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HOW FPM MINISTERS DEALT WITH THE SYRIAN REFUGEES CRISIS

It was often said that “the Free Patriotic Movement ministers and their allies failed to communicate with the Syrian regime during the governments of former Prime Ministers Najib Mikati and Tammam Salam, to secure the return of Syrian refugees”, consequently undermining the fact that during PM Mikati’s government (2011), the war in […]

Electricity Problem in Lebanon
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The Truth about the Electricity Problem in Lebanon

The electricity crisis in Lebanon originated in 1994, when (then) Prime Minister Rafic Hariri decided to freeze electricity rates, basing them on $20-a-barrel oil. Years passed, prices of oil increased, operational costs increased, old plants’ efficiency decreased, and resources changed, yet electricity rates remained fixed, […]