BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem sharply condemned on Friday the negotiation process initiated by the Lebanese authorities with Israel, arguing that it had brought “neither an end...
Dear reader, This might seem like a change from my eating habits, but for the past two weeks, I haven’t been able to chew. I got my wisdom teeth removed, which meant I was in soft food jail....
BEIRUT — The vice president of the Higher Shiite Islamic Council, Sheikh Ali al-Khatib, handed Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi a note Friday in Tehran outlining the consequences of Israeli...
SOUTH LEBANON — A day after deadly Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, the Israeli army continued its demolition operations and artillery fire across several parts of the region on Friday,...
BEIRUT — Jaafarite Mufti Ahmad Kabalan, a figure close to the Shiite Amal-Hezbollah alliance, sharply criticized President Joseph Aoun on Friday, accusing him of “going it alone” politically and...
BEIRUT — Banque du Liban (BDL, Central Bank) has ordered commercial banks to begin compiling a centralized registry mapping every depositor and account across Lebanon’s banking system, under Basic...
The Israeli military said it struck "several terrorists" on Friday in the northern occupied West Bank, a rare airstrike in the partly semi-autonomous Palestinian territory that has seen...
Greece scrambled F-16 fighter jets Friday as a drone reported to be from Turkey flew over one of the country's airports, media and a military source said. "A Turkish drone illegally...
It's official. On Aug. 25, reservist Ofer Winter launched his new party, "Amcha Yisrael" (Your people, Israel), ahead of the upcoming Israeli parliamentary elections. Known for his...
The U.N. refugee agency has scaled back its budget by 16% and lowered its official headcount by around 3,500 as it adapts to new financial constraints at a time when global displacement is forecast...
On July 29, 2026, a year after Ziad Rahbani’s passing, the Megaphone platform held a commemorative event at Metro al-Madina Theater that concluded with the launch of the tribute book "Ila...
This appears to be more than a simple revision of transfer limits. With Basic Circular No. 13837, dated Aug. 18, 2026, and attached to Basic Circular No. 6, Banque du Liban (BDL, central bank) is...
BEIRUT — An unusual cold spell is expected to bring heavy rain and possibly hail to Lebanon this weekend, despite it still being the middle of summer. A cold air mass moving from the Black Sea...
BEIRUT — Over the past two months, the U.S. military has gradually weakened Tehran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route that has been Iran’s strongest leverage since the...
Hezbollah could lose a key supporter. At a time when the group is weakened politically, militarily, and financially, Shiite families and clans in the Bekaa have already begun seeking alternatives,...
BEIRUT — Pakistan and Kuwait on Thursday signed a defense cooperation protocol aimed at "significantly strengthening" their military cooperation, the Pakistani defense ministry said....
BEIRUT — President Donald Trump’s war on Iran has pushed the U.S. military into a severe financial crisis, with the Navy transferring funds from its payroll and other accounts to cover the cost of...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun received Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Rodolph Haykal for an audience Friday at the Baabda Presidential Palace. The two men discussed the security situation in south...
BEIRUT — The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, General Mohsen Rezaei, stated in an interview with al-Manar television channel that Tehran considers Lebanon's security...
BEIRUT — Iranian Foreign Affairs chief Abbas Araghchi said Friday that “getting the diplomatic process [with the United States] back on track is not impossible.” In a message on his X account,...
Developments on the ground are overtaking politics and negotiations. For now, escalation appears to be setting the pace. Remarks made Wednesday by U.S. Ambassador Michel Issa at Dar al-Fatwa...
In the space of just four days, two inmates died in two Lebanese prisons in Roumieh and Zahle. These deaths, which occurred on Wednesday and then Saturday, have provoked outrage from the Committee...
BEIRUT — The Israeli army fired two shells Friday morning on the area between the villages of Beit Jinn and Tilal Homr on the outskirts of Damascus, according to the official Syrian agency Sana....
An old practice from the early years of the crisis is making a strong comeback: banks are offering some large depositors the option of cashing out their holdings at a discount of more than 83% to...
The U.N. human rights office said on Thursday the Trump administration's designation of the Palestine Action group as a terrorist organization was "a disproportionate and unnecessary...
The Trump administration aims to have finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies agree next week on steps to boost economic growth, reduce global imbalances and tackle sovereign debt...
Under a straw-covered pergola by the roadside, about a dozen men sit in a circle waiting. The strip of asphalt that cuts through Qleileh’s banana plantations and leads to their village of Mansouri...
23:09 Beirut Time Iran's Supreme Leader bans acts that 'harm social cohesion' Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said he had banned people from "committing anything that harms...
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued a decree appointing Mazloum Abdi, the former commander of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, as an adviser to the presidency, Syrian...
Antoine Kope was born in Constantinople in 1897*, the second-youngest of six siblings. His mother was of Italian descent, and his father was Austro-Hungarian. At home, everyone spoke French....
