Baghdad receives “Neither services nor funds”

Shafaq News/ Lebanon may become dependent on a complex arrangement to import Iraqi fuel for its electricity needs despite the absence of an agreed repayment plan. Experts warn that the scheme is fraught with issues, which risks locking the country into an unstable arrangement and delaying its shift to renewable or affordable energy sources.

In a report for The National newspaper, Lebanon, a nation with limited natural resources and mired in an economic crisis, imports heavy fuel oil from Iraq under a swap deal signed…