A Culture Of Impunity In Lebanon
From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel
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From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel
Lebanese lawmakers on Sunday nominated Jihad Azour, an International Monetary Fund regional director and former minister, for president, with the position ..
Syria’s potential return to the Arab League will likely strengthen Assad’s hand in Beirut.
Already mired in political and economic crises, Lebanon is now also without a president after Michael Aoun's mandate expired without a successor.Aoun's six-year term, that came to a close on Sunday, was marred by mass protests, a painful economic downturn and the August 2020 mega-explosion of ammonium nitrate that killed hundreds and laid waste to swathes of the capital Beirut.Today, headed by a caretaker government, Lebanon is unable to enact the reforms needed to access billions of dollars from international lenders to help save an economy in free-fall since late 2019.
Aoun's six-year term, which came to an end on Sunday, was marred by mass protests...