amid Hezbollah disarmament push, Gaza onslaught continues as truce talks stall, Salameh to be released on $20M bail: Everything you need to know this Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:Gaza onslaught updates and the latest on cease-fire...
