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France donor conference for Lebanese Army after Israel elections; US orders embassy staff to leave Saudi; Trump says Iran war will be resolved 'soon': Everything you need to know this Thursday

Here is what happened yesterday and what to expect today, Thursday, Oct. 22.

Abbas Mahfouz

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AMNESTY LAW

Ahmad al-Assir: 17 or 28 years in prison?

Claude ASSAF

FOCUS

Banking reform: Constitutional Council ruling leaves power struggle unresolved

Mounir YOUNES

Hacking Lebanese Politics #40: Where does the Military Court’s jurisdiction begin, and end?

Sahar Ghoussoub

FOCUS

Sisi moves closer to Saudi Arabia despite risks of confronting Houthis

Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH

RIGHT TO FAITH

In Egypt, religious minorities face arbitrary detention for expressing their beliefs

Emmanuel HADDAD

FOCUS

Between Hezbollah’s ideology and official decisions, Lebanon confronts its contradictions

Scarlett HADDAD

DOCUMENTARY FILM

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.

August 4, 2020: Anatomy of a foretold disaster

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FOCUS

Banking reform: Constitutional Council ruling leaves power struggle unresolved

The annulment of Article 3 preserves the reference to the Code of Money and Credit, which the IMF...

Mounir YOUNES

FOCUS

Sisi moves closer to Saudi Arabia despite risks of confronting Houthis

Economic pressures appear to have eroded Egypt’s caution, but the country is not heading for an...

Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH

CINEMA

Nadim Tabet invites Lebanese viewers to confront their ghosts with 'In This Darkness I See You'

The Lebanese director’s second feature uses horror to explore the fraught relationship between...

Emmanuel HADDAD

Lebanon

France donor conference for Lebanese Army after Israel elections; US orders embassy staff to...

Abbas Mahfouz

AMNESTY LAW

Ahmad al-Assir: 17 or 28 years in prison?

Claude ASSAF

FOCUS

Between Hezbollah’s ideology and official decisions, Lebanon confronts its contradictions

Scarlett HADDAD

Hacking Lebanese Politics #40: Where does the Military Court’s jurisdiction begin, and end?

Sahar Ghoussoub

Hacking Lebanese Politics #39: What is the American QME doctrine, and how does it constrain the...

Sahar Ghoussoub

Hacking Lebanese Politics #38: Where do the legal cases against Riad Salameh stand?

Sahar Ghoussoub

Middle East

7 p.m. recap: Iran warns Egypt, Israeli soldiers vote in south Lebanon, Haret Hreik responds to...

L'Orient Today staff

2 p.m. recap: Conference in support of Lebanese Army 'after Israeli elections'; Houthi drones...

Zeina ANTONIOS

FOCUS

Sisi moves closer to Saudi Arabia despite risks of confronting Houthis

Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH

Economy

INFLATION

Culture

ARTIST PORTRAIT

For Sara Chaar, 'wounds know the way home'

Zéna ZALZAL

CINEMA

George Peter Barbari’s ‘Birthmark’ wins best film award at the Lebanese Film Festival of France

L'Orient Today staff

FASHION

Annie Leibovitz gives Moncler’s down jackets a new dimension

Fifi ABOU DIB

Videos

DOCUMENTARY FILM

August 4, 2020: Anatomy of a foretold disaster

Lucile WASSERMANN

Video Report

How Israel razed entire villages in southern Lebanon

Video Report

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

Diaspora

PROTESTS

Yes to demands, no to violence: Lebanese students in France weigh in on school protests

Anne-Marie El-HAGE

CALL FOR STORIES

Lebanese diaspora: What about your life abroad remains deeply Lebanese?

L'Orient Today staff

LEBANON-EGYPT

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

Fouad GEMAYEL and Lisa GOURSAUD

Opinion

COMMENTARY

Banking sector reform: From negative incompetence to parliamentary denialism

Badih MOUKARZEL

INTERVIEW

Cécile Boëx: Syria’s revolutionary legacy lives on

Interview conducted by Amélie ZACCOUR

EDUCATION & REFORM

Adnan al-Amin will not be the last

Najat Aoun Saliba and Rachad Rafeh

Voices from the Middle East

IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW

Mohammed el-Kurd: ‘Real solidarity, human connection, is to look at others as humans, not subjects’

Interview conducted by Noura Doukhi

VOICES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

Civil war in our everyday speech in Lebanon

Hazem Saghieh

رأي

لبنان: الحرب الأهليّة في كلامنا

حازم صاغيّة

Antoun Sehnaoui, a shadow over Lebanon

Tech

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Mistral seeks to catch up in AI race, Anthropic moves to protect Claude

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Familiarizing a million Lebanese with AI: An ambitious project backed by the UAE

Philippe HAGE BOUTROS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI: A Trump deal with tech giants, an ECB warning and new models highlight the week

Shabjdeed vs Saint Levant and the politics of diss tracks

Nima Salha

Who are the ‘performative males’ performing for?

Nima Salha

'Ana 'aamla diet' and other TikTok virals

Nima Salha

The Inbox: Readers’ corner

ROAD SAFETY

Welcome to the jungle: Why Lebanon never learned how to drive

Ghantous Gemayel

THE INBOX: READER'S CORNER

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

Sarah Al Asmar

OPINION

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

Émile AOUN

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France donor conference for Lebanese Army after Israel elections; US orders embassy staff to leave Saudi; Trump says Iran war will be resolved 'soon': Everything you need to know this Thursday

Ahmad al-Assir: 17 or 28 years in prison?

Banking reform: Constitutional Council ruling leaves power struggle unresolved

Hacking Lebanese Politics #40: Where does the Military Court’s jurisdiction begin, and end?

Sisi moves closer to Saudi Arabia despite risks of confronting Houthis

In Egypt, religious minorities face arbitrary detention for expressing their beliefs

Between Hezbollah’s ideology and official decisions, Lebanon confronts its contradictions

August 4, 2020: Anatomy of a foretold disaster

Lebanon’s price index continued to rise in September

Macron announces conference in support of Lebanese Army after Israeli elections, slams meddling of foreign leaders

Braasheet municipality urges evacuated residents to return to village, after threats the previous day,

For Sara Chaar, 'wounds know the way home'

Authenticity and hospitality at AlKaram: 30 years of Lebanese generosity in Paris

A high-ranking IRGC official's visit to Lebanon raises questions

News

Editors’ picks

Banking reform: Constitutional Council ruling leaves power struggle unresolved

Sisi moves closer to Saudi Arabia despite risks of confronting Houthis

Nadim Tabet invites Lebanese viewers to confront their ghosts with 'In This Darkness I See You'

Lebanon

France donor conference for Lebanese Army after Israel elections; US orders embassy staff to...

Ahmad al-Assir: 17 or 28 years in prison?

Between Hezbollah’s ideology and official decisions, Lebanon confronts its contradictions

Hacking Lebanese Politics #40: Where does the Military Court’s jurisdiction begin, and end?

Hacking Lebanese Politics #39: What is the American QME doctrine, and how does it constrain the...

Hacking Lebanese Politics #38: Where do the legal cases against Riad Salameh stand?

Middle East

7 p.m. recap: Iran warns Egypt, Israeli soldiers vote in south Lebanon, Haret Hreik responds to...

2 p.m. recap: Conference in support of Lebanese Army 'after Israeli elections'; Houthi drones...

Sisi moves closer to Saudi Arabia despite risks of confronting Houthis

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Banking reform: Constitutional Council ruling leaves power struggle unresolved

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For Sara Chaar, 'wounds know the way home'

George Peter Barbari’s ‘Birthmark’ wins best film award at the Lebanese Film Festival of France

Annie Leibovitz gives Moncler’s down jackets a new dimension

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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

Yes to demands, no to violence: Lebanese students in France weigh in on school protests

Lebanese diaspora: What about your life abroad remains deeply Lebanese?

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

Opinion

Banking sector reform: From negative incompetence to parliamentary denialism

Cécile Boëx: Syria’s revolutionary legacy lives on

Adnan al-Amin will not be the last

Voices from the Middle East

Mohammed el-Kurd: ‘Real solidarity, human connection, is to look at others as humans, not subjects’

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لبنان: الحرب الأهليّة في كلامنا

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Tech

Mistral seeks to catch up in AI race, Anthropic moves to protect Claude

Familiarizing a million Lebanese with AI: An ambitious project backed by the UAE

AI: A Trump deal with tech giants, an ECB warning and new models highlight the week

Shabjdeed vs Saint Levant and the politics of diss tracks

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