Hamas on Friday said Israel's offensive in Gaza was creating a "highly dangerous" situation for the hostages held there, warning that half of the living captives were in areas where...
Israeli forces have launched a ground offensive in Gaza City, the military said Friday, expanding their operations as rescuers reported at least 30 killed across the Palestinian territory since...
Relatives of the victims of the double explosion at the Beirut port on Aug. 4, 2020, have denounced the multiple obstacles hindering the investigation, which has stalled for months, and have called...
The former director of State Security, General Tony Saliba, who was scheduled to be heard on Friday by the judge investigating the double explosion at the Beirut port on Aug. 4, 2020, Tarek Bitar,...
Turkey does not want a confrontation with Israel in Syria, but repeated Israeli strikes on military installations in that country erode the new government's ability to deter threats from...
BEIRUT — In the early hours of Friday morning, residents of the city of Saida in southern Lebanon were jolted awake by the blast of an Israeli airstrike, which targeted the house of Hamas local...
The entry Thursday of a patrol from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) into the village of Kfar Hammam in the Marjayoun district, without prior coordination with the Lebanese...
On March 31, during Eid al-Fitr celebrations, Syria’s new first lady, Latifa al-Droubi, accompanied her husband, Ahmad al-Sharaa, who has served as Syria’s interim president since the fall of...
The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) medical charity said on Friday that another of its staff members had been killed in war-ravaged Gaza, killed in an airstrike along with family members. MSF said...
On March 27, the Cabinet passed an amendment to the banking secrecy law, which was transferred to Parliament on April 2. It seems determined to fulfill its commitment to the International Monetary...
Finance Minister Yassine Jaber and the CEO of the Housing Bank Antoine Habib signed a memorandum of understanding to secure electronic certificates of non-ownership of real estate, the National...
BEIRUT — Disagreements have ensued over the appointment of public television station Tele Liban’s new board, mainly between Minister of Information Paul Morcos and the majority of ministers of...
Vice President of the Higher Shiite Council (HSC), Sheikh Ali al-Khatib, addressed Lebanese leaders during his Friday sermon, urging them to "unite, because the cause is just and the...
Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji and Energy Minister Joe Saddi submitted their asset and interest declarations to the National Anti-Corruption Commission on Friday, the state-run National News...
Parliament met for three hours on Friday to discuss, among other things, a draft law presented by the Finance Ministry on the restructuring of the banking sector, and will meet again on Tuesday to...
BEIRUT — Financial Public Prosecutor Judge Ali Ibrahim ordered the arrest of Karim Salam on Friday on financial criminal charges. Salam is the brother of the former Minister of Economy in Najib...
In a ruling based on legal and procedural grounds, the French Court of Cassation annulled on Wednesday the July 2023 seizures of properties owned by former Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad...
The message could not be clearer. Between the night of April 2 and early April 3, Israeli forces carried out several strikes in Syria, targeting in particular the vicinity of the Tiyas air base,...
BEIRUT — Jaafari Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Kabalan emphasized the need for President Joseph Aoun's “courage, leadership and national wisdom,” in the face of ongoing Israeli aggression on the country, and...
Tufts University has thrown its weight behind the legal case for Rumeysa Ozturk, demanding her immediate release so she can finish her studies, Middle East Eye reported on Friday. This move makes...
On a Friday night in February, fans of punk music — and one outsider — filled Zico House for Dajjeh’s sixth showcase of Lebanese punk bands.In the venue in Sanayeh, the first thing that stands out...
Amwaj is an educational program based on teaching choral singing to children and young people aged eight to 18, founded in 2015 in the cities of Bethlehem and Hebron in Palestine by Mathilde Vittu,...
Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji stated on Friday that it is out of the question for Lebanon to normalize its relations with Israel. He declared this after Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese government is developing a plan for rebuilding the South's war-devastated villages in coordination with the World Bank, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced during a...
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the Israeli army’s killing of 17-year-old Yusuf Bakr Zaoul in the occupied West Bank overnight, the Wafa news agency reported Friday. Zaoul was shot in a...
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Agriculture Ministry and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) have signed a memorandum of understanding to combat illegal hunting and wildlife trafficking,...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the Israeli strike on central Saida that targeted a Hamas official in his home before dawn Friday morning, setting the fourth floor of an apartment...
Following U.S. President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, Middle Eastern countries are tallying the costs. On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order imposing new tariffs on global trade...
BAALBECK — A military intelligence patrol seized a truck loaded with weapons and ammunition seized on Friday in Baalbeck’s al-Shaab district, in northern Bekaa, the Lebanese Army announced in a...
BEIRUT — During the handover ceremony at Banque du Liban (BDL) on Friday, the institution's new governor, Karim Souhaid, urged all banks to gradually recapitalize based on international standards,...
BAALBECK — Civil servants working for the Baalbeck governorate staged a protest outside the Baalbeck Governorate buildings on Friday, demanding 15 months of unpaid wages. Employees of the Union of...
Rarely has a Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee meeting attracted so much attention. On Wednesday, the committee met with the Foreign Affairs Minister, Joe Rajji, in parliament for the first...
TRIPOLI — Dar al-Fatwa, the highest Sunni religious authority in Lebanon, released a statement through its media office for Tripoli and the North on Friday, declaring that it "does not support or...
Two close advisers to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were arrested Monday in connection with the so-called Qatargate scandal, which involves high-ranking figures accused of secret...
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's Inspector General's office announced on Thursday it was opening a probe into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of an unclassified commercial texting...
NEW YORK — The killing of 15 medics and humanitarian workers in Gaza after shots were fired at their ambulances raises further concerns of "war crimes by the Israeli army," the U.N....
"It is time to organize a national conference to cleanse the memory our past, speak frankly, and reconcile." This was one of the key points raised during Thursday's meeting between the Council of...
ISTANBUL — Turkey said on Thursday that Israel must withdraw from Syria and stop harming stabilization efforts there, after Israel stepped up air strikes in the neighbouring country...
JERUSALEM — Israeli troops moved into an area of northern Gaza to expand what they call a security zone around the edge of the enclave, the military said on Friday, days after the government...
21:00 Beirut Time Hamas warns that Israeli offensive is “extremely dangerous” for hostages The armed wing of Hamas has warned Israel that its military offensive in the Gaza Strip is...
As the new tariffs announced by the U.S. president came into effect this Wednesday, April 9, we invite you to reread this article, originally published on April 4, 2025. BEIRUT — The shockwaves...
BEIRUT — U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus is set to arrive in Beirut late Friday for her second visit since taking office, following an extended stay in Israel, and has scheduled meetings with Lebanese...
BEIRUT — A Hamas commander, his son and his daughter were killed overnight when an Israeli drone launched two missiles at their apartment in Saida's Dlaiaa neighborhood, in the center of Saida,...
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
