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BDL signs MOU with K2 Integrity Paving the Way Towards FATF Greylist Delisting

Lebanon central bank signs pact with US Advisory Firm K2 Integrity to tackle cash economy, illicit & fraudulent activities - via BBG. Says pact is…

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July 14, 2025

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

Lebanon today is ensnared in a dark web far more pervasive and intense than the digital darknet—a complex, multilayered network of systemic paralysis permeating the…

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July 25, 2025

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July 7, 2025

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

July 7, 2025

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Salaries Adjustments up to Usd312 fails to meet inflation and income erosion

July 8, 2025

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Here’s the list of the Top 20 YouTubers in Lebanon in 2025:

‍Lebanon’s vibrant digital scene is thriving with a diverse group…

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July 15, 2025

EU Commission Updates List of High-Risk Countries to Strengthen Fight against Financial Crime

ANALYSIS: Foreign currency checks drawn from or deposited in Lebanon…

July 14, 2025

Markets Torn Between Inflation and Weakening Investments

From now on the Federal Reserve faces a harder balancing…

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July 15, 2025

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The “Phoenix Economy” MENA Potential, Lebanon or Syria ? ( 1/3 )

June 25, 2025

UNIFIL’s Mandate Renewal and the Stalemate over South Lebanon’s Demilitarized Zone ( 1/2 )

August 25, 2025

Carrot and Stick Policy: No Aid Without Reform

September 9, 2025

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

July 25, 2025

Self-Organized Voluntary Return Program with Incentives Drive Syrian Refugees Home

July 11, 2025

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July 7, 2025

A signal intelligence gathering installation of Unit 8200 an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit responsible for collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption located near an observation point in Misgav Am a kibbutz located close to the border with Lebanon in the Upper Galilee northern Israel

Political Junta and ISPs abort Starlink Beirut License , Meanwhile Spoofing and Profiteering are Key ( 1/3)

July 15, 2025

Fresh Usd Checks cleared at Usd283.71 mln May 2025

July 8, 2025

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Markets Torn Between Inflation and Weakening Investments

July 15, 2025

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)

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

June 23, 2025

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TOPSHOT - A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York City on March 10, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

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Market Fluctuations During the Past Week: Focus on Commodities

July 8, 2025

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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

June 23, 2025

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Deposits Flight in 2019 Were the Reason Behind the Crisis

July 10, 2025

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Ripped one thousand Lebanese pounds bill, currency of Lebanon

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

June 25, 2025

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Red Sea Submarine Cable Bombing in the Red Sea: 25% of MENA Traffic Affected

In the early hours of September 6, 2025, a critical blow was…

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September 7, 2025

Tony Blair Institute co-Authored Trump Riviera Gaza Project

STAFF at an institution founded by the former prime minister Tony Blair…

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July 7, 2025

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

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June 23, 2025

Nexus of Privilege for Illicit Gain Disclosed in BetArabia Operations (2/2) Exclusive : Names and Operations Synergies

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EU updates list of high‑risk jurisdictions, What’s In It For Lebanon Payment Settlements (1/2)

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July 11, 2025

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Boston Consulting Group in shady role over aid

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July 6, 2025

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June 25, 2025

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Markets Torn Between Inflation and Weakening Investments

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July 15, 2025

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Iran’s Strategic Calculus: Retaliation and Resilience

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June 22, 2025

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Salaries Adjustments up to Usd312 fails to meet inflation and income erosion

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July 8, 2025

KUPIANSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 7: An antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system stands in a yard next to the wooden posts on which shoes are dried on April 7, 2024 in Kupiansk, Ukraine. On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in an escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian War that started in 2014. After retreating from Kupiansk in September 2022, Russian military repeatedly shelled the city. (Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

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Political Junta and ISPs abort Starlink Beirut License , Illicit Roaster Steal Government Revenues ( 3/3)

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July 15, 2025

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

As the Middle East’s AI ambitions reach a fever pitch, its scarcest resource—water—is consumed in staggering volumes. While much has…

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July 22, 2025

Who needs reforms when you got YouTube ads?

June 23, 2025

Minority Rights, Defense Treaty, Disarmament: Guns, Leverage, and Loyalties: U.S. Military Aid to Lebanon and the Strategic Push to Sideline Hezbollah (3/3)

August 27, 2025

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)

Government breaches constitution on budget and appointments

June 22, 2025

Red Sea Submarine Cable Bombing in the Red Sea: 25% of MENA Traffic Affected

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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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BDL Issues New Easing Circulars, as Markets Fuels Inflation

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Television stations broadcast Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaking after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Federal Reserve officials held interest rates steady, pausing to assess the inflation outlook following a string of rate reductions last year. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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TOPSHOT - A Lebanese demonstrator, her face painted as DC comic book and film character "The Joker", takes part in a protest in the capital Beirut's downtown district's Martyr's Square on October 19, 2019. - Tens of thousands of Lebanese people took to the streets today for a third day of protests against tax increases and alleged official corruption despite several arrests by security forces. (Photo by Patrick BAZ / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK BAZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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