Lyana Alameddine

4 days ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Lyana Alameddine

It’s 6:40 a.m. when about 10 cars begin lining up at the first General Security checkpoint outside the Arida border post, which connects northern Lebanon’s Akkar coast to Syria. Closed since Dec. 6, 2024, following an Israeli strike that destroyed part of the roadway embankment, the crossing reopened Tuesday to the relief of travelers and taxi drivers on both sides of the border.Traffic is now rerouted through the exit lane, hastily covered with sand and gravel.

4 days ago | lorientlejour.com | Lyana Alameddine

Il est 6h40. Une dizaine de voitures font la file au premier checkpoint de la Sûreté générale (SG) en attendant la réouverture mardi du poste-frontière de Arida, qui relie le Liban-Nord à la Syrie, situé sur le littoral du Akkar. Ce point de contrôle avait été fermé le 6 décembre 2024 après une frappe israélienne la veille qui avait détruit une partie du terre-plein.

6 days ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Lyana Alameddine

Confusion prevails among residents and factions after Mahmoud Abbas's visit and the announcement of upcoming disarmament of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. /OLJ / By Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 01 June 2025 16:15 At the northern entrance of the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Saida, southern Lebanon, Ahmad proudly walks up to a yellowed, half-torn portrait of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and reveals the defaced image.

6 days ago | lorientlejour.com | Lyana Alameddine

Le flou règne parmi les habitants et les factions après la visite de Mahmoud Abbas et l’annonce d’un prochain désarmement des camps de réfugiés palestiniens au Liban. Par Lyana ALAMEDDINE, le 01 juin 2025 à 14h06 À l’entrée nord du camp de Aïn el-Heloué, à Saïda (Liban-Sud), le petit Ahmad s’avance fièrement vers un portrait jauni de Mahmoud Abbas à moitié décroché d’un mur. Le garçon dévoile le visage défiguré du leader palestinien. « On lui a rayé les yeux… Je le déteste », cingle-t-il.

1 week ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Lyana Alameddine

He is one of the seven civilians detained in Israel. His family speaks out. /OLJ / By Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 27 May 2025 10:36 On Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, Samar gently wakes her husband, Mohammad Jawhar, at 6:30 a.m. The 31-year-old fisherman usually rises on his own, but he had hesitated the day before about whether to go out to sea.“You don’t have to... Stay,” she tells him. But with storms forecast in the days ahead, he decides he cannot afford to miss a day’s catch.