Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Friday claimed an attack on a military camp held by the Saudi-backed Yemeni government in Marib province, as a Yemeni military source said eight personnel were...
BEIRUT — Israeli attacks by drone, artillery fire and ground incursions continued Friday in southern Lebanon, sparing neither civilians nor the Lebanese Army. This new day of violence comes just...
Finding the right influencer among thousands of social media personalities can quickly become a challenge for brands. That is the niche targeted by Swavy, a startup that says it is taking an...
Bilal E. stares out at the horizon, seated on the rocks along Fnideq beach with a plastic bag containing nothing more than a piece of bread.“You see? This is all I have left,” he says.On this...
Some people spend decades searching for themselves, slowly becoming the person they were meant to be. Others walk away from an entire career without ever looking back. Rula Korban did both. Before...
Following the resumption of hostilities between Washington and Tehran last month, Iran and Oman have reached an accord on the management of the Strait of Hormuz. The two countries agreed on the...
The French consulate in Lebanon announced on its X account that non-biometric Lebanese passports are no longer accepted for Schengen visa applications through the TLS center in Beirut, which...
The government did not rule Friday on the extension of Solidere’s mandate, but it did validate the framework under which it will be discussed. Meeting in Baabda, the Cabinet approved, with some...
In Syria's first post-Assad parliament, women MPs stand out more for their diversity than their numbers: a famous actress, a Christian engineer, a Kurdish leader and the widow of a hardline...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a joint defense agreement on Friday amid violence in the region from Houthi attacks and the U.S.-Iran war. Riyadh is looking to strengthen its security...
BEIRUT — The public works ministry announced Friday the start of renovations on a 17 kilometer section of the Dahr al-Baidar highway, a project it has been preparing since last spring. The...
Labora, an organization close to Bkirki, published on July 30 what the press described as an "alarming" report. It examines appointments made by the government since February to several...
BEIRUT — UNICEF said Thursday that at least 300 children have reportedly been killed in Gaza during the 300 days since a cease-fire was announced in October 2025, warning that children continue to...
More than three decades after the reconstruction of downtown Beirut began, the Lebanese government is preparing to reopen one of the most sensitive files of the postwar era.Beyond deciding the...
SOUTH LEBANON — The head Rmeish municipality in South Lebanon, Hanna al-Amil, said that his village, located in the Israeli “security zone,” has received a Starlink device from the...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun met Friday at the Baabda Palace with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, with whom he discussed the negotiations held this week between Lebanon and Israel. "The...
Saudi Arabia expects imminent coordinated attacks from Iraqi militias north of the Gulf state and from Yemen's Houthis from the south under the supervision of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary...
BEIRUT — The Parliament Bureau met in Beirut and scheduled two plenary sessions next Tuesday and Wednesday, starting at 11 a.m., to discuss several key bills on the agenda. Two sessions will be...
Lebanon is now facing two distinct paths. On one hand are the direct negotiations with Israel, which are ongoing but remain stalled — or, at the very least, have yet to deliver the expected...
BEIRUT — The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, lashed out at "those who threaten to bring new Syrians into Lebanon" in a speech delivered on the 25th anniversary...
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dwindled to 33 vessels from Monday to Thursday this week, data showed, versus 50 in the week-ago period, as markets watched talks between Iran and...
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis killed at least 58 government troops in missile and drone attacks on Thursday, a military source said, in one of the deadliest days of the country's civil war in...
22:27 Beirut Time Araghchi praises Iranian military, calls for Muslim unity Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that the Iranian armed forces had demonstrated their...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Friday, Aug. 7, 2026Some key things to watch today:10 a.m. Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed visits the Federation of...
More than half a century after they were made, Jacques Tati’s films can sometimes seem as though they were made for our times. For this retrospective, Metropolis is bringing together five of the...
Hezbollah seeks a broader disarmament deal; Israel rejects withdrawal from south Lebanon; parliament passes general amnesty law: Everything you need to know this Thursday 
