The U.S. State Department on Thursday approved the potential sale to Saudi Arabia of 48 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets manufactured by U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin, in a deal estimated...
Fighting between the Houthis and Yemeni government forces and their Saudi backers has killed 63 people in the last 24 hours, military sources from both sides told AFP on Thursday. At least 23...
BEIRUT — Government Commissioner to the Military Tribunal Claude Ghanem on Thursday charged 12 people in connection with a network linked to the former Syrian regime of the Assad family, which was...
BEIRUT — "Now is the time to act." Speaking from Paris, President Joseph Aoun on Thursday called on Lebanon’s international partners to accelerate preparations for an international...
Beirut’s galleries are offering plenty of ways to see the familiar anew this fall. Here are three exhibitions that invite you into very different worlds, each shaped by its own blend of personal...
Six unions representing various livestock sectors in Lebanon called Thursday for the removal "without any delay" of the waste fee, also known as the environmental fee, which taxes certain...
BEIRUT — The Cabinet on Thursday appointed Nassib Nasr as chairman of the board of Electricité du Liban (EDL), while keeping Kamal Hayek as general manager of the state-run utility. Lebanon’s...
أحمد حسن الربيعي باحث عراقي في الجغرافيا والتاريخ والعلوم السياسية، من بغداد، ويقيم في باريس منذ عام 2020. عمل سابقا في الصحافة العراقية، حيث شغل مناصب عدة بينها على سبيل المثال لا الحصر ، منصب...
BEIRUT — Another hearing in the case stemming from a complaint filed last January by BDL Governor Karim Souhaid against his predecessor, Riad Salameh, and former Bank Audi CEO Samir Hanna was...
Israel's defense minister suggested on Thursday that Turkey take in Hamas members from Gaza, as he called for the full-scale removal of the war-torn territory's two million people. The...
A Lebanese man and two Syrians were arrested in Kfar Dibian, Kesrouan, as part of an investigation into suspected drug trafficking. A search of their residence allowed the Internal Security Forces...
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson submitted a letter of resignation to the speaker of parliament on Thursday following the announcement of a final vote count for Sunday's election. A...
BEIRUT — Lebanese bank depositors staged a protest Thursday in downtown Beirut, urging authorities to adopt a “fair” plan that would allow them to recover funds that have been trapped in banks for...
Syria will offer cheaper diesel for heating, agriculture and industry, Energy Minister Mohammed al-Bashir said on Thursday, days after a fuel price hike triggered the most widespread protests since...
An Israeli battalion published an announcement about "prayers at the tomb of Babylonian rabbi Rav Ashi," which is located opposite to Houla (Marjayoun district) within Lebanese territory,...
Ahmad Hasan al-Rubaye is an Iraqi researcher in geography, history, and political science from Baghdad. He has lived in Paris since 2020. He previously worked in the Iraqi press, notably as...
The meeting was held in complete secrecy. Last week, several Arab chiefs of staff met in Germany at the invitation of U.S. CENTCOM chief Brad Cooper, alongside his Israeli counterpart, Eyal Zamir,...
In the cockpit of ME229 from Paris to Beirut, the two Middle East Airlines (MEA) pilots divide up their duties. While one sets the aircraft’s parameters, the other communicates with air traffic...
SOUTH LEBANON — "Supporting the South is a national duty." That was the slogan of organizers and protesters from villages in southern Lebanon that remain inaccessible despite the...
Britain's King Charles III has taken the rare step of hitting back at criticism after Princess Diana's brother alleged that the monarch acted insensitively following her death in a car...
A top adviser to Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Turkish leader would run again in an early election likely to be held in April 2028, media outlets reported on Thursday. "If 360 lawmakers back...
Three dynamics are currently worth watching in Lebanon, and all appear to be moving in the same direction. The first concerns Lebanon-Israel negotiations, alongside discussions over forming an...
Iran on Thursday gave a Swedish diplomat in Tehran 48 hours to leave the country after Sweden expelled a staff member from the Iranian embassy in Stockholm. The Swedish ambassador was summoned to...
For painter Claude Moufarege, an architect and engineer by training, Beirut has remained this idea of home on the scale of a metropolis. Impossible to find elsewhere, with its chaos, its unique...
BEIRUT — Depositors in Lebanese banks organized a protest at the Riad al-Solh square in Beirut on Thursday calling on the government and Parliament to adopt a fair plan to recover their funds,...
Russia attacked a Tanzanian-flagged civilian ship in the Black Sea, killing its captain, Ukraine said Thursday, as fighting drags on and Moscow escalates attacks. Russia has hit Ukrainian ports...
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to make Canada an "associate member" of the bloc is not aimed against the United States, the European Commission said Thursday after President...
Iranians find themselves trapped between "extreme" state repression and the impact of the U.S. war in the Middle East, triggered on Feb. 28 by Israeli-U.S. airstrikes, U.N. investigators...
Advocate-General at the Court of Cassation Mohammad Saab submitted on Tuesday the prosecution’s perusal related to the Beirut port explosion case to the judge leading the probe into the case, Tarek...
Syria's judiciary on Thursday sentenced a member of the government forces to 20 years in prison and two supporters of the ousted regime to death or life imprisonment, in the first verdicts in...
On billboards across Damascus, posters proclaim, "Assala's Return." It's the homecoming concert for Assala Nasri, the Syrian musical icon celebrated across the Arab world, after...
Russia launched missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight, wounding more than a dozen people in Kyiv, the city's mayor said Thursday, the latest in a series of intensified Russian attacks. The...
21:00 Beirut Time Issa: 'We remain committed to supporting Lebanon’s sovereignty' U.S. Ambassador to Beirut Michel Issa took part in a meeting in Paris held in preparation for the...
L’Orient-Le Jour reporter Emmanuel Haddad has been shortlisted for the 2026 Albert Londres Prize in the print press category for the second consecutive year, in recognition of a series of major...
Israel and Morocco have agreed to open embassies in their respective countries following a meeting between their top diplomats and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in New York on...
Yemen's Houthis reported fresh Saudi airstrikes on Wednesday. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said "Saudi warplanes launched 40 airstrikes ... targeting the provinces of Taiz, Marib,...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026 Some key things to watch today:9 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.: Series of meetings for the International Monetary Fund...
The Ministry of Economy announced in a statement a new adjustment to the base price of a packet of white Arabic bread (rabta) in bakeries across the country, which rises from 75,000 LL ($0.84) to...
