Following his meeting with President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to give the green-light to U.S. airlines to begin flying directly to...
The Netherlands government announced Tuesday that it would ban imports from Palestinian territories occupied by Israeli settlers from Sept. 22. The Netherlands will join Ireland, Belgium, and...
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun at the White House on Tuesday. Arriving at 11 a.m. (6 p.m. Beirut time), Aoun was greeted by Trump on the steps of the...
A pro-Hezbollah journalist, Hassan Illaik, has been the subject of a judicial order since Monday after Prosecutor General at the Court of Cassation Ahmad Rami al-Hajj instructed authorities to...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Syria later this week and meet with President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the international organization announced Tuesday in a statement. This...
With the resumption of hostilities between Washington and Tehran, U.S. President Donald Trump's approach to Iran is rooted in a complex decision-making process that takes into account U.S....
The United Nations condemned Tuesday intensifying Israeli military attacks on Gaza which have killed at least 57 Palestinians, including six children, in the past week. A "cease-fire"...
Their black-and-white photos have been widely shared alongside outraged posts by Syrians who see, in the tragedy of the Khansa family, yet another sectarian crime in the city of Homs.Men on...
BEIRUT — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Israel has “no interest” in joining U.S. military operations against Iran, according to the daily Haaretz . “The current situation, in...
Iran stepped up its attacks in the Middle East on Tuesday, two weeks after its war with the United States resumed, with sirens sounding in Bahrain and Jordan announcing it had intercepted two waves...
On Friday night, traffic heading to Batroun began backing up well before the concert, as hundreds of people made their way to Batrouniyat for a tribute to the British band Coldplay. The vast field...
Shipping companies should not load or discharge cargo at Saudi Arabian ports and such activity may result in being targeted "in any location" by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militia,...
The Aix Festival is known less for its Mediterranean roots than for the quality of its opera productions. Yet, since 1948, it has consistently celebrated dialogue between cultures and the diversity...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was welcomed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The delegation accompanying him is a limited one. It includes Lebanon’s ambassador to Washington, Nada Hamadeh...
SOUTH LEBANON — A unit from the Lebanese Army’s engineering regiment entered Zawtar Gharbieh, a village in the Nabatieh district along the northern bank of the Litani River in southern Lebanon, on...
From the moment he was appointed head of security at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport in January 2023, General Fadi Kfoury sparked discontent within Hezbollah circles and among...
The Syrian General Authority for Land and Sea Ports stated on Tuesday that the customs thwarted an attempt to smuggle around "226 RGC-type grenades" inside a vehicle heading toward...
BEIRUT — “No more planes will land in Beirut, and no more ambassadors will remain in Lebanon.” The threat, issued by Hezbollah political bureau deputy head Mahmoud Qomati during a televised...
Every Tuesday, our "Iconic" series looks back at a mass-market product that has spanned generations and found its place in Lebanese life.In Lebanon, where the unexpected is a way of life,...
The United States is seeking to impose new political and strategic realities in the Middle East through an approach that, in some symbolic respects, recalls the 1950s — from the Baghdad Pact to the...
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. His figure stands out against a backdrop depicting Jerusalem. To his right are a Palestinian flag and another bearing the Hamas emblem: two crossed swords in front of the...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted infrastructure belonging to U.S. company Amazon in Bahrain, according to a statements published by state media on Tuesday. There was no official...
For the first time since the cease-fire reached on April 8 between the U.S. and Iran — since largely undermined — American soldiers have been killed by enemy fire. While Tehran had mainly...
An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday killed a father, his wife and their four children in Gaza City, while setting their home ablaze, health officials said. Medics said the Israeli strike on the family...
The U.S. State Department on Monday issued an alert urging American citizens around the world to "exercise increased caution" over the war with Iran. The alert said that "due to...
23:33 Beirut Time Iran claims attacks on radar systems in Kuwait Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said they launched several attacks on radar systems in Kuwait's Bubiyan island...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to present a plan on how to disarm Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and secure Israel's...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, July 21 2026 Some key things to watch today:Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to meet with U.S. president Donald Trump...
