Salim Hoss, his face filled with a look of rejection, conceded defeat even before the final election results were in. A five-time head of government, Hoss was the first Lebanese …
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The dank and narrow hallway outside the office of Ayman Oueidat, Mount Lebanon’s chief bankruptcy judge, is almost always cluttered with visitors, some of whom wait in line for more …
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A year and a half ago, Lebanon’s contractors were locked in a rough-and-tumble wrestling match with the government over roughly $400 million worth of unpaid bills for public sector construction …
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It seems everyone is talking about a peacedividend these days. Despite their ratherlukewarm first encounter and the subsequentIsraeli raids on Lebanon, there is littledoubt that the chances of Israel, Syria …
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Remember all the glowing clichés you’ve heard aboutLebanon? A bastion of capitalism within a sea of controlledeconomies, a regional hub, the Switzerland of the MiddleEast. With relatively low tax rates …