Visual History of Martyr’s Square in Beirut
Yeah, this blog post over at Beirut the Fantastic is, well, fantastic. In addition to the photo above, there are photos of the famous center of town from 1891, 1910, 1930, 1972, 1984 and 2005. The photo above is from 1994 – during the middle of Rafik Hariri’s effort to reconstruct the center of Beirut. On … Read more
Why Would Anyone Want to be a Lebanese Politician?
It has never been easy to be in Lebanese politics. And that may be the understatement of the year. For the past few decades, Lebanon has been split into those who supported the Syrian control over the Lebanese political system and those who were pushing for sovereignty. Since its creation in 1982, Hezbollah has been … Read more
Blanford On How The STL Could Hurt Syria
In the pile of items that I have been meaning to get to is the possible Syrian portfolio of indictments to be handed down by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) after its investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The Tribunal has already handed out indictments for four Lebanese men, … Read more
The Party of God and Bringing Down Lebanon, Part II
I just finished summing up the STL indictment of four men in connection with the 2005 assassination of then Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon, noting that the STL may not be finished with its indictments. For now, the situation in Lebanon is truly wait and see. Hezbollah could be simply sacrificing these four men … Read more
The Party of God and Bringing Down Lebanon
So the big news today is the indictment of four Lebanese men by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) which was set up in 2007 to investigate the murder of then Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. This is big news, of course, because this initial indictment could spread to include senior members of both Hezbollah and … Read more
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