Take Jordan (or Lebanon) as an example: Both have a broken economic model. One, (Lebanon), has had its huge deficits financed by expatriate remittances; and
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Hour of Reckoning Looms for Lebanon as Violent Anti-Government Protests Hit Beirut
As smoke rises over Lebanon’s capital Beirut, scenes of utter chaos stand in sharp contrast to protesters’ once-peaceful calls for reforms. With the Lebanese all
Mass Protests Escalate in Iraq and Lebanon
Iraq and Lebanon have been rocked once again by mass protests and violent repression under conditions in which discredited caretaker governments in both countries have
I Never Saw a World So Fragmented!
It is amazing how easily, without resistance, the Western empire is managing to destroy “rebellious” countries that are standing in its way. I work in
Lebanon: The Background to the Banking Crisis of the Century
The Central Bank of Lebanon has again authorized private banks to freely deliver Lebanese pounds, but still no dollars. This exchange control is illegal in
Does Israel Believe a War with the Axis of the Resistance Will Be Just a Walkover?
“There is no alternative to war. One day it will be war on a large scale”. This is what one of the decision-makers within the
What have the US and Protestors in Lebanon Achieved over Iran and Its Allies?
For several weeks now, much of the Lebanese population has turned on the country’s traditional political leaders and wrought havoc on the corrupt domestic political
The Agony of French Foreign Policy
The « Arab Spring » as seen from Paris The foreign policies of France, once guided by the strategic vision of Charles de Gaulle, progressively
