Prosecutor Ghada Aoun is doing a great job going after the heads of “the Lebanon cartel,” including BDL Governor Riad Salameh. Yet, she has never filed charges against President Michel Aoun and his clique, while there is a close link between them and Salameh: Cedrus Bank.
The absolute star in the Ericsson documents is former Alfa Chairman and CEO Marwan Hayek, who created a triangle of interests: Alfa, Quality Telecom Services (QTS), owned by his wife, and Ericsson, where his brother-in-law worked in a good position.
A visit of a few hours to a historical city as Mosul is not enough to judge. But three hours without seeing a woman or girl in the street, café, or even behind the wheel, is certainly an indication of things. Just like the girl who hid in a shop to smoke a cigarette.
Why did al-Khanjar partner with the Salfiti family to register their companies in the British Virgin Islands, instead of the countries in which they do business?
Many Jordanians remain very traditional and chastise anyone who tries to break the prevailing tribal and moral codes. Especially when such an attempt is made by a woman, as national basketball star Rubi Habash just learnt.
Toters Delivery was founded with the help of three capital venture firms, with close family ties to the ruling elite, that were handed millions thanks to the Lebanese Central Bank’s Circular 331.
Saudi and Emirati intelligence agencies used Israel’s Pegasus spyware to massively monitor Iraqi ministers, MPs, ambassadors, journalists, activists and even clerics.
