The "Iraqisation" of Lebanon

Antoine Basbous, head of the Observatoire des Pays Arabes (OPA), spoke with Ludovic Blecher about the current political situation in Lebanon: 2It is a civil war controlled by foreign interests. The spiritual head of the Iranian revolution and the Iranian President ... have been saying for months that imperialism and Zionism must be defeated in Lebanon. The country has been declared a field of operations for the Jihad. ... Hezbollah has been the major player in the country since the war against Israel in 2006. ... We are seeing an 'Iraqisation' of the conflict. Hezbollah will come out on top at first, because it has a structured army and money. But its occupation will soon turn against it. The Lebanese, who are predominantly Sunnis and do not share the values of the militia, see it as an occupying force. ... A gruesome and violent civil war between Shiites and Sunnis on the orders of Damascus and Tehran is in the offing."

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