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What are the real risks of internal strife in Lebanon?


The risk of internal discord is increasingly making the headlines. Lebanese are closely watching developments in shelters for the displaced, tracking tensions between families who fled southern Lebanon, the Bekaa or Beirut’s southern suburbs and local residents, trying to anticipate what comes next and, above all, to grasp what lies beneath these developments and stories.Have weapons really been found in the possession of the displaced? Are those running some of these centers actually Hezbollah members? Questions like these are multiplying, with no clear answers. Even in neighborhoods where the displaced rented apartments, residents fear the presence of Hezbollah members and officials.According to many observers, it would take only a small spark to set things off.It is precisely because they are fully aware of this volatile situation...
The risk of internal discord is increasingly making the headlines. Lebanese are closely watching developments in shelters for the displaced, tracking tensions between families who fled southern Lebanon, the Bekaa or Beirut’s southern suburbs and local residents, trying to anticipate what comes next and, above all, to grasp what lies beneath these developments and stories.Have weapons really been found in the possession of the displaced? Are those running some of these centers actually Hezbollah members? Questions like these are multiplying, with no clear answers. Even in neighborhoods where the displaced rented apartments, residents fear the presence of Hezbollah members and officials.According to many observers, it would take only a small spark to set things off.It is precisely because they are fully aware of this volatile situation...
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