1 killed, 1 injured in armed clashes in Bab al-Tabbaneh
BEIRUT — A personal dispute between two family members in Bab al-Tabbaneh escalated into an exchange of fire that killed one man and injured another on Wednesday, L’Orient Today ’s...
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Koussaybeh residents block roads to protest mounting garbage
BEIRUT — A few dozen residents of Koussaybeh, South Lebanon, blocked the Nabatieh-Sour highway on Wednesday afternoon, at the Kfar Dajjal locality, the state-run National News Agency reported....
28 June 2023
West Bank unrest sets back Israel's normalization hopes, says Blinken
WASHINGTON — Settler violence in the occupied West Bank is making Israel's goal of normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia "a lot tougher, if not impossible," US Secretary of State Antony...
28 June 2023
Young girl dies in knife fight in Tripoli
BEIRUT — A ten-year-old Lebanese girl was killed Tuesday evening after she was accidentally stabbed during a fight between two men on Abu al-Fawz street in the Beddawi camp in Tripoli, northern...
28 June 2023
Beirut 360. A city in a little book, for free
BEIRUT — “We targeted a lot of service drivers. I told them, ‘Take two copies. One stays in your car, because we want people who enter your car to be able to flip through this book — you know, like...
Jim Quilty, 28 June 2023
Statue tribute to Khalil Gibran to be installed in New York
A few months after the "Kahlil Gibran returns to New York after 100 years" exhibition at the Crystal Palace in New York, the world-famous Lebanese-American author of The Prophet will once again...
28 June 2023
The last Lebanese banks in Iraq believe in a brighter future
If regional media are to be believed, the last few weeks have been full of promises of a bright future for the Iraqi economy, with the Gulf States playing the role of generous sponsors. On the one...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 28 June 2023
All roads lead to Aoun
In diplomacy, nothing is left to chance. While Jean-Yves Le Drian ended his three-day visit to Lebanon in Yarze, it was because he wanted to. The French diplomat’s “mission of consultation and...
Rita SASSINE, 28 June 2023
Generator fires: What safety measures should you take?
Following the fire that broke out this morning in Hamra due to a malfunction in a private generator, we suggest you reread this article on precautions to take to avoid generator fires. A private...
L’Orient Today staff, 28 June 2023
Crowds 'stone the devil' in final hajj ritual
Massive crowds of robed Muslims gathered for the "stoning of the devil" ritual in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic draws to a close....
28 June 2023
Islamists wield hidden hand in Sudan conflict, military sources say
DUBAI — Thousands of men who worked as intelligence operatives under former president Omar al-Bashir and have ties to his Islamist movement are fighting alongside the army in Sudan's war, three...
28 June 2023
Alarm over new 'war crimes' in Sudan's Darfur region
Sudan's war has brought painful memories back to the troubled Darfur region where armed groups are accused of ethnically targeting civilians, sparking fears of a new "genocide."...
28 June 2023
Israel seizes millions in digital funds meant for Iranian proxies, ministry says
JERUSALEM — Israel has seized millions of dollars worth of digital funds intended for use by the powerful Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah and the foreign Quds Force arm of Iran's...
28 June 2023
BDL forensic audit, generator explodes, Captagon shipment busted: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Human Rights Watch and eight other organizations released a report yesterday condemning laxity in preventing the torture of...
