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Lebanon as the Example in War and Peace

Claude Salhani | Posted 10.17.2012 | World
Read More: Egypt, Lebanon?S Muslims, Syria, Gemayel, President Suleiman Franjieh, Author of Syria Comment, Professor Joshua Landis, Civil War, Jumblatt, Tunisia, Jeffersonian Democracy, Alawite, Iraq, Lebanon, Geagea, Diaspora, Free Market Economy, Jewish Lobby, The United States, Bush Administration, Syrian Ports, Russian Mediterranean Fleet, Libya, Christian Leadership, Latakia, Middle Eastern Progressive, President George W. Bush, Sectarian Lines, World News
Claude Salhani

In its economic heyday Lebanon was touted as the example of what a modern Middle Eastern nation should look like. Today, as other nations in the region, among them Syria, face similar problems the country is again being pointed to as the example to follow.

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It's Deja Vu in Lebanon All Over Again

Taufiq Rahim | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iran, Hezbollah, Jumblatt, Michel Aoun, Obama, Hariri, Geagea, Nasrallah, Bashar Al-Assad, Saad Hariri, Berri, Walid Jumblatt, Aoun, Gemayal, World News
Taufiq Rahim

As my flight touched down in Beirut, I had the feeling of returning to a land where deja vu is a fact of daily life. Where the same names persist for two decades or three or even more.

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Your Guide to Lebanon's Messy Politics and Impending Civil War

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Syria, Damascus, Iran, Saudi, Tehran, Berri, Israel, Hariri, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Beirut, Jumblatt, Geagea, Bashar Assad, World News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Hezbollah and Damascus have tried their sticks, by invading Beirut and Mount Lebanon, and carrots, through the formation of a cabinet under Hariri. Yet they remain desperate to see Hariri denounce the tribunal.

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