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Dr. Frédéric Schneider: “The most exposed countries are Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, Gaza and the West Bank”
ByTheEast: What are the short and medium-term threats to countries in North Africa and in the Middle East, regarding their fertilizer supply and food security?
Dr. Frédéric Schenider: In the coming two to three months, the most acute pressure is on fertiliser availability and prices for the spring and early summer planting seasons. Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, and Iraq all rely to varying degrees on Gulf-sourced urea and phosphate fertilisers,...
President Trump did not contact Hezbollah; rather, he contacted our ambassador in Washington, unless they consider Ambassador Nada Moawad to represent Hezbollah. [...] There is no serious ceasefire, nor are the conditions yet suitable for an Israeli withdrawal parallel to the withdrawal of Hezbollah members from south of the Litani River."
Joseph Aoun
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AGRICULTURE
War in Lebanon: The Future of Agriculture and Food Security on...
As Lebanon grapples with yet another devastating conflict, its agricultural heartland lies in ruins. More than 54,000 hectares of fertile farmland — an area roughly the size of Chicago...
Health
Waste management plant in Lebanon recovers resources to create jobs
Waste management plant in Lebanon receives officials at its site. An official delegation of Lebanon visited a “waste sorting plant” which is located in the southern Lebanon. During the visit, the authorities proposed a plan to expand the plant in order to “improve its efficiency”. According to MP as well as the “caretaker Minister...
ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY
Gaza gas field: The hidden agenda of Israel
Gaza could be rich. Rich of its offshore gas reserve as the Eastern Mediterranean has emerged as a pivotal region for natural gas discoveries...
LONG FORMAT
SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION
India-Jordan: $5 Billion for a Geopolitical Partnership
Jordan and India are forging a strong friendship. But what drives this strategic alliance between the two nations? In an era of shifting global...
Lebanon’s climb from ashes demands US$11 billion
Lebanon, a land steeped in history and resilience, finds itself at a pivotal moment. From October 8, 2023, to December 20, 2024, a brutal...
Lebanon: Beware of China’s appetite
Vultures are craving to strip the flesh from Lebanon's bones. The August 4, 2020 explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in Lebanon port,...
Paul Tourret on investing in Lebanon: “The Chinese are not adventurers”
ByTheEast: What have been the major transformations in maritime transport over the past 20 years?
Paul Tourret: With regard to the maritime industry, its timeframe...
Lebanon Inc., With a little help from my friends
“Our house is burning and we are looking elsewhere,” the French President Jacques Chirac said, back in 2002 at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in...
Rubens Hannun on Brazilian trade: “Closeness with Arab countries is strategic”
ByTheEast: The Câmara de Comércio Árabe-Brasileira (CCAB, Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce) was founded 67 years ago. Times were different then. What was its mission...
ARAB WORLD AND AROUND
Rebuilding Syria: Who is counting on sharing out the cake?
Fourteen years of brutal civil war, compounded by the devastating February 2023 earthquake, have left Syria’s infrastructure in tatters,...
