BEIRUT — The 26-year-old Lebanese man who shot at the US embassy last week said his actions were motivated by “revenge” against one of the security guards at the complex who “humiliated” him two...
BEIRUT — On Thursday, Interim Governor of Banque du Liban Wassim Manssouri visited the Lebanese Economic, Social and Environmental Council, an advisory body that links the private and public...
"The far-right Lebanese forces, opposed to Hezbollah, and now reportedly funded by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have also gained considerable power." This sentence, found on page 128...
QOBEIYAT, Akkar — “This wadi is very deep and long,” Ata Elias gazes down to the valley below. “It should have been created by some big watershed.” He glances left, where water can be heard...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Minister for Displaced Persons Issam Charafeddine gave an interview with local television station MTV on Thursday in which he stated that "the decisions taken by the government...
BEIRUT — The Franco-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf was elected as Permanent Secretary of the French Academy on Thursday, as announced by the institution on its website. He succeeds Hélène Carrère...
Hundreds of protestors, mainly from the Armenian community in Lebanon, protested outside the Azerbaijan Embassy in Beirut on Thursday against the dissolution of the self-proclaimed republic of...
AMSTERDAM — The World Court will hear on Oct. 10 and 11 a request by the Netherlands and Canada that it orders Syria to cease all acts of torture and arbitrary detention, as part of a case...
BEIRUT — Around 10 activists and public school teachers held a sit-in at the Ministry of Education headquarters in Beirut on Thursday to protest the challenges facing the education sector in...
Last month, in a flat in Homs’ Umm Jameh village, Mohammad* waited until nightfall to cross the Wadi Khaled river and take refuge in Lebanon. Aged 18, the young man from Hama had two good reasons...
BEIRUT — Singer and actress Najah Salam died on Thursday, at the age of 92, state-run National News Agency reported. Salam, a well-known Egyptian-Lebanese artist, was famed across the Arab world...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces announced Thursday the arrest of a man for committing murder in Roumieh following a dispute. On Sept. 24, a bloodied body was found in a hole along the Matn...
BEIRUT — A van driver transporting informal Syrian migrants at the Lebanese-Syrian borders died Thursday following an exchange of fire with the Lebanese Army. The incident took place in the...
Members of the joint Palestinian security force were tasked Monday with deploying in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in order to maintain stability, following internal clashes....
BEIRUT — Sixty joint Palestinian security force officers will be deployed Friday to the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp to guard UNRWA schools, reported our correspondent in the area after...
Israel reopened crossing points with Gaza on Thursday, allowing thousands of Palestinian workers to get to their jobs in Israel and the West Bank, after nearly two weeks of closure prompted...
Five members of an Arab family were shot dead in their home in Israel, police said on Wednesday, in the latest in a wave of crime-related killings in Israel's Arab communities that has reached a...
French President Emmanuel Macron's special envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, discussed the "Lebanese file" with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal ben Farhan on Wednesday, the Saudi Foreign Affairs...
BEIRUT — Qatar has continuously aided Lebanon since the end of the Civil War (1975-1990). Providing monetary aid and political support, the country has helped Lebanon resolve various...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Internal Security Forces on Tuesday issued a press release detailing the abduction, sequestration, assault and rape of a...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
