Beirut
The streets of Beirut were empty this Friday to respect the day of national mourning decreed the day after a new outbreak of violence, the toll of which is very heavy: 7 dead and 32 injured, some in serious condition, not to mention the awakening of the trauma of war. The exchange of fire with automatic weapons and RPGs, in a residential area of the capital where the Hezbollah and Amal demonstration took place, sound like a new warning of the fragility of civil peace, even if it has never been fully recovered since 1990. “
This time, the outbreak touches the heart of the capital instead of being peripheral. But in reality, violence is one of the cornerstones of the Lebanese political system. Conflict regulation has never passed through institutions
», Analyzes political scientist Jamil Moawad, for whom the country is more than ever in a situation of latent war.
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