Lebanon: Cast to the wind
31 décembre 2007 | Posté dans Beirut, France, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Syria, Médias commerciaux, Politique, Solidarité, Guerre et terrorisme
Lucy Fielder Reports for Al-Ahram.
Photo: In Beirut a worker sweeps the street in front of the parliament
Lebanon ended the year much as it had begun, in political limbo. In November 2006, six ministers’ resignations paralysed the government and crystallised the two-year-old split between government loyalists and the opposition. A year later, president Emile Lahoud’s term ended without a successor, leaving a dangerous vacuum at the top. As the year drew to a close, it looked as though Lebanon would drift rudderless until either fractious politicians resolved their power struggle, or frustrations spread to the streets.
