BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met Friday at the Grand Serail with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative in Lebanon, Frederico Lima, to discuss the issue of public sector...
The Palestinian movement Hamas warned on Friday, ahead of the offensive Israel is preparing to launch on Gaza City, that the Israeli hostages it is holding would be exposed to "the same...
Britain, France and Germany urged Iran at the United Nations on Friday to meet three requirements so their threat of reimposing U.N. sanctions can be delayed to allow space for talks on a deal to...
The United States said Friday it will deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority to attend next month's U.N. General Assembly, where France is leading a push to recognize a Palestinian...
U.S. President Donald Trump has moved to block $5 billion of congressionally approved foreign aid, the White House said Friday, raising the likelihood of a federal shutdown as Democrats oppose the...
BEIRUT — The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to renew for one last year the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) and start terminating the mission by Dec. 31,...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Army chief Rodolphe Haykal said Friday that the military is preparing for “a delicate phase” requiring sensitive operations, including the disarmament of militias such as...
BEIRUT — In a statement published on Friday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) extended its "deepest condolences to the Lebanese Armed Forces" and to the families of...
BEIRUT — The disarmament of Palestinian camps in Lebanon appears to be progressing, even as Hezbollah's disarmament remains a source of tension: On Friday, the Lebanese Army received a new...
Russian President Vladimir Putin will have "played" US counterpart Donald Trump if the Kremlin chief fails to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel...
BEIRUT — A man identified as Ahmad Naim Maatouk, who was wounded in the Sept. 17, 2024, pagers explosions, was killed Friday in an Israeli drone strike on his car in Sir al-Gharbieh, in south...
BEIRUT — U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Thursday evening in Tel Aviv, where he was speaking the day after his visit to Lebanon, that "it’s time for Hezbollah to go” raising the threat of a...
Germany, France and the United Kingdom formally asked the United Nations on Thursday, Aug. 28, to trigger the snapback mechanism against Iran, citing Tehran’s failure to comply with the 2015 Vienna...
BEIRUT — Finance Minister Yassine Jaber announced Friday that he has submitted the draft finance bill for 2026 — the framework for the state budget for that year — to the presidency of the...
It is almost 3 p.m. on the Lido di Venezia. Accreditation badge around her neck and vape in hand, Barbara watches a group of about 20 left-wing regional protesters waving Palestinian flags in front...
I recently moved house and have been discovering a totally different neighbourhood of Beirut. I feel like this relatively minor change has already altered how I see the city and the way I move...
BEIRUT — Pro-Hezbollah social media users claimed Wednesday that the U.S. is preparing an invasion of Lebanon — codenamed "Hammer of God"— to take place between November 2025 and January...
Even before the 2024 war, Hussein Khalil, political adviser to former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, remained largely silent. Yet he has represented Hezbollah in negotiations on key...
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Friday on ASAS Media that the Nov. 27, 2024 cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel and the American roadmap, headed by envoy Tom Barrack and intended to ensure...
The day after a non-dated video showing a kidnapping in broad daylight in the Sainte-Thérèse neighborhood of Hadath (southern suburbs of Beirut) circulated on social media, the Lebanese Army...
"Arabic AI," "HalalGPT," "Islamic chatbot." Last Monday’s announcement in Bloomberg News of the launch of the first Saudi Arabic-language conversational AI,...
BEIRUT — A person identified as K.B.M. was killed in a gunfire that took place in Damour (Chouf district) on Thursday after assailants opened fire on him while he was in his car. He was severely...
The Lebanese Army command and the presidency on Friday denied reports by the pro-Hezbollah daily Al Akhbar claiming that Commander-in-Chief Rodolph Haykal was "shocked" by U.S. pressure...
On Monday, Aug. 25, after an Israeli strike hit a floor of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Israeli forces launched another strike on the same site just minutes later, according to a CNN video...
A Syria monitor said Friday that the death toll from sectarian violence in Sweida province in July has climbed to nearly 2,000, after dozens more bodies were identified. The week of bloodshed...
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the “important signal” sent with the unanimous renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), though he did not mention...
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...
After a final compromise attempt failed, France, Germany, and the UK (the E3) announced on Aug. 28 that they were triggering the UN’s “snapback” mechanism, aiming to restore sanctions on Iran...
More than 800 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the U.N. said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state...
The Israeli military declared Gaza City "a dangerous combat zone" on Friday, as it prepared to conquer the Palestinian territory's largest city after almost two years of war....
They were waiting for white smoke, but instead, they were almost called animals. The obviously exasperated Tom Barrack appeared at a press conference before leaving the Baabda Palace. It was clear...
Amid the sharp political polarization surrounding Hezbollah since the Cabinet’s Aug. 5 decision to enshrine the state’s monopoly over arms, former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt...
Microsoft has fired four employees who participated in protests on company premises against the firm's ties to Israel as it wages war in Gaza, including two who took part in a sit-in this week...
"Stronger than our weapons, our best asset is our popular base." This phrase, spoken at an internal Hezbollah meeting, shows how important what it considers "its people" is to...
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Friday the coming weeks offered an "opportunity" to hammer out a diplomatic solution on Iran's nuclear program, after European powers...
I had just passed the Ring Bridge, heading into the Fakhreddine tunnel downtown. Luna, my four-legged companion, had her head poking out of the window, enjoying the view. After a long day at...
Russia's overnight drone and missile attack on Ukraine's capital damaged the EU delegation's building in the city, the EU Commission said on Thursday. The delegation's staff were safe, EU...
20:47 Beirut Time Cabinet to meet Sept.5 to review army’s weapons census plan Cabinet will meet on Friday, Sept. 5 at 3:00 p.m. at the Presidential Palace in Baabda to present and...
Justice Minister Adel Nassar met on Wednesday with the families of two former port customs officers, Joseph Nicolas Skaff and Mounir Abou Rjeily, who were found dead under suspicious circumstances...
BEIRUT — The institution of the late Lebanese-Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah condemned a broadcast by an Islamic channel that it said featured a figure who "insulted"...
Following the complaint filed against Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem — specifically for "incitement to sectarian strife, armed insurrection, rebellion against the state and violation...
A ship loaded with fuel oil and anchored for nine months off the coast of Tripoli, after being banned from unloading in Lebanon, is expected to "leave within a few days," Ahmad Tamer,...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Aug. 29, 2025Compiled by Abbas MahfouzSome key things to watch today:Potential updates or analyses regarding the U.N. Security...
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
