SOUTH LEBANON — The Israeli army carried out two attacks on the Lebanese Army in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, relatively rare occurrences that coincided with the visit of U.S. envoy Morgan...
BEIRUT — A Syrian delegation visited Beirut on Wednesday to discuss Lebanon and Syria's joint projects to combat illegal drug trade and terrorism as well as how to manage border and passport...
BEIRUT — The parliamentary committee on the national economy, industry, trade and planning, chaired by MP Farid Boustany, has called for broader powers to be granted to the Lebanese Food Safety...
BEIRUT — Eurowings has announced the launch of two direct flights connecting Beirut to Prague and Salzburg. Founded in 1990, acquired by Lufthansa in 2006, and based in Düsseldorf, the low-cost...
BEIRUT — During Wednesday's meeting, Cabinet postponed the controversial issue of the expat voting law to the next time minister's are set to meet, in a move likely aimed at finding common...
From her apartment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Farah Abou Hachem recounts the latest “difficult” night she and her family endured under Israeli bombardment, which resumed Tuesday night despite...
BEIRUT — A prisoner committed suicide in the notorious Roumieh prison on Wednesday, according to Raeda al-Solh, a representative of a committee for detainees' families, who spoke with...
SOUTH LEBANON — U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus, during a meeting of the cease-fire monitoring committee in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, urged the Lebanese Army to "fully implement" its plan...
BEIRUT — A newly revealed account shows that senior U.S. officials were divided over how the Biden administration handled its investigation into Israel's killing of Palestinian-American...
NEW YORK — Mediator Qatar said Wednesday it expected a US-backed cease-fire to hold in Gaza despite a "violation" as Israel carried out strikes in response to Palestinian fire. ...
Visiting Beirut for World Stroke Day on Oct. 29, Professor Nathalie Nasr, a vascular neurologist from Poitiers University Hospital, unveiled a France-Lebanon project to improve nationwide stroke...
In a world shaken by crises and divisions, the Beirut Art Film Festival (BAFF) has chosen to put humanity back under the spotlight. True to its spirit of resistance through culture, the festival is...
"Blessed are the peacemakers." It is under this motto that Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Lebanon will take place, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. The visit is highly symbolic, especially since it will...
The European Union on Wednesday called on "all parties" to respect the Gaza cease-fire, with a senior EU official going further in slamming Israel's air strikes on the Palestinian...
One of the immediate outcomes of the discussions held in Washington in early October between Lebanese authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is that just as the ink dried on the...
Oranges are scattered across the stage. A young woman calls out to her mother: "Mum." "I'm here," her mother replies. The dance becomes a series of falls and recoveries....
After two parliamentary sessions already derailed by a standoff over amendments to the electoral law ahead of the May 2026 parliamentary elections, debate over expatriate voting once again...
BEIRUT — Ahead of his arrival in Beirut on Wednesday, U.S. envoy Tom Barrack reportedly warned that the window was closing for Lebanon and Israel to launch direct negotiations, according to an...
New summer, new horizons. For the coming fine season, Elie Saab envisions an adventurer ready to slash through social jungles, displaying her ascent in power.Driven by a spirit of freedom and...
BEIRUT — The Palestinian National Security Forces handed over five suspects to the Lebanese Army as part of the investigation into the murder of a young woman on Tuesday morning in the Shatila...
Two men were injured, one critically, in an altercation that escalated into a shooting between a construction site guard and several other people on the road connecting Arqa to Kfar Melki, in...
Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yılmaz is the first Turkish ambassador appointed to Syria since 2012, after Ankara closed its representation in the neighboring country to isolate Bashar...
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmad Aboul Gheit, who has been in Beirut since Tuesday, said Israel’s ongoing strikes on Lebanon — despite the truce — are meant to “sow discord” in the country, but...
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Tuesday that five of its volunteers were killed in Sudan and three others are missing. The five volunteers were...
For the first time since the start of the war in April 2023, the Sudanese army has lost its last stronghold in Darfur — a defeat both symbolic and strategic, which could reshape the country's...
Egypt, which played a key role in the cease-fire agreement in Gaza, may now be preparing for another diplomatic breakthrough in Lebanon.The question arises as Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas leaders on Wednesday that they would have no immunity after a wave of Israeli air strikes on Gaza that killed over 100 people. "There will be...
It is a real race between diplomacy and escalation. This equation remains the most accurate reflection of reality, in light of the intense and unprecedented diplomatic activity in Beirut, including...
Gaza's civil defense agency and hospitals said Wednesday that a series of Israeli strikes killed more than 100 people across the Palestinian territory. "At least 101 fatalities were...
In the early hours of Sunday morning, 24-year-old Elio Abou Hanna was driving his car home after a night out with friends. He is believed to have taken a wrong turn and found himself in Shatila,...
The Israeli military said Wednesday it had reinstated the Gaza cease-fire after carrying out a series of strikes, killing over 90 people and wounding over 200 others the previous day....
It was a discreet visit. No official photos or statements from Esmail Qaani, commander of Iran's Quds Force, emerged from the room in Baghdad on Oct. 25.In the midst of the campaign for the...
Gunmen killed at least two people when they opened fire on a coach along the road between Damascus and Sweida in southern Syria on Tuesday, state media reported, months after deadly sectarian...
21:49 Beirut Time That concludes our live new coverage for today, thanks for joining us. We'll be back tomorrow morning with more news updates and analysis. Goodnight!...
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BEIRUT — President, Joseph Aoun, stated Tuesday that Lebanon had "defeated terrorists" every time its armed and security forces had faced them, calling for combating terrorism at its...
Gaza's civil defense agency told AFP on Wednesday that dozens of Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 50 people in the Palestinian territory, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said...
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