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    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
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      Displaced Syrians voice anger as bombed-out town doubles as film set

      Chinese action movie shot in ruins of Hajar al-Aswad upsets one-time inhabitants unable to return

    • Friday, 29 July, 2022
      News in-depthIraq
      Iraq paralysed by government stand-off as Moqtada al-Sadr unleashes protest

      Government dysfunction means Opec’s second-largest oil producer is failing to benefit from high crude prices

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      News
      Iraq accuses Turkey of killing eight in Kurdistan resort artillery attack

      Ankara denies carrying out strike in which more than 20 people were injured

    • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
      Israel
      Israel shoots down Hizbollah drones heading for gasfield

      Militant group says unarmed aircraft were on reconnaissance mission as tension mounts in maritime border dispute

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      Lebanon
      Lebanese lenders claim IMF plan to seize assets breaks the law

      Proposal to seize assets labelled unlawful and unconstitutional

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      EU energy
      EU looks to Israel as it battles Russian energy ‘blackmail’

      Commission president Von der Leyen discusses co-operation over offshore gas infrastructure

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
      Iraq
      Iraq bans citizens from interactions with Israel

      New law puts Baghdad at odds with Gulf nations building closer ties with Jewish state

    • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
      Turkey
      How Kurdish group became security flashpoint for Erdoğan and the west

      Turkey’s antipathy to YPG threatens fight against Isis in Syria and plans for Nato expansion

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      Lebanon
      Lebanon’s independents disrupt political order

      Success of newcomers in election signals shift in a country long dominated by entrenched elites

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Lebanon
      Lebanon’s Hizbollah and allies lose majority in election

      Blow to country’s most formidable political and military force as independents make gains

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
      Lebanon
      UN lambasts Lebanon’s central bank for ‘human rights violations’

      Banque du Liban criticised in report for alleged role in ‘man-made crisis’ that pushed population into poverty

    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
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      Patronage and threats favour Lebanon’s Hizbollah in key election

      Absence of an alternative means Iran-backed group set to dominate in upcoming vote, say experts

    • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
      Lebanon
      Lebanon reaches preliminary $3bn deal with IMF

      Agreement marks first big step in tackling crippling economic crisis but full approval depends on reform package

    • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
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      Lebanon’s veteran central bank chief charged with money laundering

      Riad Salameh and his brother alleged to have used several companies they own to embezzle public funds

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