History is being written as we speak. Since Syrian rebels entered Damascus unopposed in December 2024, toppling President Bashar al-Assad’s 13-year rule and ending six decades of his family’s ...

Paul Tourret heads the High Institute of Maritime Economy (ISEMAR) in Saint-Nazaire (France). For ByTheEast, he looks back on China's investments in the region, and on the transformation of ...

Agriculture in Ukraine has come of age and has regained some of its former status. Once again, this Central European country has emerged as the granary of the continent. Europe's 3rd largest ...

Lebanon has been in the midst of a severe economic crisis since 2019. With soaring inflation rates, job losses, and a significant drop in GDP, the country's financial state is dire. Despite the IMF's ...

Senior Operations Officer, The World Bank, Country Management Unit, Egypt, Tatiana Weber provides a detailed update on all the challenges Egypt society is facing. Pollution, education, illiteracy, ...

The glamorous rate of the Lebanese Pound, artificially indexed to the US dollar for so many years, is history now. In recent months, the pressure on Lebanon’s economy is seeing a pile-up. Not only ...

Acting as the executive director at the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) since June 2019, Nadim Houry brings up the many challenges Arab World countries – and more particularly Lebanon – are facing ...

Plastic pollution as well as garbage pollution has become an enormous source of problem not only in Lebanon but worldwide. The crisis has gained such proportions that it is chocking Lebanon as well as ...

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 ...

HEADLINES USAID Shutdown: What it means for Lebanon The Trump administration's decision to close USAID programs has had the effect of a diplomatic bomb. What will the repercussions be for Lebanon?

The emblematic modernization of the Qatari military has continued in earnest in recent years. A $5.9 billion deal with Italian ship maker Fincantieri for a new amphibious warship and a $12 billion ...