History is being written as we speak. Since Syrian rebels entered Damascus unopposed in December 2024, toppling President ...

Paul Tourret heads the High Institute of Maritime Economy (ISEMAR) in Saint-Nazaire (France). For ByTheEast, he looks back on China's investments in the region, and on the transformation of ...

According to records from Lebanon's Public Health Ministry, there are upwards of 2,524 confirmed cases of Cholera, a bacterial illness which spreads through contaminated... Lebanon knows the drill: ...

What does Ahmed Hussein al-Charaa (previously known as Abou Mohammed al-Joulani) want from Lebanon? A shadow hangs over Lebanon as the political situation in... Lebanon's electricity grid, managed by ...

Agriculture in Ukraine has come of age and has regained some of its former status. Once again, this Central European country has emerged as the granary of the continent. Europe's 3rd largest ...

Lebanon has been in the midst of a severe economic crisis since 2019. With soaring inflation rates, job losses, and a significant drop in GDP, the country's financial state is dire. Despite the IMF's ...

The glamorous rate of the Lebanese Pound, artificially indexed to the US dollar for so many years, is history now. In recent months, the pressure on Lebanon’s economy is seeing a pile-up. Not only ...

ENERGY ELECTRICITY BY REGION MENA & GCC Lebanon: Why blackouts are inevitable Lebanon has been grappling with a severe electricity crisis for over a decade, marked by chronic power shortages and ...

Amnesty International’s Middle East research director Lynn Maalouf answers ByTheEast’s questions about human rights in Lebanon: violations of different kinds, death penalty, torture, women’s rights, ...

Waste management plant in Lebanon receives officials at its site. An official delegation of Lebanon visited a “waste sorting plant” which is located in the southern Lebanon. During the visit, the ...

If Erdoğan loses on May 14, what could happen in the Middle East ASIA Cherine Husseini (Turkey) -May 3, 2023 ...

Egypt's new capital is not a mirage in the desert anymore. But still. It's far from being completed. Forging new capitals from scratch ain't a new phenomenon: countries are used to build new cities ...