Informal dollarization of Lebanon’s economy curtails recovery: World Bank

Prices have skyrocketed in Lebanon as the local currency has shed nearly all of its value, in a situation largely ignored by financial elites and the political class

Philippines bans recruitment of workers to Kuwait

Manila is not yet imposing a total deployment ban in consideration of other overseas Filipinos who had worked for years in Kuwait

Lebanese migrants responsible for over half of Lebanon’s GDP

Lebanon has become the most remittance-dependent country in the world thanks to decades of systemic corruption and mismanagement in the financial sector

US to end humanitarian relief to Afghanistan under new law

Under the new NDAA bill, the US Department of Defense cannot use its assets to transfer any goods to Afghanistan, putting the country at extreme risk of famine

Ukraine war triggers food security crisis in Arab world and beyond

Russia and Ukraine supply most of West Asia and North Africa’s wheat, which is the integral ingredient in the region’s most critical food staple

The Kalashnikov has not yet found its way into the West Bank

West Bank Palestinian resistance fighters are back in the spotlight as clashes with occupation forces intensify. But how organized is the fight, where do they get their weapons, and are there sleeper cells waiting for a spark to light?