- 11 January, 2026
Omar Haddad
Omar Haddad is a technology and business journalist who writes about startups, fintech innovations, and digital growth in the Middle East.
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Aid eludes a Lebanon in crisis
With the country reeling under the worst economic crisis in decades, Lebanon remains dogged by sanctions and lack of aid. The international community maintains that
Unaoil bribery case: Executives involved fall like dominoes, Whiteley sentenced for three years
On Thursday, a former senior executive of Monaco-based oil consultancy, Unaoil, was convicted in a multi-million-dollar bribery case and sentenced for three years. Stephen Whiteley,
Why should Europe stop funding the Libyan Coast Guard?
Europe, and Italy in particular, continue to finance the Libyan Coast Guard, prolonging the suffering and becoming complicit in the death of migrants and refugees
US slams sanctions on Syria’s President Assad’s son
In the latest list of sanctioned people in Syrian regime by US State Department, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s eldest son Hafez Bashar al-Assad has been
United States slams sanctions on Bashar al-Assad’s son Hafez
The United States forces new sanctions on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad rule by authorizing Hafez Al Assad to stop the regime from getting cash that would
Muslims to celebrate Eid al-Adha, al-Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia among COVID19 preventive protocols
The Feast of Sacrifice, also called Eid Qurban, honors the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God’s command….
Hagia Sophia, Turkish government linked magazine calls for establish Islamic caliphate
Now Hagia Sophia and Turkey are independent. Get together for Caliphate, affirms the latest cover of the Turkish magazine Gercek-Hayat, literally “True Life” in English….
After KSA also Bahrain expels Lebanese ambassador
Turkey will suspend “for some time” the energy explorations launched last week in the south-east Aegean Sea, in an area disputed with Athens off the
Muted Eid in Lebanon as it battles a triple threat
Lebanon is in the middle of an economic spiral; some of the worst times it is facing since the end of the civil war three decades ago…
United States consulate officially lowers flag as it closes down in Chengdu
Chinese governments have taken control over the United States consulate general in Chengdu, signaling an official closure to diplomatic missions between the world’s biggest economies….