Politicians are intensifying efforts to torpedo the investigation into the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion. For three months the draft decree to appoint members of the Court of Cassation’s...
The worst was avoided. The caretaker government’s position condemning Hezbollah for launching three drones toward the Karish field angered the party, which accused Mikati of tailoring his position...
BEIRUT — A major fire broke out Friday in the Kabalan carpet factory, in the Nmairiyeh area of the Nabatieh region, L’Orient Today’s South Lebanon correspondent reported. Here’s what we know :...
BEIRUT — The day before the beginning of Eid al-Adha celebrations, long queues had formed at bakeries throughout the country, as State Security patrols conducted inspections amid fears of bread...
BEIRUT — Those who have scheduled an appointment online to renew their biometric passport no longer need to present an Ekhraj al-Qaid (individual civil status extract) because of the administrative...
BEIRUT —- The European Union Election Observation Mission met on Friday with Lebanese authorities and representatives from political parties and civil society to discuss the 23 recommendations...
BEIRUT — The lead investigator in the Beirut port explosion, Judge Tarek Bitar, went to his office at Beirut’s Justice Palace Friday for the first time since Dec. 23, 2021, and he was informed of...
BEIRUT — Three men were arrested for their alleged involvement in the death of three soldiers as well as for kidnapping and torturing other victims, the Internal Security Forces announced Friday....
GAZA/BAGHDAD — The Eid al-Adha festival should be the busiest time of the year for Mahmoud Abu Holy, a livestock merchant in the Gaza Strip. But soaring prices have driven away many of the...
BEIRUT — Three men were arrested Friday by the Lebanese State Security service in Khaldeh, south of Beirut, for criticizing Lebanon’s top Sunni religious authority, Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian,...
BEIRUT — “The decision to increase telecom tariffs is not immutable,” caretaker Telecom Minister Johnny Corm said Thursday, a week after the implementation of steep increases in telecom prices,...
BEIRUT — The Environment Ministry warned Friday of a heightened fire danger, particularly over the weekend, as the fire index maps issued by the Fire Laboratory at the University of Balamand...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The Finance and Budget Committee began reviewing amendments to the banking secrecy law yesterday, with the committee head...
BEIRUT — Firefighters extinguished a blaze Thursday evening in the grain silos of the Beirut port, which were already seriously damaged by the deadly explosion of August 4, 2020. According to...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
