Before hanging up the phone, he says: "Please don't mention my name. I don't want anyone to recognize me." A custodian in Beirut’s Geitawi neighborhood, Yasser* quickly grew worried Monday...
BEIRUT — Public administrations and institutions, as well as municipalities, will be closed from April 10 to 13, inclusive, to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, caretaker Prime Minister Najib...
"Political until further notice.” As soon as the death of Pascal Sleiman, head of the Lebanese Forces’ Jbeil district office, was announced — some 24 hours after his disappearance — his party...
BEIRUT — Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib warned on Tuesday from Greece that the "crisis of Syrian migrants has spiraled out of control" in Lebanon. Bou Habib's remarks come...
BEIRUT — Though Lebanon “did make progress” on economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a staff-level agreement (SLA) two years ago, the country is still not close to...
TRIPOLI — “You think you know anything about Ramadan?” jabs sweets vendor Wassim Tabboush, pouring dollops of qatayef dough onto a smoking stove. “In Ramadan, we would never close.” The 35-year-old...
DUBAI — The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard's navy said on Tuesday that Israel's presence in the United Arab Emirates was viewed as a threat by Tehran and it could close the Strait of...
DUBAI — Sunni militants attacked two police cars in southeast Iran on Tuesday, killing at least five police officers and wounding one, Iranian state TV reported. The Jaish al-Adl...
Is the high tension over in Pascal Sleiman’s case? Official quarters believe that this seems to be the case. On Monday evening, the Lebanese Army wrote on X that the Lebanese Forces (LF)...
Israel is buying 40,000 tents to shelter almost half a million Gazans ahead of a ground attack on what it claims is Hamas's last bastion in Rafah, a government source said Tuesday....
Washington has given Ukraine small arms and ammunition that were seized while being sent from Iranian forces to Tehran-backed rebels in Yemen, the US military said Tuesday. The transfer last week...
The region, especially Lebanon, depends on the Islamic Republic’s response. Eight days after the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, to which Tehran vowed to respond harshly,...
Australia on Tuesday became the latest country to advocate formal recognition of a Palestinian state, further shattering a long-standing diplomatic taboo in the West....
The health ministry in Gaza said Tuesday that at least 33,360 people have been killed in the territory during more than six months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. ...
Israel vowed Tuesday to take steps against Turkey, accusing it of violating trade deals between the two countries after Ankara announced trade restrictions over the war in Gaza....
Israel's security is at the "core" of German foreign policy, the UN's highest court heard on Tuesday, where Berlin has denied a claim that it is aiding in a "genocide" in Gaza. Nicaragua has...
BEIRUT — Kataeb MP Nadim Gemayel accused on Tuesday Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah of "distorting history and facts" after the latter blamed the Kataeb party and the Lebanese Forces...
Israeli warplanes struck a Syrian military position overnight in response to rocket fire on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, the military said on Tuesday. The...
BEIRUT — Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged sporadic fire along the Lebanese-Israeli border on Tuesday, after a rather quiet night, according to security sources relayed by L'Orient Today 's...
Turkey said it would impose trade restrictions on Israel starting Tuesday over the war in Gaza, covering a range of products including cement and steel and iron construction materials. The new...
Hamas said Tuesday it was considering a new framework for a truce proposed during the latest round of negotiations in Cairo, as Palestinians returning to southern Gaza confronted the extent of...
Israel for the first time deployed its ship-mounted defense system, called the C-Dome, against a "suspicious" target that entered the country's airspace near the southern city of Eilat, the...
The United Nations Security Council said Monday that it would decide this month on the Palestinians' bid for full UN membership, with the longshot campaign unlikely to survive US opposition....
The leaders of France, Egypt and Jordan warned Israel on Monday against a threatened offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, urging an "immediate" cease-fire in its war on Hamas....
22:51 Beirut Time This live blog is now closed. Thanks for joining us. 22:50 Beirut Time Carjacking gone wrong or a deadly political message? Security sources...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 185 of the Gaza war here. Disappeared Lebanese Forces (LF) official Pascal...
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
