Jiro Ose

Crisis in Lebanon

Saad Hariri, head of western-backed majority and son of assasinated former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, spends his day receiving visitors at his office in Beirut Wednesday, September 26, 2007. After the July War, conflict between Hezborah and Israel, Lebanon has been plagued with crisis such as political stand-off with pro-western bloc with slim majority and Syria and Iran backed opposition, accompanied by the fight between Lebanese army and Suni fandamentalist group in a palestinian camps.
Saad Hariri, head of western-backed majority and son of assasinated former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, spends his day receiving visitors at his office in Beirut Wednesday, September 26, 2007. After the July War, conflict between Hezborah and Israel, Lebanon has been plagued with crisis such as political stand-off with pro-western bloc with slim majority and Syria and Iran backed opposition, accompanied by the fight between Lebanese army and Suni fandamentalist group in a palestinian camps.