Water-for-electricity: the Lebanese-Jordanian solution
What an idea! Water for electricity, as it sounds into the oil-for-food program for Saddam's Iraq. Actually, the water-for-electricity deal between Lebanon and the...
Algerians protest in Algiers, Paris: “We want our democracy back”
Yesterday our Paris correspondent David Hury was in the crowd on the Republic Square. As in Algiers and in other European cities, Algerians had...
Hezbollah as “terror entity”: UK says ‘yes’, EU says ‘no’
Sorry UK, but branding Hezbollah as "terror entity" seems a bit anachronistic given the mess it has created for itself with Brexit and its...
Illicit arms sales brings new dimension to Yemen war
It comes as no surprise, illicit arms and weapons have been flowing into the war in Yemen with numerous examples of such weapons supplied...
Fouad Zmokhol on reforming Lebanon: “It’s time to act”
ByTheEast: A few weeks ago, Beirut hosted the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit which turned out to be a fiasco. Economic commentators pointed...
Lebanon’s elephant in the room: its debt sustainability
Debt
sustainability has become a focal point for Lebanon’s economy
following comments made by its finance minister vis-a-vis its public
debt. Beirut’s dollar dominated sovereign bonds also...
Debt restructuring is ‘absolutely not’ on the card
Introducing a restructured debt wasn’t an imminent
future in Lebanon, thought Goldman Sachs. However, the country has turned its
focus on investors’ recovery while financial crisis...
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...
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...
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,...