A view from the 11th Summit of the Developing 8 Countries (D-8) held in Cairo, the capital of Egypt on 19 December 2024. [Getty]
Egypt used the 11th organisation of eight developing countries summit (D-8) on Thursday to bring its development model to the fore, at a time the region gets ready for post-conflict reconstruction, with massive regional spots suffering tremendous devastation.
Lebanon needs between $20 and $30 billion for the reconstruction of areas destroyed by Israel during its two-month invasion on it, Syria needs a whopping $250 billion, with curtains preparing to fall down on its revolution-cum-civil war, and the Gaza Strip requires a staggering $80 billion to…