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Eco-theology has the potential to reshape environmental protection in the Middle East.
Lebanon is hurtling toward a tipping point at an alarming speed, driven by financial ruin, collapsing institutions, hyperinflation and rapidly rising poverty - with a pandemic on top of that.
To fix Arab societies, just listen to Arab citizens
Comment: International actors like the UN who want to help should listen more earnestly to what Arab men, women, and desperate youth have been saying for decades, writes Rami Khouri.
Saudi Arabia posts $29 billion losses for second quarter
The kingdom has recorded big losses for the second quarter of 2020.
Lebanon's alliance with the US has run its course
Comment: Unless the US takes serious steps to repair the relationship, there will be few incentives left for the Lebanese to keep the alliance ...
Lebanese party leader blames Hezbollah, allies for crisis
Samir Geagea warned the alliance between of Hezbollah and Aoun's party had "brought Lebanon to where it is".
Oligarchs crashed the economy, Lebanese are paying the price
Comment: Lebanon's oligarchs have avoided taking necessary action, sabotaged IMF negotiations, and are now seeking an impossible ...
Struggling Lebanon records rising suicide cases
A 26-year-old in Lebanon became the fifth person to commit suicide in the economy-stricken country.
Lebanese official confirmed positive Covid-19 during French FM meeting
The head of the Lebanese foreign minister's office was shocked to receive untimely news of a positive Covid-19 result during a meeting with the ...
France pledges $17 million to Lebanon's struggling schools
The French assistance will go to a network of over 50 French and Francophone schools, it has been reported.
Lebanon's economic collapse could threaten Israel's security: Israeli general
Israeli commander Amir Baram said the crisis in Lebanon could impact Israel.
Sudan protest movement rejects government plans to cut subsidies
Leaders of Sudan's protest movement rejected the government's economic reform plan.
IMF is way out of Lebanon crisis, says France
The International Monetary Fund may be the only way out of Lebanon's financial crisis, France advised.
French FM scolds 'passive' Lebanon leadership
Jean-Yves Le Drian, on the first such visit of a top foreign politician in months, made no secret of his exasperation with Lebanon's leadership.
Sudan's premier appoints civilians as provincial governors
The appointment of the governors forms part of a power-sharing agreement, singed last August between the military and protesters.
Lebanon: Adrift in stormy seas
Comment: With its currency in free-fall, half the population plunged into poverty, and IMF talks in disarray, Lebanon appears to be lurching towards a chaotic collapse, writes Jim Muir.
Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit
New York-based Alvarez & Marsal will conduct a forensic audit of the Lebanese central bank's accounts.
Lebanon judge orders seizure of central bank governor's assets
A Lebanese judge ordered the seizure of the central bank governor's assets and properties as the country grapples with a deepening financial ...
US 'pressuring Arab states to shun Beirut': Lebanese minister
Amid a worsening economic crisis, Lebanon's government is struggling to find support among its Arab allies.
US State Department declares ex-Egyptian PM immune from prosecution
Rights groups argue the US has been blackmailed by Cairo to dismiss a lawsuit against Egypt's former interim prime minister.
No investors for Lebanon's ailing power sector, says minister
Lebanon's financial crisis is making it increasingly difficult to attract investors for its suffering electricity sector, according to the ...
Lebanon looks to China to help in economic crisis
Lebanon's deepening economic crisis has the country seeking help in the Far East.
Back to square one, as the JCPOA turns five
Comment: Trump's unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal has done huge damage to the prospect of any similar future agreement. It's vital we ...
Lebanon 'must probe' $6 billion of foreign bank transfers
The request came after the former director general of Lebanon's finance ministry, Alain Bifani, alleged that local banks 'smuggled' close to $6 ...
Lebanon's cash-strapped government is looking for fuel supplies.
Lebanese are suffering unprecedented economic meltdown since the civil war.
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