Cash is now king in Lebanon, where a three-year economic meltdown has led the country’s once-lauded financial sector to atrophy. Zombie banks have frozen depositors out of tens of billions of dollars …
TotalEnergies says well drilling in Lebanon’s offshore Block 9 to begin in Q3
TotalEnergies is keen to start work on Lebanon’s offshore Block 9 “as soon as possible”, with assessments to begin early next month and well-drilling to launch in the third quarter of 2023, its CEO …
Qatar replaces Russian company in Lebanon gas exploration
Lebanon, two international oil giants and state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy agreed Sunday that the Qatari firm will join a consortium that will search for gas in the Mediterranean Sea off L …
‘The ‘Shiite crescent’ of Lebanon, Syria and Iraq is at risk of crumbling’
OP-ED. Antoine Basbous, a specialist of the Arab world, says that Beirut, Damascus and Baghdad are sinking further into crisis due to the scarcity of the dollar, institutional chaos, economic disorder …
UN Raises Alarm Over World Heritage Sites In Yemen And Lebanon
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has added landmarks of the ancient Kingdom of Saba in Yemen and the futuristic Rachid Karameh International Fair in Tripoli, Lebanon to the danger list …
UNESCO Lists Yemen, Lebanon Sites As World Heritage In Danger
PARIS – The United Nations on Wednesday inscribed an ancient city and its dam in war-torn Yemen and a futurist park in cash-strapped Lebanon on i …
Meet judge Tarek Bitar, rattling Lebanon’s political class in blast probe
This is rare in Lebanon, where sectarian allegiance often infiltrate all … it possible for him to do so unless there is physical aggression against him.” Business and policy professionals use PRO to …
Meet judge Tarek Bitar, rattling Lebanon’s political class in blast probe
This is rare in Lebanon, where sectarian allegiance often infiltrate all … it possible for him to do so unless there is physical aggression against him.” Business and policy professionals use PRO to …
US sanctions alleged Hezbollah financial adviser in Lebanon
The United States on Tuesday slapped sanctions on a high-profile Lebanese economist alleged to be assisting the militant group Hezbollah with its financial operations. The U.S. Treasury Department …
US sanctions alleged Hezbollah financial adviser in Lebanon
The United States on Tuesday slapped sanctions on a high-profile Lebanese economist alleged to be assisting the militant group Hezbollah with its financial operations. The U.S. Treasury Department …