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Lebanon Looks to Open Doors for Humanitarian and Development Aid

In a bid to organize humanitarian and development efforts in Lebanon, Lebanon’s Minister of Social Affairs Haneen Sayed and United...
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Karem Monzer

Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition in Lebanon Condemns Banker-Backed Media Defamation Campaigns

Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition in Lebanon held a press conference on Thursdayat Station Beirut in Sin El Fil...
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Beirut Today

US Tariffs Shock Global Stock Markets – What About Lebanon and the Region?

Last week, the United States Administration under President Donald Trump announced global tariff increases, impacting countries from a minimum of 10% for most states to 50% for what the administration deemed as the “worst offenders”. Lesotho, Cambodia, Laos, Madagascar, and Vietnam were hit with new US tariffs of 50%, 49%,...
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Beirut Today

Over One Million Individuals to Face Acute Food Insecurity by September

Yesterday, The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative published its acute food insecurity projection update for Lebanon, covering the...
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Beirut Today

Lebanon’s Continued Inflation Is Not a Dollarization Issue

Lebanon has been going through one of the worst socioeconomic impasses in recent history. The recent Israeli aggression on the...
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Beirut Today

Parliament Adopts Long-Awaited Pension Reform

After an extended period of inactivity and political paralysis, the Lebanese Parliament was back to holding meetings and discussing legislative issues. On the 15th of December, the parliament passed a historic law that establishes a comprehensive pension system for private sector workers and “fundamentally” reshapes the governance of the National...
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Marwan Issa

Warnings of Further Shortages as Eyes are on New Acting Central Bank Governor Mansouri

Last week, Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned that by the end of the month, there will be an inability to...
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Marwan Issa

The Scramble for a Lifeline: On the Three Government Sources of Revenue and the Lebanese Political Elites

With the country entering new levels of its accentuating crisis, Lebanon’s way out depends on the resolution of its current...
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عزة الحاج حسن

Lira plummets to 80,000 LBP, citizens react in anger

The pace of the Lebanese lira’s collapse against the dollar is accelerating, after it reached over 80,000 pounds to the dollar in the last few hours. While the decrease in value is unsurprising, these large jumps in devaluation make one believe the pound is endlessly plummeting. This idea is reinforced...
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Ali Tfaili

Is the US in a Recession and Why Should You Care?

The late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman once said, “Inflation is just like alcoholism; in both cases, when you start...
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عزة الحاج حسن

Can gas extraction save Lebanon from its financial collapse?

After Lebanon and Israel finally approved their joint maritime border agreement, politicians have been rallying behind the ability of gas...
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عزة الحاج حسن

How poverty trades became popular in Lebanon

When a country’s living conditions deteriorate, poverty takes its middle classes by storm, dropping them in a quagmire of needs and destitution. In this situation, certain professions and trades prevail that secure barely enough nutrition for a small family, let alone a single member of this family. This is the...
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