This past weekend, Lebanon’s prime minister, Saad Hariri, travelled to Damascus, where Lebanese and Syrian officials signed 17 bilateral agreements. For many observers this was fresh evidence of improved relations between Beirut and Damascus.
Perhaps it was, but little has changed in the way Syria views Lebanon from the days when the Syrian army was in the country. For President Bashar Assad, Lebanon is there primarily to serve Damascus’s regional interests, regardless of whether this undermines its sovereignty.
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