Bilal Saab

Atlantic Council

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Senior fellow for Middle East Security at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC

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The so-called "Arab Spring" never took place in Lebanon, despite growing public outrage at a government divided between Muslims and Christians since the end of the civil war in 1990.

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The so-called "Arab Spring" never took place in Lebanon, despite growing public outrage at a government divided between Muslims and Christians since the end of the civil war in 1990.

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