SOUTH LEBANON — Israel killed at least one person in southern Lebanon on Monday, in another day marked by airstrikes, demolitions, fires, and deadly gunfire sweeps. During an intense artillery...
Former superior general of the Lebanese Maronite Order (1980-1986), who died Friday at the age of 94, Abbot Boulos Naaman was one of the most politically involved religious and intellectual figures...
A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) bus carrying ten aid workers was damaged Sunday in Gaza City by an Israeli strike that hit two meters from the vehicle, the medical organization said in a statement...
SOUTH LEBANON — At a time when Hezbollah is facing increasing pressure regarding its weapons, including north of the Litani, and initiatives to strengthen the state's presence in...
Syrians protested Monday for the second consecutive day against the government in the north and west of the country, following a drastic increase in fuel prices due to the ongoing war in the Middle...
Israeli rights group B'Tselem said Monday that Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank form part of a greater project designed to eliminate Palestinians as a people. In a report titled...
BEIRUT — The wedding reception will ultimately not be held at Sursock Palace this Friday. Facing online outrage, a reception for the wedding of the son of former minister and Amal MP for South...
For the past seven months, Saudi Arabia has tried to avoid becoming a party to the war unfolding around it. But Riyadh is running out of options.To the east, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz...
The United Nations warned on Monday that a key system for bringing aid into conflict-torn Sudan risked collapsing completely unless it receives more funding immediately. "The entire...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed regional developments with U.S. Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper in Jeddah on Monday, Saudi state media said, amid escalating hostilities...
As we enter the new season, L’Orient-Le Jour is continuing to grow. As part of that effort, we are also evolving our organization. Anthony Samrani is taking on the newly created role of editorial...
Discovered by L’Orient-Le Jour in the months following the Beirut tragedy, Dia Mrad’s work was initially closely tied to the Aug. 4, 2020 explosion. At the time, with his camera slung over his...
BEIRUT — A passenger on a Middle East Airlines (MEA) flight ME229 from Beirut to Paris earlier on Monday claimed he was carrying a bomb, prompting security personnel to evacuate all passengers. He...
As we enter the new season, L’Orient-Le Jour is continuing to grow. As part of that effort, we are also evolving our organization. Anthony Samrani is taking on the newly created role of editorial...
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, emboldened by recent advances, again targeted military sites in neighboring Saudi Arabia on Monday, while Iran denied involvement in the conflict, which has opened a...
BEIRUT — Kataeb MP Nadim Gemayel said Sunday evening that his party does not oppose Lebanon making peace with Israel, which continues to occupy more than 600 square kilometers of Lebanese territory...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese politician Dory Chamoun died on Monday, aged 94. Born in Deir al-Qamar (Chouf) in 1931, Chamoun was the eldest son of former President Camille Chamoun and led the National...
BEIRUT — Inmates at Roumieh prison, including Islamist detainees held on ""terrorism charges" began an open-ended hunger and water strike Monday, refusing to take medication,...
When the sound of her flat sandals echoes down the hallway, silence falls. In a lounge draped in rustic curtains and transformed into a makeshift press room, Susan Sarandon arrives without camera...
To mark its 30th anniversary, l'École supérieure des affaires (ESA) is dedicating a week to meetings, exchanges and projects shaping its future, with conferences, conversations, exhibitions and...
Iran's nuclear chief was blocked from attending an annual conference on Monday at the headquarters of the U.N.'s nuclear agency in Vienna due to opposition from the United States, Iranian...
The postponement of the next round of Lebanon-Israel negotiations, which was scheduled to take place in Rome next week, has prompted different interpretations. Some see it as a sign of deadlock,...
Aya does not know when — or where — she will go back to school. To answer either question, the 18-year-old would first need to know where she will be living in the coming days.With Israeli strikes...
Iranian authorities seized properties from 240 people accused of affiliations with Israel and other “hostile countries,” the state broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting said. The...
22:22 Beirut Time Israel resumes strikes on southern Lebanon Israel has launched a new wave of airstrikes across various parts of southern Lebanon, carrying out at least five strikes...
"The entire country is in ruins, schools and school supplies are no exception — quite the opposite." This is how Sarah Hammoud sums up her situation as the school year approaches. For...
Oil prices started the week sharply higher on Monday, with the barrel settling above $100 amid hostilities in the Middle East, marked by the closure of a key oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia and new...
Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar announced on Sunday his intention to strip the filmmakers of the recently-released documentary film "NAZA," which accuses Israel of mass civilian...
BEIRUT — Waste collection resumed across Saida on Sunday after the city’s solid waste treatment plant reopened and began receiving garbage trucks again, ending a days-long crisis, according to the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Sept. 14, 2026 Some key things to watch today:10 a.m.: Protest by the Hariri Governmental Hospital Employees Committee in front...
The Houthis reported on Sunday that some 50 Saudi airstrikes had been carried out in Yemen, particularly on their stronghold in the north of the country, just hours after an attack claimed by these...
Oman has announced the postponement of a meeting scheduled for Monday between Iran and Gulf countries on the future of the Strait of Hormuz, at the heart of the war between Washington and Tehran...
US President Donald Trump on Sunday downplayed reports that Chinese entities had provided Tehran with satellite images of a military base in Jordan before and after an Iranian strike that killed...
