Missing Iraqi Cash ($1.2 To $1.6 Billion) Ended In Lebanon

Stuart W. Bowen Jr., left, a special inspector general who examined corruption and waste in Iraq After the US defeated Saddam Hussein in 2003, $12 billion to $14 billion was sent to Iraq in the airlift, and an additional $5 billion was sent by electronic transfer to support Iraq's new government and help the economy. However, and based on an investigation led by Stuart W. Bowen, he found that between $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion…

#ToOurCountries By Faia And Rihan Younan

To Our countries was produced by a group of young people living in Sweden and originally from Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine. Wars are still raging unfortunately in the Middle East and thousands of innocent civilians are getting killed everyday. Lebanon is still safe from a new civil war and we need to keep it that way at any cost.
Humor

Epic Fail: Who Wants an Iphone5 6?

11 years ago
I don’t know in which country this was taken exactly but it’s hilarious! ...
Beirut

Beirut Is Crazy, Messy, F***ed-up and Fantastic But It Is Not The Real Centre of This Region

11 years ago
I just finished reading the “Why Beirut Really Matters” post that everyone’s been sharing in the past couple of days and I really wish I could agree with everything the author is saying but I ...
Critiques

The Story Of The Fake Bomb Detectors Still Being Used In Lebanon

11 years ago
Even though the man who sold these fraudulent bomb detectors was sentenced to seven years in jail, some governments and security companies are still using these devices. I’ve been talking about this matter for 3 ...
Humor

The Washington Post’s Failed Nine Attempts To Explain The Crazy Complexity of The Middle East

11 years ago
I don’t really blame them. I doubt that anyone is understanding what’s happening around us. It feels like everyone’s gone mad. Maybe the only way out is to give everyone in the Middle East their ...
Critiques

Gebran Bassil Comments On The “Caroline” Video

11 years ago
[YouTube] I am not sure if he made things better or worse by linking what happened to Da3esh. He could have simply clarified the whole situation and apologized from Caroline if she felt offended by ...
Critiques

Four Great Achievements Of The Lebanese Army

11 years ago
Most Lebanese, if not all of them, love and support the Lebanese Army. We trust our soldiers because they’ve united the country around them, they’ve protected us from terrorists despite being under-trained and under-equipped, and ...
Lebanon

Tyre, Beirut, Sidon And Byblos Among The World’s 20 Oldest Cities

11 years ago
The Telegraph posted today a list of the World’s 20 oldest continually-inhabited places on earth, which included four Lebanese cities: Tyre, Beirut, Sidon and Byblos. The list also included Faiyum and Thebes in Egypt, Kirkuk ...
Information

iPhone6 and iPhone6 Plus Will Be Available To Order In The UAE On September 27

11 years ago
I wasn’t expecting the new iPhones to be available that soon in the Middle East but according to Apple’s UAE store, they will be available to order starting September 27th, a week after the official ...
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