What's behind the uptick in Israeli strikes on Syria?
Israel has stepped up its strikes on Syria with four raids on government-held areas in less than a week, targeting positions of Syrian government forces and pro-Iran groups....
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Hezbollah distributes diesel fuel to water pumping stations in Saida
BEIRUT — Hezbollah supplied batches of diesel fuel to water pumping stations in Syroub, Villas, and Mieh Mieh in Saida on Tuesday, reported L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the south. The fuel...
4 April 2023
Lebanese Red Cross hotline goes offline in Beirut and Mount Lebanon
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Red Cross announced Saturday morning that its direct 104 line hotline in Beirut and Mount Lebanon has suffered a breakdown due to a failure on the part of the telecom operator...
4 April 2023
The Mikatis are a little 'less billionaire' this year
BEIRUT — In its annual ranking for 2023 published on Tuesday, Forbes magazine listed 2,640 global fortunes exceeding one billion dollars, compared to 2,668 last year. A few of them have been...
4 April 2023
Ill-gotten gains of the Salameh family: hearing on French property seizures postponed to May 23
BEIRUT — The hearing before the Court of Appeal of Paris on the validity of seizures made on the European real estate and banking assets of the governor of the central bank of Lebanon, Riad...
4 April 2023
Families of the Beirut blast victims hold monthly vigil near port
BEIRUT — On the monthly anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020 port blast, around 20 family members of the victims of the explosion gathered near the port under the Emigrant's statue on Tuesday,...
4 April 2023
Municipal elections: Everything is ready, except funding
While the various political stakeholders appear to want to indefinitely postpone municipal elections, Caretaker Bassam Mawlawi said Monday that his ministry was ready to launch the electoral...
Claude ASSAF, 4 April 2023
For many Palestinian citizens of Israel, the judicial battle leaves them out
A plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to limit the powers of the Supreme Court sparked huge protests across Israel before it was put on hold last week, but the country's...
4 April 2023
US imposes sanctions on Lebanese Rahme brothers over corruption
WASHINGTON — The United States imposed new sanctions on Tuesday on two Lebanese brothers, Raymond Zina Rahme and Teddy Zina Rahme, as well as several of their companies, who it said had used their...
4 April 2023
Up to 1 million people 'disappeared' in Iraq in last half century
GENEVA, April 4 - Up to 1 million people have "disappeared" in Iraq during a tumultuous last half century spanning the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein, US-led military occupation and the rise of...
4 April 2023
Ogero case to be decided next week
BEIRUT — Caretaker Telecommunications Minister Johnny Corm said he met on Tuesday with the head of the resigning government, Najib Mikati, to discuss possible responses to the demands of the...
4 April 2023
US strike in Syria kills planner of IS Europe attacks: military
The US military said Tuesday it had launched a strike in Syria killing a senior Islamic State group militant responsible for planning attacks in Turkey and Europe. The...
4 April 2023
Municipal elections in Lebanon: How to register as a candidate
BEIRUT — The Interior Ministry announced Tuesday the dates and procedures for running in upcoming municipal and mukhtar elections slated to start May 7. Financing for the elections, which were...
4 April 2023
France to try Syria officials for crimes against humanity
French judges have ordered senior officials of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria to stand trial for collusion in crimes against humanity, a first in France, according to court documents seen by...
4 April 2023
Details of the new agreement between physicians and insurance companies
An agreement reached between the Lebanese Order of Physicians and insurers on the cost of medical procedures billed by physicians to the latter was approved on Monday. Dr. Youssef Bakhache, head...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 4 April 2023
Iraq, Kurdish region sign accord to resume oil exports
Iraq's federal government and the Kurdistan autonomous region signed an accord Tuesday to allow Kurdish oil exports to resume through Turkey after they were halted 10 days ago, officials...
4 April 2023
Qatari minister continues Lebanon tour amid push to end presidential deadlock
BEIRUT — Qatar's assistant regional foreign minister, who is on an official visit to Beirut, "praised the role of the military institution" amid Lebanon's crisis, the army said in a statement...
4 April 2023
UN rights council decries surge in Iran executions
The UN Human Rights Council denounced Tuesday the rising numbers of executions in Iran, including of people who received capital punishment in connection with protests that have rocked the country....
4 April 2023
Macron’s risky game in Lebanon
French President Emmanuel Macron is the only prominent leader to have visited Lebanon over the last three years, underscoring both the country’s diplomatic isolation and France’s attempts to help....
Anthony SAMRANI, 4 April 2023
Two Israeli soldiers wounded in stabbing attack near military base
Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in a stabbing attack near a military base Tuesday and the suspected assailant arrested, Israeli police and medics said. Police said they...
4 April 2023
Emile Lahoud: The beginning of the end for Damascus in Lebanon
Emile Lahoud, who had served as army chief since 1990, became president in November 1998, at a time when Syria was attempting to consolidate its control over Lebanon. Lahoud was part of a group of...
Mounir RABIH, 4 April 2023
Analysis: Saudi crown prince acts to realign Mideast dynamics amid concern over US support
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's unpredictable crown prince is pushing hard to realign Middle East dynamics, engaging with old foes and orchestrating OPEC oil cuts like the ones on Sunday which took the...
4 April 2023
Fuel prices drop again in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Fuel prices decreased in Lebanon for the second day in a row on Tuesday, as the national currency gained some value on the parallel market, once again trading below the symbolic...
4 April 2023
Man killed in accidental shooting in Akkar
BEIRUT — A young man was killed on Monday by mistake during a shooting between two motorists in Bebnine, a town in the northern Akkar governorate, our correspondent in the region reported, citing...
4 April 2023
Man shoots wife and two daughters, then kills self
BEIRUT — A man is suspected of shooting his wife and two daughters in their family home in the Burj al-Shamali Palestinian refugee camp near Sour, South Lebanon, on Monday before killing himself,...
4 April 2023
Tunisia starts procedures for appointment of new ambassador in Damascus
TUNIS — Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Monday ordered his foreign affair minister to initiate procedures that would appoint a new ambassador in the Syrian capital of Damascus, the Tunisian...
4 April 2023
Rare Saudi execution during Muslim holy month
Saudi Arabia has executed a man during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which a rights group said on Monday had not occurred in years. The execution took place on March 28...
4 April 2023
Embezzlement at Ukraine embassy, media rights rally, fallen electrical towers: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Today a Paris Court of Appeals meeting is scheduled to discuss requests for the restitution of assets, worth tens of millions...
4 April 2023
US says its forces killed Islamic State leader in Syria
The United States carried out a military operation that killed a senior Islamic State leader in Syria on Monday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement early on Tuesday. Khalid Aydd...
4 April 2023
Bus bombing wounds 16 in Syria near Jordan border: Media
A bus attack in Syria's south near the Jordan border wounded at least 16 people on Monday, Syrian state media said. "Sixteen employees of the joint Syrian-Jordanian...
4 April 2023
Drone downed, 2 dead in Israeli-Palestinian unrest
Palestinian and Israeli forces battled in the air and on the ground Monday, with a drone downed and missiles fired over Gaza, and two militants killed in the occupied West Bank in what the army...
4 April 2023
Two civilians killed in Israeli strike on Syria: State media
Two Syrian civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike Tuesday, state media reported, the fourth such attack on government-held areas of the war-torn country in less than a week....
4 April 2023
Emissions cuts can slash heat deaths in Mideast, North Africa: Study
Meeting world targets to limit climate change would avert hundreds of thousands of heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa, scientists said on Tuesday, urging the region to adapt...
