Source: L'Orient Today
Security & Justice
Aoun Orders Security Agencies to Prepare Reports for Paris Conference
President Joseph Aoun on Friday chaired a high-level security meeting attended by the Ministers of Defense and Interior, the Army Commander, and the heads of Lebanon’s security agencies.
Friday, January 16, 2026
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets Across Lebanon's Bekaa
The Israeli military said it carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in western Bekaa on Thursday, describing the attacks as a response to what it called the group’s “repeated violations of the ceasefire.”
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Opinion
What to Watch as Anti-Regime Protests Engulf Iran
The Iranian regime appears to be at its weakest point in its nearly half century in power. For the past two weeks, Iranians throughout the country have taken to the streets in protest over Iran’s deepening economic crises, stirring up memories of the Mahsa Amini protests of 2022-2023 and the Green Movement demonstrations of 2009-2010. This is compounded by a record level of inflation, a potentially existential water crisis, and an open admission from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that his government is incapable of meeting the needs of its own people. Moreover, these protests follow a series of strategic setbacks for the regime, including Israel’s near destruction of Iran’s foreign proxies, the Assad regime’s fall in Syria in December 2024, and the devastation of the twelve-day war in June 2025.
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Pirates, Not Sailors: How Hezbollah Navigates Lebanon
Naim Qassem appeared this Sunday in his familiar, grating manner – stern, sermonizing, and entirely predictable. The tone was defiant, the vocabulary recycled, the certainties absolute. Yet for all its length and theatrical confidence, the speech was as hollow as Hezbollah’s long-claimed commitment to “protecting Lebanon.” What was presented as reassurance sounded instead like repetition without substance, conviction without credibility, and certainty divorced from reality.
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
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.
