Lebanon

  • Mar 31, 2022
  • 7 min read

Economic collapse drives Lebanese brain drain

Political and economic crises have triggered a brain drain across all parts of society

Lebanon
  • Mar 29, 2022
  • 2 min read

Capital controls will ease pressure on Lebanese banks

Assets linked to a money laundering investigation were frozen, while a ruling to halt capital outflows was reversed

Lebanon
  • Mar 28, 2022
  • 6 min read

Middle East and North Africa wheat supply challenges

The war in Ukraine has caused disruption to food supplies and raised prices

Middle East
  • Mar 22, 2022
  • 2 min read

Lebanon’s banking sector could collapse completely

The central bank governor was yesterday charged with corruption, and the assets of more banks were frozen

Lebanon
  • Mar 17, 2022
  • 2 min read

Lebanese banking sector could collapse completely

Fransabank, one of Lebanon’s largest banks, was forced to close its doors yesterday by judicial order

Lebanon
  • Mar 15, 2022
  • 2 min read

Resetting Iranian-Saudi relations is postponed

Tehran has suspended talks with Riyadh following the execution of 41 Shia Saudis by Saudi Arabia

Iran
  • Mar 8, 2022
  • 2 min read

Price rises in the Middle East could fuel more unrest

Bakeries in the south of Lebanon closed yesterday as wheat shortages hit

Middle East
  • Mar 3, 2022
  • 2 min read

Politics will delay Lebanese central audit bank audit

A US Treasury team issued an unusually strongly critical statement about abuses of the banking system by the elite

Lebanon