BEIRUT — Around twenty relatives of some of the victims of the explosion that devastated the port of Beirut and part of the capital on Aug. 4, 2020, gathered on Tuesday in front of the Emigrant...
BEIRUT — Progressive Socialist Party leader Taymour Joumblatt met Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in Meerab on Tuesday, as part of an initiative launched by the Druze party to initiate dialogue...
American President Joe Biden told TIME magazine that he believes it is “uncertain” whether Israeli forces have committed war crimes in Gaza, during an interview published Tuesday. TIME’s...
BEIRUT — A mother who admitted to “torturing” her 5-year-old child was arrested in Saida, southern Lebanon, on Tuesday, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced. The Saida police were made...
Faced with the current conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, there seem to be two opposing views: One argues that the international order is crumbling or even collapsing, while the other asserts that...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces circulated on Tuesday the images of two 45-year-old men involved in the recently unveiled TikTok child pornography ring and called on victims to give their...
War-with-Lebanon rhetoric has flared up again in Israel over the last several days as fighting with Hezbollah escalated along the border in a particularly violent week. This last week saw wildfires...
On both sides of the Blue Line, the unofficial UN-drawn border between Lebanon and Israel, fires continued to burn through the terrain on Tuesday, ignited by rocket fire, the ensuing Iron Dome...
The fighting between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon has entered a third phase. It is perhaps the most crucial. Initially, Israeli strikes targeted an area stretching between five to seven...
In northern Israel, firefighters and the Israeli military tried to control raging forest fires after rockets were launched from Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon. The two sides have been exchanging...
In a letter dated Jan. 20, 2020, obtained by L’Orient-Le Jour, the Banking Control Commission of Lebanon (BCCL) informed then-senior most public prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat that at least $2.27...
At night, tarpaulins stretched between two bullet-riddled walls. Shadows formed of children lit by a light bulb plugged into an old car battery. There were nine children. They lived with their...
The health ministry in Gaza said Tuesday that at least 36,550 people have been killed in the territory during nearly eight months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. ...
The UN rights chief demanded Tuesday an end to surging violence in the occupied West Bank, saying it was "unfathomable" that more than 500 Palestinians had been killed there since Oct. 7....
BEIRUT — Employees of the Traffic and Vehicles Management Authority announced a “forced stoppage of work and a warning strike this week” until all their demands are met, their syndicate said in a...
All fuel prices in Lebanon have dropped slightly. Here are the new rates, as announced by the Energy and Water Ministry: - 20 liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL1,641,000 (down LL11,000) - 20 liters...
In a terse statement published on Tuesday, Hezbollah reported a meeting between the Iranian acting foreign minister, Ali Bagheri, and the secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, without...
22:52 Beirut Time Thanks for following our live coverage of the war on Gaza and the parallel fighting between Hezbollah and Israel along Lebanon's southern border. We'll be back tomorrow...
Israeli authorities were battling intense forest fires Tuesday in the north of the country that broke out shortly after rocket and drone strikes from neighboring Lebanon, forcing the partial...
Hezbollah lost three of its members on Monday in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon. According to L'Orient-Le Jour 's count, this brings to 329 the total number of party members killed since Oct....
Israel on Tuesday mourned four captives reported dead in Gaza by the army amid growing doubts and international pressure over a plan for a ceasefire and hostage release deal outlined by US...
The United States on Monday announced a draft Security Council resolution supporting the Israel-Hamas cease-fire plan outlined by Joe Biden last week, urging Hamas to accept it. “Numerous leaders...
Dozens of men attacked two restaurants in Baghdad on Monday including a KFC, security officials said, as calls grow to boycott US brands over Israel's war in Gaza. ...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, June 4, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Relatives of the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port blast...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, June 5, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• At 10 a.m., the Ghassan Abu Sita Children’s...
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
