Bezalel Smotrich: Gaza will be totally destroyed
Two days after the Israeli security cabinet approved a plan for the " conquest " of Gaza, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich painted an apocalyptic picture of the post-war...
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Israeli drone hits a vehicle in Kfar Roummane, killing one and injuring another
An Israeli drone targeted a car in the "al-Jamaat" neighborhood of the village of Kfar Roummane (Nabatieh district), witnesses told our correspondent in southern Lebanon. The strike...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Sanaa Airport 'completely destroyed' in Israeli raids, according to official
Sanaa International Airport, held by Houthi rebels, was "completely destroyed" on Tuesday in Israeli strikes, an airport official told AFP. "Three of the seven planes belonging to...
AFP, 6 May 2025
Lebanon promises to ensure safety of Arab visitors during summer
Following a meeting with ambassadors from the Gulf Cooperation Council, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday that Lebanese security services are prepared to ensure the safety of Arab visitors in...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Israel warns Iran it will face ‘all consequences’ of Houthi attacks
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday deemed Iran “directly responsible” for the Houthi rebels’ attacks on Israel and warned that Tehran would face “all the consequences.” “This isa a...
AFP, 6 May 2025
Three killed in Israeli strikes according to Houthis
Three people were killed and 38 injured Tuesday in Israeli strikes against targets of the Houthi rebels in Yemen, insurgent media reported. The strikes targeted Sanaa airport, a cement factory,...
AFP, 6 May 2025
Houthis threaten to retaliate against Israeli strikes
The Houthi rebels in Yemen, backed by Iran, warned that they would retaliate against Israeli strikes on Tuesday on the airport and power plants in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. "The aggression...
AFP, 6 May 2025
Interior Ministry releases election results for Aley, Kesrouan, Jbeil districts
The Interior Ministry published the municipal election results in the districts of Aley , Kesrouan and Jbeil in Mount Lebanon on Tuesday on its website. On Monday evening, the election...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
UNIFIL commander urges Israel to 'completely withdraw from Lebanese territory'
BEIRUT — The commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on Tuesday called on the Israeli military to fully withdraw from Lebanese territory and to stop targeting prefabricated...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Rajji promises to 'do the necessary' for Lebanese missing in Syria
BEIRUT — Foreign Minister Joe Rajji said Tuesday that “the case of the Lebanese missing in Syria is his priority” and pledged to “do everything necessary” to resolve the matter during a meeting...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Turkey intercepts 2,000 booby-trapped pagers bound for Lebanon in September
Turkish intelligence services reportedly intercepted at Istanbul airport 2,000 booby-trapped pagers, three days after deadly explosions in Lebanon of these communication devices used by Hezbollah,...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Israel strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen for second consecutive day
Israel conducted airstrikes in Yemen for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, targeting Sanaa and its Houthi-controlled airport, two days after a missile strike by these rebels on Israel's...
AFP, 6 May 2025
Beirut Chamber Orchestra: Making Lebanon resonate with classical music
In New York, where he lives, Jean-Pierre Schmitt first hears about Lebanon through a friend. Moved by the country’s history, he soon finds renewed purpose when another friend, who had lived in...
Nanette ZIADE RITTER, 6 May 2025
Abbas expected in Lebanon on May 21 to discuss Palestinian refugee camps
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected in Beirut on May 21 to discuss the "extension of authority" of the Lebanese government over Palestinian refugee camps that currently escape...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Artists Gregory Buchakjian, François Sargologo and Hanibal Srouji declare 'the end of romanticism'
It is François Sargologo’s work that first captures the eye: photographic depictions of exuberant natural scenes, glued directly onto the wall without frames or embellishments. The series is...
Zéna ZALZAL, 6 May 2025
Houthi media report 'Israeli-US' strikes on Sanaa airport
Houthi rebel media in Yemen reported on Tuesday strikes targeting Sanaa airport, following a call from the Israeli army to evacuate the area of the Yemeni capital's airport. "The...
AFP, 6 May 2025
Hamas delivers third suspect of March rocket fire towards Israel
Lebanese Army announced Tuesday that Hamas had handed over a third Palestinian suspect, allegedly involved in the two rocket firing operations towards Israel on March 22 and 28, 2025. The...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Sandrine Atallah: My colleagues called me the devil
Being a sexologist in Lebanon doesn’t sell. The public is either drastically underinformed or deeply reluctant to engage with the topic. Being the first sexologist in Lebanon is even...
Raphaël ABDELNOUR, 6 May 2025
Foreign Affairs Ministry announces two-month closure of Ashrafieh legalization section
BEIRUT — Foreign Affairs Ministry announced in a statement on Tuesday the closure of the legalization section located in Ashrafieh starting Monday, May 12, 2025, for a duration of two months. This...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Lazaro urges Israel to 'withdraw completely from Lebanese territory'
BEIRUT — UNIFIL Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lazaro urged on Tuesday the Israeli army to "withdraw completely from Lebanese territory, and not to target prefabricated rooms in border...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Agriculture Minister says farmers can enter lands near Blue Line
BEIRUT — Minister of Agriculture Nizar Hani announced on Tuesday that farmers can now enter lands in southern Lebanon near the Lebanese Israeli borders to harvest their crops. Despite the...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Sheikh Khatib: Arms issue needs dialogue to protect Lebanon
The vice president of the Higher Shia Council (HSC), Sheikh Ali el-Khatib, visiting Iran, stated Tuesday that the issue of Hezbollah's disarmament “requires dialogue for a defense strategy that...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Lebanon remembers press martyrs and demands justice
BEIRUT — On the occasion of Journalism Martyrs' Day, President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, along with others, paid tribute to the sacrifices of the slain media professionals and...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Dust cloud forces several million Iranians to stay home
A thick cloud of dust enveloping a large part of western Iran on Tuesday forced authorities to locally close schools and urge about 13 million residents to stay home, according to state television....
AFP, 6 May 2025
Qatari mediator says 'efforts continue' to reach a truce agreement
Qatar, the mediating country between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, said on Tuesday it is continuing its efforts towards a truce in Gaza, shortly after a statement from Hamas...
AFP, 6 May 2025
Russia will respond 'immediately' if Ukraine attacks
The Kremlin stated on Tuesday that the Russian military would respond 'immediately' in the event of a Ukrainian attack during the unilateral ceasefire ordered by Vladimir Putin between May...
AFP, 6 May 2025
Al-Jadeed employees 'fear for safety' after report on Nasrallah mausoleum
Thirty-four employees of the Lebanese television channel Al-Jadeed said they feared for their safety in a letter to management Monday, following the airing of a report that criticized the cost of a...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
In Gaza: The shadow of the missing
Alaa Mortaja lost contact with her father and brother on March 22, 2024. “It was a Ramadan afternoon. The Israeli army was bombing our street, just steps from al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City,”...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 6 May 2025
Interior Ministry publishes election results in Aley and Kesrouan districts
Interior Ministry published on Tuesday the results of the municipal elections in the districts of Aley and Kesrouan in Mount Lebanon, which took place on Sunday. On Monday evening, the...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Aoun, Salam pay tribute to Lebanon's press martyrs
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Press Editors Syndicate commemorated Martyrs Day in front of the Martyrs' Statue in downtown Beirut on Tuesday in the presence of journalists and media professionals....
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Why did Hezbollah's opposition not participate in the municipal elections
In light of the weakening of both its political and military standing following its latest war with Israel, Hezbollah was notably absent from the electoral scene during the first phase of municipal...
Jeanine JALKH, 6 May 2025
Cardinals move into Vatican on eve of conclave
Countdown for the Catholic Church: On Tuesday, cardinals begin moving into the Vatican accommodations where they will stay during the conclave, on the eve of their historical closed-door meeting to...
AFP, 6 May 2025
What impact will the developments in Syria have on Lebanon?
Can Lebanon remain shielded from the turmoil shaking the region — from Syria to Iran, including Gaza?Just a few months ago, in December, there was room for cautious optimism. With the fall of...
Scarlett HADDAD, 6 May 2025
Drones strike on major power station at port
Drones hit the main electrical substation in Port Sudan on Tuesday, the national electricity company reported, causing a total power outage at the government headquarters allied with the army in...
AFP, 6 May 2025
In Damascus, socks mock the ousted president and his clan
In his shop on a commercial street in Damascus, Bassel al-Sati offers a whole range of socks with caricatures of the ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his family, ridiculing the man who ruled...
AFP, 6 May 2025
Rise in gasoline prices, gas and fuel prices drop
Gasoline prices rose Thursday in Lebanon, while the price of gas cylinders and diesel decreased, according to the latest schedule published by the Energy and Water Ministry. – 20 liters of...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 May 2025
Houthi rebels report four killed after Israeli strikes
Yemen's Houthi rebels reported on Tuesday that four people were killed in the west of the country following strikes that Israel claimed to have carried out the previous day in response to...
AFP, 6 May 2025
France firmly condems Israeli plan
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot expressed on Tuesday his 'very firm condemnation' of the Israeli plan to conquer Gaza and its new military campaign on Palestinian territory....
AFP, 6 May 2025
Trump says Houthis have 'surrendered' and US bombing in Yemen will stop | LIVE
19:40 Beirut Time Trump promises a 'very, very big announcement' ahead of next week's Middle East trip Donald Trump on Tuesday promised a "very, very big...
Renee Davis Muntasser Abdallah and Sarah ABDALLAH, 6 May 2025
Three years of detention for French nationals Kohler and Paris
French nationals Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, accused of “espionage” by Iran, reach the milestone of three years in detention on Wednesday, imprisoned under extremely harsh conditions and now...
AFP, 6 May 2025
Hamas says new truce negotiations no longer meaningful
Hamas stated on Tuesday that negotiations for a truce in Gaza were no longer meaningful at this stage and urged the world to pressure Israel to stop the "war of hunger," following...
AFP, 6 May 2025
In Mount Lebanon, former FPM MPs score a point against their old party
Just months after their departure — whether by resignation or expulsion — from the Free Patriotic Movement, MPs Alain Aoun (Baabda), Simon Abi Ramia (Jbeil) and Ibrahim Kanaan (Metn) scored a...
Yara ABI AKL, 6 May 2025
Why is hostility toward UNIFIL on the rise?
A new video circulated on social media Thursday evening showed residents in southern Lebanon preventing vehicles of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from entering certain areas...
Nemtala EDDÉ, 6 May 2025
Press Martyrs Day: Journalists call for justice after Israeli violations
As it does each year, Lebanon marks May 6 as Press Martyrs Day — a commemoration first established to honor the intellectuals executed during World War I by Ottoman occupiers. Over time, especially...
