Many people question if the political divide between left and right exists in Lebanon. Does the same delineation we see in the West also exist in local political formations? And, if so, who is right wing and who is left wing? A quick answer would be that this is just color on top of the confession of each party. Indeed, in appearance, all Lebanese parties are confessional
Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance by the sectarian ruling elite. Here are some of the main crises over the past two decades in a country that has known little stability since the end of its 1975-90 civil war: 2005 Former premier Rafik al-Hariri is killed and 21 others die in a bomb attack on his motorcade in Beirut on Feb. 14.