The Middle East Situation

The storming of the Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut by Shi'ite Muslim forces is having major repercussions both locally and regionally. In Lebanon itself, community relations have been further strained and political alliances in some cases turned upside down by the latest of a seemingly endless series of upheavals. The development is widely seen as part of a process whereby Syria is reimposing its influence on Lebanon as the Israelis withdraw, but...