In June 1972, a group of young people paraded on a pile of rubble in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon. The smallest among them was still a child, fidgeting with his hands, his gaze distant. Did they...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam affirmed on Monday, during the visit of a delegation from the American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL) to the Grand Serail, that his government is committed to implementing...
A relative mobilization is taking place Monday in several regions of Lebanon, where a general strike is being observed on the occasion of a 'day of anger' launched from the Gaza Strip by...
Lebanon's Youth and Sports Minister, Nora Bairakdarian, visited Beirut's Sports City on Monday, insisting on the need for a study into its rehabilitation. Accompanied by a delegation from her...
Power-sharing in the Beirut municipality between representatives of the Christian and Muslim communities was the subject of much debate on Monday, just over a month before the municipal elections...
Lebanese Ministers of Public Works, Displaced Persons and Tourism, Fayez Rassamny, Kamal Shehadeh and Laura al-Khazen Lahoud, respectively, have filed their declarations of assets and interests...
The effect of the momentum created by Joseph Aoun's election and the formation of Nawaf Salam's government on Eurobond prices has waned with fears linked to developments in the security situation,...
The prices of the many foodstuffs that Lebanon imports to meet its needs will not be affected “in the short term” by the new customs tariffs announced a few days ago by U.S. President Donald Trump,...
“We were there just for show,” said Mohammad*, who served from late 2017 in Qusayr, in the Homs district, as a border guard. “Everything was under Hezbollah’s control, with the complicity of the...
In a Lebanon beset by constant political, economic and military instability, death is a familiar presence. It spreads like a plague, suffocating any attempt at respite. Losses multiply, superimpose...
The prices of numerous food commodities that Lebanon imports to meet its needs will not be affected "in the short term" by the new tariffs announced last week by U.S. President Donald...
In line with the law on illicit enrichment, ministers Faysal Rasamni, the Minister of Public Works, and Kamal Shahada, the Minister of Displaced Persons, submitted declarations of their movable and...
More than 100 chemical weapons sites are believed to remain in Syria, far exceeding previous estimates, according to new findings from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons...
The Grand Mufti of Lebanon, Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian, said that Beirut's municipality cannot be subjected to “fragmentation” in the upcoming municipal elections in May, according to the...
The story begins in Beit Shabab, a small village in the Metn region where life has always been shrouded in a certain old-fashioned slowness, punctuated by the hands that weave, interrogate the...
An Israeli strike on Monday, at around 2 a.m., hit a journalists' tent near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza, killing at least one journalist and injuring several others,...
President Joseph Aoun discussed with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri the results of the visit to Lebanon last weekend by American envoy Morgan Ortagus. The two leaders also talked about the...
French President Emmanuel Macron said on a visit to Cairo on Monday that he was strongly opposed to any displacement of Palestinians or annexation in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank....
A man was arrested after a fight that broke out between a traveler and a security employee at the airport on Sunday, MTV Lebanon reported, citing confidential sources. A video circulating on social...
Relatively discreet since the start of the year, former Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh Shami called for the new round of discussions between Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...
Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the U.S. Trump administration, 10 senior...
Located in Gemmayzeh, Beihouse brings together four spaces under one roof. Launched in early December by Samer Rizk and three partners, the project is designed to offer Beirut residents and...
Hezbollah will make “every effort” despite “pressure from the Americans and Israelis” to reconstruct, Hezbollah MP Ali Fayad said Monday from Taybeh (Marjayoun). Speaking during a commemoration...
This began long before Trump and Netanyahu; long before Smotrich and Ben-Gvir; long before the systematic destruction of Gaza; long before West Bank settlements; long before the latest ethnic...
A relative mobilization was taking place Monday in several regions of Lebanon, where a general strike day is being observed to mark the "day of anger" launched from the Gaza Strip by...
51 years after the start of the Lebanese Civil War, we invite you to revisit this article from our 50th-anniversary special portfolio: 1975–2025: The Lebanese Civil War 50 Years LaterIt’s hard to...
A Hezbollah member was killed Monday morning in an Israeli strike on the village of Taybe, in the Marjeyoun district of South Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, local sources...
All eyes are now on the Lebanese Army, which many Lebanese and the international community, most notably the U.S., expect to accomplish a major mission: that of having a monopoly on violence across...
In February, he welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside French President Emmanuel Macron at his group's headquarters in Marseille. In March, it was from U.S. President Donald...
Shuttered shops, deserted café terraces, canceled concerts — and the ire of the Turkish government. On Wednesday, April 2, the opposition, led by the Republican People’s Party (CHP), called for a...
Ayman was 5 years old on Feb. 15, 1978, when Palestinian forces fired from near his village, Tayr Harfa, toward the other side of the border. A first Israeli bomb struck his house, slightly...
21:21 Beirut Time Netanyahu visits White House, but no press conference Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House on Monday for talks with U.S. President...
Talks on Monday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to be dominated by Washington's shock tariffs on Israel and escalating tensions...
The United Arab Emirates' foreign minister on Sunday pressed the need for a cease-fire in the Gaza conflict during a rare visit by Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar, an official statement said....
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people on Sunday as Israel's prime minister vowed a "strong response" to a rare salvo of rockets fired from the...
Israel staged a strike in south Lebanon on Sunday that it said had targeted Hezbollah, and authorities said killed two people, as a U.S. envoy visited for talks on the militant group and economic...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage.Monday, April 7th, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:Cabinet...
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
