Decade after Hariri murder, Leba**n flounders in Syria's shadow

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https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XcU6vK4FUjQyXj3Fl2aYrA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/ff8ff59309dbe24046285899a18af444a307dd19.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/decade-hariri-murder-leba**n-flounders-syrias-shadow-144120559.html)A decade after former prime minister Rafiq Hariri was assassinated, hopes that the fallout from his death would free Leba**n from Syria's influence have been dashed by the war raging across the border. In the months that followed, a popular movement that accused Damascus of his killing forced Syrian troops out of Leba**n after a 30-year presence. Many in the country saw the Syrian withdrawal as a chance for Leba**n to shake off the influence of its larger neighbour and its perpetual status as a pawn in wider regional struggles. Yet the Lebanese public and analysts **w see little cause for hope, with Syria's civil war deepening divisions that emerged after Hariri's death.




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