BEIRUT — In a statement to Saudi channel al-Arabiya, a U.S. State Department source on Wednesday praised the progress made by the Lebanese Army in disarming Hezbollah, while calling for the process...
After being pushed by Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now faces intense pressure at home to reach a cease-fire, especially after the death of five...
BEIRUT — The Israeli army claimed Tuesday that it assassinated a commander in Hezbollah's Badr Unit, present north of the Litani River.According to the Israeli army statement, Hussein Ali...
The Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have "created the conditions to move forward with a deal" for the release of hostages, the chief of staff of the Israeli army said...
The U.N. envoy for Yemen voiced concern Wednesday about "escalation" in the Red Sea after two Houthi attacks on ships off the Yemen coast, the first since Washington declared a truce with...
About a hundred displaced Palestinians protested Wednesday in the occupied West Bank to oppose the systematic demolition of homes carried out by the Israeli army in refugee camps in the Palestinian...
The Israeli army said Wednesday that its soldiers entered southern Lebanon to carry out "special and targeted operations" to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure a few kilometers from the...
Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. But the oldest DNA obtained so far dates back about two...
For the past five years, Egypt has been trying to forge increasingly close ties with China and Russia, expanding its cooperation with both powers in military, economic and political fields. This...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Economy Minister Amer Bisat announced Wednesday that Nadim Haddad would be chairman of the Insurance Control Commission (ICC), a regulatory body attached to the Ministry of...
BEIRUT — Health Minister Rakan Nasreddine announced Wednesday that Miss Lebanon 2024, Nada Koussa, has been appointed as the country’s mental health ambassador. The move, made in partnership with...
BEIRUT — Thousands of Syrian refugees are scheduled to return from Lebanon to their home country this week as part of the first U.N.-backed program offering financial incentives for returning....
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack launched two days earlier on a cargo ship off the Yemeni coast — the second such incident in 24 hours targeting...
Gaza's civil defence agency said 22 people, including at least six children, were killed in Israeli strikes in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said one...
Six mariners have been rescued after a deadly attack on a cargo ship that sank off rebel-held Yemen, an EU maritime force said Wednesday, as the search continued for the rest of the crew. The...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Health Minister Rakan Nasreddine met Wednesday with a high-level delegation from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), led by its...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Leo XIV Wednesday on the eve of an international conference in Rome on rebuilding his war-torn country. The two men discussed "the urgent...
Syria must publish the full results of an investigation into the March killings of Alawite civilians and ensure those responsible are held accountable, Amnesty International said Wednesday ahead of...
Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayyed said Tuesday in Beirut that she has requested a significant increase in the state’s contribution to the World Bank-financed Emergency Social Safety Net Project...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met Wednesday in Nicosia with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides to discuss ways to deepen cooperation between the two countries across various sectors,...
One U.S. envoy replaces another in Lebanon. In recent months, Beirut had grown accustomed to dealing with Morgan Ortagus, the U.S. special envoy for the Middle East. But with her sidelined by...
The Maronite League on Wednesday called for allowing Lebanese expatriates to vote for all 128 members of Parliament in the upcoming 2026 legislative elections, rejecting the current proposal to...
U.S. presidential envoy Tom Barrack did not mince words during a brief interview with L’Orient-Le Jour before leaving Beirut, bluntly stating: “Yes, the Lebanese bank is among those obstructing...
The United States has allocated $1.5 billion to upgrade Israeli military bases, according to Haaretz. The U.S. funded projects, led by the Army Corps of Engineers, will help prepare for new...
Four months after it was issued, a court ruling from March has now come to public attention: a child born out of wedlock has been recognized as legitimate by the Fourth Civil Chamber of the Mount...
A man was arrested Wednesday morning in the town of Nabi Sheet, Baalbek District, after allegedly threatening to bomb a church in Riyaq and inciting violence against a Christian political party...
U.S. envoy Tom Barrack visited Lebanon on July 7. During his stay in Beirut, President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri delivered Lebanon’s official...
While the Israeli army announced Tuesday that it had killed Mehran Moustapha Baajour — described as “a key figure” in Hamas — in a drone strike near Tripoli, sources within the Palestinian movement...
In a wide-ranging interview aired Tuesday night on Al-Mayadeen, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem acknowledged for the first time that the group failed to detect Israeli booby-trapped pagers...
Tuk-tuk drivers in northern Lebanon, the Bekaa and Baalbeck staged sit-ins on Wednesday in response to a decision by the Interior Ministry to suspend tuk-tuk operations nationwide, citing safety...
News, showing that the Israel-Syria relations are moving forward quickly, continues to pour in. A week after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a decree lifting economic sanctions on Damascus,...
"Tom Barrack has an excellent reputation, both in business and politics. He is moderate, efficient and productive," said a well-connected source in Washington about Donald Trump's envoy to Syria...
The Lebanese Army announced in a statement Wednesday that it arrested four individuals involved in an armed parade in Zoqaq al-Blat (Beirut district), "following days of surveillance and...
Lebanon’s official baccalaureate exams began Wednesday across all four class specialities in a “calm” atmosphere, according to Education Minister Rima Karami, who toured several examination centers...
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, is preparing to take a historic step toward transforming from an armed insurgency into a political movement within Turkey, following a call by its imprisoned...
The interim first investigative judge of Mount Lebanon, Nicolas Mansour, issued his indictment on Tuesday in the case related to the acquisition and exploitation of real estate in France, one of...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visited Ain al-Tineh on Tuesday to meet with Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri. The visit follows discussions held the previous day between U.S. envoy Tom...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump focused on efforts to free hostages held in Gaza, and stressed his determination to...
BEIRUT — U.S. presidential envoy Tom Barrack — visiting Beirut since Monday to discuss with Lebanese officials the American 'roadmap' demanding the disarmament of Hezbollah — stated during...
The Gaza Civil Defense reported Wednesday that 20 people were killed, including six children, in two Israeli air strikes carried out shortly after midnight on the Palestinian territory. The new...
22:05 Beirut Time Hamas agrees to release 10 hostages amid 'tough' cease-fire talks Hamas says it has agreed to release 10 hostages as part of ongoing cease-fire negotiations,...
A cargo ship attacked off Yemen's coast in the Red Sea on Monday evening remains surrounded by its assailants, with at least three crew members killed, according to a British maritime security...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, July 9, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:Reactions to Israel's strike on Tripoli, North...
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
