prime minister hariri killed in a car bomb in the heart of downtown beirut. at the time, a belief that it would lesson lessen its influence. >> increasing sectarianism that happens, and it's extremely important that at the route of this was not so much the hariri assassination as it was the 2003 invasion of iraq. that's the point that it really began. once the iraq war was over, as far as the military damage and the u.s. damage militarily, that moved to lebanon and syria and it was manifested in what came to be the hariri assassination. >> it a direct impact on the had some identify with radical groups. there have been street battles between those who support the resolution many will tell you the increasing violence and divisions hear come down to the state, more specifically the politicians. not doing enough to take care of their people. >> we've got a system that is more or less collapsing or degenerating and deteriorating. this is a massive problem but it's been there and building up since the 1990s. the dinners now is the influx of syrian refugees forming

prime minister killed in a car bomb in the heart of downtown beirut.o the pull out of syrian troops and at the time a belief it would lesson syria influence here but ten years later and lebanon is still influenced by foreign powers and struggling to deal with spill over of the syrian war and deep sectarian divisions and no sitting president to help manage it all. >> increasing sectarianism that happens and it's extremely important that the root of this was not so much the assassination as it was the 2003 u.s. invasion of iraq. that's the point where the sectarian project in the region really began. and once the iraq war was over as far as the military damage and the u.s. damage and military the intervention then that moved lebanon and syria and it was manifested within what came to be the assassination. >> reporter: the loss of a strong city leader had a direct impact on the sunni community and failure of a successor and coupled with what happened in the region solidified sectarian divisions and made some identify with more radical groups poverty also

prime minister hariri killed in a car bomb in the heart of downtown beirut. ten years later lebanon is still influenced by foreign powers. it's struggling to deal with the spill over of the syrian war the deanening sectarian deepening sectarian divisions. >> it's important that the root of this was not the hariri assassination as it was the 2003 invasion of iraq. that's the point where the sectarian in the region really began. once the iraq war was over as far as the military damage and the u.s. damage and the intervention, then that moved to lebanon and syria and it was manifested within what came to be the hariri assassination. >> it had a direct impact on the sunni community here. coupled with what is happening in the evening has solidified sectarian divisions and some have identified with radical groups. in tripcally the syrian war is having a direct impact. there have been street battles between those who support the revolution and those who support bashar al-assad. many will tell you that the increasing violence and division here will come down to the s

retaliation for fighting in syria beside bashar al-assad then 21 others were killed right here in downtown beirut would have predicted where lebanon finds itself and foreign countries have too much say after what happened here and a quarter of the population of the tiny country are syrian refugees and a threat of growing groups along lebanon border with syria and within the country itself so ten years on and despite the establishment of international court to investigate the death no one has been brought to justice, stephanie decker al jazeera, beirut. >>> mohamed and fahmy enjoying a day with their families in egypt free on bay, only on bail after spending 412 days in detention and as richard martin says retrial on charges of colluding with the banned muslim brotherhood expecting to resume on february 23. >> after 411 days after too much time alone in prison it's like a dream come true. >> reporter: al jazeera producer mohamed enjoys the first moments of his new-found freedom, a day to celebrate with his wife and three children. >> i'm very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the