Floods, traffic jams after heavy rainfall in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Heavy rainfall flooded several major roads, causing traffic jams across Beirut and its suburbs Tuesday evening, according to L'Orient Today's journalists on the scene. The Traffic...
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Tel Aviv Stock Exchange says no unusual trading ahead of Oct 7
JERUSALEM — The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange said on Tuesday a report by US researchers suggesting there were investors in Israel who may have profited from prior knowledge of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack...
5 December 2023
King Abdullah says world should condemn any attempt to forcibly expel Palestinians
AMMAN — Jordan's King Abdullah said on Tuesday the world should condemn any attempt by Israel to create conditions that would forcibly displace Palestinians within the war-devastated Gaza Strip...
5 December 2023
Fire breaks out in Batroun restaurant, no injuries reported
BEIRUT — Civil Defense teams managed to extinguish a fire that broke out on the rooftop of Le Marin restaurant on the beach in the city of Batroun, L'Orient Today's correspondent in the north...
5 December 2023
Mikati hopes Lebanon-Israel border stabilizes in the next three months
BEIRUT — Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Tuesday that "the main objective of the contacts with the United States, the United Nations, and the European Union is to spare Lebanon...
5 December 2023
Could Lebanon’s dysfunctional state put up a good fight against Israel, without Hezbollah?
For the first time since cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah started on Oct. 8, Israeli artillery killed a Lebanese soldier on Tuesday. The incident, which took place in Adaisseh,...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 5 December 2023
The climate crisis is an education crisis
“The one international language the world understands,” wrote Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children, “is the cry of a child.” The evidence is accumulating that children are not only the...
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown and Yasmine Sherif , 5 December 2023
The Three Brothers, founded by the Malak brothers and inspired by Lebanon’s juniper trees
Nestled among the green hills south of Batroun, in the village of Smar Jbeil, André and Ralph Malak's distillery is a true oasis of peace. Housed inside what used to be a church, saved from...
Tatiana KROTOFF and Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 5 December 2023
Israeli strike kills Lebanese Army soldier
BEIRUT — A Lebanese Army soldier critically injured by Israeli artillery Tuesday afternoon succumbed to his wounds sometime later, a security source confirmed with L'Orient Today. This...
5 December 2023
Brain Beirut, the NGO that ‘loves Achrafieh’
“Achrafieh is now like the Champs-Élysées,” said Brain Beirut founder Said Hadifeh in a promotional video posted on social media. In the video, Hadifeh walks along the illuminated streets of the...
Tatiana KROTOFF, 5 December 2023
Qatar PM: mediation talks on Gaza still ongoing, with an objective to end the war
DUBAI – Qatar's prime minister said on Tuesday that mediation talks on Gaza were still ongoing with an objective to end the war. "Qatar continues to make efforts to restore the...
5 December 2023
'Stay home': Pollution chokes Iran's capital
Schoolchildren and some government employees in Tehran have been ordered to stay at home this week due to severe air pollution in the Iranian capital, a recurring phenomenon in autumn and winter....
5 December 2023
Israel starts flooding Hamas tunnels under Gaza with seawater, says WSJ
In a move that could simultaneously dismantle militant infrastructure and pose an environmental risk, Israel has reportedly begun pumping seawater through a system of large pumps, in an attempt...
13 December 2023
Netanyahu, disavowed but not done
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was likely relying on the temporary truce with Hamas to appease the popular discontent mounting against him. Between November 24th to 30th, over 110...
Noura DOUKHI, 5 December 2023
West Bank family sees no hope of justice in settler killings
Moussa is eight years old and really likes marbles. But for the past month, this Palestinian boy, living in the occupied West Bank, has a new game: "Pretend daddy isn't dead."...
5 December 2023
Kremlin says Putin will visit Saudi Arabia, UAE Wednesday
President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, the Kremlin has announced, as Moscow courts allies abroad despite being isolated by the West over the...
5 December 2023
UN says 'not possible' to create 'safe zones' in Gaza
The United Nations warned Tuesday that it was impossible to create so-called safe zones for civilians to flee to inside the Gaza Strip amid Israel's bombing campaign. "The...
5 December 2023
Qatar emir slams 'shameful' inaction on Gaza war
Qatar's ruler hit out at what he labeled "shameful" international inaction over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza as he opened a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Doha on Tuesday....
5 December 2023
Joumblatt to L’Orient-Le Jour: ‘This is not the right time to call Res. 1701 into question’
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Walid Joumblatt has been focused on southern Lebanon. The Druze leader was amongst the first to warn against the risk of dragging Lebanon into the conflict...
Yara ABI AKL, 5 December 2023
Iranian president to meet Putin in Russia on Thursday: Kremlin
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Russia on Thursday for talks with Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said, as the two countries strengthen economic and military ties in the face of Western...
5 December 2023
Fuel prices remain nearly the same
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry on Tuesday announced a slight decrease in the price of gasoline, a slight increase in diesel while the price of gas cylinders remained the same. Here are the new...
5 December 2023
Saudi Arabia says 'absolutely not' to oil phase down at COP28
Saudi Arabia's energy minister has slammed the door shut to agreeing to phase down fossil fuels at the UN's COP28 climate talks, setting the stage for difficult negotiations in Dubai....
5 December 2023
US says Hamas did not want women hostages to reveal treatment
A US official said Monday that Hamas militants likely held back on freeing female hostages, ending a pause in Israel's offensive, because they did not want the women to speak publicly about sexual...
5 December 2023
US envoy to promote Yemen peace despite Huthi attacks
The US point man on Yemen is heading to the region in hopes of preserving the delicate truce in the war-battered nation despite Houthi rebels' recent attacks targeting Israel, the State Department...
5 December 2023
UN foresees 'hellish scenario' as aid to Gaza stalls
A UN official warned on Monday that "an even more hellish scenario" looms in Gaza in which humanitarian aid simply grinds to a halt. "The conditions required to...
5 December 2023
Red Cross chief arrives in Gaza, calls for political solution
The president of the Red Cross arrived in war-torn Gaza on Monday, describing the human suffering as "immense" and calling for a "political solution" to end the fighting in the Palestinian...
5 December 2023
Israeli military admits two civilian deaths for every Hamas fighter in Gaza
Around two civilians have been killed for every dead Hamas fighter in the Gaza Strip, senior Israeli military officials admitted Monday and said the army was deploying high-tech mapping software to...
5 December 2023
Israeli strike kills 25 in Khan Yunis school; US sanctions Israeli settlers accused of violence in West Bank: Day 60 of the Hamas-Israel war.
00:04 Beirut Time Today was 'the most intense day' of fighting according to the Israeli army, although reports reveal a stark reality about their goal to eliminate Hamas, who call it...
Malek Jadah, 5 December 2023
Hamas calls on Palestinians in Lebanon, committee addresses ‘consumption costs’, MSF demands cease-fire: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday's LIVE coverage of Day 59 of the Israel-Hamas war here . Israeli shelling fell between homes in...
Abbas Mahfouz, 5 December 2023
The oldest mosquito in the world is Lebanese
Encased in a cage of golden amber appears a prehistoric mosquito, completely intact, as if about to spread its wings and take to the skies. This insect died some hundreds of millions of years ago,...
