As Israel continues to bomb Lebanon, Sara Rammal, a 22-year-old artist from the very south of Lebanon sits down with Marija ...

The recent “victories” by DAASH (IS, or Islamic State) in Syria and Iraq have not taken long to begin reverberating through the ground in Lebanon. A gauntlet of sorts stands before this country, one ...

After three decades, Benihana has closed its doors as of Monday, marking the end of an era for Beirut's dining scene.

In Damascus, Christmas celebrations are centred in the Bab Touma and Bab Sharqi districts, where churches such as Mariamite Cathedral (seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch) host ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A modest artificial Christmas tree, adorned with ornaments reused for years, stands in the corner of the Haddad family's Beirut apartment. For Rania Haddad, a public-school ...

Egypt is working hard to prevent further escalation between Lebanon and Israel amid tensions over Hezbollah's disarmament ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of Lebanon’s dysfunction and official impunity as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon’s ...

Beirut heard a different kind of voice on Tuesday morning. In a city still marked by the sounds of the 2024 escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon to rise above violence ...

Pope Leo XIV prays at the site of the Beirut port blast in August 2020, in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 2, 2025. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, pool via Reuters) Pope Leo concluded his visit to Lebanon with a ...

Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf at the Monastery of Saint Maroun, in Annaya, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/Pool via AP.) Listen BEIRUT – ...

BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders on Sunday to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside, as he sought to give Lebanon’s long-suffering people a message of hope ...

On a sunny afternoon in downtown Beirut, groups of Kuwaitis and Emiratis queue in excitement to get a taste of a $13 tomato sandwich. The pricey snack, which caused a stir on social media last July, ...