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

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

BY REGION MENA & GCC SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Lebanese mountains are threatened by excessive quarrying The mountains of Lebanon which trembled after the death of Humbaba, seems to be ...

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 ...

Acting as the executive director at the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) since June 2019, Nadim Houry brings up the many challenges Arab World countries – and more particularly Lebanon – are facing ...

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

In November 2018, the Consumer Protection Directorate of Lebanon has issued a warning informing about the presence of a “carcinogenic substance” in the “kabis” (Lebanese pickles) prepared with turnip.

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 ...