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Workers unload a humanitarian aid shipment provided by the European Union at the Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 15, 2024. Israel increases its strikes on what it says are sites for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and its allies since September 23, following almost a year of cross-border fire, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,200 people and the displacement of around a million from their homes. (Photo by Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Carrot and Stick Policy: No Aid Without Reform

Since 2019, Lebanon has been engulfed in one of the most severe economic collapses in modern history—a crisis marked by triple-digit inflation, mass currency devaluation, a frozen banking system, and…

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Net foreign assets of financial sector up $8.9bn in first seven months of 2025

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A Paxa Americana Proposal at Stake — will Lebanon seize the deal or face the unknown?

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Minority Rights, Defense Treaty, Disarmament: Leveraging the Language of Minority Rights and Pluralism (2/3)

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China Tug Of War : Dropping US Treasury Bonds – Usd dominance challenged (1/2)

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Lebanon Political Impasse Tied to The Future of the Shia Community in the Region

A bodyguard of former Lebanese Member of Parliament Mosbah Ahdab uses an assault rifle to fire shots in the air from his car while surrounded by demonstrators amidst ongoing protests against dire economic conditions in the northern coastal city of Tripoli on October 18, 2019. - Public anger has simmered since parliament passed an austerity budget in July to help trim a ballooning deficit and flared on October 17 over new plans to tax calls on messaging applications such as WhatsApp, forcing the government to axe the unpopular proposal. (Photo by Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP) (Photo by IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Government breaches constitution on budget and appointments

Ripped one thousand Lebanese pounds bill, currency of Lebanon

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Illicit funding and cash economy questioned by US treasury, estimated at nearly 46% of GDP

TOPSHOT - Residents buy vegetables from an ambulant vendor stationed amid the destruction in the neighbourhood of Shiyah in Beirut's southern suburbs on November 28, 2024, a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. Since the ceasefire took effect on November 27, tens of thousands of Lebanese who fled their homes headed back to their towns, neighbourhoods and villages, only to find scenes of devastation. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP) (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Strait of Hormuz: The ‘New Jargon’ Merchants Choose to Profiteer From

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Deposits Restructuration Plan on the Burner

A new attempt to resolve the deposit crisis is being "cooked" over a slow fire in the kitchen of the Central Bank of Lebanon. The…

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Starlink Make Its Way To Lebanon Through Distorted Legal Endowment

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The Beirut blast justice saga —a microcosm of broader governance and entrenched political patronage

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President Aoun Discloses Lebanon Position on US Proposals

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Lebanon Mourns Ziad Rahbani, the Voice of Truth and Sarcastic Comedy

TOPSHOT - A man wearing facepaint in the colours of the Lebanese national flag and draped in a flag attends a demonstration at the Martyrs' Square in the centre of the capital Beirut on October 26, 2019, the Mohammed al-Amin mosque seen behind, on the tenth day of country-wide protests against tax increases and official corruption. (Photo by Patrick BAZ / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK BAZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Lebanon’s Entrapment in a Dark Web of Crisis: A Comprehensive Account of Political, Financial, and Media Domination

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Saudi Billions Pour In Syria : More than $6 Billion in Investment deals

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Lebanon Banks Hostage Some Usd 20bln of Arab Money, Syrian deposits estimated at another $3–8 billion

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Is the rapid growth of AI in the Middle East depleting its scarcest resource—water?

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How is the Lp Overvalued by About 30%

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How Far Would Investigations Against LCPA’s Chief Abboud Go?

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