The border between Israel and Egypt was closed on Sunday due to the coronavirus outbreak.  According to the country's Public Broadcasting Corporation, Israel shut its land border with Egypt at 5.00 p.m. local time (1500GMT).  On Friday, Israel closed its borders with Syria and...

Negotiations to restructure Lebanon’s foreign currency debt should not last more than nine months if well-intentioned, the economy minister was quoted as saying, after the heavily indebted state said it could not meet its debt repayments. Lebanon is set to default on its sovereign debt...

Saudi Arabia has asked people who have traveled to Lebanon, Egypt, Italy or South Korea to self-quarantine for two weeks from the day of their arrival in the Kingdom, Saudi state media quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday. It asked people who had visited any of the four...

LONDON (Reuters) - Lebanon’s banks are ready to talk with the country’s foreign creditors as the government seeks to restructure its debt, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday. Houlihan Lokey has been appointed financial adviser by the Association of Banks in Lebanon...