Syria announces end of Homs security operation
Syrian state media said a five-day security operation in Homs city ended Monday, with a war monitor reporting hundreds of arrests in sweeps mostly targeting neighborhoods of ousted president Bashar...
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'Mahan Air's plane was not searched at Beirut airport,' says Iranian Foreign Ministry
BEIRUT — In its first comment on the diplomatic crisis that occurred at Beirut international airport last week, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that "the Iranian Mahan Air plane...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 January 2025
Trudeau says he is resigning as Canada PM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, saying he will leave office as soon as the ruling Liberal party chooses a new leader. "I intend to resign as party...
6 January 2025
Israeli army asks Syrian Golan Heights residents to hand in their weapons
The mayor of a village in Syria's Golan Heights told AFP on Monday that he had met with representatives of the Israeli army, which has been making incursions into the area and has ordered residents...
6 January 2025
Frem says 'centrist' blocs would back Joseph Aoun if consensus reached
BEIRUT — After a meeting of "centrist" parliamentary blocs, presidential candidate MP Neemat Frem announced that the majority of attendees would support Army Commander Joseph Aoun for the...
6 January 2025
Syria monitor: 101 killed in battles between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces
More than 100 combatants were killed over the last two days in northern Syria in fighting between Turkish-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish forces, a war monitor said on Sunday. Since Friday...
6 January 2025
We need to elect a president who can rise to the current challenges, says Rai
BEIRUT — Maronite Church leader Patriarch Bechara Rai reiterated his call on Monday for the election of a president capable of addressing Lebanon’s pressing challenges, ahead of the parliamentary...
6 January 2025
Hamas Leaders' portraits vandalized in Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp
BEIRUT — Unidentified gunmen fired at dawn on Monday at a photograph of Abu Obeida, spokesperson for Hamas’s armed wing in Gaza, displayed in a market in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 January 2025
The return of 'Lebanese ways'
Of all the ills afflicting Lebanon, our inexhaustible capacity for denial, both individual and collective, is perhaps the most worrying. At times, it’s framed as resilience, even though the term...
Anthony SAMRANI, 6 January 2025
Air France and Transavia flights to Lebanon remain suspended
Air France has extended its suspension of flights to Lebanon and Israel "due to the security situation," the airline announced on Monday. "Air France is extending the suspension of its services...
L'Orient Today staff/AFP, 6 January 2025
Riyadh no longer conceals its support for Aoun, will Amal-Hezbollah yield?
The visit of Saudi envoy Yazid bin Farhan to Beirut may have been discreet, but Hezbollah responded in its own way. Shortly after the meeting between the Saudi Foreign Affairs Ministry’s advisor...
Mounir RABIH, 6 January 2025
Jean-Yves Le Drian expected in Beirut on Tuesday
BEIRUT — French special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian is due in Beirut late Tuesday, according to information obtained by L'Orient-Le Jour. Le Drian's visit comes just two days before the parliamentary...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 January 2025
Al Jadeed apologizes amid backlash for featuring children in political debate
BEIRUT — Lebanese TV channel Al Jadeed has come under fire since Sunday for airing a controversial episode of its program Mini Mafia, which featured children engaging in political and sectarian...
6 January 2025
Cease-fire put to the test by the presidential election
More than five weeks have passed since the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah was signed, and less than 25 days remain for its full implementation. In the meantime, both parties are...
Antoine HADDAD, 6 January 2025
Hochstein arrives in Beirut to chair cease-fire monitoring committee meeting
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut on Monday morning ahead of a meeting of the committee tasked with monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire, which went into effect on Nov. 27. The...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 January 2025
Backlash over Hezbollah's Safa veto claims on Geagea
BEIRUT — Remarks by Wafiq Safa, head of Hezbollah's liaison unit, on Sunday sparked widespread backlash among opponents of the group, particularly Lebanese Forces (LF) MPs. Safa's comments, which...
6 January 2025
Fire contained at service station in Akkar
BEIRUT — A large fire broke out early Monday morning at the "Masri" service station along the Abdeh seaside road in Akkar, North Lebanon, before being brought under control within an hour, a Civil...
6 January 2025
Lebanese Army Begins Deployment in Naqoura, Sour: Live
19:10 Beirut Time This concludes our live reporting of the developments in the Middle East, particularly Lebanon, Gaza and Syria. We will resume coverage tomorrow morning. ...
Tasnim Chaaban and Malek Jadah, 6 January 2025
3 killed in occupied West Bank shooting
Gunmen opened fire Monday on a bus and other vehicles near a village in the occupied West Bank, killing three people and wounding seven, the Israeli military and emergency services said. Violence...
6 January 2025
Syria's new ministers in Qatar and UAE
Syria's new foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani landed in the United Arab Emirates Monday on his first visit to the country since rebels toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month, official news...
6 January 2025
Le Drian and Hochstein head cease-fire committee in Beirut, Lebanese Army redeploys in Naqoura: Everything you need to know this Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian’s...
Abbas Mahfouz, 6 January 2025
Lebanese Army soldiers wounded in Syria border clashes, Damascus airport open for international flights, Israeli attacks in Gaza kill over 200 since Friday: Everything you need to know this Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Jan. 6, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Syria's new foreign minister in UAE.•...
