BEIRUT — After more than two years of postponements, Lebanon held the first round of long-awaited municipal elections Sunday, May 4, across Mount Lebanon. It marked the first municipal vote in nine...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Sunday retaliation against the Houthi rebels from Yemen and Iran, after a missile hit, for the first time, the area of Ben Gurion Airport, near...
Lebanon's army said Sunday Hamas had handed over a Palestinian suspected of involvement in rocket fire at Israel, days after authorities warned the militant group against harming the...
The Israeli army has confirmed the recall of "tens of thousands of reservists" for its offensive in Gaza, announcing that its goal is the destruction of "all infrastructures" of...
Several violations were reported during municipal elections in Mount Lebanon on Sunday, according to the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE) and the Interior Ministry. By 4 p.m.,...
The association of the families of the victims of the Aug. 4, 2020, explosion at the port of Beirut, which meets every fourth of the month to demand justice, praised in a statement on Sunday...
The Lebanese authorities responsible for organizing the municipal election in Mount Lebanon on Sunday praised the smooth conduct of this event throughout the day, without any major incidents...
The United Arab Emirates officially announced Sunday the lifting of a travel ban to Lebanon for Emirati citizens, following a visit by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to Abu Dhabi earlier in the...
U.S. President Donald Trump indicated in an interview broadcast Sunday by NBC that he is not "seeking" a third term but intends to pass the baton to "a great Republican" after...
The post-Assad euphoria has long faded. For now, all signs point to crisis. Anti-Alawite massacres carried out by armed groups aligned with the government on the Syrian coast in early March, a rise...
In Lebanon's turbulent history, the country's religious communities have faced pivotal moments that seem to alter the course of fate. These are times when sudden deaths disrupt the paths of beloved...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Sunday reprisals against Yemen's Houthis following a missile launch that hit the Ben-Gurion airport area near Tel Aviv. “We have acted...
He was expected to retreat in silence. Instead, Mansour Labaky — a defrocked Maronite priest — has reemerged in recent weeks, breaking a long silence with a filmed interview in which he admitted to...
Lebanese Army stated on Sunday on X that they have arrested a new suspect, allegedly involved in the two rocket-firing operations towards Israel on March 22 and 28, 2025. These unclaimed...
President Joseph Aoun presided over his first meeting of the Higher Defense Council on Friday, with the disarmament of Palestinian factions inside refugee camps topping the agenda. The council also...
The European airline group Lufthansa announced Sunday the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until May 6 following a missile strike on Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport claimed by...
Civil Defense in Gaza announced on Sunday the death of 16 people, including at least three children, in several strikes on the small war-torn Palestinian territory, which has been under a total...
The former head of government, Najib Mikati, stated that he will maintain "the same distance from all candidates" in the municipal elections in Tripoli, where he hails from, in a...
A shooting between members of the same 'clan' in Hermel, in the north of the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, on Sunday amid a vendetta, injured two people, according to our regional correspondent....
The oversight committee on the terms of the cease-fire agreement in South Lebanon requested information on Sunday about prefabricated units installed in several localities of the border zone, as...
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet the leaders of the six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) during his visit to Riyad in mid-May, a source close to the Saudi government told...
The Israeli security cabinet is set to meet Sunday at 7 p.m. local time (4 p.m. GMT), a government source told AFP without providing further details on its agenda. Israeli media had announced...
Jaafarite Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Kabalan, aligned with Amal-Hezbollah, urged Lebanese authorities Sunday to monitor regional unrest — especially Syria’s recent sectarian clashes that left over 100 dead...
The Israeli army reported Sunday that a projectile or debris fell near Ben Gurion Airport, close to Tel Aviv, after attempts to intercept a missile fired from Yemen. “Several attempts were made to...
On the first day of the municipal elections, which are taking place Sunday in the Mohafazat of Mount Lebanon, the leader of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea called on voters to vote...
Israel has recalled tens of thousands of reservists in anticipation of expanding its offensive against Hamas in Gaza, Israeli media reported Saturday. When questioned by AFP, the Israeli army...
21:35 Beirut Time Thank you for joining us for our coverage of the first round of municipal elections and its results. Be sure to come back next Sunday for the second round of voting....
Kfar Kila in the Marjayoun district was hit twice during the night from Saturday to Sunday by Israeli drones, which targeted prefab houses, reports our correspondent in the South. These two strikes...
Warning sirens sounded Sunday in several regions of Israel after a missile was fired from Yemen, the Israeli army announced. AFP journalists reported hearing explosions in the Jerusalem and Tel...
The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down a Russian fighter jet, a Sukhoi Su-30, with an R-73 anti-aircraft missile fired from a Magura naval drone in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian military...
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
