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1 – 7 of 7The economy faces chronic problems of low growth, joblessness and declining living standards, resulting in periodic protests. Its heavy dependence on foreign aid, especially from…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280803
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LEBANON: Politicians may externalise mounting crisis
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES258751
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SYRIA: New US sanctions herald poverty, not transition
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES253378
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This comes after Iraq on October 1-6 witnessed its most violent popular protests since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. The protests have subsided for now amid a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246989
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LEBANON: Internal divisions may block economic rescue
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES252489
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This promptly followed reports of a large explosion at a Hezbollah-linked fuel depot on a smuggling route across the Lebanon-Syria border, possibly targeted by Israeli planes.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258590
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Two-thirds of legislators in the conservative-dominated parliament today called on four of the five conservative candidates to withdraw in favour of frontrunner Ibrahim Raisi, now…