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28 May 2010updated 27 Sep 2015 2:18am

Lebanon: mixing the young generation

Interference in Lebanon is rife, but the country’s internal politics are often misunderstood or igno

By James Denselow

Last week the English-language Daily Star reported that Hezbollah was organising “jihadi tours” to the south of the country. On the trip, Lebanese of all religions were taken to the sites of key battles and the rather surreal border crossing with Israel at Fatima’s Gate, before meeting some of the largely elusive Hezbollah fighters themselves.

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