Judges' Club reaffirms commitment to freedom of expression
BEIRUT — The Judges' Club, an association of independent magistrates, issued a statement on Friday reaffirming its commitment to freedom of expression and the need for a law that protects...
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Boat breaks down off the coast of Tripoli with 124 migrants on board
BEIRUT — Lebanese Red Cross teams in Tripoli are rescuing 124 Lebanese and Syrian individuals who attempted to informally reach Europe by boat, a health source told L'Orient Today's correspondent...
6 October 2023
Lebanese Army removes cement from southern border lining Israel
BEIRUT — United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) confirmed on Friday that the Lebanese Army removed cement infrastructure from the southern borders lining Israel on Thursday. The Israeli...
Malek Jadah, 6 October 2023
How one Lebanese woman went from wedding planner to stand-up comedian in LA
On Oct. 17, 2019, Lebanese people from all walks of life poured onto the streets in mass protest to condemn the corrupt political establishment. The protests swept across the country in waves and...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 6 October 2023
Sheikh al-Assir supporters protest in Saida demanding his release
BEIRUT — Radical Salafist Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir supporters gathered on Friday in Saida calling for his and his companions's release, L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the south reported....
6 October 2023
Three dead at Zahle prison after inmates set their rooms on fire
BEIRUT — At least three inmates died and sixteen others were injured in a fire that occurred during a mutiny in Zahle prison, L'Orient Today's correspondent reported. The incident was confirmed in...
6 October 2023
Joseph Aoun: The army faces suspicious campaigns
BEIRUT — Irregular migration from Syria to Lebanon has "increased considerably in recent months," Lebanese Army commander Joseph Aoun said Thursday, amid a wave of renewed measures and rhetoric...
6 October 2023
Syrian refugees: General Security director makes veiled threat against UNHCR over data
BEIRUT — Lebanon's acting General Security director appeared Thursday night to issue a vague threat that the powerful security apparatus could refuse to renew foreign UNHCR employees' residency...
6 October 2023
Army retirees protest in Riad al-Solh demanding higher pensions
BEIRUT — Dozens of army retirees protested next to the Grand Serail in Riad al-Solh Square in downtown Beirut on Friday demanding higher pensions, the latest in a string of similar protests over...
6 October 2023
UAE to reopen Embassy in Beirut
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minsiter Najib Mikati and UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed agreed in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to reopen the Emirati embassy in Beirut, two years after the latter withdrew its...
6 October 2023
Jailed Iran rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi wins peace Nobel
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to imprisoned Iranian women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi. Mohammadi was honored "for her fight against the oppression of...
6 October 2023
Turkey says 26 militants 'neutralized' as conflict escalates in Syria
Turkey's military "neutralized" 26 Kurdish militants in northern Syria overnight in retaliation for a rocket attack on a Turkish base, the defense ministry said on Friday as conflict escalated...
6 October 2023
Syria mourns scores killed in drone attack on military academy
Syria on Friday held funerals for scores of people killed in a drone attack on a graduation ceremony at a military academy in the Homs region the previous day, one of the bloodiest strikes...
6 October 2023
Israelis shoot, kill Palestinian teen in West Bank: Health ministry
A Palestinian was killed in the early hours of Friday in a town that has been the scene of frequent violence in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said....
6 October 2023
Several injured in nighttime brawl between Syrians and Lebanese in Doura
BEIRUT — Several people were injured in a brawl that broke out late Thursday evening between Lebanese and Syrian nationals near St. Maron's Church in Doura, at the northern entrance to Beirut,...
6 October 2023
Fuel prices down, gas cylinder remains unchanged
BEIRUT — Gasoline prices fell in Lebanon on Friday morning, while the price per gas cylinder remained unchanged. Here are the new rates, according to the Energy Ministry's price list: - 20...
6 October 2023
North Lebanon judge issues indictment in Sheikh Rifai murder
BEIRUT — North Lebanon's first investigating judge, Samaranda Nassar, issued an indictment on Thursday in the case of the February kidnapping and murder of Akkar religious Sheikh Ahmad Rifai, the...
6 October 2023
'Everything on negative track,' says UN coordinator on Lebanon humanitarian situation
BEIRUT — "Everything is on a negative track" for Lebanon's humanitarian situation, UN Lebanon coordinator Imran Riza said Thursday, as years of financial crisis in the country have left...
6 October 2023
Repressive measures against Syrians, a student sit-in, judicial battle: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced new restrictions that target displaced Syrians living in Lebanon,...
