Source: L'Orient Today
Security & Justice
Mid-Air Interception Triggers Blast Over Keserwan as Reports Cite Iranian Missile Aimed at U.S. Target
A powerful explosion rattled parts of Mount Lebanon and the Keserwan region on Tuesday, with videos circulating on social media showing plumes of smoke rising from the coastal area of Haret Sakher.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Israel to Maintain Security Zone in Southern Lebanon Until Hezbollah Threat Neutralized, Defense Minister Says
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that the country will maintain control of a “security zone” in southern Lebanon, extending up to the Litani River, until the threat posed by Hezbollah is eliminated.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Opinion
Lebanon’s Second Chance
When Hezbollah launched attacks on northern Israel on October 8, 2023, ostensibly in solidarity with Hamas, Israel initially considered confronting its stronger northern adversary first before shifting focus south to take on Hamas in Gaza. The Biden Administration vetoed this approach, warning of potential regional or global escalation. Israel therefore prioritised operations in Gaza while engaging in tit-for-tat exchanges with Hezbollah.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Lebanon’s Collapse Is No Accident
Lebanon’s crisis cannot be explained away as simple mismanagement. What the country now faces is something more durable and more troubling: a structural contradiction embedded deep within its political economy. Lebanon is caught in a system that cannot reconcile three competing realities—sovereignty, financial stability, and armed pluralism. At the center of that tension sits Hezbollah. Yet Hezbollah is not merely an anomaly or an external disruption. It is a powerful node inside a wider architecture of state capture and strategic fragmentation.
Monday, March 16, 2026
Sports
PSV Lament Unnecessary Defeat in Champions League Clash at Juventus
PSV Eindhoven felt they should have taken more from Tuesday's Champions League away clash against Juventus where they conceded a late goal to go down 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League knockout phase playoff tie on Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Man City's 115 Charges Outcome 'in a Month' - Guardiola
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says the club expects to learn the outcome of the hearing into its 115 charges of alleged Premier League financial rule breaches "in one month".
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Friday 17 December 2021 16:08:09
Fuel Prices Hiked Again
Fuel prices rose for a second time this week on Friday.
Here’s what we know:
• It has only been three days since fuel prices went up, with the last increase coming on Tuesday.
• Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline now cost LL323,200, an increase of LL4,400 from Tuesday.
• Twenty liters of 98-octane gasoline cost LL334,400, an increase of LL4,600 from Tuesday.
• Diesel jumped by LL18,700 to reach LL357,600 per 20 liters, while household gas rose LL18,600 to reach LL312,100.
• George Brax, spokesperson for the gas station owners’ syndicate, said the price increase reflected a weakening of Lebanon’s currency, as international oil prices have not changed over the course of the week.
