Regional states condemn Israeli strikes in Gaza
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and several other countries on Thursday strongly condemned what they described as ongoing Israeli violations in the...
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Minibus bombing toll revised to 14 injured, no deaths
Syria’s Health Ministry said on Friday that 14 people were injured in a bomb explosion the previous day on a minibus near Damascus, revising an earlier toll that reported two deaths. According to...
Reuters, 7 August 2026
Israel charges settler in Palestinian activist's killing, in rare indictment
Israeli prosecutors on Thursday charged a Jewish settler over the killing of a Palestinian community leader last year in the West Bank, the first such indictment in more than seven years amid a...
Reuters, 6 August 2026
Hezbollah: Mansouri escalation exposes 'misery and futility' of state's choices
BEIRUT — Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Loyalty to the Resistance, said Thursday that Israel's threat against the residents of Mansouri (Sour district) exposed the "misery and...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 August 2026
Houthis say attacks on Yemen forces response to 'Saudi military buildup'
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis on Thursday said they had attacked government positions in response to an alleged military buildup by neighboring Saudi Arabia, while medical sources said at least...
AFP, 6 August 2026
CMA CGM completes acquisition of Fattal Group
BEIRUT — French shipping giant CMA CGM completed its acquisition of Fattal Group through its subsidiary CEVA Logistics after receiving all required regulatory approvals, the company announced...
Stephanie Bechara, 6 August 2026
Sami Gemayel says there should be a Shiite ‘intifada’ against Hezbollah
Although Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel fully supports Lebanon’s official approach of holding separate negotiations with Israel under U.S. auspices, he says he is aware that the situation in Lebanon...
Scarlett HADDAD, 6 August 2026
Ben-Gvir storms Ktzi'ot Prison, orders confiscation of Palestinian prisoners' clothes
BEIRUT — The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office said on Thursday that Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed the Ktzi'ot Prison, also known as Negev Prison, and ordered...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 August 2026
Lebanon’s arms monopoly, one year on
On Aug. 5, 2025, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s Cabinet held a meeting, marking a historic turning point. On that day, the government officially launched the long-awaited process of establishing the...
Yara ABI AKL, 6 August 2026
Eight Arab countries condemn ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza
The foreign ministers of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia and Jordan on Thursday issued a joint statement expressing their "strongest...
6 August 2026
UK national security adviser meets with Berri, then Salam
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met with U.K. National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell at Ain al-Tineh on Thursday, in the presence of British Ambassador Hamish Cowell, to discuss Israeli attacks...
6 August 2026
Lebanese doctors with foreign degrees protest new licensing requirement
Lebanese doctors who graduated abroad, along with the Lebanese Association of Parents of Students Enrolled in Foreign Universities, held a sit-in Thursday outside the Education Ministry in Beirut...
6 August 2026
Between Israel and Syria, Hezbollah chose its poison
The “Syrian solution” suddenly appears far more attractive. On Tuesday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said that his party was ready for a “public meeting” with the Syrian authorities,...
Salah HIJAZI, 6 August 2026
ISF arrest woman impersonating Economy Ministry inspector
Economy and Trade Minister Amer Bsat thanked the Internal Security Forces on Thursday after the arrest of a woman suspected of posing as a ministry inspector and using the Ministry's name to...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 August 2026
US lifts sanctions on Iraqi airline linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards
The United States on Wednesday lifted sanctions targeting Iraq's Fly Baghdad airline, a company it had previously designated for alleged links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
6 August 2026
Electricity: Lebanon seeks to catch up on the solar boom
On July 22, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) issued a call for Expressions of Interest (EOI), paving the way for new private production licenses. Up to 350 MW of photovoltaic capacity,...
Mounir YOUNES, 6 August 2026
Private sector sentiment continues to relatively improve
Lebanon's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), which measures private sector activity through a survey of purchasing managers at 400 companies, rose again in July, reaching its highest level...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 August 2026
Israeli army says 15 settlers crossed into Lebanon before being returned
A group of Israeli settlers, including about 15 women, crossed into Lebanon on Wednesday near the village of Ghajar before being returned by Israeli troops, the Israeli army confirmed Thursday....
6 August 2026
Mass funerals held in Gaza for victims buried under rubble since November 2023
Dozens of bodies recovered from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City were laid out for burial this week, nearly three years after they went missing. The 112 bodies,...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 August 2026
Foreign-trained doctors call for protest over new OSCE requirement
BEIRUT — Lebanese doctors who graduated from foreign universities and the Lebanese Association of Parents of Students at Foreign Universities called for a sit-in on Thursday outside the Education...
6 August 2026
Tragedy at Ceuta: The price of hubris paid with the lives of people
It is with a heavy heart that we witness the unheard of, extraordinary, and unprecedented images of some sixty thousand Moroccans crossing the border separating their country from the Spanish...
Hamza ESMILI, 6 August 2026
Lebanese Army cancels deployment to Mansouri | LIVE
20:51 Beirut Time Yemeni government threatens retaliation after deadly Houthi attacks Yemen's internationally recognized government has threatened to retaliate against what it called...
Yara Malke, Malek Jadah, and Muntasser Abdallah, 6 August 2026
Amnesty, Legal Agenda say Israel's killing of journalist Amal Khalil must be investigated as 'war crime'
Amnesty International released a statement on Thursday which concluded that the Israeli strike that killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and seriously wounded camerawoman Zeinab Faraj in the...
L'Orient Today staff, 6 August 2026
Lebanon-Israel negotiations teeter, but fall short of collapse
An explosive device detonated as an Israeli military vehicle passed through southern Lebanon’s town of Mansouri, killing two Israeli soldiers. The incident, reported by the Israeli media, was only...
Mounir RABIH, 6 August 2026
Iran says close to Hormuz plan with Oman, but reopening depends on US
Iran and Oman have agreed on a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz and are finalizing arrangements to jointly manage the strategic waterway, Tehran said Wednesday, even as new security...
6 August 2026
US, Israel reportedly preparing strikes on Iranian energy sites this weekend
The United States and Israel are preparing a bombing campaign targeting Iranian energy infrastructure as early as this weekend, CBS News reported Thursday, citing multiple U.S. sources....
6 August 2026
Abdul el-Sayed, the progressive Democrat taking on AIPAC money in Michigan
When Zohran Mamdani won the New York mayoral election last November, a self-identified "democratic-socialist" and an apologetically staunch critic of Israel had just been put in charge of...
Dany MOUDALLAL, 6 August 2026
Lebanese Army's return to Mansouri aborted amid Israeli strikes
The latest escalation began Wednesday after two Israeli soldiers were killed in an explosion in Majdal Zoun, in the Sour district, which the Israeli military said was caused by an explosive device....
L'Orient Today staff, 6 August 2026
'The President's Cake' in Amman film festival: How a child battled fear in Saddam Hussein's Iraq
With "The President's Cake," which won the Jury Prize on Monday at the Amman International Film Festival, Iraqi director Hassan Hadi revisits the Saddam Hussein era through the eyes...
Rana Najjar, 6 August 2026
Israel resumes destruction in Lebanon, prepares polling stations in occupied South; Lebanon seeks Israeli withdrawal in Rome: Everything you need to know this Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 Some key things to watch today:8:30 a.m. Sit-in and protest organized by Lebanese doctors who graduated from...
