L'Orient Today

Discover how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate caused the explosion at the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, and the results of seven years of investigation.

Military operation or secret arrangement? Behind Israel's 'takeover' of Ali Taher

Who are the Lebanese still detained in Israel?

Crisis-era retirees: Proposal to restore 50% of end-of-service indemnities

Three demolitions in Mansouri after overnight Israeli strikes kill and wound several in southern Lebanon;...

'Tanker for tanker': The new US tactic toward Iran

Lebanon-Israel negotiations: Why Lebanon must remain at the table

Spinster pride, VR irl, and that one coffee break

August 4, 2020: Anatomy of a foretold disaster

Pro-Assad network dismantled in Lebanon: Security services’ infiltration laid bare

Ali Taher capture: 'Buffer zone' in south Lebanon is complete, Katz declares

Ahmet Davutoglu, from AKP mastermind to regime outcast

Municipal landfill catches fire in Minyeh, north Lebanon

The industrial policy Lebanon never chose

First Israeli strike in West Bekaa since June; 2 killed in Kfar Roummane | LIVE

General amnesty: How will released prisoners reintegrate into society?

Michel Issa in Tel Aviv to revive talks with Beirut, but nothing is certain yet

News

Editors’ picks

‘Eastern Mediterranean’ vs. ‘Mecca alliance:’ Lebanon, Syria at the heart of a regional power struggle

In Israel, Arab party Ra'am breaks taboo, names Zionist second-in-command candidate

‘Bigger Picture’: Yanick Sørensen captures a Lebanon beyond the headlines

Lebanon

Military operation or secret arrangement? Behind Israel's 'takeover' of Ali Taher

Who are the Lebanese still detained in Israel?

Municipal landfill catches fire in Minyeh, north Lebanon

Hacking Lebanese Politics #35: General amnesty law explained

Hacking Lebanese Politics #36: Lebanon and the abolition of the death penalty

Hacking Lebanese Politics#37: From army to ISF, Lebanon’s various security agencies explained

Middle East

Three demolitions in Mansouri after overnight Israeli strikes kill and wound several in southern Lebanon;...

From Venezuela to Iran, Trump pursues oil and its shipping lanes

'Tanker for tanker': The new US tactic toward Iran

Would you like to support L’Orient Today?

Economy

Crisis-era retirees: Proposal to restore 50% of end-of-service indemnities

In Lebanon, individual initiatives create an off-the-books Shein sales network

2027 draft budget: Fourfold increase in taxes on holding and offshore companies

Culture

Megaphone dedicates ‘Ila Ziad’ to the enfant terrible of the Rahbani dynasty

The Lebanese songs that shaped summer 2026

Safeguarding endangered heritage at heart of Khaled al-Enany’s first visit to Lebanon

Videos

August 4, 2020: Anatomy of a foretold disaster

How Israel razed entire villages in southern Lebanon

Targets, victims, areas hit: What do we know about the Israeli-American strikes on Iran?

Diaspora

A Château Byblos on the Nile: How the Lebanese revolutionized Egyptian wine

Lebanon’s non-biometric passports: What travelers need to know before the October deadline

How Batoul Mourad uses comics to tell south Lebanon's stories to the diaspora

Opinion

The industrial policy Lebanon never chose

The road to hell…? Moving US-Lebanon partnership from magnificent intentions to necessary action

Building Syrian-Lebanese relations: A historic opportunity and a shared responsibility

Voices from the Middle East

دونالد ترامب وقد أنصف العرب

The mountain of childhood: just before the Israeli 'outpost'

جَبَلُ الطُّفُولَة: قَبْلَ « البُؤْرَةِ » بِقَلِيل !

Our Special Series

Tech

Boeing sells flying taxi projects to startup, becomes stakeholder

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos puts cryptography to the test

ChatGPT pirate Hugging Face: The first battles between AIs?

Shabjdeed vs Saint Levant and the politics of diss tracks

Who are the ‘performative males’ performing for?

'Ana 'aamla diet' and other TikTok virals

The Inbox: Readers’ corner

Where were you on Aug. 4, 2020, at 6:07 p.m.?

Bab al-Mandeb and the fragility of maritime order: When international law confronts the absence of the state

When law yields to influence

Cartoon

Sponsored content

Idealz

Strategic partnerships and on-the-ground presence driving Idealz Lebanon’s nationwide impact

Whish Money

Whish Money: Pioneer of digital transactions and global fintech integration

PepsiCo

Is cross-industry collaboration the next key to scaling innovation in the Middle East?

Our Special Series