Growth rebound of 2% reported in MENA
The oil price hike is mostly behind the modest growth rebound which has proven to be beneficial to the local exporters of oil while the pressure was felt by the oil importers. According to...
Syria’s new constitution could dawn in 2019
Syria’s constitution got a shot in the arm when the United Nations along with Turkey, Iran and Russia voiced hope that the committee charged with writing it will begin work in early 2019.
Incidentally,
the Syrian...
Qatar Investment Authority accelerates investments in tech
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has accelerated its investments in technology while keeping the door wide open for strategic partnerships in tech related investments, said Mansour Ibrahim al-Mahmoud, its CEO, on the sidelines of...
Trade deficit fissure in Lebanon widens by 5%
Bad news, again and again. Lebanon is facing a trade deficit whereby the fissure seems to have widened by 5% which amounts to 13 billion U.S. dollars. This deficit is observed for the first...
Hariri’s investment plans key to economic growth
Investment plans disclosed by Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri’s aide underscores Lebanon’s plan to channel resources into its economy and peacetime development.
Earlier this week, Nadim Munla, a senior adviser, told an investment conference in...
Qatar: Economic blockade turned into opportunity
Stifling economic blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia and Egypt on Qatar will continue to remain in place until further notice with neither Saudi Arabia nor Egypt will to "make any concessions" towards Doha, said...
Jacques Sarraf on Lebanon-Russia: “We need to establish strategic relations”
ByTheEast: How old are the bounds between Lebanon and Russia?
Jacques Sarraf: The first contact between Russia and the Lebanese population dates back to the reign of Tsar Ivan IV, who decided to support the...
Oil sales will continue: Hassan Rouhani
Oil
sales will continue and Iran will break U.S. imposed sanctions, said
a defiant Iranian President Hassan Rouhani after the United States
reimposed sanctions on Iran’s vital energy
and banking sectors.
“America
wanted to cut to zero Iran’s oil sales...
Nassib border with Jordan opens on Oct. 10
Syria’s Nassib border crossing with Jordan will reopen on October 10, said Syria's state media reports. With the trade captured from the rebels, the Syrian government is set to reopen it later this month.
With...
Guilherme Casarões on Brazil: “Trade relationships with the Middle East are not easy”
ByTheEast: Brazil was a net importer of agricultural products in the 1970s. It now ranks among the world’s five largest agricultural producers and exporters. Can it overtake the others?
Guilherme Casarões: Brazil has come a...