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Syria harvest boom brings hope as hunger spikes

Watching a combine harvester grind through his golden wheat, farmer Yahya Mahmoud is relieved the yield looks good this year, even as a tanking economy leaves millions hungry across war-torn Syria. Before the war erupted in 2011, Syria produced enough wheat to feed its entire population but...

Lebanese major retailers to shut down amid economic crisis

Major retailers in Lebanon announced Thursday they will temporarily shut down in the face of an increasingly volatile currency market and their inability to set prices while the Lebanese pound plunges against the dollar. Later in the day, owners of the businesses rallied in central Beirut...

Sisi’s plan to arm Libyan tribes in Egypt to backfire

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's scathing remarks on the situation in Libya have added a new dimension to the ongoing crisis. Last month, Sisi said that Libya's Sirte and al-Jufra airbases were a "red line" and he would arm Libyan tribes in his country to fight in the ranks of East...