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L’Orient Today is the English-language sister publication of L’Orient-Le Jour. It is an independent news platform that aims to examine the failure of the Lebanese system and to hold political and economic powerbrokers accountable through comprehensive, in-depth reporting.

The Israeli army issued two consecutive warnings late in the afternoon, calling for the evacuation of four localities in...
05/01/2026

The Israeli army issued two consecutive warnings late in the afternoon, calling for the evacuation of four localities in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa ahead of announced strikes on alleged Hamas and Hezbollah infrastructure, according to posts on X by its Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee.

“The Israeli army will soon strike military infrastructure belonging to Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization,” in the locality of Anan, in the Jezzine district east of Saida, as well as in Manara, in the eastern Bekaa near the Lebanese-Syrian border.

It will also “soon strike military infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah” in Kfar Hatta [Saida district] and Ain al-Tineh (western Bekaa).

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This is a time for predators, for the erosion of limits on the use of force, for blurred lines between public and privat...
05/01/2026

This is a time for predators, for the erosion of limits on the use of force, for blurred lines between public and private interests, for the conquest of resources, minds and space, for the weakening of democracies, for the crushing of nuance and dialogue, for the triumph of the most extreme visions, and for the fight against all forms of difference, understood in the narrowest sense.

In this context, the only question worth asking, both individually and collectively, is whether we want to settle somewhere in this great upheaval or try to resist it.
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📸 This image posted on US President Donald Trump's Truth Social account on January 3, 2026, shows what President Trump says is Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro onboard the USS Iwo Jima after the US military captured him on January 3, 2026. (Credit: AFP)

The text presents itself as an attempt to bring order to a country that, since 2019, has been living without a financial...
05/01/2026

The text presents itself as an attempt to bring order to a country that, since 2019, has been living without a financial compass or economic justice.

The draft law on the "financial gap" (or restoration of financial order and restitution of deposits), adopted by the government and then sent to Parliament on the eve of New Year's, has a clear ambition: to address both the consequences and causes of a crisis that has swallowed up most of the Lebanese people's savings.

Above all, it promises a remarkable start to accountability. It remains to be seen whether this promise marks a break — or yet another compromise.

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What has happened, what is happening, and what will happen goes beyond the limits of reason and even imagination.The Ame...
05/01/2026

What has happened, what is happening, and what will happen goes beyond the limits of reason and even imagination.

The American strike on Venezuela was expected, but no one would have imagined U.S. forces entering the presidential palace and arresting the head of state, Nicolas Maduro. This is a new form of hegemony.

Donald Trump thus seeks to show he is capable of striking north and south, east and west, whenever he deems it necessary.

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📸 Reuters

03/01/2026

U.S. President Donald Trump said during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago following strikes on Venezuela’s capital Caracas, and the subsequent capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday that the U.S. would be running the country.

03/01/2026

The United States has carried out a “large scale military strike” against Venezuela and captured its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, US President Donald Trump announced on social media.

Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform early on Saturday, shortly after loud explosions were reported in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, marking a major escalation against the Latin American country.

President Trump announced Saturday morning (Lebanon time) on social media that the United States has “captured Nicolás M...
03/01/2026

President Trump announced Saturday morning (Lebanon time) on social media that the United States has “captured Nicolás Maduro,” the Venezuelan leader, along with his wife, and that they are currently being “exfiltrated” from the country by plane. The president also claimed that the United States carried out “a large-scale strike against Venezuela.” He added in his post that he would hold a press conference at Mar-a-Lago at 11 a.m.

Strong explosions shook Caracas and surrounding areas in the middle of the night, prompting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to declare a state of emergency on Saturday and call for a nationwide “mobilization” following what he described as “military aggression by the United States.”

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The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Dec. 29, the...
02/01/2026

The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Dec. 29, the sixth in 2025, confirmed that several issues that shaped 2025 will remain at the top of the regional agenda.

Gaza comes first, along with Iran and its affiliates, as well as Syria.

Beyond that, other processes that began this year will continue in the months and even years ahead, with the same potential to reshape the Middle East.

L’Orient Le Jour takes stock of the main developments.

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29/12/2025

Rain, cold, and snow: Lebanon is finally experiencing real winter weather at the end of 2025, a year that had been marked by severe drought during its first ten months. On Monday morning, several mountain roads were closed due to accumulating snowfall...

26/12/2025

Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States had carried out “numerous deadly strikes against IS in northwestern Nigeria” and promised further attacks if the organization continued what he called the “massacre of Christians.”

26/12/2025

Meeting since Friday morning at the Grand Serail, Cabinet approved the financial gap draft law, tackling the return of deposits, after reviewing provisions that were still pending, according to several local media outlets.

The bill, which will be sent to Parliament, was adopted by a majority vote, with 13 ministers in favor and 9 against out of a total of 22, according to LBCI. Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh was absent, while Foreign Minister Joe Rajji left the meeting before the vote.

The vote came at the end of a third Cabinet meeting convened to pass the bill, which is part of a package of key reforms after six years of dire economic crisis.

From detecting methane from space and turning agricultural waste into protein to reforming public services and exporting...
26/12/2025

From detecting methane from space and turning agricultural waste into protein to reforming public services and exporting Lebanese products abroad, fifteen Lebanese figures feature in the eighth edition of Forbes Middle East's "30 Under 30" ranking.

The selection, divided into four categories (science and technology, business and finance, social impact, and sports & lifestyle), was made after several evaluation phases conducted by the Forbes Middle East research team and then submitted to an outside panel of sector experts.

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