BEIRUT — The Israeli army conducted at least 15 airstrikes within half an hour in southern Lebanon on Friday at around 10 p.m., reported our regional correspondent. Around 20 to 25 missiles were...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army said on Friday that it arrested several individuals in Wadi Khaled, in the northern Akkar, on suspicion of making threats in a video shared on social media. "Following...
The U.N. envoy for Syria voiced alarm Friday at reports of clashes and killings in coastal areas between Syrian caretaker authority forces and elements loyal to toppled president Bashar al-Assad's...
BEIRUT — The government's adoption of the 2025 budget by decree on Thursday, bypassing Parliament, continued to spark reactions from the politicians on Friday. Gebran Bassil, leader of the Free...
Ibrahim Houeija, a former Air Force intelligence chief under ex-Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, was arrested in the coastal city of Jableh by the new Syrian authorities on Thursday.Since the fall...
BEIRUT — A boat parade took place Friday at the fishermen's port in Saida, in southern Lebanon, marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of former MP Maarouf Saad. The event commemorated...
BEIRUT — Finance Minister Yassine Jaber said the government's 2026 budget proposal — which the government has just begun preparing — would align with the reform commitments of Prime Minister Nawaf...
U.S. President Donald Trump said he has written to Iran pressing for talks on preventing the development of nuclear weapons, warning it faces possible military action if not. Iran's foreign...
Security forces sent reinforcements on Friday and carried out major sweeping operations in western Syria after unprecedented clashes with fighters loyal to former president Bashar al-Assad, which...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam addressed a conference at the Grand Serail marking International Women's Day, observed globally on March 8, emphasizing the "essential" role of women in efforts...
The Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) welcomed on Friday the capture of Ibrahim Houweija, the former head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence, who is suspected of having assassinated the Lebanese...
It felt to me like this year’s awards season was dominated by discourse on the Middle East. Perhaps by virtue of the specific echo chamber I inhabit on social media, or perhaps more because the...
"They talk to us about returning, but there is nowhere to return to," David Azoulay, president of the municipal council of Metula, Israel's northernmost town, said during his speech...
BEIRUT — A group of ultra-Orthodox Israelis entered southern Lebanese territory near Houla, in the Marjayoun district, on Friday morning for a "religious visit" organized by the Israeli army,...
A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Friday for talks on Saturday with Egyptian mediators about maintaining the fragile truce in Gaza, two officials of the Palestinian Islamist movement told AFP....
Syrian authorities will extend the curfew until Saturday morning in the coastal region, a former stronghold of the Assad clan where security forces are conducting a large-scale operation, the...
A peculiar-looking man stood center stage at a Minneapolis, Minnesota, gala benefit on Nov. 30, 1996. He had shaggy mop-top hair, a sharp nose and thick dark eyebrows, which stood in stark contrast...
The World Bank finalized and published its definitive report on the damages and losses suffered by Lebanon due to the war between Israel and Hezbollah, which took place from Oct. 8, 2023, to the...
In the heart of the Kasbah market, the voices of Hisham and Naoufel stand out amid the commotion. The young men, aged 17 and 19 respectively, run a spice stall in this Algiers neighborhood. One is...
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, stated Thursday evening in a speech that the reconstruction of Lebanon, following the Israeli strikes during the war between Hezbollah and...
BEIRUT — Speaking during Friday's launch event at Beirut's airport for electronic passport control gates, Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rasamny insisted on the importance of...
The relationship has experienced a heat wave. The Turkish ambassador to Tehran was summoned on Tuesday, March 4, after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accused Iran of fomenting...
It is now clear that Israel does not intend to withdraw anytime soon from the positions it still occupies in southern Lebanon. The Israelis are increasingly leaking information about alleged U.S....
Co-organizer, along with Mathilde Boudier, of a conference series dedicated to the millennia-long history of the Gaza Strip, which opens on March 10 at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne,...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun briefed Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday on his talks in Riyadh with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, as well as the atmosphere of the...
22:28 Beirut Time South Lebanon The Israeli strike near Ansar (Nabatieh) resulted in a large fire , reported our correspondent. 22:27 Beirut Time South...
For some, he is the most recognizable face of the Kurdish issue in Turkey and beyond. For others, he is a “terrorist,” the man who led a violent insurgency against the Turkish state at the cost of...
The Israeli army launched a new account on X in Turkish on Wednesday, March 5, which is already functional. This initiative was taken "in view of new geopolitical developments, particularly in...
The death toll from the shooting that erupted Thursday night in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, among members of the Dib family, rose to two Friday morning with the death of one of the injured, a young...
It's been postponed. In its first session after the vote of confidence, the Cabinet session on Thursday under the chairmanship of President Joseph Aoun, did not make the long-awaited...
Focusing on industrial wastewater treatment, the awarded project aims to eliminate heavy metals, such as lead, and industrial dyes using tomato leaves. These are used as a natural adsorbent capable...
New York is honoring Lebanese culture with the 7th edition of the Festival of the Five Continents, organized by the Maison Française at New York University (NYU) in partnership with the...
There is something for everyone in this selection of cultural events taking place in Lebanon these days. But if you want more, we invite you to explore the cultural calendar.Custom theater...
When she moved to the United States many years ago, Korean Lisa Kyung Gross, lacking guidance, authentic flavors, and perhaps memories, long regretted not preserving her two grandmothers'...
The Persian word ‘sanbosag’ means triangle pastry. The lineages of samosas (Indian pastries) and sambusek (Arab pastries) can trace their origins to the same point. Today, these deep-fried...
It is now without intermediaries that the Trump administration is negotiating the fate of the 59 hostages still held in the Gaza Strip, including five Americans, one of whom is still...
Gunfire and explosions were heard on Thursday night in several villages in the Bekaa and Hermel regions, near the Anti-Lebanon mountain range, reports our correspondent in the region, Sarah...
Police at Beirut's international airport seized nearly six kilos of Captagon pills, hidden in chocolate, bound for the Gulf, the official National News Agency (NNA) reported on Friday. The...
Violent clashes in northwest Syria between members of the security forces and fighters "loyal" to ousted President Bashar Assad have claimed more than 70 lives, the Syrian Observatory for...
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Friday called for a "lasting cease-fire" in Gaza at a press conference in Beijing. "If major powers genuinely care about the people of Gaza, they...
The organizations Green Southerners and Green Line, in cooperation with the Legal Agenda, filed petitions for annulment with the State Council concerning three decrees adopted during the last weeks...
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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
