BEIRUT — Over the last few years and especially in the past month, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has seen a significant wave of departures from its ranks. Around 12 prominent members — some of...
MTV's lawyer, Marc Habka, filed a request for inquiry Thursday against Middle East Power (MEP), a Lebanese company operating the Zouk and Jiyeh power plants. He accuses the firm, led by the son of...
BEIRUT — Open-so urce data of GPS jamming in the region shows that in the days leading up to Hezbollah's retaliatory attack against Israel on Aug. 25, there was a noticeable uptick in signal...
A U.S.-based aid group said on Friday an Israeli air strike killed four people accompanying its convoy in Gaza the day before, while the Israeli military said it had struck armed assailants. Anera...
Palestinian residents of the Israeli-occupied West Bank expressed shock and despair Friday at the outcome of an Israeli raid on their refugee camp: bullet-riddled walls, destroyed homes and piles...
The latest government plan for banking restructuring and resolution — currently being developed by a team led by advisor to caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati Nicolas Nahas — appears destined...
Electricité du Liban (EDL) began offloading the first of three fuel shipments on Friday, following a slight delay. These shipments were expected by the end of September to boost electricity...
Environmental activists in Akkar, northern Lebanon, have reported a massive large-scale cutting of century-old trees in the Qamouaa region, a vital plateau known as Lebanon’s largest forested area...
It's that time of year again when the back-to-school feeling seems to loom in the air no matter how old we get! Even for those of us who should have grown out of it many years ago, there’s...
SOUR — A recent video showing dozens of trucks loaded with goods leaving Mais al-Jabal has triggered widespread concern among residents of the southern border village. According to L'Orient...
Several landline and DSL internet outages were reported on Friday by the public operator Ogero, which provides them, particularly in southern Lebanon and in the Hazmieh region, southeast of Beirut....
In his speech on Sunday, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah reviewed the scope and results of the “Arbaeen operation,” in response to the assassination of its military chief Fouad Shukur...
Lebanon’s prisons and detention centers currently hold 8,402 inmates, with nearly half (48 percent) foreigners, mostly Syrians (2,572) and Palestinians (563). A staggering 83 percent of these...
Former Lebanese President Michel Aoun voiced concerns on Thursday over his party’s stance on Hezbollah’s involvement in the ongoing conflict with Israel, as well as the establishment of a “support...
BEIRUT — Three individuals were arrested for allegedly assaulting a military personnel in uniform in the border region of Wadi Khaled (Akkar) in northern Lebanon, a few days ago, L'Orient Today's...
The Grand Serail on Friday sent an open formal letter to Electricite du Liban (EDL) and the Energy Ministry urging them to distribute electricity equitably following complaints from subscribers....
The Israeli military said it killed three Palestinians in an air strike on Friday, the third day of a major operation in the occupied West Bank, claiming they were militants of Hamas....
BEIRUT — Aug. 30 every year marks the International Day of the Disappeared, a day created to draw attention to the fate of people who have been imprisoned in unknown locations and under poor...
Liqa (“meeting” in Arabic) is much more than just a composting project. Launched in May 2023 by Amal Ephrem, a composting expert, Iman Rizk, an active member of the project, and Ali Sabbagh,...
"What happened during this massacre will be revealed," an Iraqi lawyer, who lost several family members in what became known as the Haditha massacre in Iraq, told a fellow Iraqi who also lost...
The prices of gasoline, diesel and fuel oil to power electric generators have continued to fall, according to the latest prices published by the Energy and Water Ministry. The price of a domestic...
21:38 Beirut Time Thank you for joining our live coverage of the Gaza war and its implications on the region, particularly Lebanon. We will resume reporting in the...
Kamala Harris said Thursday in a CNN interview that she would not change U.S. President Joe Biden's policy on supplying Israel with arms for its war in Gaza if elected in November....
Israel has agreed to a series of three-day "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow health officials to administer polio vaccinations to children in the territory, the World Health Organization said...
Israel on Thursday pressed a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank that killed at least 16 Palestinians in two days, despite U.N. concerns it was "fuelling an already explosive...
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced Thursday they had booby-trapped and detonated the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion, stranded in the Red Sea after a drone and missile attack earlier this...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Aug. 30, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 10:00 a.m.: Inauguration of the solar energy...
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
