11 on the only country in the modern middle east that was long dominated by christians today muslims are in the majority its a society that has repeatedly been under threat. Just as up there have always been tensions between the different religious communities and to nominations in various ethnic groups in lebanon. Supposes and financed by ron the Shiite Hezbollah Party of god has had a huge impact on the political fabric of levanon. As follows critics would say yes that this does destabilize the region hezbollah supporters would say that as well as military strength is an asset for lebanon because that keeps israel away. In the civil war in syria the hezbollah militia defended. Its sad regime now theyre back and living on in stronger shape than ever. The more the there are fighting to defend is the model of bashar assad which this is its a she. Bought just to what extent does hezbollah to term in the course of politics in lebanon. Beirut the lebanese capital still bears the scars of a
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And simply. My husband went to peru because of the crisis that if he hadnt gone there we would have died of hunger on one of them. Displaced stores for nearly 15 going to. The fact that. Tensions are rising in iraq and Oil Producers are tightening security could fridays spike in oil prices be taste of whats to come as investors fear retaliation for a high profile killing. Also on the show south africa braces for another economic blow as a 3rd Ratings Agency considers demoting the countrys debt to junk status. And will hit the road in the u. S. And meet some hard travel emmas on workers. This is your. Business report im Stephen Frears in berlin thanks for joining us. Companies operating in iraq are tightening Safety Measures after the u. S. Killed a top iranian general drawing vows of retaliation from tehran Oil Refineries and shippers in the persian gulf have been targeted in the past for iranian sponsored actions in Global Markets are clearly fearing a repeat all prices rose on friday
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