Lebanon

Israel plans to occupy part of southern Lebanon until an international peacekeeping deployment is found, to create a 'buffer zone' that keeps Hizbollah away from the Israeli border.... 2006-07-26

BMI View: We have made preliminary downward revisions to our export and import forecasts, although we stress that there is still considerable uncertainty about how long the conflict... 2006-07-25

The Israeli attacks in July could destabilise the anti-Syrian March 14 coalition currently in government, by entrenching sectarian divisions and strengthening Shia support for Hizbollah.... 2006-07-25

Israel's current land invasion of southern Lebanon will significantly damage Hizbollah's military capabilities, but the group will survive. Widespread anger in Lebanon at Israel's... 2006-07-25

BMI View: The potential economic fallout from the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon can be divided into two categories: financial markets and tourism. In both cases, the attacks come... 2006-07-19

The size of the challenge facing the Lebanese government was highlighted in early May as thousands of protestors (reports vary between 50,000 to 250,000) marched through Beirut against... 2006-05-25

We have revised our 2005 growth estimate down once again to 1.5% (from 2.2%), in light of further indications of the extent of the damage inflicted on the economy by last year's political... 2006-04-19

Our core scenario for the economy in 2006 is positive, with relatively high growth expected as a result of the 'bounce back' effect after weak expansion in 2005 and a continuing oil-driven... 2006-04-07

At the beginning of March, all the main political factions came together for national talks aimed at resolving the contentious issues that have paralysed the coalition government... 2006-03-10

As the extent of the economic impact of the political turmoil has become clearer, we have lowered our estimate for 2005 real GDP growth from 3% to 2.2%. By contrast, we have increased... 2006-01-17