Michel Moawad, Member of Parliament for Zgharta, said on Monday that he was turning the “page of injustice” and that the time had come for Lebanon to recover its “sovereignty,” as he spoke the day...
BEIRUT — MP Samy Gemayel, head of the Kataeb party, declared what he described as the end of all forms of external guardianship over Lebanon for the first time in 35 years. "The guardianship of...
The images are strikingly powerful. Across Syria, statues of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, are being toppled amid wild jubilation. Cynics draw parallels to the fall of...
The new Syrian administration is expected to appoint Mohammad al-Bashir as Prime Minister of the transitional government, according to Qatar's Al Jazeera. His task will be to form a new government...
UNIFIL, the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon and the French Embassy said in a joint statement that the International Cease-fire Monitoring Committee held a meeting today in Naqoura “to coordinate its...
Souheil Hamawi, a Lebanese national detained in Syria for 33 years, has returned to his home in North Lebanon. Hamawi, who claimed he was arrested in December 1992 at his home in Chekka, arrived in...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah described the “developments in Syria as a significant and dangerous turning point,” on Monday. He stressed the “need for careful evaluation away from...
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, Deputy head of Hezbollah’s political council Mahmoud Qomati and head of the party’s parliamentary bloc Mohammad Raad. In the past few days, several senior...
Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) has put all asylum applications from Syrian nationals on hold until further notice after the toppling Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, an...
Austria's caretaker government said on Monday it had ordered a halt to the processing of asylum applications by Syrians after rebels seized Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia...
Électricité du Liban (EDL) announced on Monday that it has completed repairs to damage caused by Israeli strikes on the Zahrani-Nabatieh power line in southern Lebanon. In a statement, the state...
Lebanon is unlikely to face food shortages or unusual price hikes during the holiday season, the president of the food importers’ union, Hani Bohsali, assured in a press release. His statement...
As winter approaches, Lebanon remains vigilant for the onset of seasonal influenza, which has yet to emerge but is anticipated soon. The country, grappling with multiple crises since 2019 and...
The Criminal Court of Mount Lebanon, led by Judge Rabih Houssami, sentenced Jenny Helou, a childcare worker at the Garderêve daycare in Jdeideh (Metn) to four years in prison on Thursday. The case...
General Security has announced that it now has the situation under control at the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing between Syria and Lebanon (on the Syrian side, opposite Anjar in the Bekaa), in...
The roar of the Israeli bombs still echoed in Ali Hussein's ears. Shrapnel tore into his groin, fractured his arm, and ripped the skin from his foot. He should have collapsed, but a desperate cry...
BEIRUT — Middle East Airlines (MEA) has adjusted the departure times for several flights scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 10, citing operational measures to avoid Syrian airspace. The changes affect...
The Israeli army announced on Monday morning that its troops had entered the Syrian side of Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights, barely 24 hours after the Damascus regime fell to a swift rebel...
The Israeli military said Monday that four soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, the first deaths announced in the area since the start of a cease-fire nearly two weeks ago. The four...
On Friday, a week after the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, Lebanon's caretaker Telecommunications Minister, Johnny Corm, provided an initial assessment of the damage...
The UK will decide "quickly" whether to remove the Islamist group HTS, which spearheaded the offensive to oust Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, from its list of terrorist organizations, a senior...
The euphoria over the fall of the Assad regime, marked by 53 years of bloodshed and corruption, has been swiftly replaced by a host of questions and concerns about Syria's future.How can a...
“Today, for the first time, I felt that the blood of my martyred brothers had not been shed in vain,” Yasmen said from Turkey. Like many Syrians, this woman did not sleep at night.In just over 10...
A Syria war monitor said Monday that overnight Israeli strikes targeted military positions and depots in several parts of the country, after Islamist-led rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad....
Any political transition in Syria following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad must include accountability for him and others behind crimes committed under his rule, the U.N. rights chief said...
The Kremlin declined on Monday to confirm reports that toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had fled to Moscow, adding that it was "surprised" by the rebel takeover. "As for Mr. Assad's...
The Kremlin said on Monday that it was too early to say what the future would hold for Russia's military bases in Syria, adding that it would be the subject of discussion with the new rulers in...
The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, marks the end of one of the world’s most brutal dictatorships. The regime was perhaps best characterized by the title of an...
The Israeli army announced on Monday morning that its troops had entered the Syrian side of Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights, just 24 hours after a swift rebel offensive brought down the regime of...
BEIRUT — An Israeli drone strike targeted a car on the Saf el-Hawa road in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, on Monday, killing one person and injuring four others, including Lebanese soldiers. The...
Fifteen kilometers from Shtoura, at the Masnaa border crossing, four-year-old Qays entered Syria for the first time. His father, Mohammad Amer, who fled Qousseir in 2013 when it was retaken by the...
An explosion occurred Monday morning on the 15th and top floor of a building in Yavneh, south of Tel Aviv, Israeli emergency services said. The army reported the incident was caused by a drone...
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Monday that his country's military takeover of the buffer zone along its border with Syria was a "limited and temporary step." "This is a limited...
Ten days. That is how long it took the rebels, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), to topple Syria from the "Butcher of Damascus". One after the other, the country's key cities have been wrested...
21:11 Beirut Time Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's Baath Party has said it will support a transitional phase in the country , following the overthrow of Assad by a rebel...
Dear readers, Just eleven days after the start of a swift offensive led by the rebel group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and after fifty-four years of an unyielding rule, Bashar al-Assad's regime...
12:49 Beirut Time That's the end of this live Q&A with our co-editor-in-chief, Anthony Samrani! Thank you for all your questions, and we look forward to seeing you again soon. In the...
Faced with the aging reflections of a mirror amplifying her drawn features, she delicately cleaned her skin, without saying a word. On the sixth floor of a hotel complex where she had left her...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Fday, Dec. 9, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Reactions and the aftermath of the fall of Syrian...
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
