SOUTH LEBANON — After more than two weeks of searching, security sources have confirmed to our correspondent in southern Lebanon that rescue teams and the Lebanese Army have found three people —...
BEIRUT — The framework deal signed between Israel and Lebanon last month “threatens to betray war crimes victims in Lebanon,” Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. “Parts of the text...
BEIRUT — The International Movement of Lebanese Enterprises (MIDEL) announced in a statement its decision to soon send an economic delegation to Syria consisting of Lebanese business [people]...
BEIRUT — The Foreign Ministry condemned, in a statement released Friday evening, the bomb attack that took place Thursday in Damascus, which killed at least ten people and injured 21, according to...
Banque du Liban (BDL, central bank) said Friday it filed two new criminal complaints with judicial authorities against a former official, former senior executives at commercial banks, and an...
The Higher Judicial Council (HJC) finalized last week its observations on the law governing the judicial system — commonly referred to as the judicial independence law — which was approved by...
Top Iranian officials on Friday paid their final respects to the country's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the start of a week of funeral ceremonies, with allies and mourners converging on...
BEIRUT — More than 600,000 out of more than one million forcibly displaced people have returned home since the latest truce at the end of June, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)...
Dear reader, I’ve been thinking about this for a few days, and I think we all need to be honest about why a 20-minute recipe like Andrea Boueiz's freekeh chicken salad ends up taking us...
It’s 2011. Loubna Mrie is 20 years old. She leaves her coastal hometown of Jableh to join Damascus and the revolution, in the course of which she becomes a journalist and covers the bombings of...
Lebanon recently announced that it had begun the process of abolishing the death penalty. At first glance, the announcement may seem largely symbolic. After all, Lebanon has not carried out a...
A for Ashta, B for Bonjus, L for Le2meh, T for Terwi2a or Teta … Rather than compiling a simple alphabetical list of Lebanese dishes and products, Lebanese chef Karim Haidar's "Lebanon,...
As the Northern Hemisphere swelters — especially Europe, where heatwaves are becoming increasingly common — the last thing anyone wants is to spend hours in the kitchen. That's why we've...
Lebanon’s Defence Minister Michel Menassa arrived in Tehran on Friday to represent Lebanon at an official memorial ceremony for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Separately, a Hezbollah...
Nearly a year and a half after interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa dissolved the People's Assembly following his rise to power, the composition of Syria's new Parliament is finally...
Cooking requires focus, but it’s too easy to sabotage that momentum by staring at a screen or pausing a podcast mid-way. Music is the only entertainment that actually works in the kitchen, it keeps...
The funeral ceremonies for the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated on 28 Feb. 2026 at the outset of the Israeli-American war against Iran, begin this...
Dina al-Amood is an Iraqi writer and researcher at AUB's Labor and Equity LabIraq is in the midst of its largest anti-corruption campaign in years, with authorities claiming to have recovered...
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Lebanese Edward "Ted" Chaiban as UNICEF's deputy executive director for programs, effective Jan. 1, 2027. The appointment comes...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun said Friday from the Baabda Presidential Palace that the framework formula with Israel "does not legitimize the continued Israeli occupation in Lebanon; rather,...
Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shaibani arrived in Beirut carrying an initiative handwritten by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.Shaibani placed his second visit to Lebanon under the banner of...
BEIRUT — An Israeli reservist was seriously wounded "during a skirmish in southern Lebanon," the Israeli army announced Friday, with Israeli media reporting fighting between a brigade and...
The agreement now circulating in Washington reads, on its surface, like a Lebanese diplomatic success. A withdrawal is promised. Sovereignty, without once mentioning the armistice agreement, is...
An image showing a blindfolded Palestinian man stripped to his underwear and restrained on a folding bed has circulated widely on social media in recent days, prompting the Israeli army to confirm...
No, the tomb of Alexander the Great was not discovered in Beirut, despite recent excitement on social media. The archaeological reality is quite different — though no less significant for the...
U.S. officials believe Israel had planned to assassinate the main Iranian negotiators, including Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, The New York Times...
Even amid the bustle of the souk, you can almost hear the seconds ticking away: the steady tick-tock of clocks draws passersby toward a cramped wooden workshop where watch faces are stacked one...
The World Bank has appointed Dahlia Khalifa as division director for the Middle East department, covering Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Jordan and Syria. Based in Amman, Khalifa succeeds Jean-Christophe...
The body of Iran's supreme leader, killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East war, arrived at Tehran's Grand Mosalla on Friday ahead of his funeral, state media reported....
UNICEF warned that at least 100,000 Lebanese students may not be able to attend school next term if urgent action is not taken before September to rehabilitate schools damaged by the war. The U.N....
20:24 Beirut Time Health Ministry: Israel has killed more than 4,300 people in Lebanon since 2 March The Health Ministry has reported that Israel has killed 4,301 people and injured a...
Faced with widespread criticism, the Cabinet on Monday suspended decree 3214, which raised environmental fees on 98 categories of imported products — including food, hydrocarbons, chemicals, and...
