Qatar's energy giant cements Lebanon deal, substituting Russia - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Al-Monitor Staff

Jan 30, 2023

ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images — (L to R) CEO of Italian multinational oil and gas company ENI Claudio Descalzi, Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Lebanon's caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayad and Chairman and CEO of Total Energies Patrick Pouyanne attend a signing ceremony for offshore gas exploration in the capital Beirut on Jan. 29, 2023. — ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

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Beirut airport

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Lebanon's parliament speaker, Nabih Berri (R), receives Amos Hochstein, the US special presidential coordinator for global infrastructure and energy security, Beirut, August 30, 2023.

UNIFIL mandate extended as US envoy visits Lebanon

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The German Navy corvette FGS Erfurt (F262) patrols as part of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) off Lebanon's southern town of Naqura close to the border with Israel on October 27, 2022 (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

TotalEnergies proceeds with gas exploration plans in Lebanon

Al-Monitor Staff

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