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The meeting of Hafez Assad with Kamal Jumblat. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Nazeer Rida | Mar 16, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- Tawfiq Sultan, a former official in the “National Movement”, recalls all the details of a meeting held between Lebanese Druze leader Kamal Jumblat and former Syrian President Hafez Assad, 40 years after the assassination of his comrade. At this famous meeting,...
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A protester holds up a Lebanese flag during a protest against corruption and against the government’s failure to resolve a crisis over rubbish disposal in Beirut, Lebanon August 29, 2015. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 2, 2017 | Middle East
Washington- United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) declassified documents exposed details which led and in part contributed to the 1976 occupation of Lebanon by Syria– carried out by Hafez al-Assad’s administration to end the then conflict pitting the...
