Archives: Lebanon
Trouble in Tripoli: Syrian Crisis Shifts the Stage
Over the weekend clashes in Tripoli took place between residents loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and residents loyal to the Syrian opposition, which threaten to destabilise Lebanon.
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An Algerian Exception?
Richard Phelps argues that a history of violent civil war has stopped the Arab Spring reaching Algeria from neighbouring Tunisia and Libya.
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Lunch with Robert Fisk
On 8th September 2010, CMEC hosted a lunchtime brief with The Independent’s Beirut-based journalist, Robert Fisk, at Roux at Parliament Square.
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Shadow National Security Minister visits Lebanon
Baroness Neville-Jones, Shadow National Security Minister and National Security Advisor to David Cameron and David Lidington MP, Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister visit Beirut.