because that means there is no more boycotts for lebanon.l be more regional and international support for lebanon. this is a country that is struggling with its economy and a financial crisis. it has in suffering with war with israel with many parts of it destroyed. it means a lot to rebuild and stand up on its feet. it means also these regional players like saudi arabia may be able to give support. and finally, for the lebanese, to find a way to build in internally without one party, mainly hezbollah, blocking the political vacuum and blocking the political process. it is a country that needs to be friends again with the region and the west, to be able to get the right support to stand up on its feet. this is the right moment for it to gain the fruits of these elections today. caitriona: in his latest intervention in european politics, the tesla ceo elon musk has in the last few hours hosted a conversation on x with alice why don't come of the code of germany's far right afd party. in a message posted in december, elon musk said the traditi

and the indian uh, uh, influence on the own lebanon is going away. lebanon's lawmakers returned to parliament on thursday for the 1st time in 19 months. a lot has happened since possible on its allies, the sizing several, our governments, including the u. a. he writes groups including honest international, have one that he could the risk of human rights violations if he's extradited or at least the 3 people had been shot dead by police in mozambique, as they gather to welcome the opposition leader from exile and see him on the line a return time, 2 months of leaving for an october, his dispute, his presidential election. the government accuses him of inciting violence for me, the miller has more from it, but with a highly anticipated retention was indeed for support as above position. presidential candidates finance and wondering who made one of which i am not willing to accept the election results if they are the same as those really announced. i think the only role i am willing to take on is the role level and any support is willing to back down for me, the minute on $20.00, a month with th

according to lebanon's house ministry, the majority of the victims with civilians want to set. the sheer volume of cases was far greater than the polt explosion of 2020 many law size and limbs. some ma distrustful, launching their brains. the finger of blame was pointed as well, and often months of denial is why the prime minister benjamin netanyahu finally admitted, well, many already used that his country was behind the attacks on the assassination of has the law sex. the general has on the page or operation and the elimination of has bull, a leader, her son, nestor ala, were carried out despite the opposition of senior officials in the defense establishment. and those responsible for them in the political echelon hey, was considered by many as an act of war against 11 men each others the legality of the operation, including then the foreign policy, joseph burrell, while others condemned it as an active, tara should even increase your issue for the dealer striking example of terrorist methods as a means of achieving political goals is the in humane attack on lebanon. and by t

the terms required as follow to lay down arms in southern lebanon. and for israel, the pallets troops from the country within 60 days, the deal followed most across quarter strikes. an idea of front invasion earlier, israel try it out. a shocking bombing attack. that's all sizes of wireless devices exploded across lebanon, coming dozens, and entering many more calling notes here shar t's. steve sweeney. the. the, the simple walk is now bought it up images from hey, when 5 or on september the 17th 2024. when at least $42.00 people were killed and $4000.00 wounded, including women and children, and a series of pages explosions across. and i've been living in hell service was plunged into crises, struggling to cause the demo. and due to the wounded patients, i made an urgent appeal for blood donations. according to lebanon's health ministry, the majority of the victims was civilians want to set. the sheer volume of cases was far greater than the polt. explosion of 2020 many lost the eyes and limbs, some of the shrapnel launching their brains. the finger

a lebanon has a new president, ending a power vacuum that lasted for more than 2 years. it's army commander joseph phone, received the majority of the votes. he says, this is a new beginning. in his 1st speech to parliament and said he would fight corruption poverty, promote economic into additional reform. while investing in the army, he promised to build a functional state. the obvious amount is that only my pledge is to exercise my role. let's come under in chief of the armed forces and chairman of the supreme defense council, through which i will work to offend the states right to monopolize the bearing of homes. this was seen as a message to his beloved, whose armed wing has long been stronger than the army own, was not the groups candidates, but this is an 11 on isabel's devastating war. and the fall of the regime and neighboring syria weekend has the law. and this alex, it's a big change in the whole region, not on the 11th. and the indian uh, uh, influence on the own lebanon is going away. 11 homes lawmakers returned to parliament on thursday for the 1st time in

can ijust asked you about lebanon because israel. about lebanon because israel hasissued about lebanons issued this warning to hezbollah about the ceasefire and activity near the border? yes, that is right. there has been a ceasefire in place in southern lebanon under since the end of november and the israeli defence minister, has been visiting the northern command today. he has had a few things to say and in particular, he sees that the agreement which ended that the period of hostilities is not been on it and hezbollah is not a pulled back from the lakhani river, a river that runs across southern lebanon on, north of the border with israel although hezbollah is deal in that area. the lebanese military who are supposed to be destroying caches of hezbollah weapons and infrastructure, they have not been doing so. effectively, what he said is that if this agreement is not honoured, is run may have to act to try and make it possible for israeli residents who fled the northern part of that border to return it safely to their homes. just to give you an example of how things are going. 0n to

in lebanon thousands have been killed, a quarter of lebanon's population. our goal in seeking hostilities was not to pause the fighting and subvert a regional war but rather, reaim hezbollah from constituting to threaten israel or continue to hold the lebanese state or lebanese people hostage. we wanted to create conditions allowing the displacement of lebanese families to return safely to their homes. the arrangement we brokered together with france meets those bench marks and empowers the government of lebanon to retake control of its territory and provides lebanon's economy and security forces with much needed aid and support and preserves israel's right to defend itself in accordance with international law and achieves israel's aim at dealing with hostilities from the war in gaza. since the deal was signed, israeli forces have started to withdraw from southern lebanon. the lebanese military is deployed in their place, to ensure remaining terrorist infrastructures are helped and they're working hour by hour to address violations. and now just six weeks a

has accused is well, of violating the already shaky truce in lebanon. now, according to the international body that overseas, the agreements implementation august, bulldozers are destroying the un infrastructure in the area. now has blog as well as target in the fighting says the cx. 5 time limits will not dictate that actions . now you will just well examine. there is no timeline that dictates the resistance is actions either within the agreement nor after the expiration of the 60 day period mentioned in the agreement. we have stated that we're giving an opportunity to prevent is really violations and to implement the agreement and that we will exercise patients. however, this does not mean we will wait precisely 60 days, nor does it mean we will wait for less or more than 60 days. our patients is tied to our decision regarding the appropriate timing to confront his really aggression in violation. our patients may run out before the 60 days or it may last longer. this is a matter for the leadership to decide as well the see spot has been in place since

i 1st went to lebanon in 1972 as a young reporter. and i wanted to see whether something was happening that or not i stayed in. what was then relatively modest hotel, cold, a comfortable hotel? the overall impression was some, some, some a society which was held together by a rob, a loose series of ropes. and it didn't take much for that to a shuttle. the 13th of april, 1975, mount to the official stone of the city. it was a proxy conflict full during the cold war on one side, lebanese christie and right wing parties backed by the us wanted to end the palestinian presents 11 on on the other one muslim left wing parties allied with the yellow and backed by the soviet union they sold the right wing christians, a simply an extension of these originally and the american influence in the country when the war broke counts, an army of foreign generalists headed to a route, including the form of bbc, middle east correspondent, 10 lou, ellen, all of whom wanted a safe place to stay. in the 1975, i was taking what turned out to be one of the la

as well as being without the president to, to use lebanon, also lacked of functioning cabinets. has been law was lodge, he blamed for the hold up. the country's complicated political system is based on power sharing between religious sects. the prime minister must be sunni, muslim the speakers, she and the president christian guessing alike. george eva depends on rival fractions, creating strategic alliances. in the past has been all insisted, the post of president must go to one of its allies. but his rails were on garza, it's offensive in lebanon, and the full of the asset regime in neighboring syria. as we can beyond group and its allies, its lead to has and this rolla was assassinated as strikes and they reach along with all the top command does the lose. the election has been welcomed in washington and also in the middle east by allies, including saudi arabia, the u, a. e and castle. and, and to show the wide spectrum of support i and enjoys both a ram. and israel congratulated in lebanon, needs international assistance to rebuild what was destroyed during the war. it also

his position in supporting gaza is real, was preparing to an attack on lebanon and the resistance. and the pagers attack had been planned for years. the page or tack small at the beginning of isabel's escalation of its aggression against 11 on which left at least 4000 people, dead, 100000 buildings damaged or destroyed. and then to me, over the ledge war crimes, including the killing of health workers and journalists, despite the si, fi as well as the bombing continues on a coupon of schools it villages in southern lebanon. meanwhile, tel aviv has been in bold and coming out new times in garza and occupying whole sways of territory and syria, all carried out with totally impunity on 0 accountability. they all students on zillow has failed to pull the coalition government and is stepping down, opening the doors for snap elections, centrist leader, called, they ha, has plains been left for the talks, collab the most, using a lot of basement. these negotiations have concluded it and will not be reopened by the people's party. it is clear that the destructive forces within the social d

it's on the wing, has long been stronger than lebanon's army ivy. nobody said, my pledge is to exercise my role. let's come under in chief of the armed forces and chairman of the supreme defense council. through which i will work to offend the states. right. to monopolize the bearing of homes. as well as being with down to president to, to use lebanon, also lacked of functioning cabinets has been always large. we blamed for the hold up the country's complicated political system is based on power sharing between religious sects. the prime minister must be sunni, muslim the speakers, she and the president christian guessing of majority vote, depends on rival fractions. creating strategic alliances in the past has been law insisted. the post of president must go to one of its allies. but his rails were on garza, it's offensive in lebanon, and the full of the asset regime in neighboring syria, as we can beyond group and its allies, its lead to has. and this rolla was assassinated as strikes and they reach along with all the top command does the lose. th

and the indian uh, uh, influence on the own lebanon, is going away. lebanon's law makers returned to parliament on thursday for the 1st time in 19 months. a lot has happened since possible on its allies may not have been able to impose their candidates, but they made clear they can't be ignored. they didn't give their votes to the army commander until they met him before a 2nd round of voting. now we have a at, to good for tennessee to have the, our to item, but our business mainly at our many companies and they come from companies as well as phone companies plus the international community. plus the community deed was never known. again, has beloved remains the main dividing line in lebanon and beyond its borders. this election didn't fix the political divide. instead, there was significant political maneuvering as invoice from the united states. france and saudi arabia visited bay route in recent days, 11 on needs, international assistance to help rebuild what was destroyed during the war. it also needs us support to ensure as well, respects the ceasefire. but absent was iran, whic

o pulled out of lebanon. they were remedial presidential elections. and the leader of the right wing christian for lend, just especially a jeremiah who had supported these really incursion, became the president elective level. but jim miles never took office. he was assassinated, 23 days late to the for the following 3 days. the 16th the 17th and 18th of september, 1982 christian malicious, supported by israel took punch in america, the palestinian refugee camps of supper, and shut taylor when news of domestic could reach the commodore hotel. on the 18th, dozens of local and foreign generalists headed straight to the southern bay route sub the robot. fisk was one of the 1st to into the palestinian kens i've never before have to walk them carpets of dead bodies and my life. and the smell was a pulling, and we went on the sunday morning when the good types of fungus was still the motorists were still still in in the account. is that correct? in the near message? yes, mazda and somebody should see the model. busy with you thought i can remember who i hav

so that lebanon can continue with its institution in full place. and we also work together to help ukraine resist the russian aggressor. and we agree that no solution can be found to this conflict without the ukrainians. there can be no discussion regarding european security without the europeans, and no solution can be found to this crisis if the solution were to be -- not to be in the interests of ukraine. so from a financial point of view, when it comes to the sanctions, for three years almost now we've been providing ukraine with the support that it so much needed to preserve, to defend, its freedom, its territorial integrity, of course, but also at the same time to protect and defend the interests -- the security interests -- of europe. and beyond everything you did in the middle east, for ukraine, and in many other places, we talked together, for example, about sudan where there is the worst ongoing humanitarian crisis at the moment. and we're both extremely mobilized in this respect. but i could see you act, saw how much of a seasoned diplom

i mean, that is something that when you hear a lot within lebanon, but how does that happen? well, i think that's very difficult to happen. i'm the respect to the clinic who just spoke now. i think it's unfair to, to focus on what they total, describe as it, raining and influence are running and intervention. buying a possible life. there are various other regional players who happen in house, the size of the world and living on saturday already be united states. many, many of the players, so i don't understand this exclusive focus on a wrong. but i also disagree with the notion that this is the 11 lions i have shown that now you have 211 east arrows. and as i say in a previous hands on now the us as assume the role of the major play might go. joseph all was brought, he was the us back kind of the year was along with saudi arabia. it's also well known that the 11 east palm it is a nationalist constitution back by the majority. that is true, but it's more so a traditional your west or if i'm the major recipient of your website, i'm assuming it's going. it's going to be under t

doesn't that across lebanon, and soaks the world? the attack claims by is well locked into a major escalation. the very good morning to do this is on the international coming to line from most goes great to have you with us. we stop in the don't. yes republic, what a russian correspondent has been killed in a ukrainian drone strike on a civilian top. the russian farm industry spokeswoman movie as a however, has demanded a response from the unesco chief ass off to the organizations. recent report on the inside curiousity of journalist work and invoice ends failed to include any mention of russian report is the deliberate murder of russian journalists is another brutal crime and a series of bloody atrocities committed by zelinski is regime the openly resorts to terrorist methods to eliminate its ideological opponents. the key of click is responsible for the countless depths of innocent citizens, people and civil professions, including journalists and war correspondents, who became victims of deliberate attacks as part of the terror cam

a situation called him and also discussed in the meeting was the issue of the economies of both lebanon and syria. the economy 11 on has been in ruins for years. and of course in syria, the economy is in a dire condition, suffering under crippling international sanctions. of course, over the course of the past several weeks, the due administration, syria, many of the officials here have urged the international community to lift those sanctions. how much i'm just need of damascus. of more on this, we joined to once again by marco vincent, see know is who is a global strategy advisor who joins us from new york. thanks very much for being with us. once again, monica, as we've seen, rid of the dramatic developments of a, just the past few months for both syria as well as we have and on what opportunities do you think that that offers in this new era. but of this relationship, i mean the history offers an opportunity many opportunities for a reset within the webinar within see area, the relationship between the 2 and also a reset for the geo political reset within the region involving major

terry wait arrived in lebanon, and it goes to 8 hostage releases. he stayed at the riviera hotel, but often went to the coma door to meet generalists on the 21st of november, fighting known as the vessel of the flag between different left wing allied lebanese munitions. controlling west bay route reached the commodore hotel. terry weights was trapped inside with dozens of local and foreign generalists, including rumsey high. the game was the most often. oh, we caught myself in this in this as long as i can say that i have to report a lot of alaska without suffering from the company. though that's why we are used to settings, but with the requirement of the see, i don't know the p eclipse costs and sydney. busy vision in this when you solve the problem, i believe the runs the height of such a graph. these images of general is pulling the man's body out. it's not the range then moving it into the back of a car. that image encapsulates the horror of events outside the come with your hotel that night. terry wait, stayed at the commodore. these red pictu

and iran on precedented nature of the cease-fire in lebanon in the fall of the assad regime in syria.athe atlantic council we sought to hide the states and solutions across the middle east we've done so for many years through the career center for the middle east through that middle east security initiative and iran strategy project series strategy project as well as through strategic litigation projects to hold the iranian regime accountable and establish a series victims fund significantly we've also done this there and seven initiative in partnership with the foundations seeks to advance the process of regional integration at lunch by the abraham accords among the unites is, israel, arab partners and muslim partners around the world. thank you to wilt wexler from the remarkable team histories and motion mr. secretary event at the center of your work to advance the interest of the united states, to secure a more prosperous global future as you work recently in foreign affairs regarding u.s. foreign policy more broadly quote the choice of the unites states makes in the second half of

in lebanon palestine seven killed a fourth of lebanon's population displays.seeking cessation of hostility was not merely to pause fighting and the broader war we aim to prevent it from reconstituting it's often the way to continue to hold lebanese state and people hostage. i want to create positions for them to return safely to their homes. empowers the government of lebanon to date control of its territory and provide lebanon's economy and security forces with much needed aid in support. preserves israel's right to defend itself of national law it achieves israel's aim of hostility on its northern front from the war in gaza. since the deal was signed israeli forces start to withdraw from southern lebanon. to ensure remaining infrastructure is rolled and has below does not return. u.s. in france are working hour-by-hour to monitor the agreement and now just six weeks after the deal lebanon's parliament voted overwhelmingly to elect a new president the first time lthe country had a national leader in more than two years just yesterday it elected a new prime mi

again, has beloved remains the main dividing line in lebanon and beyond its borders. this election didn't fix the political divide. instead, there was significant political maneuvering as an voice from the united states, france and saudi arabia visited failed in recent days. 11 on needs. international system is to help rebuild what was destroyed during the war. it also needs us support to ensure a queue has been filled and there is a head of state. but any optimism needs to be cautious because we saw it today. the not just to is just f o elected with $99.00 out of $128.00 fights in the parliament, which is a really strong that ended. but also his speech upon accepting the election was very encouraging for reform minded lebanese. and it did suggest that a new chapter might be coming in lebanese history. at the same time, vice lebanese and people outside the country needs to be aware that he cannot be miracle work. so the presidency 11 on, he's a very important big head and it's important to have a president in place operate with the army or something like that. so up a

the return of syrian refugees from lebanon to syria. another one will say something that the new president joseph already mentioned was the missing lebanese was a big issue and that's quite interesting. one, isn't it? because what do we think has been the faith in syria? as many of them probably perished to meet at that mega spend decades. so if you look at the 11 east civil war from 79775 to 1990 and even throughout the 90s, up until the killing of, of president, a rear in 2005 this year and physical presence of its army and syria from utah from 1975 to roughly 2005, that's a 30 year period. many lebanese disappears that it will to remove from lebanon and taken into jails and syria. many of them you may never know their fate. so in that sense, so many families and 11 on today for decades, and wondering what's happened to their loved ones. some, they get an answer. somebody never get an answer. but i would think at this stage, probably many of them may not be living. i came, i'll kind of attend so you know many thanks. and dave for join

the sites on the, i know building a city, but also in lebanon for the 1st time in 2 years. we have a president, both the leadership in the most goes on the lead, the shipping bales want to see ties improve. so mccarthy will be meeting at the head of the new administration and they will be discussing issues ranging from a border security. last week we had an incident at the border between lebanon, syria, which led to the death of a lebanese soldiers. that border is almost $500.00, kill them at the mall, is very porous. so the meet us would help to find a middle ground just in a way to secure the boat. they would also be discussing the issue of syrian refugees and nothing on that is about amendments. even refugees on it for a very long time. it's been very difficult issue for live on. but we have seen in the last few weeks at the top need is visiting the muskets. last week we had to foreign ministers from germany. i'm far as making the didn't even need to shipping the muskets. but also yesterday we had a big time in foreign minister meeting, delete issue. and he said he thoug

i'm fine, the lebanon involving a number of shell companies, and that would be fun to buy. most of the 1st time with each company, go to product, was identified as the manufacturer of the pages, but issued a swift denial, claiming it sold the license to be easy. consulting and hungry and alleged most as shell company, but its website disappeared soon off to the explosions. while all these own investigations drew a blank. as you can see the from behind me, this is a very much a residential neighborhood. and that could be office spaces here, but it's essentially a residential or of the families living here. there is no way a tool that anything could be manufactured here. big questions i asked about this company. now, one thing to keep in mind is that while the website was taking down, the link in the page for the company is still up. and you could look the links in page it's, it's not a to play and that this company does anything for oh, is the, is the familiar corporate double the do? i absolutely meaningless and gives you no indication that tool of what it is that this comp

so these are critical times for lebanon to use this time, not just implement disagreement, but to come to political consensus, to focus on loving, non for love. and these people, the us hasn't named a preferred candidate, but the international community is believe to back the army commander joseph on, on own to also enjoys popular support, was recently in saudi arabia to meet officials. there has the law has been accused of blocking previous efforts to elect the president's not close to its camp. now the group says it has no veto on island, but along with its allies hasn't said who it will endorse. no, they need to 1st of or proper a government in order to at least to provide the relief for its own constituency. those will suffer from this war as well as the war on has been lost. in the recent fall of the said richmond, syria has re shaped, loved and on and weakened. erupt, influence across the region 11 on doesn't have the billions of dollars needed for reconstruction. and the international community was pushed for an election before the ceasefire to cold, has so far refrained from he

they've opened the front of games, lebanon bombing, lebanon, the bones the irrelevant wrong day. they killed the leaders of mass in the, in his, out, in the apartment building and in the wrong. and they boeing syria and the doing taking actions in the west bank. so this really is an escalation, a big escalation. this happens in the last couple of weeks and doing what i think the world was horrified. a couple of weeks ago when they were all these page explosions and exploding walkie talkies, the count some has bought a fight as yes, but lots of in assume to women and children as well. now, israel as a, as a national, after it's national behavior, is a, pretty much the products of the west. it wouldn't be able to be what it is. it wouldn't be able to behave as it behaves without substantial military diplomatic financial support from the west. but there is a paradox here because i think at this point of time, it's national behavior. it's asked, is it odds both with the democratic administration in the united states and perhaps more broadly with the interest of the west? is it still

young argument also discussed in the meeting was the issue of the economies of both lebanon and syria. the economy 11 on has been in ruins for years . and of course in syria, the economy is in a dire condition, suffering under crippling international sanctions. of course, over the course of the past several weeks, the due administration series of many of the officials here have urge the international community to lift those sanctions. how may i just eat up damascus? the visit by magic mccarty is the 1st by a senior lebanese official in years signaling a potential shift in a complex relationship, highly hash and has more than that. it takes 2 hours to drive to damascus from baby. but i took 15. yes, for i live in east prime minister to make it to the syrian capital time job in which cbs influence on lebanon gradually diminished events and syria never stopped affecting. it's smaller neighbors saying in both countries goes, if it drains in damascus, the lebanese opened their umbrella syria. so 11 on a very important, a strategic um, uh, you know, the younger brother. and so for itself, a

now it's up to the parliament in lebanon to take that forward. i'm not going to comment here today on the particular selection other than to say that we believe he can steward a new chapter for lebanon and he's making his selections of who will be a good partner for him in that regard. with respect to the question about president trump and his comments, you know, he's talked about all hell to pay, all hell breaking loose and so forth. one thing i would observe is that if you're hamas, all hell has been breaking loose on you for 14 months. the israelis have destroyed their military formations, taken out their top leadership, removed their military capabilities in significant dimensions. so the israelis have plot been holding back when it comes to -- have not been holding back when it comes to going after hamas and i don't know what it would mean to add further military pressure to hamas beyond what has already happened but do i believe that the consequence of all of that degradation is that we are finally at the point both from israel's perspectiv

it's also the 1st time that the prime minister from neighboring lebanon is visiting the must cause in 15 years, the last 5 minutes to, to do so. woodside though, heavy. and that was way back in 2010. so this visit is white and both of these 2 countries had been had the best of relations. they have been defeated in the internal affairs of each other for a while. building the site funding, which is which lots that modem 50 is syrian troops occupied parts of lebanon. and when the season, what you serious started, hezbollah dusted up in these um, who supported the shuttle assets. but the 2 countries have had traumatic developments in recent days. and weeks, as you have mentioned lebanon as a new president, and in december, the shot of us, it was tough. so, but then you need to ship in both countries, say they went off a bet the relations, and they want to work together. so one of the main issues that they said they want to work together on all finding a solution for us is the issue of the security of the boat on the 2 countries say a board at the splitting was 400 kilometer long. most wil

however, liberal in southern lebanon, austin, on days, radio. having classes for 3 is ready, 4 days on villages trying to return to around 60 says the ones are still on the console. variety on 4th is not the lebanese all the 40. how salty so slowly move into some of those areas, as well as in fact folders and destroyed buildings at booby trapped the buildings as they slowly stalled, the withdrawal process happening convoys open lebanese on policies by c is radio. and lisa, in some of the assessments here in the south and then earlier this week as well, seem to escalate to forming combine targeting the eastern mountain village of genes uh in the back of valley in the fall back region of the country. very close to the syrian boulder and then in a novelty i here in the the sounds a little the knows old phillips on the river. now old of this comes off to the election of a president. the head of the liberties on false is josie. if our own was pointed, president, bringing an end to last, so my level to not be without a president for more than 2 years.

here, a village in southern lebanon, the location of a 2000 year old trying, going 1st, how does that make you feel as a lebanese, and what are the implications of damaging sites instructor such as ball back entire, on the lebanese people. but also what does that mean to all of us to the rest of the world? and i believe i belong to the generation that has decided to do you mean, and rather than despite all the attractions we have and or degree and offers. i personally have to pursue my cree somewhere else and i've decided to remain here. i live in them is not a new state and then is visited by itself. it's a pos, just 1002000 years of history of family. shared a part of these and the willingness to the meal, we had the, the 2 different kinds of what was in lebanon and always made it. and the mean here at this so, so it's, so i'm making to see villages for the part to see people scattered to see this phase. people going over. it doesn't mean that the parental but also to base pieces of our history. but they could always pay more attention to the priority is widely given to the humanita

so these are critical times for lebanon to use this time, not just implement disagreement, but to come to political consensus, to focus on loving, non for love. and these people, do us husbands named a preferred candidate. but the international community is believed to back the army commander joseph on, on own to also enjoys popular support, was recently in saudi arabia to meet officials. there has the law has been accused of blocking previous efforts to elect the president's not close to its camp. now the group says it has no veto on island, but along with its allies hasn't said who it will endorse. no, they need to, 1st of or proper a government in order to, at least to provide the relief for its own constituency. those will suffer from this war, as well as the war on has been lost in the recent fall of the said regime in syria has re shaped, loved and on and weakened. erupt, influence across the region 11 on doesn't have the billions of dollars needed for reconstruction. and the international community was pushed for an election before the ceasefire to cold, has so far refrained fro

i 1st went to lebanon in 1972 as a young reporter. and i wanted to see whether something was happening that or not. i stayed in what was then relatively modest hotel, cold, a comfortable hotel. the overall impression was some, some, some a society which was held together by a rob, a loose series of ropes. and it didn't take much for that to a shot to the 13th of april, 1975, mount to the official stones of the city. it would, didn't know, but of course wisdom, it was to turn out that he was the manager of the colorado. i heard so, so he drew me and he took out a piece of paper and a pen. and he drew from me the various sections of barret who controlled what, where you could go safely. i said the use of what we needed was a bass. the next time i went to pay rude. that is, if it created this fantastic hotel in the space of a few weeks, the commodore had become about generously extensive the 1975 and 76. with the 5th is 2 years of the civil war with sectarian killings, massive destruction, and the division of a root into the christian ea

i 1st went to lebanon in 1972, as a young reporter, my very 1st article from magazine here called the new statesman in which i effectively said, this place is waiting to blow. all it needs is a spot because of the complexity of this very small country, surrounded by competing nations, the from the 1950s to the seventy's. they really was a magnet for the international pleasure of speaking a se routes. hotel district was up the hall to it's a luxury tourism economy making it to favorite jet set destination. the one we speak about beta its golden age as the switch to the communities. we are actually talking about an area, the district that use the very specific product of a precise to political project. my name is sort of frequencies and i'm a political geographer, always based at the university of birmingham. i am interested in hotels and urban conflict. the holiday inn came quite late in the day in 1974. it was opened quite late in the day into this hotel district, which was considered a playground for celebrities and politicians and the blue months and spies the hotel district, stunte