Crime rates in Lebanon have shot up, according to the ISF, as the country sinks further into a crippling financial crisis.
Historically, the IMF has had a track record of human rights abuses through its brutal “structural adjustment” efforts. Why would Lebanon be any different?
The dollar crisis is destroying the farming industry in Lebanon. Farmers are struggling to cover even 20 percent of their agricultural costs.
A 60-year-old man died by suicide this morning on Hamra Street, where a Lebanese flag, a clean judicial record, and...
With no clear solutions to Lebanon's economic crisis in sight, the possibility of famine is the latest addition to the country's bleak future.
The Lebanese workforce is taking the hit of the collapsing economy.
The national currency needs to be prevented from total collapse, and this needs to be done in a pragmatic and gradual approach with a clear bias towards protecting the interests of the majority of the population against the predatory behavior of the ruling cartel.
Because of a crumbling economy and COVID-19, people in Lebanon have rediscovered a love of farming. Can the agricultural return carry our economy forward?
Protests erupted across Lebanon on the evening of Thursday, June 11 as the local currency hit an unprecedented exchange rate of LL 5,500 for every one US dollar on the black market. Demonstrators were initially drawn to the streets by a false report of the exchange rate reaching a whopping...
Abou Arab reviewed its decision in light of the "relative stability" of the dollar in the past few days and the possible subsidization of food.
The IMF is Lebanon’s fastest and most dangerous course of action.
The freefall of the Lebanese lira in past months has caused a significant increase in the prices of basic goods and services, and it may soon bring about a rent crisis. As the local currency’s value continues to fluctuate, tenants are in panic over rental payments. Landlords increasingly insist on...