LEBANON

Lebanon is a country in crisis that seems to be failing on all fronts: politically, it continues to be under indirect occupation, economically, it has reached unprecedented levels of poverty, and debt, and socially, individual rights and liberties are violated every day. That is with an almost complete absence of rule of law due to corruption and nepotism... In addition, the country hosts several terrorist organization, and consequently, cannot separate itself from them vis a vis the international community, nor can it be isolated from their agenda. The people of Lebanon are held hostage by terrorism, corruption and a politically paralyzing war by proxy that has crippled their fate culturally, politically, and economically, and has changed the face of their country from being the beacon of freedom and prosperity in the region, to a swamp of corruption, oppression and socio-economic deterioration. Not only is this an impudent assault on the fundamental human rights of life, liberty and..