SOUTH LEBANON — The Israeli army said Thursday that one soldier was killed and three others were slightly wounded in southern Lebanon. "Captain Eliav Haim Tzapalamus, aged 21, from Haifa, a...
Top story Saudi Arabia experienced one of its most violent episodes on Thursday since the start of the war in the Middle East: Houthi missiles repeatedly targeted Riyadh and its international...
BEIRUT — Three months after U.S. President Donald Trump announced steps toward restoring direct flights between Lebanon and the United States, no launch date has yet been set. Lebanon's Middle...
Under radiant sunshine, in contrast with the cloudy weather of recent days, Experia, the first "interactive expo dedicated to innovation in Lebanon" according to its organizers, opened...
Several global and regional hotel groups are looking to enter or expand in Syria, senior executives told Reuters , betting that its rich history and coastal destinations will attract overseas...
BEIRUT — A resident of Beirut’s southern suburbs accused Hezbollah of destroying his "livelihood and house" after a roadside kiosk he operated was removed by the municipality of Haret...
From his field in southern Syria, Hassan Ahmad pointed at new Israeli fortification works as its military edged ever closer to his village, adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights....
Jean-Pierre Lafon, France’s ambassador to Lebanon from 1994 to 1997, was the driving force behind the creation of the École supérieure des affaires (ESA). Serving as a bridge between Jacques Chirac...
BEIRUT — With less than three months to go before the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) expires, Lebanese leaders stepped up their calls on Thursday to avoid a power...
Six years after developing an innovative examination for pediatric radiology and after following 670 patients, Lebanese native Doctor Nayla Nicolas has just seen her work gain international...
The war in Yemen is in a new phase of confrontation with Saudi Arabia’s fourth direct military intervention since 1934, as Riyadh seeks to secure its strategic southern front.Last month’s Houthi...
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s economy is expected to contract by 6.4% this year after its recovery was disrupted by the war, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Thursday, as he defended the government’s proposed...
She was in Iceland, busy "listening to the wind," when the Swedish Academy told her she had just been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. At 76, Canadian poet Anne Carson was...
Founded in 1996, while Lebanon was still undergoing reconstruction, École supérieure des affaires (ESA) has spent three decades evolving alongside the country. Through war, economic and political...
Iranian intelligence services are possibly planning to target U.S. military bases in Germany, including Ramstein and Spangdahlem, amid concerns over potential covert attacks linked to the Iran war,...
The "One Million Lebanese AI Experts" initiative was one of the most surprising announcements to emerge from talks between Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE deputy prime minister...
The Lebanese Army is notoriously under-equipped . Part of that is homegrown, but part of it is a deliberate choice made in Washington, and behind it, in Israel. It comes down to three letters:...
Top story The U.S. administration is readying itself for possible strikes on Iran, according to Axios . The last U.S. attacks on Iran were in early September, as both sides are at a diplomatic...
The Pentagon recently asked CENTCOM, the U.S. Central Command responsible for military operations in the Middle East, to "conclude preparations" for a possible resumption of major combat...
The Beirut and Tripoli ports officially joined the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) Ports Club on Tuesday.During a visit to the Indian capital this week, the two ports’ board...
BEIRUT — Syrian army border guards announced Wednesday that they had intercepted a smuggling operation in the Jurd al-Maarra area, near Yabroud, along the Lebanese border, without specifying the...
In the heart of the Oise, north of Paris, amid farmland and cow pastures, sits a dairy filled with the aromas of Lebanon. Wearing a lab coat, hairnet and overshoes, visitors enter a workshop where...
The first commercial flight operated by a foreign airline to fly into Iran since the outbreak of the Middle East war landed on Thursday, state media reported, after the United States granted a...
The Constitutional Council is expected to rule in about 10 days on a challenge seeking to overturn the general amnesty law, adopted last August and contested several weeks ago by the Free Patriotic...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh were right to emphasize Wednesday, at the opening of an exhibition marking the Constitution’s centenary, that the founding document...
Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a U.S. official and a Syrian military official...
BEIRUT — Israel launched airstrikes on Bani Hayan (Marjayoun) and Mansouri (Sour) on Thursday afternoon, accompanied by artillery fire on the latter, according to our correspondent in the region....
Marking the centenary of the Lebanese Constitution, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Wednesday at the opening of an exhibition on its history that "the best tribute" to it "is not to...
Ali Mourad is a lawyer, teacher-researcher at the Arab University of Beirut and former candidate in the 2022 parliamentary elections in the South III constituency, in Bint Jbeil.I am from the...
British foreign minister Ed Miliband said on Thursday that its Consulate General building in East Jerusalem would not be closing but would be known as a UK Mission, remaining independent,...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026 Some key things to watch today:3 p.m.: Cabinet meeting3 p.m.: Protest by Lebanese University's contractual...
Damage to a nursery school following a missile interception, diplomats and pupils at international schools taking shelter, an airport repeatedly targeted and a commercial aircraft damaged by fire:...
