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Sunni community at crossroads: Tensions escalate amid political struggles

As tensions rise within Lebanon’s Sunni community, marked by conflicts between the interior minister and the director general of the Internal Security Forces, concerns mount over the potential disintegration of the community’s political influence.

Sunni community at crossroads: Tensions escalate amid political struggles

Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi (center) during a press conference alongside Director General of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) Imad Osman (left), Feb. 23, 2022 in Beirut. (Credit: Anwar Amro/AFP)

Another setback for the Sunni political community has surfaced. At a time when the community feels undermined regionally, its members find themselves in a precarious position, sometimes relegated to the status of “” (protected persons by law in an...
Another setback for the Sunni political community has surfaced. At a time when the community feels undermined regionally, its members find themselves in a precarious position, sometimes relegated to the status of “” (protected persons by law in an...