The public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Judge Jamal Hajjar, and the investigative judge in charge of the Beirut Port explosion case, Tarek Bitar, held lengthy discussions on Wednesday to...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun received on Wednesday Mohammad Raad, head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, at Baabda Presidential Palace, after weeks of heightened tension between the party and...
Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief Rodolph Haykal arrived in Washington on Monday for a three-day visit and held numerous meetings today with U.S. officials and lawmakers. On the agenda: the...
The Agriculture and Environment Ministries announced late Wednesday afternoon that the chemical substance Israeli planes sprayed over several southern border villages on Sunday was identified as a...
L'Orient-Le Jour has learned that French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is expected in Beirut on Friday, Feb. 6, as part of a regional tour that also includes Syria and Iraq. He is expected...
Israel has appointed a Druze officer, Ghassan Alian, as liaison officer to the Druze populations in Syria and Lebanon, under the authority of the northern command of the Israeli army, according to...
As Palestinians begin trickling through the Rafah border crossing after Israel allowed for a very restricted opening, Gazans stranded in Egypt are torn between staying in exile without formal...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri received a letter of thanks Wednesday from Pope Leo XIV, in which the pontiff encouraged him to continue pursuing dialogue so that Lebanon remains “a living...
BEIRUT — One person was wounded in an exchange of gunfire in al-Bustan al-Yahudi, in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Saida, amid a family-related dispute, L'Orient Today's...
One after the other, former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and former Minister Mohammad Shoucair appeared on Wednesday before the first investigative judge of Beirut, Roula Osman, to testify as...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun on Wednesday reaffirmed his commitment to holding parliamentary elections on schedule during a meeting in Baabda Presdiential Palace with MPs from the National...
BEIRUT — Lebanese authorities made initial progress in 2025 toward reforms promised by President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, but human rights violations persisted and accountability...
Iran will hold nuclear negotiations with the United States on Friday in Oman, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. "Indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States are set to be held...
Six British Palestine solidarity activists, part of the Filton24, were acquitted on Wednesday after facing charges over a 2024 raid on a Israeli arms manufacturer, with a jury unable to reach...
BEIRUT — Saeb Salam, heir to a prominent Beirut political family and son of former Prime Minister Tammam Salam — himself the son of ex-premier Saeb Salam — announced on Wednesday that he will run...
Chevron has signed a memorandum of understanding, or preliminary agreement, with the Syrian Petroleum Company and the Qatari firm UCC Holding, to assess the potential for oil and gas exploration...
In the depths of winter, Londoners often suffer from a common malaise, characterized by flagging energy, bland diet and low moods brought on by short days and long commutes. When faced with these...
Amid an international Trump-inspired storm, the film "Greenland 2 The Migration," starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roman Griffin Davis, has just been released in theaters...
BEIRUT — MPs Ashraf Rifi, Melhem Riashy, Elias Khoury, and Nazih Matta submitted a draft law to the Lebanese Parliament aimed at banning the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Syria) and its linked...
Changes are happening in the Bekaa. Once a drug and smuggling kingdom, a paradise for bad boys where the state was often absent, this “far west” located on the borders of Lebanon and Syria, where...
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of maintenance and servicing for F-15 fighter jets and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for $3 billion, the Pentagon announced Tuesday in a...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), published by Blominvest , started the year with a score of 50.1 points, just one-tenth above the equilibrium point, after a 2025 in...
Saudi Arabia will invest in a new private Syrian airline as part of a multi-billion-dollar investment package expected to be announced on Saturday, the head of the Syrian Investment Authority said,...
BEIRUT — The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, said on X that the intelligence unit Shahaf (869) has killed nearly 60 Hezbollah members over the past year in...
President Joseph Aoun on Wednesday condemned the spraying by Israeli aircraft of “toxic substances” over fields and orchards in several border villages in southern Lebanon, describing it as “a...
The Public Works Ministry has — once again — begun rehabilitating the Arida bridge over the Kabir River in northern Lebanon, aiming to reopen the official Arida border crossing between Lebanon and...
While relations between the new Syrian government and Hezbollah appeared to ease, Damascus accused the latter of involvement in a terrorist action cell allegedly responsible for attacks in Mazzeh....
Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed 21 Palestinians including six children in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials said, the latest violence to undermine a truce in the enclave. Among the...
As preparations were underway for broader Iran-U.S. talks scheduled for Friday in Turkey, with the participation of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan and the United Arab...
On Monday morning, there should have been 150 people — "50 patients, with two companions each" — crossing the Rafah border leaving Gaza, compared to 50 permitted to return, according to...
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add the chopped onion and stir until it becomes tender and translucent. Add the garlic and thyme, cooking until fragrant. Add the mushrooms with a pinch of...
From Baabda or from Dubai, the president of the Republic and the prime minister reiterated on Tuesday their desire to keep the specter of war at bay and strengthen the state’s position. Meanwhile,...
Saif al-Islam Muammar Gaddafi, one of the sons of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity, was assassinated on...
22:08 Beirut Time Iran says nuclear talks with US to be held in Muscat on Friday Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday that nuclear talks with the U.S. are set to be...
Lokman Slim, a Shiite writer, researcher and political activist, was killed on Feb. 3, 2021 – a high price to pay for the freedom of expression.Five years on, his murderers have yet to be...
The Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will soon open an electronic visa issuance center in Beirut, the state-run Emirates...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:Updates on rising tensions between Israel, 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
