The Lebanon Crisis.

From: APS Diplomat News Service | Date: January 1, 2007 | Copyright information

The current crisis in Lebanon began in August 2004, when President Assad summoned Rafiq Hariri to Damascus and threateningly ordered him to vote for an extension of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud's term by another three years under an amendment of the constitution - failing which, Assad said, "I will break Lebanon over your head and over [French President Jacques] Chirac's head". Hariri returned to Beirut and, despite UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1559 calling extension of...

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