Calm appeared to have returned to southern Syria’s Sweida province on Sunday after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups allied with new authorities left hundreds dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that since around midnight, “Sweida has been experiencing a cautious calm”, adding ...
Banque du Liban (BDL) has issued a directive earlier last week prohibiting banks and financial institutions from engaging with what it terms “unlicensed exchange houses or unlicensed associations and bodies.” The directive specifies several entities under this designation, including: Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association, Cedars Inter S.A.L., Al-Moyassar Finance and Investment Company, ...
