BEIRUT — Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said on Wednesday that all preparations for the legislative elections “have been completed.” Here’s what we know: • “The...
BEIRUT — The candidates for the parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 15, from Thursday until polling day will not be allowed to make public statements or campaign appearances on most days,...
BEIRUT — The families of the Beirut port blast victims marched from Mar Mikhael to the emigrant statue next to the port on Wednesday to commemorate the 21-month anniversary of the incident,...
“Many people have asked why I don’t have an electoral program. I wasn’t brought up this way, throwing things up in the air, telling people we’re going to do this or that, only to be held to account...
I - The vote • The electoral competition takes place between closed lists in each district, which means that the voter must vote for one of the lists as it stands, without...
BEIRUT — The Beirut Municipality’s City Guard Regiment announced that it would intensify patrols on the streets of the city to prevent beggars, street vendors and shoe shiners from pan-handling,...
BEIRUT — The Maronite bishops on Wednesday called on the Lebanese to vote in large numbers in legislative elections, happening May 15. They also warned of “security disruptions” which could...
BEIRUT — Opposition group Madinati announced in a press conference Wednesday that it will “stop” its electoral campaign in the Beirut II district for the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled...
With less than two weeks to go before the legislative elections, L'Orient-Le Jour takes the pulse of Lebanon through immersive reports from all over the country. Six journalists and three...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Forces candidate running for the Maronite seat in Baalbek-Hermel, Antoine Habchi, pointed out in a press conference on Wednesday that the electoral battle in the district has...
BEIRUT — The tabletop is just big enough for a QR code and a whiskey. It is wedged between a table of perhaps a dozen young women and the stage, a tight squeeze for waiters scurrying past with...
BEIRUT — Two individuals were arrested for drug trafficking in Amchit, near Jbeil, the Internal Security Forces reported in a statement released Wednesday. These two people were arrested while in a...
BEIRUT — On Wednesday, the family of Richard Kharrat, a doctor who was released at the end of April after a month of detention in Abu Dhabi for allegedly publishing offensive tweets towards the...
BEIRUT — A clash between members of rival families left three injured in Minyeh in North Lebanon on Tuesday evening, the state-run National News Agency reported. Here’s what we know: ...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. It was a big weekend for Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil on the campaign trail, with multiple people suffering...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
