As internal political divisions intensify, statements attributed to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri about a possible repeat of the events of Feb. 6, 1984, have begun circulating in the media.While these statements have not been confirmed by sources close to Berri, their mention reflects how tense relations have become among political actors, raising the risk of the country being pulled into a cycle of internal violence that would only weaken it.Berri's comments refer to a period during the Civil War (1975-1990) when Shiite, Sunni and Druze militias stormed West Beirut, the capital demarcated by the ruling militias. After the Feb. 6 battle, the Lebanese Army’s Sixth Brigade, then led by Gen. Loutfi Jaber and composed mostly of Shiites, split off, as Jaber asked his men to follow Shiite militias' orders, including Berri's Amal...
As internal political divisions intensify, statements attributed to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri about a possible repeat of the events of Feb. 6, 1984, have begun circulating in the media.While these statements have not been confirmed by sources close to Berri, their mention reflects how tense relations have become among political actors, raising the risk of the country being pulled into a cycle of internal violence that would only weaken it.Berri's comments refer to a period during the Civil War (1975-1990) when Shiite, Sunni and Druze militias stormed West Beirut, the capital demarcated by the ruling militias. After the Feb. 6 battle, the Lebanese Army’s Sixth Brigade, then led by Gen. Loutfi Jaber and composed mostly of Shiites, split off, as Jaber asked his men to follow Shiite militias' orders, including Berri's...
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