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Marwan Issa

Riad Salameh exits Central Bank: The mess he left behind

Amidst the applause and music of a small crowd and a marching band, the tenure of Riad Salameh as Central...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Israel attacks launch site in Lebanon following rocket-launch

Israeli forces struck an area of Lebanon from which a rocket was launched on Thursday, as per a statement by...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Migrant workers take to streets on International Domestic Workers Day

Migrant workers took to Badaro street during International Domestic Workers Day on Sunday, June 18 to march in protest of the kafala system. Their banners, chants, and slogans echoed the same as they have for the past few years: Abolish the Kafala system, allow migrant workers the right to work...
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Nader Durgham

Lebanese parliament fails to elect president for twelfth time

Lebanese parliamentarians failed to elect a new president for the twelfth time on Wednesday, June 14. The session ended after...
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Maya Saad

Iran-Saudi Arabia deal: What could it mean for Lebanon?

Iran and Saudi Arabia took the world by surprise on March 10 when they announced from Beijing an agreement to...
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Nader Durgham

Lebanese state attacks journalists’ freedom of speech

Minister of Information Ziad Makari informed Megaphone co-founder Jean Kassir on Tuesday that Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat had retracted his complaints against the outlet. This comes after State Security had summoned Kassir a second time on Monday, wanting him to appear in front of them on Tuesday morning. The Public...
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Beirut Today

Members of Lebanese press summoned for questioning

Editors from two independent media outlets were summoned for questioning by different Lebanese security agencies this week. Jean Kassir, co-founder...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Aftershock of magnitude 6.3 strikes Turkey, Lebanon panics

An aftershock of magnitude 6.3 struck Southern Turkey Monday evening, and was felt across the region in Lebanon and Syria....
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Marwan Issa

The IMF and Lebanon – Towards a More Nuanced and People-Based Approach

Back in the 20th century, a new era of structural adjustment programs emerged as a form of aid for countries struggling under the weight of financial and economic burden. This era gained the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the overall Washington consensus a notorious reputation for delivering “one-size-fits-all” approaches to...
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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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عامر شيباني

Qatar creates new job opportunities for Lebanese expats

Mere hours after Lebanon’s Ministry of Labor launched its platform to provide job opportunities for Lebanese youth in Qatar last...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Understanding the Lebanese government’s deportation plan for Syrian refugees

President Michel Aoun announced on Wednesday that the Lebanese government will “start sending Syrian refugees back to their home country at the end of next week.” Lebanon is host to the highest number of refugees per capita in the world, with the United Nations High Commissioner (UNHCR) estimating that there...
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