U.S. diplomatic chief Antony Blinken on Thursday reported “good progress” in talks on a possible cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The United States is working “very hard” to...
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Thursday that ten people, mostly civilians, were killed in Israeli strikes in Qousseir, Syria, near the Lebanese border. Israel claims it...
The Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) said on Thursday that they had removed the tents of displaced people from the Ramlet al-Baida coastal area of Beirut, claiming that the people there had...
BEIRUT — Residents of nine villages in south-east Lebanon have been without water since an Israeli airstrike damaged on Oct. 19 the main water network connecting their homes to the Shebaa...
UNESCO's Special Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict will meet on Nov. 18 for an extraordinary session devoted to Lebanon, Moustapha Adib, Lebanon's...
For the first time, the Israeli army called for the evacuation of a Palestinian refugee camp on Thursday. People in the Rachidiyeh camp were asked to leave in a statement by the Israeli army’s...
The number of children attending school in the world today is higher than ever, thanks to the increase in the world's population, said UNESCO in a report published on Thursday, although it regrets...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. envoys in Israel on Thursday to press for a cease-fire in Lebanon, stressing that a truce with Hezbollah must guarantee his country's security....
More than a week after sounding the alarm on the economic situation, the president of economic organizations and former minister, Mohammad Choucair, issued an “urgent appeal to all political...
The Banque du Liban (BDL) has asked Lebanese banks to pay clients benefiting from the withdrawal mechanisms established by its Circulars No. 158 and 166 the equivalent of two monthly withdrawals in...
The war in Lebanon is having "devastating" consequences on children's lives, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday. "Since Oct.4 of this year, at least one child has been...
Middle East Airlines, the only airline to operate flights at Rafic Hariri International Airport in the current context of war between Hezbollah and Israel, has published its complete flight...
Taking the artworks off the walls, putting them in a safe place, suspending exhibition programs and closing the doors to visitors until better days come. This is a precautionary practice that art...
The decision has made waves. On Tuesday, Oct. 29, during the 8th Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh – nicknamed the 'Davos of the Desert' – the governor of the Saudi Public...
The outgoing Minister of Culture, Mohammad Mortada, affiliated with Hezbollah, says “there was no real breakthrough supporting the possibility that a cease-fire would soon be reached,” in an...
The implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006) seems to be the guiding principle for Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.Aware of his exclusive position in Lebanese politics — as...
Fighting continued Thursday between Hezbollah and the Israeli army around Khiam, in the Marjayoun district of southern Lebanon, according to security sources reported by our correspondent and...
Five civilians were killed Thursday by rockets launched from Lebanese territory onto the town of Metula, announced the mayor of this northern Israeli town near the Lebanese border. "There are five...
BEIRUT — In the Bekaa region’s village of Saraain, Serum and Solutions saw its production come to a standstill almost a month ago. Dr. Hamad Abdallah, general manager of Serum and Solutions — whose...
"But where will the Palestinians go?" asks Nehru, a resident of the Rashidieh refugee camp near Sour in southern Lebanon. This morning, residents of the camp were ordered by the Israeli army to...
Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry announced Thursday in a statement that the Lebanese delegation to UNESCO has been making contacts to protect Lebanese historic sites, which have been exposed to Israeli...
A draft of a U.S. proposal for a cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon has recently leaked to the Israeli press. Dated Oct. 26, 2024, this proposal was conveyed by the United States to Israel as...
Syrian state media said Israeli strikes hit the town of Qusayr near the Lebanese border on Thursday, the latest in a series of raids in the area. "An Israeli aggression...
A few days after the Israeli strikes, on Oct. 28, Iran executed German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, after the supreme court sentenced him to death for his alleged involvement in the 2008...
As these lines are written, a man in a white turban with a thin voice tries out his villainous expression, hammering: "We are strong! We are invincible! Patience, we shall prevail! We shall be even...
Since Thursday morning, several targeted Israeli drone strikes have hit vehicles across multiple regions in Lebanon, killing at least three people, according to our correspondents in the south,...
In an interview with CNBC Arabia on Tuesday, Oct. 29, Lebanon's caretaker Energy Minister, Walid Fayad, estimated the cost of “Israeli aggression” on Lebanon’s electricity and water sectors at...
Berri is currently at the center of Lebanon’s domestic affairs, both as an official authority and as an international negotiator representing a community increasingly targeted by Israeli...
The United States said Wednesday that ally Israel was not doing enough to answer questions a day after a strike in Gaza killed a large number of children. "They are not...
Israel's U.N. ambassador on Wednesday called for the resignation of U.N. independent expert Francesca Albanase, who has denounced the "eradication of Palestinians" from their land...
The price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) produced and sold by private or neighborhood generators in October decreased for the third consecutive month, now set at 29,809 LL ($0.33). This latest 0.9% drop...
23:55 Beirut Time ⚡ Israel struck Nabatieh several times after an evacuation notice from the Israeli army , according to local media. The correspondent for the Al-Jadeed channel...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Updates on U.S. envoy Amos Hochestein and White...
In his first address as Hezbollah’s Secretary-General on Wednesday, Naim Qassem stated that the "ongoing diplomatic efforts" to end the war in Lebanon would not succeed. “The U.S. election will be...
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
