Moyen-Orient: Guerre ouverte entre services: nouvel assassinat à Beyrouth Read More »
The role of the media in monitoring the government’s work and performance is inestimable. This also applies to the oil and gas sector. The vibrant Lebanese media, hesitant at first, is becoming more and more daring in its coverage of …
Lebanon: Encouraging Public Debate on Oil & Gas Read More »
Lebanon – The Oil & Gas Sector: A Discussion with Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy Amos Hochstein
Despite obstacles, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy Amos Hochstein is keeping the momentum and pursuing his efforts to find a solution …
Lebanon: The Oil & Gas Week, November 25, 2013 Read More »
Les deux auteurs de l’attentat-suicide contre l’Ambassade d’Iran à Beyrouth projetaient d’assassiner l’Ambassadeur Ghadanfar Roqon Abadi (la reconstitution de l’opération montre que les planificateurs de l’attentat pensaient être capables de provoquer l’effondrement de l’ensemble du bâtiment). Ce dernier, qui devait …
Moyen-Orient: Solidarité occidentale avec l’Iran contre al-Qaëda. Read More »
Lebanon – Maritime border dispute
The maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel was the subject of increased attention since the publication of an article in the Israeli business magazine Globes on 29/10 claiming that Israel rejected a US compromise, …
Lebanon: The Oil & Gas Week, November 11, 2013 Read More »
Lebanon – Local politics:
The political debate around oil and gas seems to have subsided a little, owing less to a convergence in points of view than to a receding number of public declarations.
The major point of contention, related …
Lebanon: The Oil & Gas Week, October 28, 2013 Read More »
Cette année, 2013, on commémore le trentenaire de l’attentat contre les soldats français qui a fait, ce 23/10/1983, 58 morts parmi les militaires des 1er et 9e régiments de chasseurs parachutistes de Pau et Toulouse basés non loin de l’Ambassade …
Moyen-Orient – France: Drakkar 1983-2013: un devoir de reconnaissance Read More »
لبنان: هجرة السوريين الى لبنان: خطر الاقتصاد الموازي Read More »
The past three weeks oil and gas have been the focus of chaotic political discussions fueled by a number of events, including developments related to the maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel, and the postponement of the first licensing …
Lebanon: The Oil & Gas Week, October 14, 2013 Read More »
In a statement released on 04/10, caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil extended the deadline for submitting bids in the country’s first licensing round for offshore oil and gas exploration for a second time, from December 10, 2013 to January 10, …
FLASH: Lebanon: Lack of political will delays oil and gas tender Read More »
L’image de la France auprès de la classe dirigeante libanaise est, aujourd’hui, particulièrement floue. La France, partenaire engagé et très présent, ne fait plus l’unanimité auprès des Libanais. Nostalgie et francophonie à part, il y a, parmi les Libanais, ceux …
Liban: Gaz offshore: Quid de la présence française? Read More »
Après une série d’attentats perpétrés contre les débits d’alcools à travers le Liban, dans l’ensemble des régions sous domination islamique radicale, sunnite soit-elle (Saïda, Majdel Anjar) ou chiite (Tyr, Nabatiyeh), un autre fait divers survenu au soir du 30/09, à …
Liban: Le vin, un indicateur objectif des libertés Read More »