French minister: If Lebanon needs financial aid, France will be there
Lebanon s long-brewing economic crisis spiralled last year as country s capital inflows slowed and protests erupted against ruling elite
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire briefs journalists during G20 finance ministers meeting in Saudi capital Riyadh on Saturday (AFP) Par Published date: Dimanche 23 février 2020 - 19:41 | Last update: 1 année 1 mois ago
France is ready to support Lebanon financially - bilaterally or multilaterally - its finance minister said on Sunday, warning against mixing economic recovery in the country with US-led efforts to counter Iran in the region. France always stands ready to help Lebanon. It has always been the case in the past and it will be the case in the future, Bruno Le Maire told Reuters in an interview at the end of a meeting of finance officials from the Group of 20 (G20) major economies in the Saudi capi
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DUBAI Here is a look back at Bahrain’s pro-democracy uprising 10 years ago and what happened in the Sunni-led Gulf Arab kingdom since.
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Feb. 14 – Anti-government “Day of Rage” inspired by popular upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia. One protester is killed. The next day another person dies when police clash with mourners at the protester’s funeral.
Three days later Bahrain police storm Pearl Roundabout, the focal point of protests, on a Manama square, to clear activists camped out there. At least seven people are killed.