Israel intensified its attacks Saturday on the districts of Saida, Nabatieh and Sour in southern Lebanon, just a day after the 45-day extension of the cease-fire was announced following the second...
During a visit to the port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rassamny on Friday, approved a modest yet official first step toward the possible rehabilitation...
The Pakistani Minister of the Interior arrived in Tehran on Saturday 'to facilitate' peace talks, currently at a standstill, between Iran and the United States, according to Iranian media....
The Jaafarite Mufti Ahmad Qabalan, who is close to Hezbollah, criticized Lebanese authorities Saturday over their handling of recent U.S.-sponsored negotiations with Israel, accusing them of...
"Lebanese authorities do not take people with disabilities into account in the event of disasters." This observation, made to L’Orient-Le Jour by Sylvana Lakkis, president of the Lebanese...
The brief statement released by the U.S. State Department on Friday evening, following two days of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, understandably provided no details about the...
Iranian state television said Saturday that European countries are in talks with Tehran to obtain permission to cross the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global oil trade that has been blocked...
The eyes of the Lebanese are turned toward Washington, where a new page of history may be in the making. But Lebanese officials closely following the negotiations between Beirut and Tel Aviv remain...
On the other end of the line, Ramzi Shamout’s voice sounds tired. For this farmer from the Abbasieh area in the Sour district, the evacuation order that the Arabic-language spokesman of the Israeli...
A delegation from the Lebanese Forces toured the districts of Hasbaya and Marjayoun, reaffirming the party’s support for residents in South Lebanon amid ongoing security tensions and recent Israeli...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert as under-secretary-general for safety and security at the United Nations Department of...
Iraq's oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz, a key issue in the Middle East conflict, fell by nearly a factor of ten in April compared to prewar months, the country's new oil minister...
Fouad Makhzoumi has managed to turn an explosive situation to his advantage. Since the start of the war in Lebanon on March 2, the 74-year-old billionaire, known for his carefully crafted...
A senior Hamas official told Reuters on Saturday that the chief of the group’s military wing had died, a day after Israel said it had carried out airstrikes targeting him. Earlier, witnesses in...
Despite years of international assistance, the reform of customs and the tax administration — one of the most sensitive issues in Lebanese public finances — is once again at the forefront of the...
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai said Saturday that "nations are not preserved by weapons, but by a living conscience, values and faith," in an implicit criticism of Hezbollah, while...
20:05 Beirut Time Situation in southern Lebanon The Israeli strike on a house in Habboush killed Mohammad Jamoul and his wife, Sakineh Abbas Makki. One person was killed and another...
A Paris investigating judge will look into a complaint against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman regarding the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in 2018 at...
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli soldiers killed a man Saturday in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank. According to the ministry, Nour al-Din Kamal Hassan...
Changing perceptions of couples, marriage and family, broken taboos and persistent red lines — this week, Voices of the Middle East examines the evolution of attitudes toward love and intimacy in...
Souhaib Ayoub is a novelist, playwright, and journalist. He is the author of Rajol min Satin (Hachette Antoine, Lebanon, 2019) and Dhi’b al-ʿā’ila (Hachette Antoine, Lebanon, 2019), translated into...
I’ve been reflecting on how many things in Lebanon stay afloat only because we, the people, want them to. Even without formal protections or safeguards, we take matters into our own hands: Just...
بلسان مبتلٍ، راح يحركه، بفم رالف. يترك فيه وشوشاته. صمته. يمسك وجهه بأصابعه التي جلفها شغله الطويل في الورش. كان يفلت اللسان منه. داخل أسنانه المكسوة بصفار قليل. تفلت منه أيضاً كلمات مقطعة. مذبوحة....
