August 2023: Broken clockIt was August 2023, and the scorching late-summer sun had finally set on my friends’ Mar Mikhael apartment. We sat on the worn-out, fuzzy couch as the classic fluorescent...
When Israeli air strikes hit his neighborhood early on in the Gaza war, Palestinian social worker Tareq Abu Eita, 42, saw his whole life upended in seconds. The bombardment...
Hundreds of people gathered in front of Beirut's port to commemorate the four years since the explosion at Beirut's port on Aug. 4, 2020. Shortly before 6 p.m., the names of the victims were...
BEIRUT – In the span of twelve hours last week, Israel carried out two major assassinations, traumatized the Lebanese people and surprised everyone. A couple of days before, a rocket attributed to...
On the occasion of the fourth commemoration of Aug. 4, the first tributes to the 235 killed in the double explosion at the port of Beirut were paid by Lebanese officials on Sunday. The governor of...
General Michael Kurilla, who heads U.S. forces in the Middle East, arrived Saturday in the region, where countries are awaiting the response of the "Axis of Resistance" to the assassinations, last...
Four long years have passed since the deadly double explosion at the port of Beirut, which left more than 235 dead and 7,000 injured. Unlike in previous years, the commemoration of the tragedy is...
Jordan's foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, will embark on a rare visit to Tehran on Sunday, state media reported, as fears of an escalation between Iran and Israel grow following the killing of Hamas...
The health ministry in Gaza said Sunday that at least 39,583 people have been killed in nearly 10 months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. The toll includes...
BEIRUT – Shiva Karout gazes into the distance at the destroyed silos of the Beirut port. These macabre remnants of Aug. 4, 2020, are visible to him every day. The gym where he works is located...
“How can mediation succeed when one side assassinates the negotiator on the other side?” asked Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Thani on X, hours after the assassination of...
A year has passed since Wassim Mansouri took over the reins at the Central Bank (BDL) following Riad Salameh’s departure. From day one, he spoke of a series of policies he planned to implement in...
Former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid Joumblatt went Saturday night to pay his condolences to Fouad Shukur, the military leader of Hezbollah killed last Tuesday in an Israeli...
BEIRUT — Former president Michel Aoun defended the decision to expel MP Alain Aoun from the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) — the party he founded — in an interview with OTV Saturday. Aoun asserted...
The Lebanese people who have August 4 tattooed on their hearts and bodies From the depiction of the silos to the explosion itself, many people have felt the need to mark the memory of the August...
BEIRUT —A personal dispute in the Beddawi area of northern Lebanon escalated into a shooting on Saturday night, resulting in one fatality, according to local witnesses and a medical source...
20:00 Beirut Time This concludes today's coverage of the war in Gaza. Be sure to return tomorrow for the latest updates. Goodnight! 19:19 Beirut Time The...
One woman was killed Sunday and three other people wounded in a stabbing attack near Tel Aviv, Israel's emergency medical service said, with police reporting a Palestinian suspect was...
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli bombardment of a school compound in Gaza City killed at least 17 people Saturday, as Israel's military reported it had hit a Hamas command center....
The French and U.S. foreign ministers called on all sides in the Middle East "to exercise the utmost restraint" to prevent a regional conflict, France's foreign ministry said Saturday....
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Istanbul on Saturday evening to denounce the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Iran earlier this week. Haniyeh...
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
