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Tripoli port

Tripoli port - Turkey - Lebanon economy - Syrian reconstruction - Regional trade - Erdoğan - Turkish investment

Turkey’s economic ambitions in northern Lebanon

In Part II of its investigation, The Beiruter examines how Syria’s post-Assad order has revived northern Lebanon’s economic potential and why Turkey will prove critical to restoring long-neglected Tripoli to its historic role as a gateway to Syria.

By Katharine Sorensen - Soraya Johnson
Tripoli port - China–Lebanon cooperation - Lebanon infrastructure - Lebanese-Syrian relations - Belt and Road Initiative

China’s economic prepositioning in Lebanon

In the investigation’s second installment, The Beiruter examines China’s decade-long expansion across Lebanon’s transportation, agriculture, and telecommunications sectors, revealing the economic scaffolding Beijing has built in anticipation of Lebanon’s recovery and Syria’s reconstruction.

By Katharine Sorensen - Soraya Johnson
Tripoli port - Gulf-Europe railway - Turkey Saudi railway - Riyaq railway station - Economic integration

Lebanon and the Gulf-Europe rail vision

A proposed Gulf-Europe railway could reshape regional trade routes while reopening questions about Lebanon’s historic and future role in Middle Eastern rail connectivity.

By Jenna Geagea