After an economic crash and decades of misgovernment, sectarian clashes in Beirut are a reminder of just how close Lebanon is to returning to the anarchy that defined the country for more than 15 years
BEIRUT—Hussein Hamdar sat in the backyard of his building in the shade of a tree and stared at the wall facing him.
Forty-five years ago, his grandfather was killed on the other side of the barrier during Lebanon’s civil war, shot in the head by a sniper as he was performing his prayers.while hanging her laundry on her balcony. The mother of five was shot in the head.
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