Lebanon’s ticking bomb: Hezbollah’s defiance and political paralysis (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

Few are the countries that can promise a Guinness book record for the longest garbage lanes, a two-year vacuum with no president, a dysfunctional government and a parliament that convenes less than ten times a year. Lebanon happens to be that country, staring closely at the abyss, as its GDP growth slumps, and indicators of instability multiply.

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