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Business / Middle East Business

Lebanon’s debt clock ticks as 2020 budget passes with 6% deficit 27 Jan 2020 - 05:32 pm
Lebanese members of parliament attend a parliament session in downtown Beirut, Lebanon January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Lebanon seeking $4bln-$5bln in loans for wheat, fuel, medicine: Minister 23 Jan 2020 - 10:46 am
Ministger of Finance Ghazi Wazni arrives for the inaugural cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda east of capital Beirut on January 22, 2020. / AFP
Assassination elevates Soleimani as icon of resistance 08 Jan 2020 - 05:43 pm
An Iranian, wearing a t-shirt with a picture of slain commander Qasem Soleimani, takes part in a demonstration in Tehran on January 3, 2020. AFP / Atta Kenare
Some Lebanon banks close over angry clients' demands 04 Jan 2020 - 06:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: A money exchange vendor displays Lebanese pound banknotes at his shop in Beirut, Lebanon, August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Lebanese protesters turn their ire on banks 28 Dec 2019 - 06:04 pm
Lebanese protesters occupy a branch of BLC Bank in Beirut on December 28, 2019 in protest against nationwide imposed restrictions on dollar withdrawals and transfers abroad in an attempt to conserve dwindling foreign currency reserves.   AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Turkey unveils national electric car prototypes 27 Dec 2019 - 06:18 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan unveils theÊdomestic electric car project in Gebze, Turkey, December 27, 2019. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters
Lebanese help each other as economic crisis crushes lives 25 Dec 2019 - 09:19 am
A Lebanese anti-corruption protester, his forehead wrapped with the national flag, poses in front of the Grand Serail (government building) during a protest in downtown Beirut on December 22, 2019.  AFP / PATRICK BAZ
Tunisia grapples with post-revolution economic slide 05 Dec 2019 - 03:58 pm
A Tunisair sign is seen at their headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia, March 2, 2018. Reuters / Zoubeir Souissi
Syrian pound hits record low in panic selling, dealers say 02 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
File photo : A cashier hands Syrian pounds to a customer inside a sweets shop in Damascus, Syria May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Lebanon business group urges general strike to push for end to crisis 25 Nov 2019 - 06:30 pm
A man repairs a bike wheel at a bicycle shop in Beirut, Lebanon, August 30, 2017. Reuters / Mohamed Azakir
Lebanese banks to reopen as withdrawal limits made official 18 Nov 2019 - 05:18 pm
Two women walk past a closed bank office in Beirut, Lebanon November 15, 2019. Reuters/Andres Martinez Casares
Lebanese tycoon pulls candidacy for premier as S&P raises alarm 17 Nov 2019 - 04:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Mohammad Safadi. REUTERS/Cynthia Karam/File Photo
In major reshuffle, Jordan PM moves to push IMF-led economic reforms 07 Nov 2019 - 07:30 pm
Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz speaks to the media during a news conference in Amman, Jordan April 9, 2019. Reuters/Muhammad Hamed
Lebanese banks worry capital increase deadline is too tight 06 Nov 2019 - 08:24 pm
The closed entrance of the Association of Banks in Lebanon in downtown Beirut, October 25, 2019. Reuters / Alkis Konstantinidis
Lebanese banks to secure salaries, remain closed Tuesday 28 Oct 2019 - 02:07 pm
A demonstrator carries a Lebanese national flag during ongoing anti-government protests in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Turkish lira steady ahead of interest rate decision 24 Oct 2019 - 11:13 am
FILE PHOTO: Posters of U.S. dollar and Turkish lira are seen on a currency exchange shop in the city of Azaz, Syria August 18, 2018. Picture taken August 18, 2018. REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi
Protests in Lebanon's capital over worsening economic crisis 29 Sep 2019 - 05:02 pm
Lebanese protesters clash with riot policemen as they try to break through security barriers in front of the cabinet office during a demonstration in central Beirut's Martyr Square on September 29, 2019. AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Turkey shrugs off Thomas Cook collapse amid booming investment 27 Sep 2019 - 08:02 pm
People take selfies as they pose next to the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge on August 26, 2016, in Istanbul during the inauguration of the bridge. AFP