Lebanon

The marriage of convenience between the reformist March 14 and March 8 parties has worked surprisingly well, but things could come to a head now that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) looks as though it will implicate members of Hizbullah itself. For a government which includes Hizbullah to fund and support a tribunal which is accusing members of that organisation of murder and terrorism could be severely destabilising. For its part, Hizbullah does not sound too forgiving: Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said that the expected findings of the tribunal were 'part of the attempts to weaken and target

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