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President Aoun Meets U.S. Treasury Delegation in Baabda

This is Beirut, 09/11 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun met on Sunday evening with a delegation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury at the Baabda Palace. The delegation was led by Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council (NSC), and included John Hurley, Under Secretary for Terrorism and ...

Hezbollah’s Financing Network: Another Arsenal to Dismantle

This is Beirut, 08/11 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In an article published this week in Foreign Policy, Michael Jacobson and Matthew Levitt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy argue that urging the Lebanese Army to disarm Hezbollah is not enough; the international community must also work to dismantle the group’s financial network. Although Israeli strikes have severely damaged ...

Trump Seeks to "Bankrupt" Iran

This is Beirut, 2024-11-16 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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According to reports from the Financial Times, the new administration under US President Donald Trump is looking to revive a "maximum pressure" policy aimed at financially crippling Iran. Trump intends to strengthen sanctions against Iran, particularly targeting its vital oil exports. However, during his campaign, he had expressed a desire to ...

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