Is Lebanon doomed to civil war?
RIA Novosti political commentator Marianna Belenkaya MOSCOW -The next few days will be crucial for the situation in Lebanon. Shiite Hizbollah and the Christian Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led by Gen. Michel Aoun are going to call their supporters to the streets and demand a government of national unity. At the same time, Aoun does not rule out that the opposition may find a compromise with the ruling coalition (the March 14 Movement). The Lebanese army has been put on high alert. The situation is desperate. It is obvious that any compromise will be a temporary solution, although up to this day Lebanese politicians have been doing all they could to prevent political discord from boiling over into a war, and tried to find a compromise on all disputable issues. But now time for concessions is past. The opposition demands a new prime minister, redistribution of seats in the parliament, and possibly, new elections in the hope of getting a majority vote. In turn, the ruling coalition has n
