debt

Suez Canal [AFP]
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt denies reports of Suez Canal ownership transfer

The Egyptian government has denied any proposals regarding swapping or transferring the ownership of the Suez Canal in return for debt relief.

Adel Sabry
01 September, 2026
Saudi, Qatar to settle Syria’s $15M World Bank arrears [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar to settle Syria's $15M World Bank debt

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 April, 2025
Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected in Ankara by midday on Tuesday to meet with his Turkish counterpart Erdogan
Post-Assad Syria
Perspectives

Syria should avoid the treacherous trap of the IMF

Mustafa Abdul Salam

Mustafa Abdul Salam

25 February, 2025
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt's external debt increases by 5.1% in2022's 4th quarter

Thaer Mansour
03 April, 2023
Jordan
MENA
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Jordan needs more freedom and justice: former PM

The New Arab Staff
03 February, 2023
الليرة اللبنانية (Getty)
Lebanon
MENA
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Anti-austerity action cripples Beirut stock exchange as bankers strike

The New Arab & agencies
06 May, 2019
A man counts Saudi riyal banknotes in Riyadh
sovereign wealth fund
MENA
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Saudi wealth fund takes out unprecedented $11bn loan

The New Arab & agencies
17 September, 2018
Egypt currency - AFP
Sisi
Perspectives

Egypt: The debt crisis no one is talking about

Robert Springborg

Robert Springborg

03 September, 2018
US in Afghanistan - Anadolu
War on Terror
Perspectives

How America's wars fund inequality at home

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Stephanie Savell

29 June, 2018
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Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon seeks billions to keep economy afloat

The New Arab & agencies
04 April, 2018
IMF protest in Cairo AFP
Sisi
Perspectives

Egypt ignores runaway borrowing at its own peril

Robert Springborg

Robert Springborg

12 September, 2017
Dollar vs Egyptian Pound [NurPhoto]
loan
MENA
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IMF delegation in Cairo ahead of second loan installment

The New Arab
30 April, 2017
Saudi debt
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Riyadh to pay off multibillion-dollar private-sector debts

The New Arab & agencies
11 November, 2016
exchange Kuwait
oil prices
MENA
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Kuwait's economic woes continue, as billions in bonds issued

The New Arab & agencies
05 November, 2016
Syrian economy AFP
Syria
MENA
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Assad pays his war-debts: Phosphate, telecom concessions to Iran

The New Arab
19 August, 2016
West Bank power cuts
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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Power struggles: Israel cuts electricity in West Bank

The New Arab
05 April, 2016
Islamic bank
US
Analysis
Live Story

Islamic bonds expected to decline further in 2016

The New Arab & agencies
07 January, 2016
Greece - Egypt Getty
IMF
Perspectives

Greece's lessons to Egypt on resisting the IMF

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Mohamed ElMeshad

29 July, 2015
lebanon food
Lebanon
Perspectives

Greek lessons for Lebanon

Karim Traboulsi

Karim Traboulsi

12 July, 2015
Omar Bashir in China AFP
Sudan
Perspectives

What have the Chinese ever done for Sudan?

The New Arab Staff

Tariq al-Sheikh

27 March, 2015
IMF JORDAN
Islamic State group
MENA
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Jordan's national debt soars to dangerous levels

Zaid al-Dabisiyyeh
08 March, 2015