La purge, inédite dans son ampleur et ses cibles, menée au soir du 04/11 par la Commission de lutte contre la corruption, permet au Prince héritier saoudien Mohammad Ben Salman Ben Abdulaziz de neutraliser, dans sa marche vers le pouvoir …
The rumor about Lebanese officials supposedly asking Italian company, Eni, for bribes in return for an exploration license is still making the rounds. It fades and resurfaces at random.
The news was first reported in 2015 in a local newspaper …
Presidential election: Samir Geagea, first candidate to include oil & gas in electoral program
The Lebanese Parliament will convene on April 23 to elect a new President. However, no progress is expected to emerge until the last minute of President …
Parliamentary debate: oil & gas dwarfed by more pressing issues
Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s cabinet won a confidence vote in parliament on March 20, after two days of heated debate. The cabinet secured the backing of 96 MPs of the …
Edison seeking to acquire Israeli gas fields Tanin and Karish near Lebanese border?
Italian company Edison, one of the 46 companies shortlisted for Lebanon’s first licensing round (as non-operator), is reportedly negotiating a possible acquisition of two gas fields off …
Lebanon – Local politics:
Meeting constitutional deadlines is a challenging task in Lebanon, particularly in times of crisis. Less than a month before the expiration of the Parliament’s mandate in mid-June, the question of whether or not to hold the …
Middle East Strategic Perspectives is publishing a series of articles and presentations to shed light on the emerging Lebanese oil and gas sector. For our second edition, we have solicited Valérie Marcel, Associate Fellow at Chatham House, whose research projects …
Fadi Assaf.
La pression croît contre le Hezbollah, et prend de multiples formes. Plusieurs affaires de terrorisme sont attribuées à l’organisation libanaise pro-iranienne, dont l’attentat de Bourgas en Bulgarie contre des ressortissants israéliens. Des pressions diplomatiques sont exercées auprès de …
Fadi Assaf.
Au Liban, on a vu des Ambassadeurs étrangers faire preuve d’une dextérité diplomatique dans des conjonctures particulièrement critiques, d’une grande souplesse pour s’adapter à des mondanités si… libanaises, d’une réelle détermination à proposer aux Libanais des parts essentielles …
Lebanon – Corruption:
According to Transparency International’s yearly report, Lebanon, with a score of 30 points, is considered among the 50 most corrupt countries in the world, ranking 128th out of 174 countries. Corruption is widespread, particularly …
Lebanon – Cyprus – Israel:
Lebanese-Cypriot relations were given a boost this past week (3-9/12) by a series of events, after a period of somewhat uneasy relations due to a Cypriot-Israeli agreement over the delimitation of their Exclusive Economic …
Fadi Assaf.
Alors que des rumeurs de corruption circulent depuis l’annonce de la conclusion du package-deal irako-russe sur près de $4,2md d’armements, un scénario bien élaboré a permis aux médias (AFP, 10/11) d’annoncer le 10/11 « l’annulation » carrément du …