by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 26, 2010 | Regional News
A report earlier this month has shown that property sales in Jordan are on the rise thanks to its neighbors: The total value of property deals in Jordan rose 18 percent in the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year as lower prices pushed up...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 30, 2010 | Regional News
The UAE Foreign Ministry has released for the first time, their Foreign Aid report for 2009 covering the donations they made during that year. In total, the Emirates (government and NGOs) gave AED 8.93 billion (US$ 2.43 billion) to 92 countries across the world....
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 15, 2010 | Environment, Regional News
After satisfying our need to pollute our land, sea and air with waste, we’ve apparently started to use Iraq as a new dumping ground according to one Iraqi who has been contracted by the US Army there to dispose of their waste: An Iraqi who runs a company that...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 31, 2010 | Regional News
Deutsche Press is reporting that the head of the Lebanese mission to the ‘Freedom Flotilla’ Hani Suleiman, was wounded in the Israeli attack on the ship. PM Hariri has responded by describing Israel’s action as “crazy”. Here in the UAE,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 21, 2010 | Regional News
Not that I’m keeping my hopes that this would actually last, but it is refreshing to see Turkey moving away from Europe and turning to the Middle East: Last month, Erdogan received Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in a groundbreaking visit to Turkey,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 15, 2009 | Regional News
This issue regularly pops up now and then with Lebanon’s neighbors believing that the solution to the country’s problems involves handing it over to Israel or Syria. Take for instance the editorial by Turki Al-Sudairi, the editor-in-chief of the Saudi...
