By The East

15/12/2023

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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/giveHuman Rights Watch and Amnesty International are calling for Israel to be officially investigated for committi...

17/10/2022

Was it a true historic moment? Future will tell after, after Israel and Lebanon having concluded a “historic agreement” over a shared maritime border following month of US led negotiations. The landmark agreement, with years in the making, not only marks a breakthrough in bilateral relations, bu...

08/09/2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has reshuffled the cards of the alliances on the global energy market. Moscow and Riyadh are now playing a dangerous game on the long run. But let’s take a look in the mirror to understand how we got here. A background to the New Oil Order In December 2018, during [...

08/09/2022

What we can learn from the Lebanese crisis

🗣 Today, I'm going to show you what's going on in Lebanon and you'll see how what's happening there, supports the need for you to create security in every s...

30/06/2022

"Dickwaving contest" Well said!

Looking on their works I can't help but despair.Check out my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adamsomethingJoin my Discord: https://discord.gg/2YcarWsc8SSeco...

06/06/2022

No Comment unfortunately.

Undermined by the corruption of its leaders, the country is going through one of the worst economic crises in its history. Since the collapse of the banking ...

18/02/2022

If Russia were to launch any offensive against Ukraine, its ripples will be felt not only in Europe but also as far away as in the Middle East and North Africa, where its effects are likely to be particularly profound.

Midst ongoing diplomatic efforts to avert what the United States and its allies say is a potential invasion of Ukraine by Russia, let us take a look at the background of the conflict and peek into what could happen in case of a war, the role played by LNG, and its impact on the energy […]

10/12/2021

The role of foreign powers in Lebanon.

As Lebanon’s financial and economic crisis worsens, state institutions are deteriorating. This has led outside powers to mediate in or seek to influence Leba...

01/12/2021

Failed country, mad business.

As Lebanon is falling apart, so are its people. It's a perfect scenario for criminal gangs. Off the Grid meets the people who are resorting to crime to survi...

02/11/2021

Lebanon going crypto.

More than a year after a deadly explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon is facing one of the worst economic crises seen in centuries. To deal with the impac...

14/10/2021

The economic crisis in Lebanon has been deepened by an energy crisis following the drying up of imported fuel into the country. This energy crisis has made life in Lebanon acutely difficult as it has wider ramifications in the ongoing wider financial crisis which has seen the Lebanese pound deprecia...

22/09/2021

If you want to know more about the Nile Dam issue.

Dr. Daher Rashed: A barrier of peace: Egyptian water policy challenges and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

20/09/2021

"This time, it was OK, thanks God"

Doctors struggle to keep up with demand for medication in cancer wards across Beirut as Lebanon's economic consequences continues to worsen.The World Health ...

08/09/2021

Syria is back in business. History repeats itself.

Syria began helping Lebanon, Israel is very angry. Syria has agreed to help crisis-hit Lebanon by allowing gas and electricity transit through its territory,...

03/09/2021

Who will get Afghanistan's real treasure?

Afghanistan by itself is a true spoil of war. Ever since Soviet geologists mapped Afghanistan’s crags and valleys for minerals and raw materials, which according to estimates are worth trillions of dollars, local warlords and foreign powers have plundered these deposits to their benefits. Terroris...

01/09/2021

Crisis after crisis.

Lebanon’s crippling financial crisis is having a disastrous effect on the country’s hospitals. With the current drastic fuel shortage, the glaring exodus of ...

02/08/2021

If you want to know more about the August 2020 Beirut blast.

A year on since one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history, Beirut continues to search for answers.Families of the victims of the explosion at the port...

28/07/2021

Failed state.

As Lebanon grapples with a deepening economic crisis, fuel, medicine and food are becoming increasingly scarce. Why and what’s happening? Please subscribe HE...

19/07/2021

In the event Khartoum agrees to respect its non-binding agreement and agrees to host a naval base, its importance is likely to be diminished since it may no longer serve as Moscow’s gateway to Ethiopia.

Things may change between Sudan and Russia. Or not. During a visit to Moscow, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi had said, lawmakers from his country would consider an agreement brokered by Sudan’s former president Omar al-Bashir to establish a Russian naval base in the country. Background ...

09/04/2021

"The lack of raw materials can be seen as a weakness of the EU. But with this mine, there is a huge potential ." Michael Wurmser about the Bjerkreim Intrusion in Norway

ByTheEast: How did you come to work in Norway? Michael Wurmser: I was already in the commodity business when I was involved in Norway through friends. We had business interests in Mongolia including in coal, bitumen, and rare earth elements, Oil and Gas projects in the Middle East as well as in the....

30/03/2021

"My Lebanese friends understand what it means to lose everything"

“I remember what happened in Argentina in 2011”, says Flora, an Argentinian citizen living in Beirut since 2013. “Now, my Lebanese friends understand what it means to lose everything, to see prices being through the roof. Currency control is a lure. The shadow market always prevails.” As in ...

26/02/2021

Are they never ashamed?

Lebanon was criticised after politicians jumped the queue for the coronavirus vaccine, putting World Bank vaccination funding in jeopardy by breaking rules f...

25/01/2021

The pandemic in Lebanon has multiple repercussions. Hospitals are full, vaccines are not yet available and the economic crisis is getting worse by the day.

22/01/2021

People in Lebanon are divided over the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines after the Health Ministry said there won't be enough for everyone. And now it has tr...