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Lebanese Health Ministry: Two citizens killed, two others injured in Israeli enemy airstrike on Mahrouna
Lebanese Health Ministry: Two citizens killed, two others injured in Israeli enemy airstrike on Mahrouna [Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:35:37 +0300] Beirut – Saba: Two Lebanese citizens were killed and two others were injured on Saturday in an airstrike by...

ExclusiveBeirut 'terrorist cell' plotted day of attacks mirroring Israel’s pager assault
Members of a “terrorist cell” arrested in Beirut were plotting a day of attacks on the Shiite community in the Lebanese capital during Ashura religious events this weekend, security sources told The National. The officials, involved in the...

PM Salam and Beirut Municipality Council discuss urgent development and service challenges
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met with a delegation from Beirut's Municipal Council at the Grand Serail to address the growing development and service-related challenges facing the capital amid Lebanon's ongoing economic and social crisis. The talks...

Tense session: Lebanese Parliament passes key loan agreements and military grants
Report by Yazbek Wehbe, English adaptation by Yasmine Jaroudi Lebanon's Parliament resumed its legislative session on Tuesday under strained conditions after failing to secure quorum the previous evening. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri opened the...

Lebanon’s FM says better Syrian economy will benefit Beirut
Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji said lifting international sanctions on Syria would help revive its economy and reduce smuggling across the Lebanese border. In an interview with Sky News Arabia, Rajji said Syria’s improving conditions...

Lebanese army captures alleged Islamic State leader in counterterrorism operation

Lebanese officials discuss US proposal ahead of envoy’s return
The U.S. mediation file led by envoy Tom Barrack was front and center during a meeting in Ain el-Tineh between Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Sources familiar with the talks said the discussion focused heavily on...

ExclusiveBeirut 'terrorist cell' plotted day of attacks mirroring Israel’s pager assault
Members of a “terrorist cell” arrested in Beirut were plotting a day of attacks on the Shiite community in the Lebanese capital during Ashura religious events this weekend, security sources told The National. The officials, involved in the...
Israeli glider drops bomb on a pickup vehicle in the Lebanese southern border town of Kfar Kila

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1975: Fifty Years Ago: Beirut civil strife
BEIRUT: Bombs, rockets, and mortars blazed across war-torn Beirut today [June 30] as the worst civil strife in Lebanon’s violence-studded history escalated despite the ... formation of a new Government to cope with the crisis. Lebanon’s most...

10 wounded, including a child, in Israeli airstrikes on south Lebanon
Israeli airstrikes on Bourj Rahal and al-Zarariyah in southern Lebanon injured 10 civilians, including a young girl in critical condition, as cross-border violations persist along Lebanon’s southern frontier. The Lebanese Ministry of Health...

LIVE BLOG: Rockets from Gaza Hits Nirim | Progress in Ceasefire Talks | Airstrikes on Yemen – Day 638
Mon, Jul 7, 10:11 AM (Palestine Time) Two Killed and 20 Injured near Aid Center EMERGENCY AND AMBULANCE SERVICES: The Emergency and Ambulance Service reported the martyrdom of two Palestinians and the injury of 20 others by Israeli occupation...

Ten Wounded, Including a Child, in Israeli Strikes on South Lebanon
Ten people, including a young child, were injured in two Israeli airstrikes carried out on Sunday in southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said on Monday. According to a statement made by the Public Health Emergency Operations Center, “nine...

Israeli Airstrikes Leave Several Injured in Lebanon
(MENAFN) At least ten individuals sustained injuries following overnight Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Sunday, according to local officials. The Ministry of Health, as referenced by an official national news agency, reported that Israeli...
Lebanese Health Ministry: Death toll from Israeli airstrikes rises to one dead, 21 wounded
Lebanese Health Ministry: Death toll from Israeli airstrikes rises to one dead, 21 wounded [Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:06:33 +0300] Beirut – Saba: The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon rose to one dead and 21 wounded on Friday, in a...

Report: Hezbollah stance on Lebanese paper expected within 2 days
by Naharnet Newsdesk 30 June 2025, 15:10 The Lebanese response to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s proposal calls for Israeli withdrawal from one or two occupied hills in return for the start of the handover of Hezbollah’s arms in the areas north of the...

Syria looks to solar power as more than a patchwork fix to its energy crisis
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Abdulrazak al-Jenan swept the dust off his solar panel on his apartment roof overlooking Damascus. Syria's largest city was mostly pitch-black, the few speckles of light coming from the other households able to afford solar...

With sanctions lifted, Syria looks to solar power as more than a patchwork fix to its...
Syria has not had more than four hours of state electricity per day for years, as a result of the nearly 14-year civil war that ended with the ouster of former President Bashar Assad in December. Syria's new leaders are hoping renewable energy...

Israeli forces arrest Al Mayadeen bureau chief in West Bank
Israeli occupation forces arrest the director of Al Mayadeen’s office in occupied Palestine, Nasser al-Lahham, in a continued crackdown on the network. Israeli occupation forces arrested Nasser al-Lahham, director of Al Mayadeen’s office in...

Al Mayadeen condemns brutal arrest of Bureau Chief in Palestine
In a strongly worded statement, Al Mayadeen denounced the Israeli occupation’s arrest of Nasser al-Lahham, citing it as part of a broader crackdown on journalism. Al Mayadeen Media Network issued a strong statement on Monday denouncing the violent...