Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from L’Orient Today editor - Olivia Le PoidevinAnother week, another escalation. At 3:30 p.m. yesterday, the country plunged into its next crisis. Within minutes, Lebanon’s streets and shops descended into chaotic, bloodied scenes of mass casualties. More than 2,800 people were injured and at least 9 killed — after a series of detonations of pagers, owned by Hezbollah members, exploded in multiple locations across the country. The timing is significant. It comes just a day after the U.S. Special Envoy, Amos Hochstein, was in Israel to discuss the situation on the southern Lebanese border, and while U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, is due to be in Egypt this week to address Gaza cease-fire efforts. Plus, it...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from L’Orient Today editor - Olivia Le PoidevinAnother week, another escalation. At 3:30 p.m. yesterday, the country plunged into its next crisis. Within minutes, Lebanon’s streets and shops descended into chaotic, bloodied scenes of mass casualties. More than 2,800 people were injured and at least 9 killed — after a series of detonations of pagers, owned by Hezbollah members, exploded in multiple locations across the country. The timing is significant. It comes just a day after the U.S. Special Envoy, Amos Hochstein, was in Israel to discuss the situation on the southern Lebanese border, and while U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, is due to be in Egypt this week to address Gaza cease-fire efforts. Plus,...