Hamas twin power structure complicates Gaza truce talks
Hamas has projected a united front since its Oct. 7 attack sparked war with Israel, but experts say divisions within the Palestinian movement have weighed on efforts towards a cease-fire....
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Lebanese Nawaf Salam elected new ICJ president
BEIRUT — Judge Nawaf Salam, of Lebanese-origin, was elected as President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday for a three-year term. He follows American Judge Joan E. Donoghue,...
6 February 2024
French FM warns Lebanon of potential Israeli war
BEIRUT — French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne issued a stark warning to Lebanon, cautioning that Israel might initiate a war with its neighbor to the north, which seeks to avoid further...
6 February 2024
Argentina plans to move embassy to Jerusalem
TEL AVIV — Argentina's President Javier Milei announced to his Israeli hosts on Tuesday the plans to move his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, almost as soon as he touched down....
6 February 2024
32 more hostages declared dead by Israeli army: NYT
BEIRUT — Israeli intelligence officers have concluded that at least 32 of the remaining 136 hostages captured by Hamas and other Palestinian militants on Oct. 7 have died since the start of the...
6 February 2024
UNRWA says report into Israeli claims against staff due early March
BEIRUT — The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees expects a preliminary report into Israeli claims that a dozen of its employees took part in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel to be ready by...
6 February 2024
Lebanese FM summons British ambassador about David Cameron
BEIRUT — Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib summoned the British ambassador and handed him a note of protest regarding his British counterpart, Lord David Cameron's visit to Beirut, the...
6 February 2024
Unearthing history: Phoenician port of Sour rediscovered
According to ancient texts, the Phoenician city of Sour, located in southern Lebanon, once boasted two ports: one facing north, dubbed the “Sidonian” port, and another facing south, called the...
May MAKAREM, 6 February 2024
8,000 displaced people evacuated from Gaza hospital
Around 8,000 displaced people have been evacuated from a besieged hospital in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Younis where they had sought refuge, the Red Cross said on Tuesday....
6 February 2024
Iran suspected in plot to kill Swedish Jews
Swedish radio reported Tuesday that an Iranian couple, believed to be working for Iranian intelligence, were deported after being suspected of a plot to kill Swedish Jews....
6 February 2024
13 sentenced to death for homosexuality in Yemen
A Houthi-run court in Yemen has sentenced 13 people to public execution on homosexuality charges, a judicial source said Tuesday, as human rights groups decried a rise in abuses by the Iran-backed...
6 February 2024
West Bank Palestinians 'exhausted' by omnipresent Israeli surveillance
Rotating cameras planted on a rooftop terrace "follow our every move," said Hebron resident Umm Nasser, protesting intensified Israeli surveillance of her occupied West Bank city since the start of...
6 February 2024
Lebanon hands British ambassador note of protest over Cameron visit to Beirut
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib summoned the British ambassador and handed him a note of protest regarding British foreign minister David Cameron's visit to Beirut, the Lebanese...
6 February 2024
Living among the dead: Gaza families seek shelter in cemetery
Displaced again and again by Israel's military offensive on Gaza, Mahmoud Amer and his family have now pitched their tent close to gravestones in a cemetery in Rafah, the last place of relative...
Mohammed Salem, 6 February 2024
‘There will be an Iranian response if Iranian assets are directly targeted’
On Friday, as anticipated, the US responded to the killing of three American soldiers at a military base in Jordan on Jan. 28. They targeted 85 sites across 7 locations associated with elite...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 6 February 2024
Amid war in Gaza, is Cairo attempting a comeback in Lebanon?
Since the start of the war in Gaza, the newly appointed Egyptian ambassador to Beirut, Alaa Moussa, has made countless visits and held talks on the situation in Lebanon. This dynamic may be...
Salah HIJAZI, 6 February 2024
Unveiling the source: 35,000 Israeli violations of resolution 1701
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Thursday that Lebanon has logged “35,000 Israeli violations” of UN Security Council Resolution 1701. These violations allegedly encompass encroachments on...
Emmanuel HADDAD, 6 February 2024
Police shoot dead two armed 'terrorists' outside Istanbul court
Turkish police on Tuesday shot dead a man and a woman belonging to a leftist "terrorist" organization who attacked a security checkpoint outside Istanbul's main courthouse, injuring six people,...
6 February 2024
Israel minister sorry after son implies Biden has Alzheimer's
Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir apologized on Tuesday after his son implied in an online post that US President Joe Biden had Alzheimer's disease....
6 February 2024
Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 27,585
The health ministry in Gaza said Tuesday at least 27,585 people have been killed in the territory during the war between Palestinian militants and Israel. The latest toll...
6 February 2024
Gaza girl, 6, missing along with rescuers after car comes under fire
The last time six-year-old Hind Rajab was heard from, she was surrounded by dead relatives and trapped in the family's car after it came under fire in war-ravaged Gaza City....
6 February 2024
Blinken in Egypt on tour to seek 'enduring end' to Gaza war
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Egypt on Tuesday as part of his latest Middle East crisis tour, seeking a new cease-fire and "an enduring end" to the Israel-Hamas war. Heavy strikes...
6 February 2024
Yemen rebels claim fresh Red Sea ship attacks
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Tuesday they struck US and British ships in two separate attacks in the Red Sea, one of which was confirmed by a security firm. In a statement, Houthi...
6 February 2024
US strikes Houthi uncrewed surface vessels in Yemen
The US military said Monday it had struck explosive uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) operated by Houthi rebels in Yemen, days after a wave of joint strikes with Britain aimed at stopping continued...
6 February 2024
Israeli settler violence 'must stop'
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne said Monday that Israeli "settler violence must stop" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister...
6 February 2024
US says it did not give Iraq advance warning of air strikes
The United States did not notify the Iraqi government in advance of recent strikes against pro-Iranian targets in the country, the State Department said Monday, clarifying White House statements...
6 February 2024
Qatar, US announce 'positive' response from Hamas to hostage exchange, cease-fire proposal: Day 123 of Hamas-Israel war
22:46 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage from day 123 of the Hamas-Israel war. We'll be back tomorrow with more news updates and analysis, right here at L'Orient...
Wael Taleb, 6 February 2024
Six killed in south Lebanon, mobile operators strike, Lebanese army retirees protest: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 122 of the Israel-Hamas war here . An Israeli air raid killed three Amal...
