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When people usually discuss syrian-lebanese relations/problems, they inevitably come to talk about the difference between the totalitarian regime in Syria in contrast with the democratic system of Lebanon. This could not irritate me further.

I admit however that Lebanon has some democracy in the street. People are free to express their opinion (even though sometimes they risk to get shot!), to go on a strike, to criticize each and every political figure (except maybe for the sacred...

21 May 2008: Doha agreement.

A new Lebanon was born.

This agreement has made obsolete the previous Taef agreement (30 september 1989) that has tried to define a post-war Lebanon that was characterized by an Arabic- and International-licensed syrian mandate.

Today's agreement will definitely change the region's situation -at least partly. The rebirth of Lebanon will make Syria, Israel, USA, Iran, France and Saudi Arabia change their calculations. They...

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This is one of the two occasions that Syrians and Lebanese celebrate together, each one alone on his side, the second one being the national army day.

I have posted a thread about this commemoration exactly a year ago. And exactly a year ago, I stopped writing anything on the forum.

This is a day we should remember all our ancestors that have fought together and died for us to grow up in a country that's sovereign and free. Those free men from Tripoli, Beirut, Damascus,...