Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Tuesday at an extraordinary Arab summit in Cairo, dedicated to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, that Lebanon would not give up its land and that "every...
The public education unions (primary, secondary, and vocational) sent an open letter on Tuesday to the Minister of Education and Higher Education, Rima Karameh, demanding the adoption of a “new...
For years, soldiers from the Russian airbase Hmeimim, south of Latakia, moved freely in Syrian coastal cities, from which their combat aircraft took off to bomb rebels fighting the regime of Bashar...
Three months to the day after the killing of Roland Murr, head of the Lebanese Forces office in Karm al-Zeitoun, the party held a press conference Tuesday titled “The Murder of Justice Will Not Go...
BEIRUT — U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios on Tuesday that there is a "quiet understanding" between the U.S., Israel and Lebanon that the Israeli military will continue occupying five positions...
The families of the victims of the deadly Aug. 4, 2020, explosion at the Beirut port held their monthly sit-in Tuesday for the third consecutive month at the foot of the Emigré statue, opposite the...
President Joseph Aoun met Tuesday in Cairo with several representatives of Arab countries, as well as the secretary-general of the Arab League and his U.N. counterpart, ahead of an extraordinary...
Deputy Attorney General Sami Sader succeeded Ghada Aoun on Monday as prosecutor general of the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal. As the highest-ranking member of the office, he assumed the position by...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi stated Tuesday, during an Arab summit on the future of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, that his reconstruction plan would ensure the residents of the...
BEIRUT — "We were not defeated because of Israel's intelligence, but due to our own shortcomings," Nawaf Moussawi, head of Hezbollah's resources and borders dossier and former member of the party's...
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) stated Tuesday they arrested two individuals, a Lebanese and a Syrian, suspected of attempting to kidnap two children in the Hasbaya district of south Lebanon....
On Feb. 4, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a plan for the depopulation of Gaza, in a bid to transform the ravaged enclave into the "French Riviera of the Middle East."One month...
In a post on Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal funding would be stopped for schools that allow "illegal protests," a reference to pro-Palestinian...
Overlooking the sea and partially destroyed by the Aug. 4, 2020, port explosions, Sursock Palace is slowly recovering as it awaits its grand revival. Beneath its paneled walls, still protected by...
BEIRUT — Israeli ground military operations were reportedly conducted overnight between Monday and Tuesday in southwestern Syria, spanning the provinces of Quneitra and Deraa, according to local...
Where there is a will there is a way, and Frederic Sfeir has the will. The 30-year-old Lebanese mountaineer, who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that causes...
In Understanding Palestine: A Graphic Investigation (Les Arènes, 2025), political scientist and Noria Research associate researcher Xavier Guignard and illustrator Alizée De Pin revisit a century...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Syria’s government on Saturday against targeting the Druze community, following clashes between Druze armed groups and Syrian security forces that left...
Syria’s interim President, Ahmad al-Sharaa, appointed a seven-member committee on Sunday to draft a constitutional declaration for the transitional phase, over a month after he suspended the...
Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri said that Lebanon “will not accept any attempts to exchange aid for political or military conditions, whether related to the resistance's weapons north of the...
“The Lebanese public is used to seeing an army of advisers surrounding high-ranking officials. That is far from the case with Nawaf Salam,” said Wadah Sadek, an MP affiliated with the protest...
Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday that Israel demands Gaza's "full demilitarisation" and Hamas's removal in order to proceed to the second phase of a January...
Lebanon’s first lady, Neemat Aoun, who chairs the National Commission for Lebanese Women, will lead a delegation to New York next week for the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the...
An Iranian court has sentenced two former ministers to prison over a multi-billion-dollar corruption case involving imported tea, the judiciary said Tuesday. The case, known in Iran as the Debsh...
Israel's top diplomat charged Tuesday that humanitarian aid had become the "number one source of revenue" for Hamas, as he defended his government's decision to block all...
With a map of China on the wall behind him, 14-year-old Yasser al-Shaalan studied the names of professions in a Chinese textbook, one of thousands of Saudi children now learning the language at...
Druze leader Walid Joumblatt seems particularly concerned about recent developments in southern Syria, home to a large Druze population. On Sunday, he addressed the fate of his community in the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set two options in motion: exert "maximum pressure" to force Hamas into accepting new cease-fire terms or resume the war in Gaza. On Monday, he...
Syrian forces launched a security campaign in the coastal city of Latakia after "militia remnants" supporting ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad killed two personnel in an ambush, state media...
U.S. President Donald Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine on Monday, a White House official said, sharply escalating pressure on Kyiv to agree to peace negotiations with Russia. The move comes...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for his first overseas visit since assuming office in January, where he was received by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...
The prices of gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil decreased for the third time in 10 days, according to the latest price list released by the Energy and Water Ministry. This decrease comes at a time...
21:15 Beirut Time Gaza cease-fire U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed efforts to extend the Gaza cease-fire and “threats...
During their meeting in Riyadh on Monday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman discussed the importance of establishing a monopoly on Lebanese weapons within...
Iran said Turkey's criticism of its foreign policy risked worsening ties between the neighboring countries after Islamist rebels allied with Ankara ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad. In an...
Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who supports the annexation of the occupied West Bank, said on Tuesday that he was traveling to the United States for a brief visit....
Saudi Aramco's net profits dropped 12.39 percent to $106.25 billion in 2024, the world's biggest oil exporter said on Tuesday, following a year of lower prices and output cuts. Profits...
Arab leaders are gathering in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss an alternative to a widely condemned plan from U.S. President Donald Trump to assume control of war-battered Gaza and displace its...
Palestinians living in war-ravaged Gaza say they fear food shortages and price hikes after Israel halted the entry of aid into the territory to pressure Hamas to agree to its terms for a ceasefire...
Syrian state media said Israeli strikes hit the Tartus area on Monday after a war monitor reported a blast near the city's port and the Israeli army said it struck a "military site"...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage here.Tuesday, March 4, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:•...
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
