Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed hope for a cease-fire in the war in Lebanon "in the coming hours or days," adding that he was "cautiously optimistic." "We are doing our...
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri emphasized that Lebanese leaders are not prepared to change the terms of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701. In an interview published Wednesday by the pan-Arab...
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a new "international alliance" to press for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Unveiled last month on the sidelines of the U.N. General...
BEIRUT — Since the war between Hezbollah and Israel escalated on Sept. 23, the Christian villages of Araya and Kahaleh in Mount Lebanon, located some 10 kilometers from the Lebanese capital, have...
For Hezbollah's new leader, the war looks set to last a long time, but that hasn't stopped him from opening the door to negotiations. In his first speech after his election the previous day, Naim...
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday "strongly warned against any attempts to dismantle or diminish" the operations and mandate of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) after...
Israel's security cabinet is discussing the terms of a truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon, where Israeli troops are conducting a ground offensive in southern Lebanon, Energy Minister Eli Cohen said on...
Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told troops in Gaza Wednesday that they must apply "military pressure" to guarantee the return of hostages held in the Palestinian territory for over a year....
Therein lies a quintessential exchange that the Israeli government and military communicators could have done without. On Monday night's live broadcast of CNN NewsNight, one of the panelists,...
For over a year, his face has been widely associated with Israel's military campaign in Lebanon, which intensified considerably on Sept. 23. Already on Oct. 11, 2023, four days after the triple...
Nearly four weeks after a series of Israeli strikes on the Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, no redevelopment efforts have been launched, and the road remains impassable for...
Faced with accusations of sexual assault and abuse of authority, International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan denied the allegations. On Oct. 28, he called for an immediate inquiry by...
Residents of several northern Bekaa Valley localities began evacuating their villages Wednesday following warnings from the Israeli army. Thousands of residents from Iaat, Makne, Douris, Nahle,...
A few days before the presidential election in the United States, on Nov. 5, the Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump, sent a signed letter to the Lebanese-American community, in...
How to achieve a cease-fire? What are the mechanisms for the implementation of Resolution 1701? What will the post-war political situation look like? All these questions are on the agenda of...
Representing just 1% of the electorate, their votes could prove crucial in several states where the race for the White House between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate...
The Israeli army carried out several unprecedented drone strikes on Wednesday, notably on vehicles in Araya, on the highway linking the Bekaa Valley to Beirut, in Bchamoun, and in Qmatieh, in Mount...
A Lebanese security official told AFP that an Israeli strike on a Hezbollah van carrying munitions near Beirut killed the driver Wednesday, the latest death in more than a month of war....
Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen, a member of the security cabinet, stated Wednesday that discussions are underway within the cabinet on the terms of a cease-fire with Hezbollah in southern...
Egyptian actor Moustapha Fehmi passed away Wednesday at the age of 82 due to medical causes, according to local and regional media. Fehmi, born in 1942, graduated from the Cairo Higher Institute...
More than a year into the Gaza war, the Israeli army's reservists are exhausted and it is struggling to recruit soldiers just as it opens a new front in Lebanon. Some...
Founder of a hermitage in Qaouzah, a Christian village in Bint Jbeil, Beatrice Mauger returned to France, her native country, after being released on Oct. 17 by Israeli army soldiers who had...
Lebanon's caretaker Tourism Minister Walid Nassar on Wednesday called on “friendly countries and international organizations for the protection of world heritage not only to condemn the attacks on...
Represented by his lawyer Marc Habka, the former governor of the Central Bank (BDL) Riad Salameh filed an appeal on Tuesday before the Beirut indictment chamber against the decision taken last week...
As people flee their homes due to Israel's mass evacuation orders of south Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs, World Central Kitchen chefs in Lebanon — led by Chef Corps member Aline...
"The actions of certain members of your government to deny the West Bank access to financial resources jeopardize Israel's security and threaten to further destabilize the entire region at an...
In 1924, the Scientific Printing Press in Beirut published a political treatise in a travel journal, dubbed Muluk al-Arab (Arabic for Kings of the Arabs), which Amine Rihani wrote as he traveled...
Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday that Syrians fleeing Israel's onslaught on Lebanon could face repression at home as more than 355,000 Syrians returned in more than a month of war....
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A count by L'Orient Today shows the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping force has been targeted over 15 times since Oct. 10, the majority of which have been from Israeli...
BEIRUT — Repeated attacks on paramedics, hospitals and medical centers in Lebanon are "apparent war crimes," says Human Rights Watch (HRW), as it warned on Wednesday that the attacks on health...
After more than a year of war on Gaza, Israeli Knesset deputies overwhelmingly passed two bills on Monday targeting UNRWA, the U.N. agency serving Palestinian refugees, which has already been...
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
