The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

Syrian officials have asked Iran and its proxies not to carry out attacks against Israel from its territory, The New York Times reported on Friday citing a source in Damascus. It said this request led the Iran-led axis to retaliate against Israeli strikes by hitting US bases instead. The source…

Lebanon only twice witnessed a smooth transition of power from one president to a successor in its 79 years of independence. Out of 12 presidents who had come to power since 1943, only twice was the transition a smooth process, underlining the extent of the complexities that have plagued the…

In the decade since Syria’s regime pronounced her jailed husband dead, Ramya Al-Sous was threatened by security forces, locked out of her spouse’s estate and forced to flee abroad. The mother of three, now a refugee living in Lebanon, was never told how her husband died and is unable to…

A Lebanese submarine has found the remains of at least seven migrants who drowned when their boat sank earlier this year off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board, the navy announced Friday. The boat, carrying around 80 Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea…

A small, 3-crew submarine has found the remains of seven migrants who drowned when their boat sank in late April off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board

A submarine that launched search operations on Tuesday was able to locate the sunken migrant boat, that drowned back in April, off the shores of the Lebanese northern city of Tripoli. The rescue teams launched operations to retrieve the bodies of the victims. The boat capsized off the Lebanese coast…

Eight ancient glass vessels shattered in the 2020 Beirut explosion go on display at the British Museum from Thursday, walking visitors through the painstaking international project to piece them back together. The vessels, from the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods, were reconstructed at the world-famous museum's conservation laboratories, and will…

Many families in Lebanon are looking to transfer their children from high-end private schools to other schools that are less expensive. The anticipated shift comes after private school administrations nationwide having informed parents they will be raising tuition nine folds. Administrations justified the astronomical hike by saying they had to…

Lebanon’s caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi asked the security authorities on Thursday to run investigations into audio terror threats launched against the Saudi Embassy in Beirut. An audio recording of a reported Saudi national threatening the Saudi Embassy in Beirut with terror acts against it has spread lately. The video…