TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that Iran supports Hezbollah, its Lebanese ally, in its decisions, after the group rejected Cabinet's plan to disarm it, AFP...
GAZA/CAIRO — Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and washing water, a painful load that is still far below the levels needed to...
PARIS — Only 1.5 percent of Gaza's farmland is accessible and undamaged — less than a square mile — according to the latest satellite survey published Wednesday by the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture...
BEIRUT — Amid a recently accelerated crackdown on narcotics distribution in the country, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) arrested a man involved in drug trafficking in the Kesrouan district,...
BEIRUT — The director-general of the Beirut and Mount Lebanon Water Authority, Jean Gebran, was removed from his position by Cabinet and placed at the disposal of Minister of Energy and Water Joe...
BEIRUT — A subcommittee of Lebanon’s joint parliamentary committees met Wednesday under the chairmanship of Parliament Vice President Elias Bou Saab to review seven proposed electoral laws, just...
In a dramatic reversal, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Wednesday that he would back a move to direct millions of shekels from Israel's coffers to providing humanitarian aid to...
BEIRUT — Bahaa Hariri, son of assassinated Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, visited church leaders in Lebanon on Wednesday, according to a post he shared on his X account. The billionaire businessman,...
JERUSALEM/CAIRO — Israel's military chief has pushed back against Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to seize areas of Gaza it doesn't already control, three Israeli officials said, as the prime...
Gabonese influencer Nazih Marwan al-Azzi, of Lebanese descent, was arrested in early August in Beirut at the request of Gabonese authorities, according to Lebanon’s General Security and a source...
BEIRUT — Former MP and public works minister Ghazi Zeaiter dismissed all accusations levied against him in the Beirut Port explosion case as "politically and media-driven, not judicial,"...
BEIRUT — MP Ibrahim Kanaan, a former member of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), met with head of the Lebanese Forces (LF) Samir Geagea, FPM leader Gebran Bassil's main political opponent, in...
Lebanese banks are seeking to appoint an adviser in preparation for possible talks with the Banque du Liban (BDL, central bank) over $80 billion in deposits and other claims they want to recover —...
On July 30, several far-right Israeli ministers and lawmakers asked Defense Minister Israel Katz for permission to visit northern Gaza — heavily damaged in the war against Hamas — to "explore...
BEIRUT — Cabinet's decision on Tuesday to set the end of 2025 as a deadline for Hezbollah's disarmament was met largely with praise from much of the Lebanese press, with the notable...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah said it would disregard Cabinet's decision to set the end of 2025 as a deadline for the party's disarmament, a plan that was the result of a five hour debate among Prime...
From the Koura region, you probably know the endless olive groves and the humble stone chapels. But do you know where to find an unlikely café, ice cream with a childhood flavor, or ultra-tender...
While the United States, Israel and Hamas all speak of an imminent cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, the future remains deeply uncertain. Israel has made no secret of its intention to depopulate the...
This time, there are no vague statements. Hezbollah now finds itself truly backed into a corner. For the party, the moment has come to make choices that are difficult, if not impossible.That was...
A lawyer, Ali Hassan Ibrahim, on Tuesday requested the Court of Cassation’s public prosecutor to open a judicial investigation against William Noun, brother of a victim of the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut...
Following the coastline of northern Lebanon along a winding road, the landscapes slowly unfold and change with every kilometer. The fishermen of Qalamoun seem frozen in time, the blue and white of...
A heatwave is expected to hit the country starting Thursday, with high humidity, according to forecasts from Jocelyne Abu Fares, head of the division in charge of forecasting at Meteo-Liban,...
On Tuesday, the Finance Ministry issued a decision outlining the provisions related to the revaluation of real estate assets seized by banks due to their clients’ failure to repay debts, as well as...
The disarmament of Hezbollah was not the only explosive issue on the agenda at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting in Baabda, on which the government took a step forward. The government also approved two...
BEIRUT — The Israeli army killed an 11-year-old boy named Abbas Merhi in a drone strike on Wednesday in southern Lebanon's Marjayoun district village of Touline. The boy's father was...
A Lebanese man born in 1977 has confessed to murdering a Syrian national (born in 1984) in a remote area of the Zahleh district, following a dispute over missing antiquities believed to be gold...
Three people were killed Wednesday in clashes between the Lebanese Army and suspected drug traffickers in the Sharawneh neighborhood of Baalbeck, including the infamous fugitive nicknamed "Abu...
Clashes erupted again in the Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in the southern suburbs of Beirut, local residents told L'Orient Today on Wednesday. Heavy gunfire erupted on Tuesday...
The Iraqi parliament is about to vote on a controversial law that redefines the status of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi), a coalition of mainly Shiite pro-Iranian armed...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir could "express his views," but that the military would ultimately have to "execute" any...
The decision is nothing short of historic. Meeting Tuesday at the Baabda Presidential Palace under the leadership of President Joseph Aoun, the Cabinet officially set the end of 2025 as the final...
Banque du Liban’s foreign currency reserves have seen a notable increase since Karim Souhaid took over as head of the central bank in late March 2025.The rebound is tied to a tightened monetary...
Bassel Shehadeh, Rama al-Asas, Rania al-Abbassi, Ali Moustafa, Samira al-Khalil, Mazen Hamada... All are among the hundreds of thousands of “martyrs” of the Syrian revolution. Most were kidnapped...
Gaza's civil defense agency said Wednesday that 20 people were killed when an aid truck overturned near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. "20 people were killed and...
23:59 Beirut Time That concludes our live coverage for today. Thanks for joining us, we'll be back tomorrow morning with more news updates and analysis. 23:44 Beirut Time...
Iranian authorities on Wednesday executed a man convicted of spying for Israel by passing on information about a nuclear scientist killed during the 12-day war with Israel in June, the judiciary...
More than 90 people were killed when a migrant boat sank off Yemen's coast, Yemeni officials and a source at the International Organization for Migration told AFP Tuesday, updating earlier...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:Further information from Trump's administration...
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
