Jad drifted aimlessly, walking with socked feet and sandals through the ruins of his city, his gaze vacant.When the young man first stepped out of the apartment building in Nabatieh, southern...
Following airstrikes at dawn on Friday targeting several border crossings between Lebanon and Syria, the Lebanese General Security, responsible for entry and exit procedures, announced the closure...
BEIRUT — An unexploded missile was discovered in the main street of Saksakieh's Marj neighborhood on Friday. The missile was found lodged more than ten meters into the ground in the Saida district...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah sent a small number of "supervising forces" from Lebanon to Syria overnight to help prevent anti-government fighters from seizing the strategic city of Homs, two senior...
Russia appears to be displaying relative restraint since the start of the blitzkrieg led by the jihadist group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other rebel factions in Syria.While Moscow has been...
As part of the allegations involving Karim Salam, brother and collaborator of caretaker Economy Minister Amin Salam, a case of alleged bribes is circulating in the news. Banque du Liban’s Special...
Syrian troops and their Iran-backed allies "suddenly" pulled out of eastern Deir Ezzor city and its surroundings Friday, a war monitor said, as a rebel offensive dealt the government a series of...
It is a story of a woman in her 60s who called one day to schedule an appointment, inquiring about couples therapy. “Come in and we'll talk about it,” I responded. Despite her initial inquiry, she...
BEIRUT – Since the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sept. 27, investors have developed a particular interest in Lebanon’s defaulted Eurobonds – a debt security issued in a...
Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs overnight and into Friday morning, a war monitoring group and residents said, as rebel forces sought to push their lightning offensive...
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto emphasized Rome’s support for Lebanon’s “stability” during an official visit to Beirut on Friday. He highlighted Italy’s efforts to achieve a cease-fire and...
The Lebanese Army established checkpoints and conducted patrols as part of strict security measures, with significant deployments along border areas in Akkar, northern Lebanon, and across various...
An electric atmosphere crackled through Saint-Joseph Church in Monnot on Wednesday evening. Beneath the nave, every bench overflowed with expectant spectators. “After two months under bombs, this...
An indictment for espionage has been filed against 21-year-old Tahrir Safadi, a resident of Masada in the Golan Heights, who is accused of collecting information on missile strike locations and the...
A week after convening the MPs for a Jan. 9 parliamentary session dedicated to electing a president, over-optimism seems to have given way to realism and intense political exchanges. The aim is to...
The Russian Embassy in Damascus urged Russian nationals in Syria on Friday to leave the country using commercial flights, the Russian news agency TASS reported, as cited by Reuters. The call was...
The Israeli army announced Friday that it is bolstering its troops in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as a rapid offensive by rebels, led by extremist Islamists in Syria, aims to overthrow...
“It felt like [the coronavirus] lockdown in a way, being confined in one place together with your family after having lost your job, not being able to leave the house that much, and the fear, the...
An Islamist-led rebel offensive reached Syria's third city Homs on Friday after seizing swathes of the country from President Bashar al-Assad's control in a rapid offensive....
L'hôpital Kamal Adwan à Beit Lahia a été visé par plusieurs frappes israéliennes vendredi matin, a indiqué dans un communiqué le directeur de cet établissement où la situation est « extrêmement...
The leader of the Islamist rebels in Syria stated that the “objective” of their swift offensive was to “overthrow” Assad's regime. “When we talk about goals, the goal of the revolution is to...
The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, said in a televised interview on LBCI Thursday night that disarming Hezbollah would not mean Lebanon no longer has a "problem" with...
More than a year after the eruption of the war in Gaza, a damning report by Amnesty International, made public Thursday in The Hague, accuses Israel of “committing genocide” in the Palestinian...
The 2006 post-war scenario is repeating itself. In the wake of the Nov. 27 cease-fire deal, Hezbollah rushed to reassure the displaced population, calling on them to apply for compensation and aid...
The escalation in fighting in Syria has displaced around 280,000 people in just over a week, the United Nations said on Friday, warning that numbers could swell to 1.5 million....
Although the implementation of the cease-fire monitoring mechanism has been delayed, these incidents are not considered a prelude to renewed conflict as neither side is in a position to sustain a...
Israel's army said Friday it had conducted air strikes on Hezbollah "weapon-smuggling routes" on the Syria-Lebanon border, just over a week into a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon....
21:09 Beirut Time Syrian officials, including the governor, left government buildings and centers in the southern Syrian city of Sweida today, according to the Syrian Observatory for...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Dec. 6, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza between...
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
