Lebanon and Israel both stand to benefit from energy exploration in the Mediterranean. One real issue is whether Lebanon gets something out of this deal or not, says Anro. Some Lebanese who are quite concerned that they've made this deal but it's all an open question at the moment - Anro.
The Economist’s comparison of Liz Truss’s staying power to that of a lettuce captured global imaginations. Will the next prime minister have a longer shelf-life? We ask why it has proven so tricky to get the Middle East’s considerable natural-gas resources to market. And the murder of Yurii Kerpatenko, a conductor from Kherson who refused to bow to Russian orders.
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