US names new truce monitor, Israeli strikes kill over 50 in Gaza, 70 dead in Syria clashes: Everything you need to know this Friday
Here is what happened yesterday and what to expect today, Friday, May 2.
L'Orient Today / By Abbas Mahfouz,
02 May 2025 09:26
Houses destroyed in the locality of Mais al-Jabal. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, May 2, 2025Some key things to watch today:1:30 p.m.: Meeting at Finance Ministry between Jaber, Saddi, and the Secretary General 2:00 p.m.: Teacher protest at Riad Solh 3:00 p.m.: Beirut Madinati to announce its municipal election list A vehicle burns after being targeted by an Israeli drone strike on Mais al-Jabal, Marjayoun, on May 1, 2025. (Credit: Mountasser Abdallah)US appoints new member to truce monitor, Israeli strikes kill two people: Separate Israeli drone strikes on Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun) killed a Lebanese Civil Defense member and a scrap metal collector yesterday, a day after the announcement of a new U.S. appointee to the November cease-fire monitoring committee. Israel claims the two victims were Hezbollah members. A Lebanese Army source, quoted in an...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, May 2, 2025Some key things to watch today:1:30 p.m.: Meeting at Finance Ministry between Jaber, Saddi, and the Secretary General 2:00 p.m.: Teacher protest at Riad Solh 3:00 p.m.: Beirut Madinati to announce its municipal election list A vehicle burns after being targeted by an Israeli drone strike on Mais al-Jabal, Marjayoun, on May 1, 2025. (Credit: Mountasser Abdallah)US appoints new member to truce monitor, Israeli strikes kill two people: Separate Israeli drone strikes on Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun) killed a Lebanese Civil Defense member and a scrap metal collector yesterday, a day after the announcement of a new U.S. appointee to the November cease-fire monitoring committee. Israel claims the two victims were Hezbollah members. A Lebanese Army source, quoted in...
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