The Latest Breaking News from Beirut

The Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival concluded in Beirut with the film “Shapes” by Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi. This work, which combines imagination and reality, is Chebbi’s first feature film, and it is scheduled to screen in Lebanese theaters as of January 2023. The film, hosted by Cinema Montaigne at Beirut’s…

Iran is seeking to revive its expansion near the Syrian capital, Damascus, which it has always sought to do and was previously thwarted by Russia. Iran's objective is to create another “southern suburb”, commonly known as Dahieh, like the Hezbollah-dominated one in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The plan is to…

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari visited several Christian figures on Friday and will meet several others on Saturday to extend congratulations on the occasion of Christmas and the New Year. Bukhari met on Friday Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch, at the patriarchal headquarters in Beirut. They…

Lebanese politicians acted with disinterest towards the harsh statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron during his return from the Jordanian capital, Amman. Macron had attacked the Lebanese leaders, urging a change in the country's leadership. Macron's statements are considered the harshest that he had leveled against the Lebanese political…