Israel and Lebanon will hold talks next week in Washington after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered direct talks, a US official said Thursday. "We can confirm that the Department will...
Lebanon's Health Ministry said Thursday that Israeli strikes across the country a day before killed more than 300 people and wounded at least 1,150. In a statement, the ministry said "the...
As Israel continues its indiscriminate bombing of Lebanese territory as part of its war against Hezbollah, and despite the truce reached on April 8 between Tehran and Washington, several Western...
The military prosecutor last week referred a suspect, E.D., believed to be linked to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, to the first investigating judge at the military court, Ghada Abu...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he had ordered his cabinet to enter "direct negotiations" with Lebanon "as soon as possible," focusing particularly on...
Israel’s deadly strikes on April 8, 2026, including in previously spared neighborhoods of Beirut and other regions, killing more than 200 and injuring hundreds more, put Lebanon on the front page...
Wednesday was the first properly sunny day this year. A respite so fleeting, as with all such moments in our country. Wednesday was also an episode of unprecedented scale of Israeli terror on...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief Rodolph Haykal said Thursday that Israeli strikes aim to “sow discord in Lebanon,” during a tour of military positions in the South. Haykal visited the...
The new battle of Bint Jbeil has begun. For the first time on Thursday since the start of Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon, Hezbollah militiamen fought with an Israeli force in the center of...
What happened on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, in Lebanon was a massacre. On the first day of the cease-fire between Iran and the United States, Israel carried out 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes on...
Lebanon's cabinet on Thursday instructed security forces to restrict weapons in Beirut exclusively to state institutions, a day after Israeli strikes across the country including in the heart...
His name is Yehya, "everyone on his team is called Yehya." He is at once the owner, the stylist, the curator, the cashier, the communicator and the content creator, every role in a...
A fragile calm has settled over a war that has, for weeks, thrust Gulf countries into the heart of regional tensions. Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week cease-fire while negotiations...
BEIRUT — The Masnaa border crossing, one of the main legal entry points between Syria and Lebanon, reopened Thursday after being closed due to Israeli strike threats linked to the war between...
The EU said Thursday that freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz must be ensured with "no payment or toll whatsoever," after Iran suggested it could charge for letting ships...
Thousands of Iranians paid tribute on Thursday to the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for nearly four decades until his killing in U.S.-Israeli strikes at the start of the...
Economy and Trade Minister Amer Bsat announced Tuesday that he had urgently referred a case to the financial public prosecutor targeting importers, distributors, retailers, business owners and...
BEIRUT — As Israel continues its indiscriminate bombardment of Lebanese territory in its war against Hezbollah, and despite the truce agreed on April 8 between Tehran and Washington, several...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun announced Thursday that he had received a phone call from the emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, during which the latter "offered, on behalf of...
The U.N. secretary-general expressed his deep outrage after the massive strikes carried out by Israel across Lebanon on April 8, which caused hundreds of civilian casualties, and said these...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday. According to a government source relayed to L'Orient Today, the meeting between the two presidents is...
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, the Saudi foreign ministry said Thursday, in the first official contact...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a rocket attack carried out at 2:30 a.m. on the Israeli village of Manara, close to the Blue Line, across from the eastern sector of southern Lebanon....
The 15-day cease-fire between Iran, the United States and Israel, aimed at formalizing the 10-point agreement proposed by the Iranians, caught much of the world off guard. On Wednesday evening,...
U.S. President Donald Trump said late Wednesday that U.S. forces deployed near Iran would remain stationed in the area until a "real agreement" is reached, as Washington enters a fragile...
Britain's foreign minister said Thursday the UK "strongly" wants Lebanon included in the Middle East cease-fire as Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in the United Arab Emirates....
France's foreign minister on Thursday condemned "unacceptable" Israeli strikes on Lebanon, warning they could undermine the fragile U.S.-Iran cease-fire. "These attacks are all...
Confusion prevails after the announcement of a cease-fire that emerged overnight in Tehran on Tuesday, April 7, less than an hour before the deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump, who was...
Air France has extended the suspension of its flights to and from Dubai and Riyadh until March 31, and to and from Tel Aviv and Beirut until April 4, it said on Monday. "Due to the security...
BEIRUT — Residents from southern Lebanon’s border villages issued an appeal Thursday morning to Lebanese authorities, following a day of heavy Israeli shelling across the country, urging them to...
Since his arrival in Lebanon on May 18, 1993, Lionel Pellé, pastry chef and chocolatier at Pâtisserie Cannelle and a Relais Dessert member since 2009, has seen the best and the worst. The good days...
An Iranian delegation is expected to arrive in Islamabad late Thursday ahead of Pakistan-brokered talks with the United States, Iran's envoy said. Pakistan has been preparing for talks...
Even as the U.S. and Iran seek to cement a cease-fire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbors in preparation for a long, drawn-out conflict across the Middle East. Israel's...
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to retain military assets in the Middle East until a peace deal with Iran is reached and warned of a major escalation in fighting if it failed to comply, as oil...
BEIRUT — Lebanon declared a national day of mourning on Thursday after Israeli strikes pummeled the country, shaking a fragile truce less than 48 hours after it came into force. Washington and...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, April 9, 2026Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz Some key things to watch today:National day of mourning for victims of Israel's...
"I'm ready to risk my life for animals. These are souls that cannot defend themselves," says Mohammad Habli, 20. "As soon as I get a case, that's all I can think about. I...
Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war: US military will remain near Iran until a 'real deal' is secured, Trump says The U.S. military will remain deployed near Iran...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah claimed responsibility, overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, for launching rockets at 2:30 a.m. at the Israeli village of Manara, located close to the Blue Line, opposite...
23:21 Beirut Time Hezbollah attacks several Israeli towns Hezbollah announced in a series of statements two rocket attacks on the Israeli town of Nahariya. It also fired rockets at...
The Strait of Hormuz remains partially closed, Iran has carried out a series of attacks on Gulf states, Israel has launched its deadliest strikes since the start of the war in Lebanon, and the ten...
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
