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How a Syrian Crisis Will Affect Lebanon

Mar 10, 2012 | 14:56 GMT

Hezbollah militants in Beirut

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Summary

Continuing unrest in Syria is driving Hezbollah to prepare for a worst-case scenario in which it loses a key patron in Damascus and is left to fend for itself against a host of Lebanese factions that share an interest in undermining Hezbollah's — and by extension, Iran's — influence in the Levant.

Continuing unrest in Syria is driving Hezbollah to prepare for a worst-case political scenario. ...

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