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

The war in Ukraine is significantly affecting global energy and food prices. EU and Europe as a whole, face strong economic headwinds with some countries trying to derive economic benefits from ...

Fourteen years of brutal civil war, compounded by the devastating February 2023 earthquake, have left Syria’s infrastructure in tatters, presenting a monumental challenge for... Israeli bombs 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 ...

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 ...

Is the recovery for Lebanese electricity sector ailing for thirty years, finally in sight? Lebanese parliament is now ready to sanction a new plan for the sector as the majority have shown their ...

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 ...

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 ...

HEADLINES USAID Shutdown: What it means for Lebanon The Trump administration's decision to close USAID programs has had the effect of a diplomatic bomb. What will the repercussions be for Lebanon?

Beekeepers in Yemen face twin risks: if they are not struck down from the air by air strikes, they have to carefully navigate the ground as they traverse through the country’s valleys crisscrossing ...