It was a year to forget. Covid-19, in all its variants, rolled across the world like a malignant fog. The pandemic sickened millions, causing deaths among the elderly and vulnerable and throwing entire sets of spanners into the wheel of economic recovery. It was as if it wanted to prove that while science may often find the answers, Nature, entirely disinterested in human progress, constantly changes the question.
Israeli invasion could push an unstable Lebanon over the edge into total state collapse
Lebanon is at risk of being destabilised to such an extent that there is even potential for a second civil war.
