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Lebanon: Futile Victory

Nadim Shehadi, June 2008

The World Today, Volume 64, Number 6

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For the third time in less than two years, Beirut has been turned into a battleground, with Hizbollah and the opposition taking over the city. The government and its allies did not engage militarily, managing to avoid civil war and becoming a regional battlefield. The Arab League is now trying to sort things out, highlighting the regional and international dimensions.