There is "almost nothing left" of Gaza and rebuilding the war-ravaged enclave could take 10 to 15 years, U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff told Axios in an...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah extended a message of condolences to Hamas, Palestinian factions, and the Palestinian people following the announcement that the chief of staff of Hamas' military wing,...
BEIRUT — The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) announced Thursday the renewal of its contracts with al-Irfane and Clemenceau Medical Center hospitals, while warning that the agreements could be...
BEIRUT — Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib received on Friday a senior Iranian diplomatic official, Vahid Jalal Zadeh, who urged the Lebanese authorities to "ensure the best...
TRIPOLI — Unexploded missiles have been found lodged underground alongside a road in Tripoli, North Lebanon, with investigations underway to determine from which conflict the missiles are from....
BEIRUT — The Turkish hospital in Saida, which first opened with much fanfare in 2010, remains a "soon-to-open" project, with its full and final launch still elusive after 14 years. During a visit...
WASHINGTON — Meta announced on Friday that the Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions had targeted almost 100 journalists and members of civil society on the popular messaging platform WhatsApp....
BEIRUT — The Banque du Liban (BDL) on Friday instructed banks to halt the additional payments granted to customers under Circulars No. 158 and 166, which had been introduced as an exceptional...
BEIRUT — Ongoing negotiations between Iraq, Hezbollah, and Israel for the release of prisoners, announced as part of the extension of the cease-fire terms in Lebanon, could involve pro-Iranian...
Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt is to reopen Saturday following a fourth exchange of hostages and prisoners under a truce agreement, a Hamas official and a source with knowledge of the...
CAIRO — Thousands of people demonstrated at the Rafah border crossing on Friday, an eyewitness told Reuters, in a rare state-sanctioned protest against a proposal earlier this week by U.S....
BEIRUT — A driver struck several Hezbollah supporters on motorcycles on Friday during the funeral procession of two individuals on the Sarafand-Aaqbiyeh road in southern Lebanon. Four people were...
I had a small moment of panic this week to realize the first month of 2025 is over and I am no closer to achieving my goals for the new year and my resolutions out of the window. Thankfully, I...
The caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Maoulawi announced Friday that the voter lists for the years 2025-2026 will be accessible starting Saturday, Feb. 1, on the website of the Directorate General...
An incident Thursday evening in the Fassouh neighborhood of Achrafieh, in the heart of Beirut, aligns with the multiple security incidents that have recently occurred across Lebanon. A currency...
The caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassine stated in a statement on Friday that his Ministry "is seriously following the dossier of chemical products in the oil installations of Tripoli...
In a rather direct move, two Republican representatives in U.S. Congress of Lebanese origin, Darin LaHood and Darrell Issa, sent U.S. President Donald Trump a letter on Jan. 28, setting out their...
On Jan. 14, on the eve of her retirement, the Cases Authority Head Helene Iskandar lodged a complaint before the court of first instance in Beirut against almost 20 former and current members of...
BEIRUT — “The news was very painful to hear for me,” said Samia*, a remote consultant who works for a U.S. International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) on projects funded by the United States...
The Israeli prime minister's office confirmed Friday that it has received the list of hostages held in Gaza who are to be released Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel....
Hamas has released, via a brief statement from its military spokesperson Abu Obeida, the names of three Israeli hostages to be freed on Saturday. They are Ofer Calderon, Yarden Bibas and Keith...
Caretaker Lebanese Minister of the Displaced Issam Charafeddine held a press conference to call for the creation of a ministry dedicated specifically to the restitution of frozen bank deposits,...
Two people were killed early Friday in an Israeli strike along the Lebanon-Syria border, in Janta, east of Baalbeck, the Lebanese Health Ministry announced. The strike was carried out during a...
It may have been too good to be true.Within just a few days, between Jan. 9 and 13, 2025, Army Chief Joseph Aoun, was elected president, and Nawaf Salam, former president of the International Court...
Air France confirmed on Friday the resumption of its connections between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Beirut starting tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, initially with five flights per week....
“Things are moving in the right direction,” a source close to the ongoing negotiations to form a Cabinet told L’Orient-Le Jour. The visit of Saudi envoy Yazid bin Farhan, who is expected in Beirut...
Two people were killed and 10 wounded in a night-time Israeli strike on Janta, on the border between Lebanon and Syria, according to information from the Health Ministry. At dawn on Friday, the...
Gasoline and diesel prices continue to rise in Lebanon, according to the latest price list published Friday by the Energy and Water Ministry. Gasoline prices (95 and 98 octane) as well as diesel...
“They'll do it,” Donald Trump said on Thursday, referring to Jordan's and Egypt's reception of displaced Palestinians, even though these two countries reject the transfer mentioned by...
Designed to amplify pro-Israeli discourse and counter criticism on X amid the war in Gaza since Oct. 7, the automated computer program FactFinderAI has, so to speak, “bugged,” contradicting the...
The appointment of Lebanese businessman Massad Boulos — the father of U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law — as White House adviser for Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, has sparked...
20:04 Beirut Time Washington U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to meet twice in Washington on Tuesday, once for a work meeting...
While the Republican administration still aims to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining nuclear weapons and altering its regional policy, it now faces a weakened Iran that fears direct...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Jan. 31, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Mayors and mukhtars from border villages meet the head...
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
