BEIRUT —Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told a meeting of French diplomats on Thursday he believes in a need to "strengthen the Lebanese Army" against a backdrop of cross-border fighting...
BEIRUT — Microsoft released a report about the acceleration of Iranian government-aligned cyberattacks carried out since the Hamas-Israel war started on Oct. 7. According to the tech company's...
MANAGUA — Nicaragua has asked to formally join South Africa's genocide case against Israel, the UN's top court said Thursday, with Managua claiming it had "interests of a legal nature" in the...
WASHINGTON — The United States is aware of reports that two Americans in Gaza were detained by Israeli forces in a raid early on Thursday and is seeking more information, the State Department...
GAZA — Hundreds of thousands of people still remain in the northern and central parts of Gaza, areas which have seen some of the worst fighting since the start of the Hamas-Israel war, facing...
SHATILA CAMP, Beirut — Amid talk of a possible Gaza ceasefire in the coming days, Palestinians watching from afar in Lebanon are questioning what role might go to the Palestinian Authority, which...
“And if you love me, watch out for yourself,” Yasemin Ek’s voice echoed in a container, harmonizing with the Hatay Academic Symphony Orchestra. Navigating through puddles on a rugged path to...
Despite the volatile military and political crises gripping the region, the diplomatic thaw between Iran and Saudi Arabia, brokered last March under the auspices of China, remains intact. Lebanon...
According to Israeli officials, time is running out for a diplomatic solution in southern Lebanon. For Hezbollah, “there will be no negotiations until the Gaza war is over.” How can this impossible...
On Thursday, the caretaker government enacted the state budget for fiscal year 2024 and approved the appointment of a new army chief of staff, General Hassan Audi. Speaking briefly at the end of...
A demonstration by around three hundred retired military personnel in front of Parliament and the Grand Serail in downtown Beirut on Thursday was marked by several episodes of tension, in...
YEREVAN — A Lebanese-Armenian father of two in detention in Azerbaijan since 2020 is facing deteriorating health, family members tell L’Orient Today , fearing he faces a long prison sentence...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday strongly condemned the eradication of journalism and the right to information in Gaza by the Israeli army and called on states and international...
Hamas still wants to discuss a cease-fire in its war with Israel, a Palestinian official close to the militant group told AFP Thursday, despite a rejection of its initial offer....
Bou Habib came under fire on Tuesday following an interview with the Nida al-Watan daily, in which he reportedly stated that Lebanon “refuses Hezbollah’s withdrawal to the north of the Litani,”...
BEIRUT — A depositor broke into a branch of Fenicia Bank in Aabbassiyeh, Sour district, on Thursday morning in an attempt to forcefully retrieve his blocked funds, only to leave empty-handed a few...
The health ministry in Gaza said Thursday at least 27,840 people have been killed in the territory during the war between Palestinian militants and Israel. The latest toll...
Nabil Qaouq, a member of Hezbollah's Central Council, said on Thursday that the "resistance" was "ready for all eventualities," stressing that the party's position regarding truce negotiations was...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday discussed ways to secure the release of Gaza hostages with moderates in the Israeli war cabinet a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Iraqi authorities on Thursday accused the US-led anti-jihadist coalition of being a "factor of instability" in the country following a deadly strike on an Iran-backed group....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered troops to prepare to enter the overcrowded Gazan city of Rafah, even as a new round of talks aimed at securing a truce with Hamas were set to...
Iraq on Thursday condemned a US air strike that killed a senior commander from a pro-Iran armed group accused of having been involved in attacks on American troops in the region. The US attack on...
The United States and Britain hit targets in Yemen's Hodeida province, the news agency of Yemen's Houthi rebels reported Wednesday but there was no immediate comment from Washington or London....
Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday he was "pissed off" that extended family members of Canadians were being blocked from leaving war-torn Gaza. Ottawa...
A senior Lebanon-based official in the Palestinian militant group Hamas said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's continued pursuit of war in Gaza showed the goal was...
22:37 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage from day 125 of the Hamas-Israel war. We'll be back tomorrow with more news updates and analysis, right here at L'Orient...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 124 of the Israel-Hamas war here . An Israeli airstrike on a house in Khiam,...
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
