In the midst of the financial and social crisis, Lebanon is entangled in the defense of its maritime borders, a strategic issue undermined by the dereliction of its political system and interwoven in the great regional game that extends from Israel to Iran, including Lebanese Hezbollah is the outpost.
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Since gas reserves were discovered in the Levantine basin of the Mediterranean, Lebanon and Israel have added a new dispute to their long history of conflict: the demarcation of their maritime border.
The dispute was formalized about a decade ago, with the emergence of a disputed 860 km2 area, which placed Lebanon on the defensive against what it sees as an Israeli encroachment into its exclusive economic zone.
The maritime law in question
Today, Beirut is in a position to reverse the dynamic, with a claim that extends to the “Karish” deposits, the southern part of which should be exploited from next year by the Greek Energean.
For the Lebanese army,
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