BEIRUT — The National Liberal Party announced in a statement published by local media outlets on Wednesday that an armed person tried to kill the son of MP Camille Dori Chamoun by attempting to...
Syrian air defenses intercepted Israeli strikes in the vicinity of the capital Damascus, state media said on Wednesday. Syrian state media gave no further details about the...
A German naval frigate sent to protect commercial ships in the Red Sea nearly shot down a US drone by mistake, German media reported Wednesday. The German Defense Ministry confirmed a drone...
BERLIN/LONDON — A German warship shot down two drones in the Red Sea on Tuesday amid escalating attacks by Yemen's Houthis and efforts by the European Union to protect international shipping,...
The president of the Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies in Lebanon (Attal), Jean Abboud, has said "the rise in fuel prices will not be reflected in air ticket prices," according to comments...
A week after the start of a strike by civil servants, shipping containers are piling up at the port of Beirut, the port's director general, Omar Itani, and the president of the food...
Dozens of depositors and retired soldiers demonstrated Wednesday in front of the Grand Serail in Beirut, ahead of a cabinet meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. to call for an increase in public sector...
Pro-government forces on Wednesday killed a protester in war-torn Syria's south, the first death since anti-government demonstrators started taking to the streets of Sweida six months ago, a war...
Circular green logo, black walls, wooden furniture, cups with your first name written on them... This is not one of the 42 Starbucks cafes established in Lebanon, but rather "Stories Coffee,” a...
Lebanese-operated cargo ship the Rubymar, which was abandoned in the southern Red Sea after being targeted by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Feb. 18, has "sunk," the internationally recognized Yemeni...
“In solidarity with the Palestinian people’s resistance in the Gaza Strip...” began most of Hezbollah’s press releases announcing its strikes against Israel, a practice that has persisted since the...
More than 120 individuals and groups on Wednesday called for a United Nations probe into Israeli attacks on journalists in south Lebanon, where three were killed last year....
NATO has a new spokeswoman, and she's Lebanese. On Monday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg appointed Farah Dakhlallah as the organization's new spokeswoman. "I am delighted to welcome...
A first in the field of medical errors in Lebanon: In the case of Sophie Mechleb, paralyzed following surgery in 2016, Baabda judge Nadine Najm issued a ruling condemning neurologist Gh. H. for...
Iran's supreme leader urged voters to come out in droves on Friday and show the foes of the Islamic Republic a "strong and fervent" election process for parliament and the key...
More than 50 UK-based broadcast journalists have sent an open letter to the Israeli and Egyptian embassies calling for "free and unfettered access" to Gaza for foreign media, British media reported...
This is a victory for the Emirates’ image, which is regularly criticized for its laxity and complacency in the face of international financial crime. On Friday, the FATF removed the UAE from its...
DUBAI – Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said on Wednesday the Islamist group was showing flexibility in negotiations with Israel over the Gaza war but at the same time was ready to continue fighting....
Caretaker Defense Minister Maurice Slim on Wednesday disputed a front-page headline in the Saudi daily al-Sharq al-Awsat, according to which it said that "the Lebanese military is not combat-ready"...
The military wing of Palestinian group Hamas on Wednesday said it fired a volley of rockets towards northern Israel from south Lebanon, amid escalating exchanges at the Lebanon-Israel border in...
The Gaza war's reported Palestinian death toll neared 30,000 Wednesday as fighting raged in the territory despite mediators insisting a truce with Israel could be just days away....
The health ministry in Gaza said Wednesday that at least 29,954 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during the war between militants and Israel. The toll...
Operatives from Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah are working inside Yemen to support Houthi insurgents' attacks on international shipping, a US official said Tuesday. Tim Lenderking, the...
German prosecutors confirmed for the first time on Tuesday that they were conducting money laundering investigations into the former head of Lebanon's central bank and had issued an arrest...
Mediator Qatar expressed hopes Tuesday that a new truce between Israel and Hamas could be secured within days, after US President Joe Biden said a cease-fire could start next week and last through...
Seven women were killed by their partners or ex-partners across Turkey on Tuesday, according to a tally by the television station Haber Turk. "In total, seven women...
21:49 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live coverage of the war in Gaza and south Lebnanon. We will continue our coverage of the conflict tomorrow morning. 21:49...
The United States called Tuesday for a focus on diplomacy to resolve tensions over Lebanon, after Israel warned it would pursue Hezbollah even if it achieves a cease-fire in Gaza. "We do not...
Catch up on our LIVE coverage of Day 144 of the Gaza war here . United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) commander General Aroldo Lazaro expressed concern over the “expansion and...
Our sister publication L'Orient-Le Jour is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year! Take a look at 100 years of tumultuous history, narrated by our journalists.
Dear friends and readers . This year marks the centennial of L'Orient-Le Jour. Our journey began in July 1924 with the inception of L'Orient, a newspaper founded by Georges Naccache. It was...
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
