This working paper explores the contemporary politics of social assistance (and social protection more broadly) in Lebanon, filling multiple gaps in existing academic and policy literature on ...

This brief examines the politics of social protection amid ongoing financial crisis in Lebanon. It finds that Lebanon’s political settlement remains characterised by sectarian-clientelism and ...

The economic and geopolitical pressure on Iran is set to increase in 2025, with renewed U.S. sanctions, nuclear tensions, and ...

By bne Gulf bureau Lebanon's acting central bank governor Wassim Mansouri has outlined plans to resolve the country's long-running depositors' crisis, telling Al-Eqtisadiah on February 4 that a ...

Lebanon's people and health-care system have yet again endured devastating attacks as the war on Gaza extended into Lebanon. Since October, 2023, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have resulted in more than ...

The regime set up by Hafez al-Assad after the coup d'état of November 13, 1970, had only one objective: Its own continuity, ...

A Russian economic meltdown would send shockwaves through MENA, disrupting food security, energy markets, regional conflicts, and investment strategies. While some nations may see short-term ...

President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is being met ...

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor was previously optimistic that a new government could chart a fresh course for Lebanon, but earlier ...

Now Hezbollah is also at risk of losing the support of Lebanese Shiites, who make up its domestic base. As is usually the ...

Qatar's prime minister said on Tuesday that his country would support Lebanese institutions and work on mutual projects after ...

U.S. House Representatives Darin LaHood and Darrell Issa, Republicans who co-chair the U.S.-Lebanon Friendship Caucus, wrote to Trump this week to ask him to consider that financial and ...