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How Lebanon’s banks can get money back to depositors

One of the biggest names in the stricken financial sector calls for 'hope' amid the crisis that has reduced millions to poverty and ruined the country's reputation. There is now a detailed plan.

Salwa Baalbaki 20, Jul 2024
Lebanon's outgoing central bank governor Riad Salameh. Reuters

Salameh gives farewell interview steeped in contradictions

Lebanon's central bank governor leaves office after three decades, leaving depositors and the fate of their life savings in the hands of a crude ruling elite

Toufic Chanbour 31, Jul 2023
The reputation of monetary and financial policymakers can shift over time. For the governor of Lebanon's central bank, his has collapsed more suddenly, along with the country's financial sector. Axel Rangel Garcia

How a central bank’s failings led to Lebanon’s financial collapse

The reputation of monetary and financial policymakers can shift over time. For the governor of Lebanon's central bank, his has collapsed more suddenly, along with the country's financial sector.

Toufic Chanbour 08, May 2023
Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh stands next to gold at the central bank in Beirut, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on November 24, 2022. Lebanon central bank/Handout via REUTERS

Lebanese Prosecutor Seeks to Question Actress in Salameh Graft Probe

A Lebanese prosecutor said on Thursday she had ordered security forces to bring in for questioning a Lebanese actress for whom central bank chief Riad Salameh was suspected of buying luxury property…

08, Dec 2022
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Frederic Hof: Israel-Syria peace is far off, but a truce is crucial

28 May 2025

The former US envoy to Damascus tells Al Majalla how to find a path to a lasting settlement and a new place in the Middle East, from his unique perspective and first-hand experience in Assad-era talks

Johaina Khaldieh
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The Israel-Houthi war achieves nothing and hurts both sides

28 May 2025

Killing Yemeni civilians further ruins Israel's global image. Meanwhile, the Houthis cannot defeat Israel militarily.

Anwar Al-Ansi
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The history of tariffs is still being written

29 May 2025

A US federal court has blocked Trump's tariffs and ruled that the president doesn't have unilateral authority to impose them, dealing a major blow to his economic policy

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Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha: Pulitzer Prize is a recognition of our story

26 May 2025

The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.

Houssam Marouf
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It’s time to build a regional climate fund

27 May 2025

As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.

Léa Eid

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