The exploitation of gas off the Gaza Strip could bring $4 billion to Palestine per year. Here lies one of the reason of the ...

Asmahan Zein is a busy and inspiring woman. President of the Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB), General Manager of InfoFort and member of the American Chamber of Commerce among others, ...

HEADLINES Rebuilding Syria: Who is counting on sharing out the cake? History is being written as we speak. Since Syrian rebels entered Damascus unopposed in December 2024, toppling President Bashar al ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UAE is positioned uniquely for riding the wave of ecotourism. The UAE ecotourism drive attempts to underscore the region’s “tourism potential” in its ‘natural wonders’. The “Ministry of Climate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Africa is a catalyst for the ‘waste-to-energy’ market sector’s growth on a global platform. People in front of twig shelters in Kenya (Photo by Anes Sabitovic on Unsplash) Energy hunger presides over ...

In a first of its kind in the Middle East, the UAE is set to host a nuclear power plant in the region. The 5,600MW Barakah nuclear power plant (NPP), located around 53km from the city of Ruwais, is a ...