On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the Manoa Community Church, an evangelical Presbyterian church in Havertown, Pennsylvania, was turned into a polling station. At 10 a.m., about a dozen residents from this...
The Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc, which includes MPs from the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), stated on Tuesday that "the Israeli incursion into Batroun is further proof that Lebanon is...
Entire neighborhoods have been razed in 37 villages in southern Lebanon due to the intensification of Israeli bombardment and ground offensive, reported the National News Agency (NNA). "The...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over a breakdown in trust during the Gaza war, his office said. The two have frequently clashed over...
The Red Cross on Tuesday urgently appealed for more than $115 million to address towering needs in Lebanon amid Israel's dramatic escalation in hostilities targeting Hezbollah. The International...
-The Banque du Liban (BDL) has asked Lebanese banks to pay clients benefiting from the withdrawal mechanisms established by its Circulars No. 158 and 166 the equivalent of two monthly withdrawals...
Ogero, the public operator responsible for landlines and internet services in Lebanon, announced Tuesday that it has restored several exchanges in southern Lebanon damaged by the ongoing war in...
Lebanon’s caretaker health minister, Firas Abiad, said Tuesday that the health sector would need "almost $120 million to cover expenses for the next six months" as the Israeli offensive on Lebanon,...
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called a cabinet meeting for 11 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Grand Serail. The meeting, set against the backdrop of Lebanon’s...
U.S. stock index futures were set to open slightly higher on Tuesday as voting began in a tightly contested presidential election, with traders girding up for volatile trading over the next few...
The health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that at least 43,391 people have been killed in the year-old war between Israel and Palestinian militants. The toll includes 17...
My balcony looks north, away from the bombings. But my ears are trained south. I usually stop listening to music when the sun starts to go down because that’s when — we joke — “their shift...
During a meeting on Monday with Mohammad al-Hassani, the U.N. representative in Iraq appointed in July, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the country’s highest Shiite religious authority, highlighted several...
Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Boukhari extended an official invitation to caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to attend the upcoming Arab Islamic Summit scheduled to be held in Riyadh on Nov....
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry is evacuating about 100 Russian citizens on a special flight from Beirut to Moscow, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the ministry. The...
In this new episode of "Testimonies from Beirut", we take a trip to a basketball court alongside a Lebanese professional player. A place he hadn't been back to for a month, because of the war with...
BEIRUT — Arab Tawhid Party leader and former minister Wiam Wahhab denied on Tuesday reports claiming that he was arrested in Germany, adding that he is not even in Europe. On Monday night,...
Will the Israeli ground offensive widen to Syria? This hypothesis has been raised increasingly in the media and on social media and is embarrassing for the Syrian regime, particularly since the...
Staring fixedly at the television screen, Ibtissam el-Zeinati follows the descent into hell of the residents of northern Gaza. The 38-year-old Palestinian woman, her eyes hollow with exhaustion,...
Habib* reflects on a life spent fleeing bombs. At 47, he has witnessed the passage of foreign armies and local militias. First came the Palestinians, then the Israelis, followed by the Christian...
A video circulating on social media showing a child tied to what appears to be the trunk of a thick bush was posted on X on Monday evening. According to the description given by the individual who...
Iran is not "seeking" escalation but "has the right to legitimate defense," the Iranian foreign minister said Tuesday from Pakistan regarding a possible response to the Israeli strikes on Oct. 26...
We live in a gray world. A world where the line between democracies and authoritarian regimes appears increasingly blurred. A world defined by the extreme polarization of societies, endlessly...
Fatima al-Ahmad, a 65-year-old Lebanese woman, spent the rainy Sunday night hidden behind a wall of the Lazarists building in downtown Beirut. She was not alone; a dozen other displaced people...
"The first shipments of ammunition are expected to arrive this week, but there is still no precise timeline for when the rest of the donations will be received." More than 10 days after the Paris...
Gasoline prices in Lebanon continued their decline on Tuesday, according to the latest price list published by the Energy and Water Ministry. Diesel prices also saw a decrease. These trajectories...
22:50 Beirut Time According to sources close to Benjamin Netanyahu quoted by Haaretz, the Israeli prime minister is considering dismissing the heads of the Israeli army and the Shin...
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Turkey of "malice," after Ankara submitted a letter signed by 52 countries calling for a halt in arms deliveries to Israel over the war...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• U.S. presidential election results. •...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Efforts to broker cease-fires in Gaza and...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday and urged further actions to substantially increase humanitarian aid in Gaza, the State...
Lebanon has never been shielded from outside influence. The idea of placing the country under a sort of international tutelage reemerged in the past few years, especially after the August 2020...
The former president of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid Joumblatt said, “The war is seemingly a long one.” This brief comment cannot go unnoticed, particularly since he is known for...
As the war that started on March 2, 2026, rages on in Lebanon, we invite you to revisit this article originally published on Nov. 5, 2024.With his thin mustache and perfectly slicked hair, Adel...
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
