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After a month since it was accused of receiving chemical weapons from Assad, Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has in a televised interview refuted the claims as bogus because of the repercussions it will have on Lebanon. Israeli intelligence said Read more
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of Iran’s parliament foreign policy committee, has claimed that Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour was right when he said that the desire of the United States to attack Syria has a hidden agenda against the region. Read more
HSBC Holdings, Europe’s biggest bank, is winding up some of its activities in certain countries found in the Middle East and North Africa. The bank is also limiting its activities in certain areas because it wants to boost its profitability. Read more
Lebanese officials are unhappy with the trespassing of an elite group of Israeli soldiers into its territory on foot. Beirut has decided to lodge a complaint at the United Nations Security Council accusing Israel of “blatant violation of Lebanese sovereignty Read more
Following the EU’s decision to brand Hezbollah as a terrorist group, the head of the group’s international relations, Ammar Moussawi, held a closed door meeting with the EU’s ambassador, Angelina Eichhorst, in Lebanon to discuss the issue. Hezbollah has not Read more
According to experts in aviation, travel and tourism sectors, attending the Aviation and Media Summit 2013 in Oman, the increase in the number of tourists visiting the Middle East is expected to maintain the blossoming of its aviation industry. The Read more
The White House has stated that Syria has finally crossed the “red line”, thereby obliging it to increase the “scale and scope” of its support to the opposition forces. The US government claims that nerve agent Sarin gas has been Read more
A report published by Economist Intelligence Unit has stated that Dubai is expected to become MENA’s most competitive city by 2025 and 23rd globally. The Hot Spots 2025: Benchmarking the Future Competitiveness of Cities report, commissioned by Citi, claims that Read more
Gasoil re-exporting to Syria from Lebanon is undergoing a major setback with only one dealer remaining in the business, conducted under a dangerous atmosphere and also being discouraged by bank policies. Lebanon’s trade deficit confirmed the trend. Interestingly, the quantities Read more
The civil war in Syria has affected many of its neighboring countries amongst them the one that is menacing to fall into chaos as well is Lebanon that lost its government when Prime Mnister Najib Mikati announced that the cabinet Read more