BEIRUT — Efforts by the US mediator in the Lebanese-Israeli maritime border negotiations continue to “narrow the gaps” in the dispute , with a “lasting compromise possible,” a White House official...
Two months before the end of President Michel Aoun’s term on Oct. 31, his son-in-law is going double or nothing. The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, is fighting on all fronts...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker and Amal Movement head Nabih Berri called on members of Parliament Wednesday to guarantee the successful election of a new president, two months before the current...
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun sent a law regulating banking secrecy back to Parliament on Wednesday for “reconsideration” more than a month after legislators signed the measure, which is among...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi will present an emergency bill to Parliament Thursday aimed at reducing prison overcrowding in Lebanon, he announced at a press conference on...
BEIRUT — It’s a balmy summer night in late August, when, on a cozy rooftop tucked between badly maintained buildings of different shapes and sizes dotted with barbed wire, an audience listens...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati on Wednesday afternoon held talks with President Michel Aoun in Baabda, according to a tweet published on the Presidency’s Twitter account. Here’s...
Today, Aug. 31, the constitutionally mandated period begins to elect a successor for Michel Aoun, whose term in office will end in two months. But in reality, there is no reason to believe that...
BEIRUT — State telecommunications provider Ogero services were not functioning across many parts of Lebanon on Wednesday, the state-run National News Agency reported. According to the NNA, in...
BEIRUT — The Indian-owned submarine “Blue Whale,” which last week conducted an operation in search of a migrant vessel that sank off the coast of Tripoli in April, left Lebanon on Monday without...
"I would never have imagined that I would be forced to start my life over again," 27-year-old Melanie said. This young Lebanese woman is a teacher, a profession she chose and loves. But today, her...
BEIRUT — A fire broke out in the Tannourine Cedar Reserve overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, and was brought under control, a Civil Defense spokesperson told L’Orient Today . Several areas...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . “We will not accept in any way that the incompetent [Prime Minister Najib] Mikati government assumes the powers of the...
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
