BEIRUT — According to available information, young men close to a mokhtar (municipal official) allegedly attacked an al-Jamaa al-Islamiya office in Aisha Bakkar, in Beirut. Press sources report...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday condemned Iran's "outrageous" attack this week on a Kuwait airport that killed one person and wounded dozens. Meeting Kuwaiti Foreign...
BEIRUT — The head of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, said Thursday that “the agreement announced in Washington guarantees neither the disarmament of Hezbollah, nor an Israeli withdrawal,...
SOUTH LEBANON — The Israeli defense minister said, after the announcement of a cease-fire in Lebanon, that the army would continue to maintain its “freedom of action” in the country, a claim that...
SOUTH LEBANON — The Lebanese Army announced Thursday the reopening of the Marjayoun–Debbine–Ibl al-Saqi road, following the removal of earth berms previously installed by the Israeli army on the...
BEIRUT — The Swiss subsidiary of HSBC has been indicted in France as part of the investigation into ill-gotten gains targeting the former governor of Banque du Liban (BDL), Riad Salameh, Le Monde...
BEIRUT — PM Nawaf Salam asserted Thursday that negotiating with Israel was "the best" option for Lebanon, while reaffirming Beirut's demands, including a complete Israeli withdrawal...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old media coordinator at a local research center, translator, and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing...
Following the fragile cease-fire agreement announced Wednesday between Lebanon and Israel under U.S. auspices, former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt told L'Orient-Le Jour...
BEIRUT — Unsurprisingly, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Thursday rejected and harshly criticized the cease-fire agreement announced overnight from Washington, denouncing it as "a capitulation...
About 20 employees bustle on the fifth floor of an Interior Ministry building in Beirut’s Sanayeh district. All of them come from southern Lebanon and, before the war, worked in local governorate...
BEIRUT — Esmail Qaani said that, at a minimum, any outcome in Lebanon must include an Israeli withdrawal to the positions it held before the outbreak of the war involving the United States, Israel,...
The smell of smoke drifted across the coastline. Earlier on Wednesday, an Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle on the Khaldeh–Naameh highway, the latest in a series of attacks on vehicles...
Lebanon is split by bubbles, each one as thick and indestructible as steel, and we each carry them around every day, yelling through them so the others can hear, and wondering what kind of crazy...
BEIRUT — A United Nations peacekeeper with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) died early Thursday from wounds sustained when mortar shells struck the position where he was...
BEIRUT — The European Union announced Thursday that it will provide 100 million euros in aid to the Lebanese Army, which will "help the Lebanese state assert its monopoly over arms and disarm...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun stated Thursday that the "cease-fire" agreed upon between Lebanon and Israel "could be implemented within 24 hours following its final approval,"...
A small woman bends over her broom, scrubbing gray tiles with generous amounts of water. No matter how hard she scrubs, the smell of death lingers, turning her stomach.At the morgue of Rafik Hariri...
The idea for the “Moments for Lebanon” project came from two friends, Sana al-Halwani and Tamara Barakat. Halwani is an architect who works between Paris and Dubai, while Barakat specializes in...
Despite ongoing negotiations and repeated cease-fire announcements, the Middle East remains on edge. A halt to Israeli strikes on Lebanon has long been one of Iran's conditions for reaching...
17:13 Beirut Time What force on the ground will ensure the implementation of the agreement without fear of either Israel or Hezbollah? Vincent: Whatever agreements are reached,...
“I booked my Paris–Beirut ticket for late June, but I still don’t know whether I’ll actually board the plane.” Like every year, Lea, 31, had planned to return to Lebanon for about 10 days to spend...
President Joseph Aoun was clear.“The blood of the army’s and security forces’ martyrs will not be subject to compromise under any circumstances,” Aoun declared Tuesday before the families of...
BEIRUT — Residents of the Christian-majority village of Qlaya, near the Israeli-declared "buffer zone" it now occupies, held the funeral on Wednesday for a dentist and his two children...
Since the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon took effect on April 16, the Israeli army has repeatedly bombarded the village of Majdal Zoun, in the Sour district. On April 28, the village...
Israeli strikes killed at least nine Palestinians, including five family members, in separate attacks on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials said. Medics said Israeli planes launched...
U.S. President Donald Trump told aides privately that he would consider ending the cease-fire with Iran if Tehran kills American troops, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing U.S....
Israel will continue its military operations on the ground in southern Lebanon, where it occupies most of the area and is advancing towards the Litani River, and Lebanese residents forced from...
For the fourth consecutive year, France Alumni Day, a forum bringing together graduates of French universities and students preparing to continue their studies in France, is being organized by the...
23:21 Beirut Time South Lebanon and West Bekaa: Fresh strikes and Hezbollah operations reported An Israeli strike targeted Kfar Tibnit (Nabatieh) in the evening, while artillery fire...
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in Lebanon improved again in May, according to the latest update published Wednesday by Blominvest . Despite the war between Hezbollah and Israel — and a...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, June 4, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Joint statement released by the U.S., Lebanon, and Israel on the latest...
