He was first sending money to Turkey through the Turkish Embassy and is now sending money to an organization called Syrian Forum USA which is helping people in Syria. Getting aid to Syria is a …
Lebanon’s finance minister says difficult to replace cbank head Salameh
DUBAI, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Lebanese Finance Minister Youssef Khalil said replacing central … Middle Eastcategory Two more people rescued in Turkey 11 days after earthquake, article with video Middle …
After the earthquake: The politics of aid in Syria
Today, we place the spotlight on the February 6 earthquake and the politics of aid in Syria. The earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February the 6th has had catastrophic consequences, claiming …
Quake Latest: Turkey to Support Equities, WHO Sees Disease Risk
Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund will support equities with a new mechanism to contain the market fallout from the Feb. 6 earthquakes, according to officials who spoke to Bloomberg on condition of …
Erdogan’s response to the Turkey earthquake was ‘very slow,’ think tank says
Gonul Tol, director of Middle East Institute, says recue workers did not arrive on time and when they finally did they “were not very helpful.” …
Turkey counts massive cost of rebuilding shattered town and cities
Rebuilding the vast area in Turkey ravaged by last week’s earthquake will require restoring 1mn plus buildings and cost tens of billions of dollars, according to early estimates of the “massive” …
Retiring in Turkey: A Guide to Understanding the Benefits and Challenges of Living in the Mediterranean Country as a Retiree
Secondly, the living conditions determine the lifestyle quality. Thanks to its warm climate, clean environment, healthy cuisine, and way of living in European standards; Turkey offers a wonderful life …
Turkey Needs to Build Million Homes After Quake, Developer Says
Sign up for our Middle East newsletter and follow us @middleeast for news on the region. Turkey would need to construct about a million new homes in the 10 provinces …
China’s 180M digital yuan airdrop, Devastation in Turkey, Laos’ CBDC: Asia Express
On Feb. 7, the Bank of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) and Japanese fintech company Soramitsu joined forces to launch a proof-of-concept for a CBDC in the country. The project …
Will Turkey-Syria earthquake redraw the fault lines of geopolitics?
The oil-rich emirate is using its financial clout to alleviate Assad’s political and military dependency on his Russian and Iranian patrons and bring it back incrementally into an Arab fold. Syria, …