BEIRUT — The Israeli army killed two people in southern Lebanon on Monday in two separate drone strikes on Sour and Bint Jbeil districts, while in the capital, U.S. envoy Tom Barrack announced his...
A controversial U.S.-backed aid group proposed building camps called “Humanitarian Transit Areas” inside — and possibly outside — Gaza to house the Palestinian population, according to a proposal...
President Donald Trump's administration has revoked the foreign terrorist organization designation for al-Nusra Front, also known as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, according to a State Department memo...
GENEVA/GAZA — In a ward of Nasser hospital in southern Gaza a woman is comforting her crying, 16-month-old granddaughter, one of those affected by what aid workers say is a surge of meningitis...
BEIRUT — Lebanese authorities received an intelligence warning of an "intention by terrorist groups" to smuggle booby-trapped car batteries from Syria, according to a leaked classified General...
ZAHLE — A man shot his mother and brother in the Hay al-Fikani neighborhood of the village of Rayak, in Zahle district, wounding the former in the knee and the latter in the hip. The motives for...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that he had instructed the Israeli army to prepare plans for a "humanitarian city" on the ruins of Rafah, in southern Gaza, which would...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army dispatched two firefighting helicopters to Syria on Monday to assist in combating the wildfires raging there now for the fourth consecutive day. The helicopters took off...
The leader of the Lebanese Forces, the largest Christian party and a group firmly opposed to Hezbollah, strongly criticized in a statement on Monday the way the Lebanese presidency, Cabinet and...
The Houthis claimed responsibility on Monday for a rare attack on a vessel in the Red Sea the previous day in which several small boats, revealed in the group's statement to have been unmanned,...
BEIRUT — The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), led by Gebran Bassil, has welcomed the statements of American envoy Tom Barrack, who expressed being "satisfied and grateful" with the Lebanese...
Israel and Hamas were due to resume indirect talks in Qatar on Monday, according to a Palestinian official, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting in Washington with President...
BEIRUT — The number of executions in Saudi Arabia reached a record level in 2024, according to a report by Amnesty International, which condemns the increasing use of the death penalty for...
BEIRUT — Economy Minister Amer Bisat said Monday that the Rashid Karami International Fair in Tripoli must be restored to its full potential, describing it as a national treasure that should no...
Fifty-two thousand petals fell in St Paul's Cathedral on Monday to mark the 52 victims of London's July 7 bombings, as King Charles III paid tribute to the spirit of unity shown after the...
A delegation of European imams and Muslim leaders, led by French imam Hassen Chalghoumi, was received on Monday by Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem. "We are all children of...
Hezbollah on Monday condemned the Israeli army's arrest of Nasser Laham, the West Bank bureau chief of the pro-Iranian Lebanese television channel "Al-Mayadeen" and editor-in-chief of...
The Gaza Health Ministry announced Monday that at least 105 people have been killed and about 356 injured by Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours across the Palestinian enclave. According to...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had a "good exchange" over the phone Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump on the issue of tariffs, according to one of her...
Chants of “Labayka ya Nasrallah!” (We are at your command, Nasrallah) echoed throughout the streets of Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday as thousands of people marched during an Ashura...
BEIRUT — U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack said Monday he was satisfied by the Lebanese authorities' response to Washington's request to disarm Hezbollah, which was heavily weakened in a recent war...
For the past 40 years, the Chopin Society has hosted an annual summer festival celebrating virtuoso interpretations of Chopin’s works, celebrating the virtuosic interpretations of Chopin's...
Nearly 450,000 Afghans have returned from Iran since the start of June, the U.N.'s refugee agency said on Monday, after Tehran ordered those without documentation to leave by July 6. The...
BEIRUT — U.S. envoy Tom Barrack arrived in Beirut at 10 a.m. Monday to receive Lebanon’s official response to a roadmap calling for the disarmament of Hezbollah and all armed groups in the country...
Turkey said on Monday that 12 soldiers had died after being exposed to methane gas during a search operation in caves in northern Iraq, increasing its previous toll of eight. The incident comes at...
BEIRUT — A senior Hamas security official told the BBC on Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist movement has lost about 80% of its grip on the Gaza Strip, leaving a vacuum now filled by rival...
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington on Monday to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, who expressed hope for an agreement "this week" between Israel and Hamas for...
Less than two weeks have passed since the Israel-Iran cease-fire, which put an end to a 12-day war that raised concerns for the region and Lebanon. Once calm was restored, travelers who hadn’t...
U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack — resembling a modern-day Mutasarrif (governor of an Ottoman province) entrusted with a wide-ranging regional mission — arrived in Beirut on Monday following meetings in...
The Israeli army announced Monday that it had once again captured individuals it claims belong to an Iranian cell during a raid in southern Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced Monday the arrest of 21 individuals wanted for various offenses, following a series of raids carried out as part of a broader effort to strengthen security...
A fresh musical breeze from Amman swept through Beirut’s humid summer air on Wednesday, July 3, as Jordanian band Autostrad ignited the open-air stage at KED. The venue, nestled in the heart of the...
It is a danger faced by all urbanized areas of Lebanon targeted by the Israeli army. On Thursday, local authorities demolished a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs that had been damaged during...
Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas over a cease-fire and the release of hostages in Gaza began Sunday evening in Doha, just ahead of a high stakes meeting in Washington between Benjamin...
21:31 Beirut Time That concludes our live coverage of events for today, thanks for joining us. We'll be back tomorrow with more news updates and analysis. Goodnight!...
A fresh breeze is blowing through central Beirut with the opening of Mademoiselle , a new restaurant with French and Mediterranean influences. Located in Downtown Beirut alongside well-known spots...
BEIRUT — The Israeli army says it arrested members of a cell linked to Iran’s Quds Force during an overnight operation in southern Syria, according to spokesperson Avichay Adraee. “Unit 504 of the...
As Dubai's real estate market continues to boom, the emirate announced on July 2, 2025, the launch of a new homeownership initiative aimed at first-time buyers. The joint program, developed by...
China said on Monday that BRICS, the grouping that also includes Brazil, Russia and India, was not seeking "confrontation" after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose an extra 10...
After the 82 people killed Sunday in the Gaza Strip, at least 13 other Palestinians were killed in a series of overnight Israeli raids targeting different areas of the enclave, according to...
Damour, Lebanon, the year 2000. At the Meshref Country Club, five-year-old Jad al-Dana tries horseback riding for the first time, “to be like his big brothers,” says his father Mohammad, owner of...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, July 7, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack is scheduled to arrive in...
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Sunday criticized the government’s failure to issue an official response to a U.S. proposal aimed, he said, at “moving the country forward by ending Israeli...
BEIRUT — The Israeli military launched a series of airstrikes Sunday night across southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, L'Orient Today's local correspondents reported, on the eve of U.S....
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
