Qomati confirms Wafiq Safa's resignation
The resignation of the head of Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit, Wafiq Safa, which has drawn intense media attention in recent days, was confirmed Saturday by Mahmoud Qomati, vice...
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Iran: 11 members of 'terrorist group' arrested before sabotage attempts
11 people belonging to the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), a group considered "terrorist" by Iran, were arrested before carrying out acts of sabotage, state television reported...
7 February 2026
Lebanese Army seizes 3.8 million Captagon pills, 73 kg of drugs in Baalbeck
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army said Saturday it had raided an abandoned house in the village of Haouch Tall Safiyeh, in the Baalbeck district, seizing around 3.8 million Captagon pills and 73 kilograms...
7 February 2026
Ban on foreign trucks entering Syria: Unionists call for urgent Beirut-Damascus talks
A day after Syrian customs banned non-Syrian trucks from entering the country by land, the head of the Road Transporters’ Union, Bassam Tleiss, called for urgent talks between Beirut and Damascus,...
L'Orient Today staff, 7 February 2026
Rajji: Transfer of Syrian prisoners first step toward better Lebanon-Syria ties
BEIRUT — Foreign Minister Joe Rajji said Saturday that the Lebanese government’s approval of an agreement to transfer convicted Syrian prisoners “constitutes the beginning and the first step in a...
7 February 2026
‘Cancer figures in Lebanon are alarming,’ warns health minister
“The cancer case numbers are staggering and alarming”: speaking at a conference in Chhim, Mount Lebanon, to mark World Cancer Day, Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine sounded the alarm Saturday,...
7 February 2026
Syrian ban on foreign trucks prompts call for Lebanese-Syrian talks
BEIRUT — A day after Syrian customs barred non-Syrian trucks from entering the country through land crossings, the head of the Lebanese Land Transport Union, Bassam Tlais, said the move would have...
7 February 2026
Thaura: a Syrian AI designed to 'decolonize' tech
“The alternative AI model we’ve been waiting for,” “I use it and it’s excellent!” “Bravo, I’m so proud.” Praise and encouragement have poured in over the past several weeks on the social media...
Tatiana KROTOFF, 7 February 2026
In the Bekaa, a river... of refrigerators
The Litani National Office has denounced a severe case of pollution in the Ghozayel River in the central Bekaa, a tributary of the Litani, Lebanon’s largest river. According to the head of the...
7 February 2026
Syrian-Saudi $1 billion deal for telecom network
Syria and Saudi Arabia announced Saturday that they have signed a $1 billion agreement for the development of the Syrian telecommunications network. Alongside the deal, the two countries also...
7 February 2026
Aoun: Lebanon not abandoned after successful papal visit
BEIRUT — At a dinner honoring those who contributed materially and morally to the success of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Lebanon in December, President Joseph Aoun said Friday that Lebanon is “neither...
7 February 2026
Opening of Ilayya in downtown Beirut
Ilayya opened its doors on Dec. 15 in the Arcadia cluster, on the Avenue du Parc district in downtown Beirut, with the ambition of reinventing the Lebanese bistro in a contemporary, elegant, and...
Nada ALAMEDDINE, 7 February 2026
Rafah reopens, reviving hopes for Palestinians from Gaza stranded in occupied West Bank
At 90 years old, Mohammad lives in a small 15-square-meter room he shares with three other Palestinians in Jenin. On the walls are a few photos and verses from the Quran. Nothing, or almost...
Alice FROUSSARD, special correspondent in Jenin and Tulkarm, occupied West Bank, 7 February 2026
Support conference for army on agenda in Barrot-Haykal talks
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, on an official visit to Lebanon as part of a regional tour, met Saturday in Beirut with Lebanese Army commander Gen. Rodolph Haykal, the military said in a...
7 February 2026
'Hijri was right': Distrust of Damascus persists in Sweida, nearly 7 Months after July’s violence
Almost every day, Oussama wakes up to the sound of drones and mortar fire, less than five kilometers from his home in Sweida. Along this "front line," clashes and skirmishes succeed one...
Noura DOUKHI, 7 February 2026
Israel appears intent on leveraging its ties with the Druze populations in Lebanon and Syria
Israel is pursuing its regional influence strategy by seeking to consolidate its presence in neighboring countries. According to Israeli media, the army has created a liaison post under the...
Dany MOUDALLAL, 7 February 2026
Salam warmly welcomed in the south, pledges reconstruction
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Saturday during a visit to southern Lebanon that “reconstruction is a commitment” undertaken by the government, stressing that it is not temporary but one...
L'Orient Today staff, 8 February 2026
Iran 'will target U.S. bases in the region if Washington attacks,' Araghchi says
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Saturday that Tehran would target U.S. bases in the region if Washington were to attack Iran. “It is not possible to strike American soil if the...
7 February 2026
Trump hails 'very good' talks with Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington had “very good talks” on Iran after the two sides held indirect discussions in Oman, pledging another round of negotiations next week. Iran, for its...
7 February 2026
Why Israel targets 'lower-ranking' Hezbollah members
Hardly a day goes by without the Israeli army targeting presumed or confirmed Hezbollah members, especially in South Lebanon and the Bekaa. Whether riding motorcycles or driving cars, men — both...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 7 February 2026
Iran will target US bases in region if Washington attacks, Araghchi warns | LIVE
19:13 Beirut Time US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visit USS Abraham Lincoln President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner...
7 February 2026
Iranian foreign minister criticizes 'doctrine of domination' benefiting Israel
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday denounced what he called a “doctrine of domination” that allows Israel to expand its military arsenal while restricting those of other countries...
7 February 2026
Closing arguments scheduled for April 24 in case involving a Hezbollah official, Ahmad al-Assir and Fadl Shaker
Sat in a motorized wheelchair, Hilal Hammoud — an official with the Resistance Brigades (Hezbollah) who filed complaints against Salafist cleric Ahmad al-Assir and singer Fadl Shaker over an...
Claude ASSAF, 7 February 2026
Building evacuated in Tripoli after alarming cracks
Residents of a four-story building in the Dahr al-Moghr neighborhood of Tripoli were evacuated from their apartments across from the structure that collapsed in the same area on Jan. 7, our North...
