New blasts heard in Riyadh: AFP journalists
Two new blasts were heard in Riyadh on Sunday, AFP journalists reported, more than an hour after the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis reported a fresh attack on the...
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Houthis claim responsibility for Riyadh airport attack on Saturday
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility in a televised speech for Saturday’s attack on Riyadh's international airport that killed 12 people and wounded more than 300 others.
11 October 2026
7 p.m. recap: New attack on Riyadh airport; Houthis report strike on Sanaa airport
Today's news The Saudi-led military coalition reported a new attack on Riyadh airport on Sunday, a day after an earlier attack killed at least 12 people and injured more than 300. Coalition...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 11 October 2026
Saudi-led coalition says 'unidentified projectile' targeted a terminal at Riyadh airport
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Sunday an "unidentified projectile" targeted terminal 4 at Riyadh's international airport. It did not provide further details, but the...
11 October 2026
Djibouti boat wreck leaves 139 migrants dead, 84 missing: UN
At least 139 migrants died, including 15 children, and 84 went missing when an overcrowded boat sank while heading from Djibouti to Yemen, a U.N. agency said Sunday. The vessel was carrying 305...
11 October 2026
Houthi strikes in Riyadh: Lebanese officials express support for Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT — Following Saturday’s deadly Houthi attacks on Riyadh, which killed at least 12 people and injured 309 others, several Lebanese officials expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia. The...
11 October 2026
Tanker damaged after being hit in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says
A tanker heading outbound through the Strait of Hormuz was struck on its port side by an unidentified projectile, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said on Sunday. It said the...
11 October 2026
Strike reported on Yemeni Sanaa airport, Houthi-run TV says
Yemen's Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported on Sunday a Saudi strike on Yemen's Sanaa International Airport. There was no immediate Saudi comment.
11 October 2026
In search of Mais al-Jabal’s lost iris
Picture a bend in the road. Across from it stands a small furniture shop, followed by a private lot beside the road. There, like a peacock displaying its feathers, about 15 irises (sawsan) have...
Clara HAGE, 11 October 2026
Geagea to L’Orient-Le Jour: Dahr al-Baidar incident is the most dangerous in years
The incident at the Dahr al-Baidar checkpoint, where authorities arrested two Hezbollah members and seized hundreds of kilograms of explosives from their car, is "the most dangerous in...
Yara ABI AKL, 11 October 2026
Pope Leo XIV announces scholarships for Christian students from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq
BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV is set to offer school and university scholarships to children from underprivileged Christian families in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, the Vatican announced Saturday. The...
L'Orient Today staff, 11 October 2026
United States 'ready to discuss serious measures to disarm Hezbollah,' according to Al Arabiya
The United States is "ready to discuss serious measures to disarm Hezbollah," a U.S. State Department official told Al Arabiya , according to remarks the Saudi broadcaster published on...
11 October 2026
2 p.m. recap: Houthis renew threats against Saudi airports; 1 killed by unexploded Israeli munition in south Lebanon
Today's top story The Houthis reiterated their threats Sunday to strike Saudi airports and airspace, one day after an attack on Riyadh airport killed at least 12 people, the deadliest such...
11 October 2026
Real estate, stocks, eurobonds: Lebanese banks multiply offers to settle deposits
Accept an immediate loss in the hope of recovering part of their money, or wait years for repayment whose value may erode over time? This is the dilemma Lebanese depositors are facing: to choose...
Mounir YOUNES, 11 October 2026
Hezbollah explosives seized at Dahr al-Baidar: First political reactions
BEIRUT — The seizure of several hundred kilograms of explosives from a vehicle at a checkpoint in Dahr al-Baidar in the Bekaa on Saturday, which implicated two Hezbollah members, continues to draw...
L'Orient Today staff, Yara ABI AKL, 12 October 2026
2 killed in olive groves in southern Lebanon, including 1 by Israeli artillery fire
SAIDA — A retired soldier was killed Sunday morning by an Israeli artillery bombardment near Yater (Bint Jbeil district) as he went to his field to harvest olives, according to the National News...
L'Orient Today staff, 11 October 2026
Abbas postpones Palestinian elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until Sept. 11, 2027, and called a presidential poll for the same date, citing Israel and the security...
11 October 2026
US military says it disabled cargo vessel trying to run Iran blockade
The U.S. military said on Saturday it had disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after the ship's crew ignored warnings and attempted to run a naval blockade against Iran....
11 October 2026
Houthi strike on Saudi airport kills 12, worst attack on kingdom in a decade
Houthi attacks on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday killed 12 people and injured over 300 others, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade. Those killed by the third attack...
11 October 2026
Oct. 7 hero Youssef al-Ziadna watches as Israel demolishes his Bedouin neighborhood
“I may be Bedouin, but above all, I am a human being and an Israeli citizen.”On Oct. 7, 2023, Youssef al-Ziadna found simple words to describe his bravery before the Council for Unrecognized...