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Lebanon: Domestic Considerations May Prove Decisive to Hezbollah

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Media coverage of the war currently unfolding in Lebanon describe Hezbollah as an “Iranian-backed” group, and frame the conflict as one between them and Israel. In this reading, little attention is given to Lebanon beyond Hezbollah, nor that Hezbollah, for all its links to Iran, is first and foremost a Lebanese group embedded in Lebanon’s … Read more

Lebanon’s Rotten Leadership Seems Irreplaceable

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As Lebanon marked the centenary of its creation last week, it was not state-orchestrated ceremonies or mass demonstrations that marked the occasion, but rather the media circus surrounding the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron’s visit came with Lebanon mired in an unprecedented crisis that has plunged to new depths following last month’s devastating … Read more