The Debate - Lebanon 50 years on: Anatomy of a civil war

The Debate - Lebanon 50 years on: Anatomy of a civil war

How to reconcile a nation with itself? Perhaps a first step is together to examine the path that was taken.

Lebanon 50 years after civil war struggling with identity and sovereignty

On April 13, Lebanon marked a solemn milestone – the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of its civil war, a devastating conflict that reshaped the country’s identity and laid bare the fragility of its statehood. Half a century on, Lebanon remains caught in a tragic cycle of violence, political paralysis, and economic devastation. The bus ambush in Ain El-Remmaneh in 1975, which killed a dozen people, is widely recognized as the event that triggere…