The Israeli army's unsubstantiated claims that dozens of Hezbollah fighters are hiding in Sour's Christian quarter sparked panic Tuesday evening in the main city of southern Lebanon. After...
Who stopped the Israeli strike against the southern suburbs on Monday? It was U.S. President Donald Trump who claimed credit for the de-escalation, announcing that Israel would back off from the...
Israel and Lebanon could reach a peace agreement "as early as tomorrow" were it not for Hezbollah, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, as Israeli and Lebanese officials...
Hezbollah will not accept a "partial cease-fire" with Israel, senior Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qomati told AFP on Tuesday, warning that the group would respond if Israel attacks Beirut...
Even if the war in the Middle East ended immediately, disrupted global humanitarian supply chains would not fully recover before 2027, U.N. officials warned Tuesday. Nearly 100 days after the Feb....
Gathered in Beirut on Tuesday at the initiative of Druze Sheikh Akl Sami Abi al-Mona, Lebanon's highest Christian and Muslim religious authorities issued a joint call for national unity in the...
One late winter afternoon, as designer Lara Khoury stepped into the Daou family home in Batroun for the first time, she was immediately struck by the immense presence of the sea. A large window...
BEIRUT — Israeli attacks near Sour’s Jabal Amel Hospital on Monday killed at least four people, the Health Ministry said, adding that the toll could rise as several bodies remained under rubble....
BEIRUT — The Finance Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged shortcomings highlighted in a recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on governance and corruption, while pointing to reforms it says...
After Monday night's dramatic turn — marked by U.S. President Donald Trump's intervention urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel planned strikes on Beirut's southern...
Lebanon, located on the second most traveled migratory corridor between Europe and Africa, has become an increasingly dangerous passage for migratory birds. Fighting in southern Lebanon and, less...
Israeli fire killed at least three Palestinians in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Gaza health officials reported. Medics said at least one person was killed and four were...
BEIRUT — Lebanese and Israeli officials met Tuesday at the U.S. State Department for another round of direct talks, as Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange fire despite Donald Trump's...
After rising more than 60% over two months following the resumption of war between Hezbollah and Israel on March 2 and the regional conflict that disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz,...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Tuesday that "strength does not lie in making war, but in having the necessary courage and wisdom to end it through negotiations, taking into...
On their Facebook page, the Green Southerners, an environmental protection association mainly based in southern Lebanon, posted on May 13 a photo of a small mammal, the rock hyrax, whose many...
U.S. President Donald Trump's intervention to prevent large-scale Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs drew condemnation across the Israeli political spectrum, with some criticizing...
At half past noon on May 11 Israel carried out a targeted double tap strike — during a supposed "cease-fire" — which killed Yahya Kobeissi and Hussein Kobeissi as they were driving along...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army said Tuesday that it had arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting the mayor of Deir Mimas, in the Marjayoun district, and wounding the village mukhtar on Monday....
BEIRUT — The parliamentary justice committee approved a bill on Tuesday aimed at abolishing the death penalty in Lebanon. The text was approved after "five sessions" of the committee and...
Russia pounded cities across Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early on Tuesday in attacks that authorities said killed 18 people and wounded more than 100. The attacks on...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri held talks Tuesday with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, a day after Donald Trump announced a cease-fire between Hezbollah and...
Oil prices retreated and stock markets largely gained Tuesday as investors assessed the chances of a Middle East peace agreement, with tech shares enjoying another strong showing thanks to AI...
Iran is reviewing a proposed agreement with the United States to halt the war between the two countries, Iran's Mehr news reported on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said talks to...
Meeting urgently at France’s request, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) spent several hours Monday discussing Israel's escalated attacks on Lebanon, including the advances of Israeli...
Israeli arms exports have reached an all-time high for the 5th consecutive year, hitting more than $19 billion in 2025 driven by missile, rocket and air defense systems, the Defense Ministry...
Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives get a rare chance this week to question Secretary of State Marco Rubio in public about President Donald Trump's foreign policy, as his...
The government is once again trying to revive reforms in the energy sector. But on the ground, progress remains limited, with obstacles still piling up. Last September, the authorities finally...
BEIRUT — The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned Monday that Lebanon is facing a deepening humanitarian emergency nearly three months into the conflict, as mass displacement and rising prices...
BEIRUT — The Israeli army issued new evacuation orders on Tuesday for the entire city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. In a message on X, Arabic-speaking military spokesman Avichay Adraee...
BEIRUT — Three members of the same family — Theodosia, Tony, and James Karam — were killed Monday afternoon by an Israeli drone strike that struck their car as they were driving on the road...
France's foreign minister said Tuesday that nothing could justify Israeli troops remaining deep inside Lebanon, following the deepest incursion into Lebanese territory in two decades. Israel...
BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on Monday night killed six members of the same family, including three children, in Marwanieh in the Saida district. A second strike on the same location wounded the...
Mount Lebanon’s First Investigative Judge Nada Asmar held a hearing Monday in the case involving cash transfer company Mecattaf. The case dates back to 2021, when former Mount Lebanon Appeals...
A senior Iranian military officer said Tuesday that a resumption of hostilities with the United States was inevitable, as negotiations between Tehran and Washington appeared to stall. "The...
BEIRUT — "Nothing can justify" the continuation of military operations and a prolonged Israeli occupation in Lebanon, said the French foreign minister on Tuesday, a day after Trump...
The last one dates back to 2024. A spiritual summit is set to be held on Tuesday at the Druze Community House in Verdun, at the initiative of Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Akl Sami Abi al-Mona....
Somewhat unexpectedly, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel on Monday evening, without specifying whether it amounted to a full cessation of hostilities...
The 1960s and the early 1970s. Throughout her childhood, every time her parents announced they would spend the weekend at their house in Kfar Roummane, near Nabatieh, N. would throw a tantrum. She...
23:02 Beirut Time US imposes new sanctions targeting Iran The United States imposed a new round of Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday, according to a notice published by the Treasury...
Since 2017, the flea market has grown into much more than a simple marketplace, evolving into a human adventure driven by a passion for objects, the stories they carry, and the connections they...
BEIRUT — U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly berated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday during a tense phone call on Monday, leading Israel to suspend planned airstrikes on...
The Israeli military said early Tuesday air defenses intercepted two projectiles from Lebanon, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that fighting would end. "Following the sirens...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11 a.m.: A parliamentary subcommittee chaired by Najat Aoun meets to continue...
