With Macron’s visit to Beirut, Lebanon’s future is looking a lot like the past

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President Emmanuel Macron toured neighborhoods where Lebanese officials have been personae non gratae, embraced activists who have called for the downfall of the Lebanese establishment and even had dinner with the singer Fairuz, the single most popular Lebanese cultural icon who has for decades shunned the country’s political leadership. It was beginning to feel a … Read more