Lebanon links Beirut and Tripoli ports to the India-Middle East economic corridor

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1. 10 Oct 2026, 06:21 A report addressed Lebanon's signing to link the ports of Beirut and Tripoli to the India-Middle East Economic Corridor (IMEC) in New Delhi, with President Joseph Aoun considering it an institutional achievement. The report linked this direction to the failure of the objectives of the "support war" opened by Hezbollah and the financial burdens it produced, estimated at about 27 billion dollars, within a US-Chinese rivalry over international corridors.
2. 10 Oct 2026, 14:29 Al-Ghad TV published a report titled "Lebanon after two wars.. a losses bill of 27 billion dollars," referring to losses of 27 billion dollars in Lebanon after two wars.
3. 11 Oct 2026, 14:20 Lebanon joined the club of ports of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor through the ports of Beirut and Tripoli, a decision a Lebanese official source described as purely economic and not constituting a commitment with Israel. This came after consultations between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and French President Emmanuel Macron and a visit by envoy Gérard Mestrallet, with French support for joining. Political science professor Fadia Kiwan said the joining could break Lebanon's isolation, and voiced a warning regarding it.

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