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...

World Reuters US special envoy 'satisfied' with Lebanon reply to US roadmap to disarm Hezbollah

(Reuters) -U.S. special envoy Thomas Barrack said on Monday that he was "unbelievably satisfied" with the Lebanese government's reply to an American proposal on how to disarm Hezbollah, which had signalled in recent days that it will not give up...

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...

Lebanese army captures alleged Islamic State leader in counterterrorism operation

Israel arrests Al Mayadeen's Palestine bureau chief in West Bank

Several workers at Al-Mayadeen have been killed in Israeli strikes in south Lebanon during cross-border clashes with Hezbollah [Getty] The Palestine bureau chief of TV news channel Al-Mayadeen has been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied...

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...

Lebanon cancer patients on DIY chemo drugs amid fake meds crisis

The 2019 financial crisis transformed Lebanon's drug smuggling from a chronic problem into a crisis of unprecedented scale. [Getty] In a small pharmacy in Beirut's southern suburbs, Maria Fawaz allegedly orchestrated one of Lebanon's most...

ExclusiveKey points from Lebanon’s seven-page response to US demand to disarm Hezbollah

Lebanon, under mounting pressure to disarm Hezbollah, has delivered an “unbelievably satisfying” response to a US request to initiate the process, as described by Special Envoy Thomas Barrack on Monday. The US plan links Hezbollah’s full...

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...

Portraits Speak Louder Than Words

Christie’s King Street becomes the stage for a powerful and poetic meditation on exile, identity, and the human condition. From July 16 to August 22, 2025, Marwan: A Soul in Exile brings together over 150 works in a landmark retrospective of the...

US envoy happy with Lebanon reply to Hezbollah disarmament plan

U.S. Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said Monday he was encouraged by Lebanon’s response to a proposal to disarm Hezbollah and pledged Washington’s support in helping the crisis-hit country overcome its prolonged political and economic turmoil....

Bola Tinubu Preaches Pan-Africanism

This is my sort of reply to the Nigerian president’s spokesman’s press release regarding his principal’s visit to Saint Lucia: Wow! So, the same man who, at France’s gleeful nudging, dismantled ECOWAS like a drunken mason knocking down his own...

BRICS Leaders Urge Ceasefire, ‘Full Withdrawal’ of Israeli Forces from Gaza

Heads of delegations of the BRICS countries pose at 2025 BRICS Summit, Brazil. (Photo: via Wikipedia) By Palestine Chronicle Staff The 11-nation bloc also condemned Israel’s “use of starvation as a method of warfare,” as well as “attempts to...

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...

US special envoy ‘satisfied’ with Lebanon reply to US roadmap to disarm Hezbollah

(Reuters) -U.S. special envoy Thomas Barrack said on Monday that he was “unbelievably satisfied” with the Lebanese government’s reply to an American proposal on how to disarm Hezbollah, which had signalled in recent days that it will not give up...

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...

Politics Reuters US revokes foreign terrorist designation for Syria's HTS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration has revoked the foreign terrorist organization designation for al-Nusrah Front, also known as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, according to a State Department memo filed on Monday, a major step...

UAE pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025 welcomes two millionth visitor

The UAE's pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka on Monday celebrated welcoming its two millionth visitor with an event merging Japanese and Emirati tradition. The palm tree-inspired pavilion – which pays homage to the country's rich history and enterprising...

US ends foreign terrorist designation for Syria's HTS

FILE PHOTO: Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa talks during a meeting attended by commanders of armed groups that fought alongside Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to oust Bashar al-Assad from power, in Damascus, Syria, in this handout released on...

TrendingGaza ceasefire negotiations and Hezbollah split over disarming

Parties are back at the negotiating table to discuss a potential ceasefire in Gaza. Hezbollah is reviewing a US proposal urging the group to disarm within a few months. Ashura has been marked in Lebanon for the first time since Hezbollah lost much...