The Israeli military congratulated Lebanon on its 77th Independence Day yesterday in a video released on Twitter. The video, which was posted by Arab media spokesperson Avichay Adraee, showed Israeli...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that a forensic audit of the central bank was vital to combat corruption and that he would put it back on track...

Israel has accused Lebanon of backtracking on its position on the demarcation of the maritime borders between the two countries in the Mediterranean and warned of a "dead end"...

More than 60 prisoners broke out of a Lebanese jail on Saturday and five of them were killed when their car hit a tree while under pursuit, security sources...

A Turkish paraglider has been remanded in custody after making an emergency landing in southern Lebanon today, the Daily Star reported. The man, who was not named, landed in the southern...

The Lebanese army announced yesterday that an agreement had been signed with Germany's Combi Lift company to handle and dispose of 52 containers containing dangerous materials from Beirut port....

The Lebanon army drops 'stay at home' leaflets amidst the coronavirus pandemic

In ancient mythology it was believed that salamanders are born from fire. No metaphor would be more fitting for the Lebanese artists who need to rise from the ashes...

How can a country dive into negotiations with Israel in order to demarcate its borders even though it has no diplomatic relations with it because it occupies the homeland...

Lebanese have taken to social media with the Arabic hashtag #Not­_Cooking_on_Sunday, after caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi suggested woman should start preparing food when a ban on deliveries came into force as part of the coronavirus lockdown

Lebanese President Michel Aoun yesterday stressed on the importance of preserving the Christian presence in the Arab region to ensure "diversity, openness and tolerance". Aoun made the remarks during...

Hebrew newspaper Israel Hayom revealed on Thursday that Israel is working with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and other Gulf and Arab states, along with other countries, to...

Secretary-General of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said in a televised speech yesterday that he was pleased about the "humiliating defeat" of US President Donald Trump...

An Israeli legal team is seeking punitive measures against airlines and insurance companies which fly or provide services to Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport under the pretext of supporting...

After calls from several sectors, Lebanese authorities have been weighing imposing a full lockdown to fight COVID-19, Health Minister Hamad Hasan was reported saying yesterday. A full lockdown would...

More than a year has passed since the start of the popular protests in Lebanon demanding an end to the waste of public funds and corruption, as well as...

Influential Lebanese Christian politician Gebran Bassil said on Sunday that US sanctions against him were unjust, politically motivated and the result of his refusal to break ties with Hezbollah,...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad indicated that the main reason behind the deteriorating economic crisis in Syria is the blockade of Syrians' deposits in Lebanese banks. He conveyed during a...

Lebanese newspapers reported on Friday that the process of forming the new government has stalled after suspending all consultation and negotiation meetings. The newspapers indicated that a dispute between...

Beirut port's customs chief has been arrested in a drug-smuggling case involving a Saudi Arabian prince, Al-Jazeera has reported. Badri Daher was arrested on suspicion that he accepted bribes,...

The United States is planning to sanction Gebran Bassil, the leader of Lebanon's Free Patriotic Movement party, which was founded by President Michel Aoun and is allied with Hezbollah,...

Would Lebanese super star Haifa Wehbe do a better job in the White House than Trump or Biden?

A Syrian refugee in Lebanon set himself ablaze outside the Beirut headquarters of the UN's refugee agency on Thursday, a spokesman for the organization told AFP. "In a tragic...

Israel's armed forces will recognise its 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon as an official military campaign, the Times of Israel reported. The occupation, which will be known as "The Security Zone...

Syrian President Bashar al Assad said billions of dollars of deposits held by his countrymen in Lebanon's financial sector that was blocked after a major financial crisis were the...

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab yesterday urged the Central Bank of Lebanon to hand over all documents and information requested by restructuring consultancy Alvarez & Marsal for a...

There is no moral or ethical justification for the killing of innocent people, anywhere. Therefore, the murder of three people in the French city of Nice on October 29...

A delegation of the Identity and Democracy Party in the European Parliament (EP) cancelled its visit to Lebanon, which was scheduled to start on Friday and end on 6...

The United States has agreed to extradite to Japan the two US citizens, Michael Taylor, a Special Forces veteran, and his son, Peter Taylor, who are suspected of helping...

The US and the United Nations (UN) hope that ongoing talks between Israel and Lebanon on resolving the maritime borders crisis reach a "long-awaited solution", a statement announced on...

The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah on Friday described French cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him) as an aggression and likened Paris sticking by them to...

A court in Lebanon suspended plans on Wednesday to introduce a new migrant worker contract that would have replaced the long-criticised kafala system. The State Council ruled in favour of temporarily...