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Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh speaks during ACI Lebanon Golden Jubilee Grand Celebration, in Beirut September 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon Central Bank: Formation of New Cabinet Will Attract Foreign Aid

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 3, 2016 | Business

Lebanon’s Central Bank chief Riad Salameh said on Thursday that the election of a new president and the coming formation of a new government will increase confidence in the economy and attract foreign aid. The election of President Michel “Aoun should lead to a...

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Syrian children stand in front of a UNICEF school during a visit by European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva and Italy’s Foreign Minister Emma Bonino at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria June 25, 2013. (Reuters/Muhammad Hamed)

Syria’s Deadly Bureaucracy

by James Denselow | Aug 30, 2013 | The Majalla Magazine

The latest chemical attack, which allegedly killed hundreds in Damascus, will worsen the humanitarian disaster in Syria. Last week, the UN registered the one millionth Syrian child refugee. Earlier in the month, the UN also confirmed what many already suspected—that...

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British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt speaks during a press conference in Baghdad on February 12, 2013. (AFP)

Alistair Burt Discusses Friends of Yemen Conference

by Mohammed Jumeh | Mar 11, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen is fast approaching a pivotal juncture. On the one hand, the country represents one of the more successful cases to emerge from the Arab Spring: Demonstrations first broke out in early 2011 and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh...

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Palestinians hold placards bearing anti- US and USAID slogans during a protest against US policies in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 10, 2011. Source: ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images

Strings Attached

by Stephen Glain | Feb 21, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

In spring 2002, with the Second Intifada entering its second year, I was in Damascus drinking tea with a friend in his shop near the Umayyad Mosque. We were watching a televised broadcast of Israel’s assault on the West Bank, which it was reoccupying. When I asked my...