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Nov 2022
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Lebanon electricity tariff hike, Arab su...

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Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.   In today's episode, the UAE and US signed a strategic partnership to invest $100 billion to produce 100 gigawatts of clean energy globally by 2035.   A dramatic tariff increase for Lebanon’s state-supplied electricity has taken pla ... Show More
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