Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar, alongside Justice Minister Adel Nassar, conducted an inspection at the Beirut courthouse on Monday evening to assess the progress of vote counting from Sunday’s...
Imad Kreidieh, the Director-General of Ogero, Lebanon's public operator managing fixed-line telephony and internet, announced his resignation on Sunday. Subsequently, his predecessor, the...
Hezbollah's electoral machine expressed gratitude on Monday through a statement to "the loyal supporters of the Resistance," who demonstrated "wisdom, responsibility, and...
MP Gebran Bassil, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), addressed the breakthrough of a rival list's president in the Beirut municipal elections during a press conference on Monday. He...
General Security issued a statement Monday prohibiting any Syrian citizen from re-entering Lebanon via the airport if they are headed to Syria, unless they possess a foreign residency permit with a...
Clashes erupted in Shatila, a Palestinian refugee camp located in Beirut, on Monday, L'Orient Today's correspondent reported. The information was confirmed without further details by an...
BEIRUT — Monday marks 100 days since the formation of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Formed on Feb. 8, around a month after President Joseph Aoun's election and Salam's...
Ayman* was released on Dec. 1 after being detained without charge by the Israeli army.“It all began on Oct. 6, 2024, when my wife, our three children and I were trapped in northern Gaza,” he said....
As a Lebanese citizen who has lived through the long, exhausting pendulum of this region’s politics, from fleeting hopes to crushing letdowns, I never imagined I’d see the map of the Middle East...
With the completion of the third phase of the municipal and electoral elections on Sunday in the provinces of Beirut, Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel, the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections...
The U.S. State Department's "Rewards for Justice" (RFJ) program announced on Monday it was offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the disruption of...
BEIRUT — At least one person was killed and three others injured in Israeli attacks in several southern Lebanese towns on Monday. "An Israeli drone strike targeting the outskirts" of...
BEIRUT — Economy and Trade Minister Amer Bisat, accompanied by Environment Minister Tamara al-Zein, visited the Beirut Port on Monday to assess problems associated with the damaged grain silos from...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel will "take control of the entire Gaza Strip" as the military intensifies its offensive, shortly after greenlighting the...
He was to be one of the major losers of the Oct. 7 attack. Hamas’ operation shattered his vision of regional stability and his project to normalize ties with Israel. Worse, the looming showdown...
Three large vermilion cubes emerge from the ground in Centquatre's hall as part of the setting for the European youth's photography festival. Beirut looks out at us from one of the cubes,...
The Orthodox Church of Our Lady of Joy and its icon museum were inaugurated on Monday in Zahle, in the Bekaa region, with official and religious figures in attendance. This event comes after nearly...
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed alarm on Monday over the increasing risk of famine in the Gaza Strip, where "two million people are starving," according to him....
The third (and largest) round of voting in the municipal elections was held Sunday in Beirut and in the governorates of the Bekaa and Baalbeck. At the end of the day, during which more than one...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday called for a return to the 1949 Armistice Agreement with Israel to secure peace along the southern border, during a joint press conference with...
The U.S. embassy in Libya denied on Sunday a report that the U.S. government was working on a plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya. On Thursday, NBC News said the Trump...
Dozens of municipal councils in South Lebanon have been elected by acclamation, as the deadline for candidate withdrawals has been extended to midnight Friday, South Lebanon Governor Mansour Daou...
She mistook a pen for her e-cigarette and stained her Chanel jacket with ink. "Coco would have loved the spontaneity of the gesture, habibi," laughs Nada, a 45-year-old retired interior...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would control all of Gaza and would prevent the militant Islamist group Hamas from looting aid.
Several tens of thousands of people gathered in The Hague on Sunday against the Dutch government's policy towards Israel and the war in Gaza, the largest demonstration in the Netherlands in 20...
On Friday, Israel intensified its military operations in Gaza, causing observers to fear the worst for two million people already pushed into displacement centers and deprived of all food and...
Ibrahim Makdissi, a doctor from Ramah, Akkar, close to the Marada movement, was elected president of the Order of Physicians of Tripoli and North Lebanon on Sunday after the withdrawal of his...
Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, his office announced Sunday, noting the 82-year-old Democrat has “bone metastases.” “While this...
22:43 Beirut Time Thank you for joining us for our live coverage today. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the latest updates. Goodnight! 22:07 Beirut Time The...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea late Sunday celebrated the victory of a list backed by his party in the Bekaa city of Zahle, calling it a “double score” win over the main rival list...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage of the municipal elections in Beirut and Bekaa districts.Monday, May 19, 2025.Compiled by...
