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L'Orient-Le Jour
18-07-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Nearly 600 killed as fighting continues in Sweida; Israeli strikes kill two in south Lebanon: Everything you need to know this Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign July 18, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz Some key things to watch today:10 a.m.: Foreign Minister Joe Rajji meets with French ambassador Hervé Magro Updates on the clashes in on efforts to broker a cease-fire in Gaza. Nearly 100 people killed in Gaza as list names over 58,000 victims since 2023: Since Gaza's Health Ministry published a list naming 58,380 people who were killed in Israeli attacks on the enclave since Oct. 7, 2023, on Wednesday, including more than 17,900 children, there have been more bombardments across the territory. Notably, they targeted a school-turned-shelter, aid queues and a church, killing 98 others, the public office reported yesterday. More than half the deceased identified by the Ministry were people over 60 years old, women and...
L'Orient-Le Jour
17-07-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Israel strikes Syria as Sweida clashes kill over 350: Everything you need to know this Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign July 17, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz Some key things to watch today:Latest developments in Syria and the outcomes of ongoing international diplomatic initiatives.3p.m. Cabinet meeting is set to discuss nominations, the Jdeideh landfill issue, developments in Syria, and various other developments in cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel. Israel strikes Syrian Army base as Sweida clashes kill more than 350 people: An Israeli airstrike hit a Syrian Army headquarters in Damascus, as renewed fighting in southern Syria's Sweida raised the death toll since Sunday to over 350 people, including Druze civilians reportedly executed by government forces. Ahmad al-Sharaa announced early on Thursday the transfer of security responsibilities in Sweida...
L'Orient-Le Jour
07-05-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Israel plans take over of Gaza, US claims Houthis 'surrender' after airport bombing: Everything you need to know this Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up on yesterday's live May 7, by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:Updates on India-Pakistan conflict, following overnight surge of violence between the two nuclear-power nations.9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Parliamentary sessions including by the National Economy, Industry, Trade and Planning Committee, National Education, Higher Education and Culture Committee, Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Committee, the Finance and Budget Committee and the fact-finding committee of Public Works, Transport, Energy and Water.10 a.m. Telecommunications Minister Charles Hajj toured a number of Alfa, Touch and Ogero transmission stations in southern Lebanon that were damaged by the Israeli aggression.11 a.m. Press conference by the...
L'Orient-Le Jour
06-03-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Israeli drone strike in Ras al-Naqoura, U.S.-Hamas talks on Gaza truce agreement: Everything you need to know this Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up on yesterday's live March 6, by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 11 a.m.: Cabinet meets for the first time since the vote of...
