Despite having one of the Mediterranean region’s most advanced treatment plants, the project has yet to fulfill its intended objectives, while Tripoli’s residents continue to wait for slight improvements in their living conditions.

The only Saudi concern in the current talks with Syria seems to halt the influx of Captagon. Yet, observers note that a Syrian concession would be difficult to uphold for Damascus, as producing and selling drugs is virtually the regime’s only source of income.

This article tells the fascinating life story of Hassan Daqqou, the 32 year old Syrian-Lebanese national who emerged from the depths of poverty, selling watches on the streets of Beirut, to become the kingpin of Lebanon’s Captagon trade, backed by the Assad regime and its allies. involvement in a series of terrorist bombings in the Belgian capital in 2016. Sentences will be issued next September and are expected to include life sentences.

This sanitation project is among the priority projects within the European Union’s “Horizon 2020” initiative, aimed at cleaning up the Mediterranean Sea. While the project initially aimed to cover the latest water treatment methods, the station currently only performs primary treatment. Why is that? Because, now, 20 years since the project began in 2003, the station has still not received the required quantity of wastewater (60 m3) to operate at advanced levels.

Buying foreign passports is not a new phenomenon in Iraq; it is widespread among influential Iraqis in Iraq and in the Kurdistan region as well. However, this project reveals some new Iraqi names who have found safe havens in Dominica.

Through the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program, Dominica has provided a safe haven for many influential individuals from the Arab world, including those suspected of unlawful activities, those involved in crime, or those on the US sanctions list for various charges. While Yemeni elites benefit from these investments in Dominica, the Yemeni population grapples with one of the world’s most significant humanitarian crises.

Al Lami is considered one of the most prominent individuals to have obtained Dominican citizenship, alongside other Iraqi businessmen. However, Al Lami has a unique story that involves cross-border connections extending from Iraq to Iran, Syria, and Lebanon. He has been closely associated with the Iranian regime and has been dubbed “the king of forgery” within Iraqi financial circles.

Sharaf al-Din Al Yaqoubi, an expert in hydrocarbons and one of the contributors to the analytical study, “Insights into Hydrocarbon Contracts in Tunisia,” explains the regulating authority’s leniency towards petroleum companies regarding their non-compliance or delays in commitments by stating: “Tunisia no longer attracts large petroleum companies, and the companies exploiting exploration licenses are mostly small companies with weak technical capabilities. Therefore, the regulatory authority turns a blind eye to many points, given the low demand for exploration in the Tunisian territory.”

For the first time, the Cyprus Confidential project reveals financial transactions carried out by Salim Sfeir, the Head of the Association of Banks in Lebanon and the Chairman of Bank of Beirut (BoB), in Cyprus. These transactions raise questions about his suitability to negotiate the future of Lebanon’s recovery plan on behalf of the banking sector.

The “Dubai Unlocked” investigative reports reveal that US sanctions have not prevented prominent figures connected to the Syrian regime from acquiring and investing in the small emirate, raising questions about the perks enjoyed by regime insiders there. The project’s documents contain details of properties owned by Syrians from the financial and familial circle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, including: his cousins Rami and Ihab Makhlouf, businessman brothers Samer and Amer Foz, Rania al-Dabas, the wife of Syrian businessman Mohammed Hamcho, and others.