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Marwan Issa

Climate Issues Are No Longer Ignorable in Crisis-Ridden Lebanon

With the country experiencing what was dubbed as the “worst drought on record” and the continuation of a multifaceted socioeconomic...
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Beirut Today

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 to address recent defamation and disinformation campaignstargeting independent media outlets and civil society organizations.Speakers at the event described the attacks as a coordinated attempt to discredit watchdogjournalism and shift public...
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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...
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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 country’s southern borders has accentuated difficulties for the country’s most vulnerable groups, who have already suffered from back-to-back crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beirut Port Explosion and 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...
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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 political impasse. A healthy and progressive economic recovery plan remains beyond the priorities of the current ruling elites, despite the current government running out of revenue-raising options.  The reliance on...
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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...
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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 extraction to save Lebanon from its financial collapse. Yet the fact remains that Lebanon has not entered the oil-producing countries’ club, as gas and petroleum will not be the magic...
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