Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis targeted an oil refinery on Saudi Arabia's southern Red Sea coast Tuesday, rebel media reported, as the group ramps up attacks on the kingdom after announcing a...
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan as part of its campaign against the body that it accuses of being...
BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Gebran Bassil on Tuesday called on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to “convene a public session so that the government can be held accountable before...
BEIRUT — Former Banque du Liban (BDL, Central Bank) governor Riad Salameh will return to Roumieh prison to continue his pretrial detention in the investigation opened following a complaint filed in...
An Israeli airstrike killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health officials said, a day after Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner ended a trip to the region that failed...
The United Arab Emirates issued a brief phone alert for "potential missile threats" on Tuesday with the ministry of defence confirming it had detected missiles "directed towards the...
A blast at an education centre in Kabul has injured at least 42 children, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said Tuesday, without elaborating on the cause of the explosion. Richard Bennett, the U.N....
Nuclear material discovered at an undisclosed site in Syria is not dangerous and will remain under Syrian custody, subject to safeguards by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Syrian...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a map on his Truth Social platform showing the Strait of Hormuz as "NEW U.S. Territory," pressing his threat to claim sovereignty over the...
At the National Library, the conference room is still awaiting the official announcement when Ghassan Salameh makes his way to the stage. The culture minister greets several guests along the way,...
SOUTH LEBANON — Hezbollah said Tuesday, through one of its lawmakers, that it would “not abandon” the strategic Ali Taher hills overlooking the city of Nabatieh, which the Israeli army is...
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said Tuesday that UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi has visited a site in the country containing nuclear materials and his agency had collected...
Lebanon's judiciary decided on Tuesday to extradite a former Syrian general it detained this month following a warrant from Damascus accusing him of "killing and crimes against...
Syrian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested a prominent Islamic State group commander in the country's north in the latest operation against the jihadists. In a statement, the interior...
Qatar, a key mediator in the stalled US-Iran talks, said Tuesday that an agreement between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz would make it easier to resume negotiations to end the Middle East...
BEIRUT — A judge, identified by his initials M.N., was recently suspended from his duties by Justice Minister Adel Nassar, L’Orient-Le Jour learned Tuesday. The suspension is part of a...
BEIRUT — The remains of Yehuda Katz, an Israeli soldier killed during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and the last soldier still missing from the Battle of Sultan Yacoub, have been located...
Just three percent of the cropland in Gaza remains accessible and undamaged, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization warned Tuesday, citing an analysis of satellite images. The report found...
BERUT – Lebanon's Grand Mufti, Abdel Latif Derian, praised the "role of the army and its wise leadership in maintaining the country’s security" while receiving Army Commander Gen....
SOUTH LEBANON — Hezbollah MP Hassan Ezzeddine stated that the movement would not abandon the strategic Ali Taher hill and "would face any act of aggression." The Israeli army drops...
Ahead of Israel’s first elections since the Gaza war, set for Oct. 27, 2026, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has drawn attention in the Israeli and international press with a...
There has been growing talk for the past few days of a new Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon, primarily aimed at seizing the Ali Taher hill, a strategic site held by Hezbollah southeast of...
While the head of the Lebanese Forces (LF) had held back from criticism in recent weeks, siding with President Joseph Aoun in his decision to launch direct negotiations with Israel to end the war,...
SOUTH LEBANON — Deputy Michel Moussa, who belongs to the bloc of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, reported Tuesday on “efforts for the arrival of a U.N. force in South Lebanon, which would witness...
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led negotiations with the United States to end the Middle East war, will travel to Iraq on Wednesday for talks, Iranian media reported....
Yesterday, I experienced two very different Lebanons in a single day. In the morning, I travelled south with my cousin, Brigadier General Mohammad Fehmi, to my village, Kfar Roummane, in the...
Syrian state media said three people were killed on Tuesday in an explosion of unknown origin at a power plant on the country's Mediterranean coast. News agency SANA reported "an...
Turkey is preparing an initiative for the Middle East, coordinating with several countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar and the United States. The goal is to contain Iranian influence...
A Syrian court on Tuesday issued a death sentence to detainee Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad who was himself sentenced to death in absentia a week ago. Judge Fakhr...
BEIRUT — Six foreign workers were injured Tuesday when a device buried in an orchard exploded near the Israeli town of Metula, close to the Lebanese border, according to several Israeli media...
The 60-day deadline set for the U.S.-Iran cease-fire under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU) has expired. The world and the region are holding their breath, waiting to see what comes...
"Today, the Board of Peace reached a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza. This is a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and...
As children walked into the zoo near Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, they found a lion barely looking back at them through the bars of its cage and chimpanzees sitting listlessly in their...
Oil prices rose for a third session on Tuesday as prospects receded for a deal to end the Middle East war, with Iran saying it would adopt a more offensive stance and the U.S. ruling out extending...
BERUT – Eight Israeli airstrikes hit the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northwestern Syria early Tuesday, targeting the runway and storage facilities, Syria’s state-run Al-Ikhbariya reported,...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Tuesday, Aug. 18 2026 Some key things to watch today:11 a.m.: Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian receives MP Adeeb Abdel Massih.12...
22:23 Beirut Time Israeli strikes in Syria aimed at ‘preventing a buildup of Turkish military presence,’ Israeli official says An Israeli official said Tuesday evening that the Israeli...
