Hamas called on the United States Thursday to "exert real pressure" on Israel to reach a Gaza cease-fire agreement as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there is no deal in the making. The two...
On Thursday, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai met with four MPs from the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) who recently resigned: Ibrahim Kanaan, Elias Bou Saab, Alain Aoun, and Simon Abi Ramia. The...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) deteriorated again in August, down to 47.9 points from 48.3 in July, according to the latest update published on Wednesday by BlomInvest. After...
BEIRUT — A remarkable scene unfolds at dawn amid the distant rumble of shelling: endangered sea turtles, oblivious to human conflicts, instinctively emerge to lay their eggs on the Mansouri beach...
A Hezbollah fighter was killed at dawn on Thursday in an Israeli strike on the village of Kafra, in the South Lebanon's Bint Jbeil district, an attack to which the Hezbollah said it retaliated by...
The State Litigation Department filed a civil suit against former Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh, as well as “anyone identified as involved in the investigation,” following charges...
BEIRUT — Municipal employees across Lebanon intensified their strike action Thursday, a day after announcing a nationwide general strike. Participation rates varied, with higher engagement in the...
In Lebanon, often dubbed a “penal paradise,” the arrest of a senior official like Riad Salameh is a rare occurrence. The former Banque du Liban (BDL) governor was detained this week in connection...
BEIRUT – Lebanese entrepreneurship support organization Berytech is teaming up with ANIMA Investment Network and Invest Cyprus, a national investment promotion agency, to help Lebanese...
On Thursday, the Lebanese State Litigation Department joined the case against former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh as a civil party, "and against anyone identified as involved in the...
Former President Michel Aoun commented on the Tuesday arrest of former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, calling on the judiciary to rule on the case. "Justice will have spoken its final word...
Is caretaker Minister of Education and Higher Education Abbas Halabi on the verge of resigning just as the new school year has begun? Several local media outlets suggest that his decision may be...
"Wa Ada Maroun Ila Beirut" ("And Maroun Returned to Beirut.") The “And” in the new documentary's title is a ball of anguish that hints at the hesitations that precede it and the fatality that...
A few dozen protesters responded on Thursday morning to the call for a sit-in organized by the "Cry of Depositors" in front of the courthouse, to show their solidarity with the Prosecutor General...
For almost a year, Arab voices have been viewed with caution, if not mistrust, in the Western media landscape. This is especially stark when they speak out against the ongoing massacres in Gaza....
Hamas on Thursday accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to "thwart" a Gaza truce deal, after the Israeli premier said the Palestinian militant group has "rejected everything" in negotiations....
“I ran as fast as I could, like in a horror movie. Despite that, I was hit by shrapnel,” recalled Mohammad Sherkawi, 12, his crutches in hand. On Aug. 7, he and his best friend Marwan Abou Walaa...
Great-nephew and godson of the former great political figure whose name he bears, this young scientist from Beit Mery, who lives in Paris, handles and articulates concepts with finesse and...
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Lebanon's army and the authorities in nearby Cyprus of working together to keep refugees out of Europe and deporting them to war-torn Syria....
Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes killed a woman and wounded five other people in the country's south on Wednesday, nearly 11 months since hostilities broke out between Israel and...
21:23 Beirut Time Thank you for joining our live reporting on the Gaza war and its implications on the region, particularly Lebanon. We will resume our coverage tomorrow...
BEIRUT — After four years of economic turmoil and endless roller coasters, the Lebanese lira has finally experienced a year of stability, hovering around LL89,500-to-the-dollar since caretaker...
In Lebanon, a wave of indignant ink has been spilled in response to a report by Georges Malbrunot, published at the end of August, about Fakra. The article, appearing in Le Figaro, dwelled on...
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
