SOUTH LEBANON — The Israeli army set fire to the government hospital in Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun) and its surroundings on Friday afternoon, our correspondent in southern Lebanon reported. A video...
Syrian security forces said on Friday they had arrested five former air force officers accused of involvement in airstrikes on civilians during the rule of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Over...
Four people were injured Friday in a series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Ayash, in the western part of Deir al-Zor province in Syria, according to several Syrian media outlets. The...
The U.N.'s most powerful body, the Security Council, met Friday to again gauge the popularity of contenders to lead the organization as world leaders prepare to gather for its annual signature...
BEIRUT — A personal dispute between two families in the Ruwaissat area of Metn escalated into gunfire on Friday, killing three people and critically wounding another, Lebanon’s state-run National...
BEIRUT — An Israeli man from the northern town of Majd al-Krum was arrested on suspicion of maintaining contact with a "foreign agent" from Lebanon and carrying out "security-related...
Anthony* and several of his classmates from Boston, Harvard, and Columbia Universities cut their vacations in Lebanon short to return to the United States at the end of August. The reason: a strict...
SOUTH LEBANON — A tense standoff erupted Friday between the Lebanese and Israeli armies near Deir Mimas in the eastern sector. The situation eventually de-escalated, but left residents of the...
A South Sudanese man was jailed for two years and three months in an English court on Friday after he admitted piloting a small boat across the Channel from France, which carried a then-record 165...
With the November midterm elections approaching, U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling to find the right way to reassure voters about the U.S. war in Iran, which is dragging on and could bring...
BEIRUT — The surge in crude oil prices caused by the war in the Middle East is increasingly being felt in Lebanon. Fuel prices soared this week, with the price of a kiloliter of mazout used to fuel...
The Committee of Prisoners’ Families in Lebanon has called for a demonstration in Tripoli’s Nour Square following this Sunday's afternoon prayers in support of more than 400 Roumieh prisoners...
The paths leading to Abu Elias' oven carry a poetic fragrance, something almost unreal. To calm your impatience, you must weave through the narrow alleys of old Zahle, squeezing between stone...
The issue of funds transferred abroad on the eve of and during Lebanon’s financial crisis is set to accelerate. According to our information, the financial prosecutor’s office is due to begin...
A former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison under ousted President Bashar al-Assad and was convicted of torture by a U.S. federal jury has been sentenced to 60...
Reuters reported a meeting held late last week in Oman between representatives of Yemen’s Houthis and U.S. officials, bringing the possibility of direct dialogue between the United States and...
In the battle unfolding in southern Lebanon, a new concern that the confrontation could shift to land ownership is emerging. Israel’s continued attack and occupation of parts of Lebanese territory,...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Friday they struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to state news agency IRNA , as a British maritime agency also reported an...
Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-linked Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border on Thursday and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading Middle East...
The Foreign Affairs Ministry submitted a letter to Cabinet proposing that an item be placed on its agenda to discuss and decide on “the establishment of a civilian and military European mission in...
Unsurprisingly, Parliament renewed its confidence in Nawaf Salam’s government for the third time in 19 months. From the outset of the general policy debate on Tuesday and Wednesday, it was clear...
21:43 Beirut Time New demolitions and shelling in southern Lebanon The Israeli army carried out a demolition in Mansouri (Sour district), which it then shelled twice. Artillery fire...
Karim*, a pharmacist from West Bekaa, opened his business in 2007. Nineteen years later, he may soon be forced to close his doors. Lebanon’s ongoing inflation and a “now insufficient profit margin”...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Sept. 18, 2026 Some key things to watch today:9 a.m.: Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission on debt and...
