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In Beirut, a bootcamp trains Middle Eastern students to become peacemakers

1 day ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Micheline Abi Khalil

A mediation workshop organized by the AUF and the CPM of Saint Joseph University brought 50 students from the Arab world to Beirut to train them in the peaceful resolution of disputes. L'OLJ / By Micheline ABI KHALIL, 05 June 2025 14:45 Building bridges instead of walls and promoting lasting peace through dialogue and mediation — that was the mission entrusted to 50 university students who participated in the first regional mediation bootcamp, held May 20-21 in Beirut.
Reopening of the Arida border crossing: 'You can smell Syria from here'

3 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.
Fuel tax hike denounced as a 'violation of the Constitution'

3 days ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Fouad Gemayel

The government's decision, which has been widely criticized, affects both the population and economic players.
Israel risks a public crisis with Saudi Arabia

3 days ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Noura Doukhi

Tensions were high over the weekend after Tel Aviv canceled the visit of a delegation of Arab foreign ministers, headed by Riyadh, to the occupied West Bank. L'OLJ / By Noura DOUKHI, 03 June 2025 13:49 It was supposed to be a highly symbolic visit. Saudi Foreign Minister Failsal bin Farhan was scheduled to visit the occupied West Bank on Sunday as the highest-ranking official from the kingdom to visit the Palestinian land, occupied by Israel since 1967, in the last six decades.
Treat Israel as a pariah state

3 days ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Anthony Samrani

L'OLJ / By Anthony SAMRANI, 03 June 2025 12:32 Jean-Pierre Filiu’s words must be read closely — how, with surgical precision and without ever giving in to rhetorical excess, as he lays bare what Israel is doing in Gaza.
Biometric card, work and property: What rights could soon be granted to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon?

4 days ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Zeina Antonios

Improving living conditions in the camps would not be linked to their disarmament, according to a source close to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
In Ain al-Hilweh, a refusal to 'lay down arms'

5 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.
At night, Damascus dances on a tightrope

5 days ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Clara Hage

Walking up the residential streets of Mazzeh, central Damascus, Bader Shasheet greets General Security forces, still struggling to grasp what’s ahead: that night, the rising electronic music star would perform in the city for the first time — on the rooftop of a luxury hotel in Sarouja, a central neighborhood.“I always thought I could perform anywhere. But I never imagined it would happen in Syria,” said the 30-something DJ, who lives in Belgium.
Who are the 'Project Advocates,' the growing Lebanese Sunni movement?

5 days ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Salah Hijazi

Little is known about the Ahbash, a group getting closer to Saudi Arabia. L'Orient-Le Jour takes stock. /OLJ / By Salah HIJAZI, 01 June 2025 11:03 The Association of Islamic Philanthropic Projects (APIB), also known as the “Project Advocates” or simply the Ahbash, is a Sunni political group that played a key role in Lebanon’s recent municipal elections.
Israel-Syria normalization: Behind Washington's pragmatism

5 days ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Stephanie Khouri

By mentioning the possibility of a "non-aggression pact" between the two, American envoy Thomas Barrack inaugurated a new and more realistic strategy.