Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage here.Monday, March 17, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:9 a.m.: Handover at the General Directorate of General Security between Major General Elias al-Bissri and Major General Hassan Choucair, in the presence of Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ahmed al-Hajjar.10 a.m.: Cabinet meeting at the Grand Serail.• Israeli military activity in South Lebanon.• Escalating tensions along the Syrian-Lebanese border amid ongoing clashes.• Global response to Houthi retaliation following U.S. airstrikes in Yemen.Smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Ainata, March 16, 2025. (Credit: Photo shared by our correspondent Muntasser Abdallah) Houthis target U.S. aircraft carrier after American bombardments...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage here.Monday, March 17, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:9 a.m.: Handover at the General Directorate of General Security between Major General Elias al-Bissri and Major General Hassan Choucair, in the presence of Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ahmed al-Hajjar.10 a.m.: Cabinet meeting at the Grand Serail.• Israeli military activity in South Lebanon.• Escalating tensions along the Syrian-Lebanese border amid ongoing clashes.• Global response to Houthi retaliation following U.S. airstrikes in Yemen.Smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Ainata, March 16, 2025. (Credit: Photo shared by our correspondent Muntasser Abdallah) Houthis target U.S. aircraft carrier after American...
Israel continues attacks on southern Lebanon, demolishes buildings in Bint Jbeil