The families of the victims of the deadly Aug. 4, 2020, explosion at the Port of Beirut resumed their sit-in on Wednesday, Dec. 4, under the statue of the Emigrant facing the port. This monthly...
For two months, Dar al-Yateem al-Arabi private school in Saida’s Rahbet neighborhood was what its visitors hoped would be a brief haven — a shelter for people fleeing the thousands of bombs dropped...
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved all 50 items on its agenda, including a request from the South Lebanon Council to release 700 billion Lebanese pounds (equivalent to $7.9 million at the current...
The Maronite Council of Bishops emphasized Wednesday the need to ensure the proper implementation of the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel and welcomed the announcement of a parliamentary...
The Lebanese Army has appointed Brigadier General Edgard Lawandos, commander of the southern Litani sector, to represent Lebanon on the monitoring committee for the cease-fire with Israel, a...
BEIRUT — Deputy Parliament Speaker Elias Bou Saab condemned recent Israeli attacks in Lebanon as "unjustified" and "a flagrant violation" of the cease-fire deal with Israel. His remarks followed a...
Officially, Hezbollah says it is upholding the cease-fire agreement with Israel, based on U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701. It has pledged to withdraw from the south of the Litani River and to...
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, has once again called for a target on Muslim practices. On Sunday, he ordered police...
Caretaker Energy and Water Minister, Walid Fayyad, called on Arab countries to contribute to financing the rehabilitation and repair of Lebanon's electricity sector, which was already on its last...
BEIRUT — German authorities arrested a Lebanese man on Tuesday, accusing him of belonging to Hezbollah and working for affiliated groups in Germany, according to U.S.-based news outlet Al-Monitor....
Syrian government forces launched a counterattack against Islamist-led rebels around the key city of Hama on Wednesday after suffering a string of staggering losses, a war monitor said. Hama is...
Last Friday, we traveled to Berlin to cover “This Will Not End Well,” the retrospective dedicated to Goldin’s complete body of work, hosted by the Neue Nationalgalerie. Opening that evening and...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Health Minister Firas Abiad said during a press conference on Wednesday that at least 4,047 people have been killed and 16,593 wounded in Lebanon as a result of Israeli...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told a l- Joumhouria on Wednesday that he hopes the quintet will support Lebanon in achieving its goals in the presidential elections, rather than imposing...
BEIRUT — On Wednesday, the Lebanese Forces (LF) called on Hezbollah to "legalize all its institutions, including Qard al-Hassan," following the party’s financial institution’s announcement earlier...
Journalists from The Guardian and its sister paper, the Sunday edition, The Observer, began a strike on Wednesday — their first in over 50 years — in protest against the planned sale of the...
French President Emmanuel Macron urged Hezbollah to “facilitate a consensus” ahead of the Jan. 9 presidential elections parliamentary session, held after more than two years of presidential vacuum....
Now that Hezbollah has been weakened and the Lebanese crisis has taken on an international dimension, the opposition finds itself in front of a golden opportunity to put on the right track an...
The Syrian rebels' surprise offensive on Wednesday has triggered a flurry of diplomatic activity across the region. Damascus and its allies, Russia and Iran, were clearly caught off guard by the...
He describes himself as “disruptive,” while others see him as a “futurist.” U.S. Major General Jasper Jeffers has been chosen to monitor with U.S. President Joe Biden's envoy Amos Hoschtein the...
“Not knowing the fate of your home is even harder than losing it,” Mohammad said. For two months, as bombs rained down on Beirut's southern suburbs, he braved the relentless barrage, riding his...
The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories and pushed for the creation of a Palestinian state, convening an international conference...
20:51 Beirut Time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel had recovered the body of an Israeli hostage who was abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, during Hamas' attack...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:10 a.m. Head of the Change party, lawyer Elie...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Efforts to maintain the cease-fire between...
On Tuesday, Lead investigating judge Bilal Halawi held a hearing related to the Forry Associates case, which involves $330 million in alleged commissions earned between 2002 and 2015 by 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
