On Monday, Lebanese activists circulated a picture of a street in the southern suburb of Beirut which has been named after Mustafa Badreddine, a military leader of Hezbollah and...

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said on Tuesday he is not seeking revenge for the 2005 car bombing that killed his father, ex-premier Rafik Hariri, and that he would...

A Lebanese tourist who was jailed after Egyptian authorities said she insulted the country in a Facebook video post has left Egypt after being released, her lawyer said on...

Lebanese Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil has slammed an alleged US plan to “resettle” Palestinian refugees in neighboring Arab states, Lebanese daily Al-Joumhouria reported Thursday. Bassil’s remarks came in response to...

Jordan and Syria held their first technical talks on opening a major border crossing in southern Syria that was recaptured from the opposition last July, a Jordanian official source...

I do not know what is happening in our miserable Arab world. Our beloved Syria is burning and has been destroyed so severely as if by an earthquake at...

A Lebanese woman who was sentenced to eight years in prison after complaining of sexual harassment in Egypt on social media, has had her term cut short and is...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said Monday that the US decision to cut funding for the UN refugee agency UNRWA was the beginning to settle Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Speaking to...

The Israeli army announced that so far it has built an 11 kilometre long, nine metre tall concrete wall along its northern border with Lebanon. Lebanon has raised concerns...

Israel will not refrain from striking Lebanese infrastructure in any future conflict with Hezbollah, a senior military official said Thursday. “We will not draw a distinction between Hezbollah and...

Syria’s economy minister said he sees no reason yet to re-open the Nassib crossing with Jordan, Lebanon’s National News Agency  said on Wednesday after he met Lebanon’s industry minister...

A Lebanese newspaper claimed that the United States is desperately seeking to win a second term for Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi who is “playing a vital role for...

A high-ranking delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels is reported to have recently visited Lebanon, Iraq and Iran. French Intelligence Online reported that a senior Houthi delegation led by spokesman Mohammed...

Hezbollah and Iran must leave Syria for a lasting solution to the conflict to be reached, the US has said according to the deputy secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Describing...

The UN Security Council yesterday unanimously extended the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for another year. UNIFIL’s dictate was due to expire today, however under...

Hundreds gathered in front of the Beirut Municipality to protest the government's plan to install waste incinerators in the capital.

On 4 August, Lebanese civilians attacked a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol in the south of the country after blocking a road in Majdal Zoun area. The...

Israeli army Chief of Staff, Lt. General Gadi Eisenkot has asked the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Commander, General Stefano Del Col, to “control and restrain” Hezbollah’s activities...

The contrast between the vibrant green of a cannabis field and the arid land nearby in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley has for years raised a dilemma for the area’s impoverished farmers....

The return of Syrian refugees should not be linked to the resolution of the conflict in their country, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said yesterday. Aoun reiterated that his country...

France dismissed on Thursday any suggestion that millions of Syrian refugees could start returning home, as urged by Russia, which backs President Bashar al-Assad. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der...

Muslims across the Arab world on Tuesday marked the first day of the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday. At East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, tens of thousands of Palestinian Muslims performed...

For Mazen Rahhal, a shop owner in a bustling district of Beirut, Lebanon’s economy has seldom felt more precarious. In one store, he sells clothes at a fraction of...

Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov today discussed plans to return Syrian refugees to their country. The Information Office of the Lebanese Foreign Ministry...

The Lebanese army said yesterday that two of its soldiers were wounded by smoke grenades shot by an Israeli army patrol in the town of Rmaish Bint Jbeil. “An...

Lebanon is being held hostage to internal political conflicts to an unprecedented extent given the failure of Prime Minister Saad Hariri to form a new government that satisfies the...

Jordan warned on Wednesday that a severe financial shortfall was facing a United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees could have a “catastrophic” impact on the lives of millions...

Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, said yesterday that Israel’s persistent threats to Lebanon and the unstable conditions in the region call for an extension of the United Nations Interim Force...

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said, Tuesday, that Saudi Arabia does not and did not intervene in the formation of the government. Rather, it is a purely Lebanese internal...

Israel’s defence minister said on Tuesday that Syria was building up its ground forces beyond their pre-civil war size, an assessment that suggests President Bashar al-Assad’s army has recovered...

Sixty-one Palestinian families in the refugee camp of Nahr Al-Bared received 97 homes and 35 shops yesterday which were funded by Germany, the Safa news agency reported. The handover...

Lebanese citizens launched a hashtag on Twitter calling for Egypt to release a female Lebanese national who was sentenced to eight years, Al-Mesryoon reported yesterday. An Egyptian court sentenced...