Israeli Government Optimistic About Prisoner Exchange Deal with Hamas: Report

Israeli Government Optimistic About Prisoner Exchange Deal with Hamas: Report

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that the Israeli leadership received “optimistic messages” about the possibility of reaching a prisoner exchange deal in the near future. The Israeli government decided to exhaust the pressure exerted on Hamas, in an attempt to push it to agree to an exchange deal under a temporary ceasefire agreement in the … Read more

OPEC+ Alliance Decisions and Global Events Drive Oil Prices to $83.55: Weekly Market Update

OPEC+ Alliance Decisions and Global Events Drive Oil Prices to $83.55: Weekly Market Update

At the end of this week’s trading yesterday evening, Friday, Brent crude futures contracts (for delivery next May) recorded a weekly increase of 2.4% compared to late last week, to reach the limits of 83.55 US dollars. US Texas Intermediate crude futures also recorded a similar increase of 4.5%, reaching about 79.97 US dollars. These … Read more

Antoine Multaqa: A Tribute to a Lebanese Theater Legend

Antoine Multaqa: A Tribute to a Lebanese Theater Legend

Perhaps he carried this huge loss until his last moment, and confided his grief to his companion, Latifa Multaqa. That multi-functional and multi-dimensional theater was a dream that tickled the ambition of Antoine and Latifa ever since they were concerned about the stage and the laboratory. This was at the height of the Lebanese theatre’s … Read more

Retirees’ Demands: A Day of Anger and Hope

Retirees’ Demands: A Day of Anger and Hope

Since the early hours of the morning, the vicinity of the Government Palace witnessed the influx of numbers of demonstrators, who besieged its entrances and exits. This came in response to calls from associations of military retirees to mobilize and impose popular pressure on the resigned government, and to demand effective solutions to their living … Read more

Tensions Between Hezbollah and Israel Raise Concerns of Escalation in Lebanon: International Leaders Weigh In and Israeli Defense Forces Raise Readiness on Northern Front

Tensions Between Hezbollah and Israel Raise Concerns of Escalation in Lebanon: International Leaders Weigh In and Israeli Defense Forces Raise Readiness on Northern Front

International positions continue to warn of the possibility of a further escalation of the situation on Lebanon’s southern front between Hezbollah and Israel. On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that “any Israeli attack on Rafah will cause an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, and may constitute a turning point in … Read more

Saad Hariri Urges Establishment of Council of Elders and Discusses Lebanon’s Political Future

Saad Hariri Urges Establishment of Council of Elders and Discusses Lebanon’s Political Future

Saad Hariri speaks, insisting on describing himself as “out of the scene.” He considers that the picture from a distance is better, and the observer can give his opinion better, especially since Lebanon cannot remain in this situation. He insists on the phrase, “Everything is good in its time.” Council of Elders?He considers that suspending … Read more

Crisis in Lebanon: Bank Deposits Disappear and Corruption Charges Arise

Crisis in Lebanon: Bank Deposits Disappear and Corruption Charges Arise

Since the beginning of the financial crisis in Lebanon, commercial banks have attacked depositors, deposits have been stolen and disappeared, and the capital has exploded with its people. The former Governor of the Bank of Lebanon, Riad Salameh, has become persecuted, locally and internationally, on charges of corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, and theft of public … Read more

Impact of Red Sea Disturbances on Global Oil Supply Chains: 47% Decline in Middle East to Europe Oil Shipments

Impact of Red Sea Disturbances on Global Oil Supply Chains: 47% Decline in Middle East to Europe Oil Shipments

Kpler platform data indicated that the quantities of oil heading from the Middle East to Europe declined to 570,000 barrels per day during the month of December, down from 1.07 million barrels per day in October. Thus, energy markets have lost approximately 47% of crude oil supplies, a clear indication of the impact of the … Read more

Hezbollah’s Response in Lebanon and Israel: Latest Updates and Confrontations

Hezbollah’s Response in Lebanon and Israel: Latest Updates and Confrontations

First: Response to the assassination of the martyrs Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri, Samir Fandi, and their brothers in Beirut.Second: A message to the Zionist enemy to stop its criminal war on Palestine and Lebanon before its fire engulfs the region and the entire world.Third: A message to our people in Gaza and the Al-Qassam Brigades: “Blood … Read more