Lebanon

Rival Christian groups clashed in northern Lebanon today, in a gunfight that killed two people and injured three more. The incident, which took place in the village of Bsarma, was... 2008-09-18

We are not expecting great things from today's national dialogue in Lebanon, with the backdrop of six attempted bombings in Beirut's mainly Sunni Corniche al-Mazraa area being a very... 2008-09-15

The assassination of senior Lebanese Democratic Party politburo member Saleh al-Aridi last night is remarkable not for the fact that it happened - car bombings targeting politicians... 2008-09-11

The government has agreed on and approved a new minimum wage and a LBP200,000 pay increase for all employees in the public and private sectors. Up 67% on the last floor, set in 1996,... 2008-09-10

In the light of the visits to Baghdad by Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in July, King Abdullah of Jordan earlier this month, and now by Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora,... 2008-08-21

Although the memorandum of understanding signed by Hizbullah and a number of Sunni Islamist (or 'Salafi') groups in Lebanon this week appears to have been frozen, the fact that it... 2008-08-20

Yesterday's bus bombing in Tripoli is a reminder that the 'stability' supposedly ensuing from the establishment of the government is only skin deep, and could deteriorate substantially... 2008-08-14

We continue to see an outside risk that Israel could once again attack neighbouring Lebanon, in an attempt to reduce the threat posed by Hizbullah. Recent signs suggest that hostility... 2008-08-11

BMI View: The outlook has brightened considerably since our last Business Forecast Report, and we have revised up our real GDP growth forecasts accordingly.

BMI View: The current account deficit will continue to improve over the forecast period, narrowing to a much more manageable 3.7% of GDP in 2012, and our new long-term forecasts project... 2008-08-05