BEIRUT — Cabinet on Friday postponed review of a Transport Ministry request to award Qleiaat Airport rehabilitation work to a Middle East Airlines subsidiary, a plan criticized by local media....
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said that Iran wants to make a deal but gave no other details, saying we'll see what happens.
BEIRUT — Health Minister Rakan Nasreddine and Social Affairs Minister Hanine Sayyed announced that the Health Ministry will fully cover hospitalization and certain surgeries for 17,000 displaced...
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi paramilitary has removed critical telecommunications equipment belonging to the U.N., the global body said on Friday, warning that further restrictions on its work...
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on Friday warned that the world body is on the brink of financial collapse, urging countries to pay their dues. "Either all Member States honor their obligations...
Ali*, 37, a laboratory technician from Tehran, took part in the protest movement from its earliest days. Reached via Telegram on Jan. 28, he recounted to L'Orient-Le Jour the atmosphere in the...
The Israeli army continued its attacks on Lebanese territory Friday, killing a man in a drone strike that hit his car in Siddiqine, in the Sour district. The victim, Mohammad Youssef, was...
BEIRUT — Sunni Sheikh Khaldoun Oraymet, suspected of helping several Lebanese figures communicate with a fake Saudi prince known as “Abu Omar,” is set to be questioned Feb. 4 by Beirut...
BEIRUT — Activists from “Cry of the Depositors” and other groups held a sit-in Friday outside the French Embassy to protest what they called French interference over Lebanon’s year-end financial...
I had a strange dream last night. Years from now, I am wandering through a street market with a friend. At the entrance, a flashy sign reads: “Organic Words Ahead (100% manmade).”Stalls line the...
The United States issued fresh Iran and counter-terrorism-related sanctions, targeting seven Iranian nationals and at least one entity, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's...
Letting this disorder or “sickness,” as some people might call it, control me or my life was never on my bingo list. I never expected that one day I would be dealing with anorexia and an eating...
BEIRUT — The Energy and Water Ministry has set the price for private generator operators so that they must charge their subscribers in January at 28,355 Lebanese liras(LL) (0.31 dollars) per...
On Friday, Cabinet approved a deal with Syria on prisoner transfers, a post-war reconstruction plan, and key government appointments. The prisoner-transfer agreement, led by Deputy Prime Minister...
She said she wrote “from right to left,” a French inhabited by Arabic. This unique writing served as her link, beyond Lebanon, with Bsharri from her childhood — the village of her mother, perched...
BEIRUT — Dozens of relatives of Lebanese prisoners staged a sit-in on Friday at Riad Solh Square in downtown Beirut, calling for a general amnesty and improved detention conditions amid chronic...
Beirut — Beddawi, home to around 40,000 residents after an influx of Syrian Palestinian refugees, has two main vehicle entrances and four pedestrian gates. The army plans to position checkpoints...
Ahmad has the look of someone who has seen too much. On the sofa in a hotel room in Beirut’s Hamra district, where he has been living for three weeks with his mother, the teenager doesn’t know how...
Israel killed one person in Siddiqine (Sour district) on Friday, targeted the outskirts of Naqoura (Sour) with machine-gun fire, and an Israeli drone that had previously crashed in Rab...
The issue came up once again during this week’s budget debate in Parliament: where are the billions of dollars in unpaid dues that the government promised to collect from quarry operators in...
The agenda of the Cabinet meeting scheduled for Friday includes the draft judicial agreement between Syria and Lebanon on the transfer to Syria of Syrian detainees convicted in Lebanon. It involves...
Tens of media professionals in Saida held a protest vigil Friday morning to express "anger and condemnation" over the continued killing of journalists by Israel, L'Orient Today's...
Lebanon continues its efforts to restore relations with the Gulf monarchies. It is in this context that Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar visited Bahrain last week. According to official circles, the...
U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor, on Friday to be the next U.S. central bank chief. "I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have...
Israel announces limited reopening of Gaza's Rafah crossing Sunday
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old media coordinator at a local research center, translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing...
Palestinian militant group Hamas called on Friday for Israel to reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing to Egypt immediately in both directions. In a statement, the group called for the "immediate...
The 'Cry of the Depositors' group with the participation of Depositors’ Leagues, organized a protest in front of the French Embassy on Friday, “in rejection of French interference and...
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that the success of diplomacy with the United States hinged on ending threatening conduct after Washington's heavy military deployments in...
To strike or not to strike. The decision has yet to be made. Despite repeated threats against the Islamic Republic and the deployment of an armada to the Middle East, U.S. President Donald Trump so...
The price of gold tumbled five percent in early trading Friday, extending losses after soaring to record highs this week thanks to its status as a safe-haven investment. Gold retreated to...
Panic persists in Tripoli over cracked, collapse-prone buildings following the evacuation of two more buildings while a third is inspected in Qalamoun, according to our correspondent. Residents...
Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, landed in Istanbul on Friday for talks, where Turkey is expected to offer help mediating tensions with the United States, which has suggested a possible...
Qatar announced Monday the launch of the first phase of an initiative for the "safe and voluntary return" of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, financed with $20 million and expected to allow...
After months of fighting and stalled negotiations, Damascus and the Kurdish forces announced a deal Friday to gradually bring Kurdish forces and administration under Syrian state control, a move...
20:58 Beirut Time Israel strikes Hezbollah-linked infrastructure in Daoudieh The Israeli army said it targeted infrastructure and engineering equipment used by Hezbollah to rebuild its...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Jan. 30, 2026Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:9 a.m. Minister of Telecommunications Charles Hajj...
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
