Zahlé, November 8, 2025 — Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea strongly criticized Hezbollah on Friday evening during a party dinner in Zahlé, reacting to an open letter the Shiite movement had published a day earlier. The letter, addressed to President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister......
Two Lebanese sisters were arrested at Beirut International Airport (AIB) after attempting to smuggle $207,100 in counterfeit US dollars to Turkey, according to a statement released Friday by the General Directorate of Internal Security Forces. The airport inspection brigade intercepted the two women......
The Saudi Foreign Ministry adviser, Prince Yazid Ben Farhane, is expected to arrive in Beirut tomorrow, leading a high-level Saudi delegation, according to reports from the Lebanese television channel Al-Jadeed and other local media outlets. Lebanon had been anticipating the Saudi envoy’s visit......
Lebanese authorities are reportedly willing to review the $11 million bail set for Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, potentially easing his path to release. Hannibal, arrested in Lebanon in 2015, faces accusations linked to concealing information about the 1978 disappearance......
At least four people were killed and three others injured in an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. The attack has added new strain to the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which has been in place since November 2024. The......
Paris, 21 October 2025 – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was incarcerated on Tuesday at the La Santé prison in Paris, nearly a month after being sentenced to five years in prison for criminal association in connection with the alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign......
Beirut – Lebanese lawmakers have urged the government to step up its efforts at the international level in response to repeated Israeli attacks, particularly in southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire reached in November 2024. The call came during a session of the parliamentary Human Rights Committee,......
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty on Thursday of criminal association but acquitted of corruption charges in the case of alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. The verdict was delivered by Judge Nathalie Gavarino, who explained that Sarkozy was guilty......
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun used his meetings in New York, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, to highlight the difficulties facing the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon. According to Aoun, Israel’s continued occupation of several strategic hills and daily bombardments of......
At least five people, including three children, were killed on Sunday, September 21, in an Israeli drone strike targeting the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported. According to the National News Agency (ANI), the strike hit a motorcycle. Israel regularly carries......
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met on Friday evening at the Baabda Palace with Yazid ben Farhane, advisor to the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, according to a statement published on the presidency’s social media account. On the......
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has stressed that citizens abroad should be fully involved in the country’s political process, as debates over the electoral law continue to divide parliament and government. Speaking at the presidential palace in Baabda on Wednesday to a delegation from the Lebanese......
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Works and Transportation announced the completion of lighting works in the Bhamdoun Tunnel, located on the mountain highway connecting Beirut to the Bekaa Valley. The upgrades cover both directions of the tunnel, which experiences heavy daily traffic. According to the......
