BEIRUT — In a speech delivered Tuesday at the "Iran in Solidarity" event held in Tehran, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said that his party "fought a battle of the greatest...
LONDON — UK prosecutors Tuesday said they would appeal a court's decision to drop a charge of supporting "terrorism" brought against a Northern Irish singer from punk rap group...
A world died on Oct. 7, 2023. Or perhaps it had started to die long before.Perhaps it was on Sept. 11, 2001, when the 21st century burst into being with all that would come to define it: the reign...
Ever since the Israeli pager attack of Sept. 17, 2024 that left her husband Hassan Atoui blind, Zeinab Raslan had not left his side. On Monday, Zeinab was buying bread in Nabatieh district's...
Sylvie Samaha made Lebanese sports history by winning gold at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, held from Sept. 27 to Oct. 2. “She...
Lebanon took a key step toward overhauling its failing power sector as Finance Minister Yassine Jaber and Energy Minister Joe Saddi signed decrees to unlock a $250 million World Bank loan. The...
Head of Lebanese Forces (LF) Samir Geagea, on Tuesday, urged Hezbollah to surrender its weapons to the state "as soon as possible," warning the party that it has run out of options....
Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Myrna Kallas on Monday referred the Cedrus Bank case to the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal prosecutor. The case involves a former manager of the...
BEIRUT — A police officer was killed Monday night by a stray bullet on the airport road that runs through Beirut's southern suburbs, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) confirmed in a statement...
Under the centuries-old arches of Tripoli’s Mina neighborhood, a fresh energy is emerging. Marsah is launching its first Art Week, bringing the city’s scattered stories together through...
BEIRUT — On the occasion of the second anniversary of Hamas' al-Aqsa Flood operation attacking southern Israel, its Lebanon ally, Hezbollah, reiterated its intention to "stand by the...
When we met Yasmine Hamdan in Paris last June, she was promoting her new album, I Remember, I Forget. At the time, Ziad Rahbani was still alive. We mention this because, now that this musical giant...
Two years ago today, Hamas commandos crossed into Israeli territory and killed about 1,219 people — roughly two-thirds of them civilians — triggering the deadliest Israeli response in Palestinian...
It was April 1970. In his final address as a member of the Knesset, former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion reflected on what he described as the dilemma Israel would henceforth face.“The...
BEIRUT — Following a meeting with President Joseph Aoun at Baabda Palace on Tuesday, Druze leader Walid Joumblatt told reporters that he found the atmosphere in Lebanon to be...
BEIRUT — Passenger traffic, including arrivals, transits and departures, at Beirut airport reached 5.41 million during the first nine months of 2025, marking a 10.2 percent increase (4.88 million...
BEIRUT — Ramco announced on Tuesday that it had suspended all waste collection in Metn, Kesrouan, and Beirut districts until further notice, due to the closure of the Jdeideh landfill, only for...
Minister of Economy and Trade Amer Bisat and Economic and Social Council President Charles Arbid both visited Baabda to discuss with President Joseph Aoun, the "Beirut One" conference,...
Syria announced a comprehensive cease-fire with Kurdish forces after a meeting on Tuesday between Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi that followed deadly clashes in...
President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday congratulated the Lebanese basketball clubs Riyadi, Sagesse, and Champville for their recent results in continental competitions. The reigning Lebanese and Asian...
Israel marked the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Tuesday, as Hamas and Israeli negotiators held indirect talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza under a U.S.-proposed peace plan. Two...
Two people were killed Tuesday in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, one in Deir Aames (Sour) and the second near Yater (Bint Jbeil), according to the Ministry of Health and our correspondent in...
"I can finally start learning English again." That's the first message we receive from Amir* on Sept. 26, after his 14-hour journey fleeing Gaza City, drowned under a deluge of...
Suspected of enslaving a Yazidi teenage girl in 2015, a woman who returned from Syria is set to become the first French woman tried for genocide in Paris after her appeal was rejected. Sonia...
It was an election day... of sorts. On Sunday, 6,000 delegates visited the 62 polling stations spread across 11 governorates to elect Syria's new legislative assembly.Interim president Ahmad...
Inspectors dispatched by the Minister of Economy inspected several generator owners in South Lebanon, with the support of State Security, according to a statement relayed by our correspondent in...
A meeting lasting over three hours took place on Monday between Justice Minister Adel Nassar and the Notaries' Council, represented by its president, Naji al-Khazen, along with five of its...
BEIRUT — The World Bank has raised its 2025 growth forecast for the region spanning the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAAP), while slashing its forecast for next year due...
BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV will be visiting Lebanon from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, the Holy See confirmed in an official announcement released Tuesday afternoon. The visit, according to the statement, comes...
Time is ticking, and the situation is becoming increasingly complicated. As the war in Gaza may soon come to an end, and as Lebanon — particularly the alliance formed by President Joseph Aoun and...
Two years after Hamas gunmen attacked the Nova festival in southern Israel, the desert site stands as both grave and shrine, where the living come to mourn the dead. More than 370 revelers were...
In the year leading up to her death on April 16, 2025, Gaza-based photographer Fatma Hassona maintained a moving virtual dialogue with Franco-Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi. Their exchange forms...
A major fire that broke out at dawn in the courtyard of the al-Taqoua mosque in Tripoli, North Lebanon, was brought under control by the Civil Defense, our correspondent in the region reports. The...
Several activists from the Gaza flotilla, expelled by Israel on Monday, said on their arrival in Athens that they had been "beaten" and treated "like animals" after their convoy...
Tension has eased. The Cabinet, which met on Monday at the Baabda Presidential Palace under the chairmanship of President Joseph Aoun, suspended the license of the Rissalat Association pending the...
The emergence of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan at the end of September — two years after the start of Israel's devastating war in the Gaza Strip — cut short an unprecedented initiative...
BEIRUT — Gasoline and diesel prices in Lebanon dropped again on Tuesday, according to the latest schedule published by the Energy and Water Ministry. Prices had already fallen during the last...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun received the director general of State Security, General Edgard Lawandos, with whom he discussed the security situation in the country, according to a...
Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas that began Monday in Egypt to end the Gaza war were described as "positive," and are set to resume on Tuesday, two Palestinian sources close to the...
BEIRUT — The Shin Bet, Israel's domestic intelligence and security service, sent a warning to Israeli police about potential "offensive activity by Hamas" at 3:03 a.m. on Oct. 7,...
22:17 Beirut Time Netanyahu vows to 'achieve all the war's objectives' in Oct. 7 statement Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a statement marking the second...
The Lebanese government is set to review on Monday a draft decree prepared by the Finance Ministry, detailing the implementation of Article 3 of Law No. 1 of April 24, 2025, which reformed bank...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Oct. 7 2025Some key things to watch today:Today: Gaza talks underway in Egypt with mediators from the U.S., Qatar, Egypt and...
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
