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One hundred billion dollars blocked in the banks and Lebanon dies
In October 2019, while Lebanon was carrying out an unprecedented mobilization against power, the banks closed their doors. The decision, justified on security grounds, was…
UK Meets Israel To Talk Technology And Iranian Threat To The World
While the US is contemplating over the possible Nuclear Deal draft, the rest of the world is thinking of the danger that Iran poses to…
The economic emergency in Lebanon scares more than the coronavirus
Even if Lebanon reached 50 thousand Covid-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic, the main emergency, on which concentrate all national efforts, is the…
The mysterious case of Turkey’s missing reserves worth $128 billion
Turkey’s opposition party launched a nation-wide campaign demanding the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to disclose where did it spend the country’s massive foreign…
Lebanon focuses on settling its maritime border issues with Syria and Israel
Besides the country’s crippling economic crisis, another issue in front of the Lebanese government was its maritime border issue. The country has been facing the…
EU urges Turkey to reverse its withdrawal from Istanbul Convention, raises concern over human rights
On Tuesday, in a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raised serious concerns over Ankara’s withdrawal from…
Global Coronavirus cases surge to 132.2 million
The global Covid-19 caseload has surged to 132.2 million, while worldwide deaths have crossed 2.87 million, as per the date released by the Johns Hopkins…
Saudi Arabia charts a game plan for Umrah this year
Saudi authorities said, on Monday, only people immunized against Covid-19 are to be allowed in the Kingdom to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage starting from…
Kinda al-Khatib awaiting final sentence, 35 citizens falsely accused of terrorism in Lebanon
The young Lebanese activist Kinda al-Khatib, arrested on 20 June and sentenced in December by the Beirut Military Court to three years in prison, was…
Plot in the court of Jordan, the king’s half-brother under accusation
A feud between half-brothers and between queen spouses. With alliances that cross the borders of the kingdom and that risk shaking what is already one…