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Daily Lebanon News in English — Free Newsletter

A 5-minute morning briefing on Lebanon, written in English, sent every weekday to your inbox.

Sobhiye Daily is the free, independent daily Lebanon news newsletter for the diaspora — edited every morning in English by Simon Tchaghlassian, with regional and international context.

Why English-language matters

Most of Lebanon's reporting happens in Arabic or French. That's a problem for the millions of Lebanese living abroad who never quite picked up classical Arabic, and for non-Lebanese who care about Lebanon — partners, journalists, researchers, policy analysts.

Sobhiye Daily reads the full landscape — Arabic, French, English — and writes the morning digest in clear, modern English with the context a non-Lebanon-based reader needs.

What's covered

  • Lebanese domestic politics — cabinet, parliament, security, judiciary.
  • Economy — lira, banking, energy, public finance, jobs.
  • Society and culture — protests, courts, music, migration, sport.
  • Regional — Syria, Israel, Palestine, the Gulf, Iran.
  • International — the diaspora, sanctions, donor conferences, world news that hits Lebanon.

How it differs from translated newswires

Reuters and AP cover Lebanon in English, but they're wire services — written for editors, not readers. Sobhiye Daily is a curated, narrative-driven morning briefing that picks the day's real story, explains the backstory, and skips the noise. It's also free, with no paywall.

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See how Sobhiye Daily compares to L'Orient Today's Morning Brief and the other English-language Lebanon options at Best Daily Lebanon Newsletters in English (2026).

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English Lebanon news FAQ

Quick answers for English-speaking readers.

Where can I get daily Lebanon news in English?

Sobhiye Daily delivers daily Lebanon news in English as a free 5-minute email newsletter, edited every morning by Simon Tchaghlassian. L'Orient Today's Morning Brief is the main alternative, also in English and also free.

Is Lebanon news available in English daily?

Yes — Sobhiye Daily publishes a curated daily Lebanon news digest in English every weekday morning, with a Sunday weekly recap. Several Lebanese outlets also maintain English-language websites, but only Sobhiye Daily and L'Orient Today's Morning Brief send a daily email.

How do you translate Lebanese and Arabic sources for English readers?

Sobhiye monitors 50+ Lebanese, regional, and international outlets in English, Arabic, and French. Our pipeline uses AI to identify the day's most important stories across all three languages, and a human editor reviews and rewrites each summary in English with the context English-speaking readers need.

Why a daily cadence?

Lebanon news moves quickly — politics, economy, regional spillover — and a weekly digest misses too much. A 5-minute daily morning briefing is short enough to actually read, and frequent enough to keep up.