This year's SKE award winners
BEIRUT — Inas Hakky (Syria), Mohamad Chreyteh (Lebanon) and Mahmoud al Sobky (Egypt) on Monday won the Samir Kassir Eye's (SKE) award for best journalists in Arab countries within their categories....
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Solving the waste crisis in Akkar
For the past four years, Akkar, a disadvantaged region in northern Lebanon, has been crushed by waste. On Monday, authorities outlined solutions that could help overcome the waste crisis, which...
Mario DOUEIRY, 5 June 2023
Innocent civilian wounded in Baalbeck military operation, between life and death
BAALBECK — At 4:15 p.m. on Friday June 2, the sound of heavy gunfire fills the Baalbeck international highway in the Bekaa. The Lebanese army is pursuing a suspect involved in the May 28 Beirut...
Layal DAGHER, 5 June 2023
Hannibal Gaddafi starts hunger strike to protest incarceration in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, began an open hunger strike on Friday in Lebanon, where he has been imprisoned since 2015, his lawyer Paul Romanos told...
Wael Taleb, 5 June 2023
Man killed after gun-fight with police in Choueifat
BEIRUT — A Syrian man was killed and a Palestinian man was wounded on Saturday after an exchange of fire with Lebanese police in Choueifat, south of Beirut. Both individuals were drug trafficking...
5 June 2023
Quake felt in Zahleh Saturday is of 'natural' origin: CNRS
On Monday, the director of Lebanon's National Scientific Research Council (CNRS) refuted reports claiming Saturday's earthquake was caused by an explosion in a quarry. CNRS told L'Orient-Le Jour...
5 June 2023
CookieBae: Lebanese home cooking, a teenage pastry chef and a well-guarded recipe
Don’t try to make them at home. Crunchy on the outside, gooey mouth-watering on the inside, Jalal Audi’s cookies are a guilty pleasure, the secret recipe for which is well kept behind the stove of...
Julien RICOUR-BRASSEUR, 5 June 2023
Iranian embassy to reopen in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday: source
Iran is set to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday following a seven year closure, a diplomatic source told AFP, sealing a Chinese-brokered rapprochement deal announced in March....
5 June 2023
Lebanon ‘took everything’ from them … but they can’t seem to let go
She was promised that this feeling would only be temporary and that she would soon adapt to her new “home.” Two years later, feeling homesick “is only growing,” said Malak, 26, who has been in...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 5 June 2023
NSSF employees stage sit-in in several Lebanese regions
BEIRUT — Workers and daily workers at the National Social Security Fund in several Lebanese regions staged a sit-in Monday in front of local NSSF centers to demand improved living conditions amid...
5 June 2023
Israel jails Palestinian for life over West Bank murder
An Israeli court Sunday sentenced a Palestinian to life in prison for the 2015 killing of an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank, the military said Monday....
5 June 2023
Berri calls for 12th parliamentary session to elect president on June 14
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday called for a parliamentary session at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 14 to elect a new president of Lebanon. The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and the...
5 June 2023
Retired soldiers protest in Tripoli
BEIRUT — Retired soldiers and demonstrators held a sit-in in front of the main entrance to Banque du Liban in Tripoli, North Lebanon, on Monday morning, demanding their salaries be paid at...
5 June 2023
Turkish inflation dips under 40 percent for first time in 16 months
Turkey's annual inflation rate fell under 40 percent for the first time in 16 months in May, pushed down by a temporary measure offering free gas to households, official data showed Monday....
5 June 2023
Palestinians in Nahr al-Bared close UNRWA services director's office demanding needs be met
BEIRUT — Palestinian refugees in the Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon closed the office of the director of UNRWA services there Monday, demanding the complete reconstruction of the camp and...
5 June 2023
The Israelis set for new Jewish temple on Al-Aqsa site
With imported sacrificial cows, ancient hymns and growing support, some nationalist Jews hope to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem's Old City, at a site at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian...
5 June 2023
FPM, LF and opposition all back Azour, sexual assault allegations, teachers’ strike: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Zgharta MP and former presidential candidate Michel Moawad yesterday withdrew his candidacy and joined opposition parties, the...
