Since the assassination of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan- a
security chief Friday sporadic violence has developed between pro and
con elements. The chief was a Sunni while the Lebanese President is
Shi'a and supported by Hezbollah and perhaps Syria or Iran indirectly.
There are concerns that the sectarian civil war in Syria may reignite
the long dormant Lebanese Civil strife that ended in 1990. The Lebanese
civil war between 1975 and 1990 was a very unpleasant affair.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/lebanon.htm
A loose political balance has existed since then between the Syrian backed Hezbollah forces and the Lebanese Christians with Hezbollah the dominant party. If the Syrian regime becomes defunct it is not improbable that the political balance in Lebanon will alter substantially. There have reportedly been Salafist Sunni militants involved in the incipient Lebanese conflict.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/10/22/lebanon-erupts-in-fighting/1649839/
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/lebanon.htm
A loose political balance has existed since then between the Syrian backed Hezbollah forces and the Lebanese Christians with Hezbollah the dominant party. If the Syrian regime becomes defunct it is not improbable that the political balance in Lebanon will alter substantially. There have reportedly been Salafist Sunni militants involved in the incipient Lebanese conflict.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/10/22/lebanon-erupts-in-fighting/1649839/
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