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#Lebanon’s government: A ticking time bomb with regional and international controls
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Lebanese President Michel Sleiman (Front C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (Front C-L) and prime minister-designate Tammam Salam (Front C-R) posing with ministers of the new cabinet at the presidential palace of Baabda, east of Beirut. (Photo: AFP- Ho / Dalati and Nohra) Lebanese President Michel Sleiman (Front C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (Front C-L) and prime minister-designate Tammam Salam (Front C-R) posing with ministers of the new cabinet at the presidential palace of Baabda, east of Beirut. (Photo: AFP- Ho / Dalati and Nohra)

The mistake that the various Lebanese parties made after the formation of the new government is that some of them saw it as a victory but they might be surprised, while others accepted (...)

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Lebanon’s government: A ticking time bomb with regional and international controls
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The mistake that the various Lebanese parties made after the formation of the new government is that some of them saw it as a victory but they might be surprised, while others accepted it as a defeat and shocked their supporters. In reality, it is not a matter of victory or defeat. It is more like a ticking time bomb. It will either explode soon or its trigger will be defused, if the understandings reached between all the parties mature into a deal.

What are the possibilities? What happened?

Hizbollah debates dropping support for the regime of President Bashar al-Assad - Telegraph
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Hizbollah has a private army, regarded as a terrorist organisation by the United States, which is much stronger than Lebanon’s national army - yet it is also inside Lebanon’s government as part of an uneasy arrangement of rival political parties.

Since it was founded in the 1980s it has built a reputation as a formidably disciplined organisation, tolerating no public dissent. But a year ago the rival Palestinian militant organisation Hamas, which controls Gaza, abandoned its support for Mr Assad. Now, insiders say, Hizbollah is engaged in a fierce debate behind closed doors over whether to follow suit.

“There are different points of view, with some saying that we should push for a settlement within Syria and not bank on Assad staying,” said one Lebanese with connections to senior Hizbollah circles.