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11/ There appears to be an inconsistency in how the draft law defines "conflict of interest", saying in one places that a RA member must declare its relationship with any bank over the last 2 years, but then also setting a 10-year look back as criteria for independence.

14/ To avoid compromising BCC's ability to perform this work professionally and independently, its funding and operational independence must be secured. This is an important check on the RA's powers because any deviation from a BCC recommendation must be explicitly justified.

17/ Many people will find it controvercial that the RA's decisions are not subject to judicial recourse. But this is common. Courts often don't review the merits of RA decisions (judges aren't financial professionals). This is needed to avoid years of litigation and be able to

19/ I think this is generally a decent framework and seems mostly consistent with how it's been done in other countries. However, the governance and information disclosure requirements need to be carefully considered.

20/ The accompanying law (i.e., Gap Resolution Law) is where more of the interesting details and "money points" will be set out. This law alone doesn't really do much. Its execution is contingent on the Gap Resolution Law, unless the Government delegates those decisions to the

My fear if Lebanon delays too long in initiating talks over disarming Hezbollah is that Israel will resume the conflict, occupy land up to the Litani River, and remain there until Hezbollah is disarmed and the Lebanese sign a peace accord with Israel.

The Issam Fares Institute IFI at AUB opened its annual Beirut Security Debates #BSD2025 this morning, Main question 'Where is the region going?'. There isn't one answer of course, if there even is an answer yet, but there were v challenging speakers and a lot of food for thought.

The full 19 minute video of the second wave of shootings is here (from 25:35). It is deeply harrowing. When PRCS screened the film at a press conference earlier this week, the room was in tears by the end. youtube.com/live/DXPsOEXRw…

PRCS The footage was filmed by a young paramedic, Rifaat Radwan. He was killed several days after the IDF resumed bombing of parts of Rafah. At midnight the night before, he called his father and asked if his mother could wash one of his work shirts -- the rest were covered in blood,

Ah, like in Assad’s gulag in Syria

NEW - Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria's $15m debt to the World Bank, opening the door to millions of dollars worth of grants to aid reconstruction, sources say. Comes ahead of World Bank spring meetings, to be attended by senior Syrian delegation. W/Suleiman Al-Khalidi Pesha Magid

Asked whether he planned to meet international bondholders in the next year, Yassin Jaber told @reuters: "Definitely, definitely, this is as they say the elephant in the room. You can't escape it in the end." reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Scoop: Israel tried to derail US drawdown from northeast Syria. But NSC official Eric Trager told Israeli + Kurdish off. US moving from "military to political" role Arrest of Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials coordinated with drawdown, US official said middleeasteye.net/news/us-rebuff…

.Reuters's Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily report on written response by Syria foreign minister Sheibani to U.S. demands conveyed by DAS Franceschi in Brussels: reuters.com/world/middle-e…

EXCLUSIVE: Syria responds to US conditions for sanctions relief It says most have been addressed, asks for more talks on issue of foreign fighters, counterterrorism cooperation & Palestinian militants. Much of note 🧵 READ: reuters.com/world/middle-e… W/Maya Gebeily

On the tricky issue of foreign fighters in Syria’s army, letter says the issue "requires a broader consultative session." "What can be confirmed for now is that the issuance of military ranks has been suspended following the earlier announcement regarding the promotion of six

On a U.S. request for coordination on counterterrorism matters and the ability to carry out strikes on terror targets, the letter said the "matter requires mutual understandings." It pledged that Syria's new government would not tolerate any threats to U.S. or Western interests

On Palestinian militants in Syria, it said Sharaa had formed a committee "to monitor the activities of Palestinian factions," and that armed factions outside state control will not be permitted. It was sent just days before Syria detained two Palestinian officials from the

Meanwhile it notes steps taken on other confidence-building measures, including trying to find U.S. citizen Austin Tice, eliminating chemical weapons stocks, making deals with the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led SDF, and ousting IRGC/Hezbollah

وزيرة الشؤون الإجتماعية السورية هند قبوات خلال حضورها مراسم تشييع جنازة البابا فرنسيس