Islamist-led rebels capture key Syrian city of Hama
Islamist-led rebels captured the central Syrian city of Hama on Thursday in a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad's forces days after they lost the country's commercial hub Aleppo. The rebels...
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Hezbollah will support the Syrian regime 'within its means,' says Secretary-General Naim Qassem
In a speech broadcast on Thursday, Hezbollah Secretary-General sheikh Naim Qassem said the group would support the Syrian regime "within its means" to counter what he described as an act of...
L'Orient Today staff, 5 December 2024
‘We must not hurry to elect anyone,’ says Massad Boulos on Lebanese presidential election
Lebanon has been without a president since Oct. 31, 2022, when Michel Aoun's term ended., But, for Lebanese American Massad Boulos, whom U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appointed as senior...
L'Orient Today staff, 5 December 2024
Israel steps up construction of military bases in Gaza
On Tuesday, the U.S. expressed its opposition to any permanent construction of Israeli military bases in Gaza. Referring to a recent investigation by The New York Times (NYT), Vedant Patel,...
Dany MOUDALLAL, 5 December 2024
Higher Relief Committee: General Kheir resigns amid controversy
Rumors have been confirmed regarding the resignation of General Mohammad Kheir from his role as secretary-general of the Higher Relief Committee (HRC) amid the ongoing displacement crisis in which...
Suzanne BAAKLINI, 5 December 2024
USJ sparks innovation: Reimagining Lebanon with quantum science
Launched in a symbolic context — the 150th anniversary of Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) and the United Nations’ designation of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and...
Carole AWIT, 5 December 2024
US General Jasper Jeffers, member of the cease-fire monitoring committee, meets Berri
On Thursday, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met in Ain al-Tineh with American Brigadier General Jasper Jeffers, a member of the committee overseeing the implementation of the cease-fire...
5 December 2024
Letters to Lebanon: A letter to nothing, since that's what was achieved
I cannot celebrate... how strange is that! The bombs are safe in their stockpiles miles away. They’ve been put to sleep, they’re not coming this way. There are no more jets in the sky, no more...
Amelia Hankins, 5 December 2024
What will Gaza negotiations look like under Trump?
On Monday, less than two months ahead of his inauguration, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump issued an ultimatum, raising the question of whether negotiations for a hostage release and cease-fire...
Tatiana KROTOFF, 5 December 2024
‘The mujahideen gave us back our villages’: In north-western Syria, joy tempers lingering doubts
Ambiguity and uncertainty prevail over the fate of the region, which has been under heavy bombardment by the Assad regime.Baraa has been beset by anxiety and insecurity for more than a week....
Noura DOUKHI, 5 December 2024
Geagea implicitly calls for dissolution of Jnoud al-Rab after deadly clash in Achrafieh
A clash on Wednesday evening between members of the Lebanese Forces (LF) and the group known as Jnoud al-Rab (Soldiers of God) resulted in the death of the LF’s Karm al-Zeitoun (Achrafieh) office...
L’Orient Today staff, 5 December 2024
Nicholas Frakes, 5 December 2024
Patriarch Bechara al-Rai travels to Paris for the inauguration of Notre-Dame
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai will travel to Paris tomorrow, Friday, to participate in a weekend of official ceremonies marking the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, more than five...
5 December 2024
Israeli Supreme Court keeps two suspects in BibiLeaks case in custody
Israel's Supreme Court ordered the continued detention of two suspects involved in the BibiLeaks affair, pending its decision on an appeal against their placement under house arrest, according to...
5 December 2024
Chronicles of a memory in ruins: Stories of Lebanese artists confronting war (1/2)
Since Oct. 8, 2023 and especially since the outbreak of a ‘total’ war between Israel and Hezbollah in late September 2024, Lebanon has once again been plunged into the depths of death, destruction...
Gilles KHOURY, Zéna ZALZAL and Maya GHANDOUR HERT, 5 December 2024
HTS’ vague discourse towards Shiites and Alawites
With the progression of the offensive by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the main group within the armed opposition to the Assad regime in Syria, many are concerned about the consequences for...
Soulayma MARDAM BEY, 5 December 2024
Turk arrested in Lebanon suspected of shooting friend dead during cease-fire celebration
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Wednesday that they had arrested a suspect who allegedly shot and killed his friend during celebratory gunfire on the first day of the cease-fire...
5 December 2024
Qatar resumes Gaza mediation
Qatar has resumed its role as a mediator in efforts to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war following a brief suspension, a source with knowledge of the talks told AFP on Thursday....
5 December 2024
Hezbollah aims to rebuild longer term despite Israeli blows, US intel says
Hezbollah has been significantly affected militarily by Israel, but the group will likely try to rebuild its stockpiles and forces and pose a longterm threat to the U.S. and its regional allies,...
5 December 2024
France formalizes Guillaume Ponchin's participation in the cease-fire supervision mechanism
The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans published a joint press release on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. This recalls that the cease-fire...
5 December 2024
PMI on the rise in November despite war and cease-fire uncertainty
One month after reaching its lowest level in nearly two years, the Lebanese Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed a slight recovery in November, rising by more than three points to 48.1. Ali...
L'Orient Today staff, 5 December 2024
Heavy fighting in the city of Hama between the Syrian armed opposition and government forces
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Thursday, Dec. 5, violent clashes on the axes of the city of Hama, between the government forces and the opposition Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham...
5 December 2024
Israeli army operations continue in south Lebanon despite cease-fire
The 60-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, which took effect on Nov. 27 at 4 a.m., was finalized as Israeli troops were still trying to push forward with their ground offensive in parts...
Nemtala EDDÉ, 5 December 2024
Amnesty accuses Israel of 'genocide' in Gaza
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Israel of "committing genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza since the start of the war last year, saying its new report was a "wake-up call" for the...
5 December 2024
Palestinians accuse Israeli forces of raiding West Bank hospital
The Palestinian health ministry in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday condemned a raid by Israeli forces on a hospital in Nablus and the arrest of an injured patient....
5 December 2024
Syrian rebels surround Hama 'from three sides'
Syrian rebels on Wednesday encircled the key central city of Hama "from three sides," a war monitor said, despite a counteroffensive launched by government forces to retain control of the city....
5 December 2024
Israel PM announces body of hostage recovered from Gaza in 'special operation'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a statement Wednesday that the body of a hostage had been recovered from the Gaza Strip. "In a special operation, the...
5 December 2024
Gaza civil defence says 20 killed in Israeli strike on displacement camp
Gaza's civil defense agency said Wednesday that 20 people, including five children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement camp near Khan Younis in the territory's south....
5 December 2024
We will stand by Syria based on our means to stop this aggression, says Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem: Day 426 of the war
21:17 Beirut Time Thank you for joining our live coverage of day 426 of the war in Gaza and the ninth day of cease-fire in Lebanon. We will resume reporting tomorrow morning....
Ghadir Hamadi, Muntasser Abdallah, Sarah Abdallah, Yara Malka, Nicholas Frakes and Tasnim Chaaban, 5 December 2024
Gaza cease-fire talks continue in Cairo, Cabinet approves aid measures for south Lebanon: Everything you need to know this Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• If the cease-fire in Lebanon between Hezbollah...
Abbas Mahfouz, 5 December 2024
Exclusive: Satellite imagery shows Israeli evacuation warnings during the war may have been used to ‘terrorize’ rather than protect civilians
As a cease-fire takes hold in Lebanon, L'Orient Today has investigated the Israeli army's primary method for ‘justifying’ two months of intense bombardment: evacuation notices issued to residents...
