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Upcoming Webinar: Time for Optimism in Lebanon?

Hussain Abdul-Hussain • Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 12PM Eastern
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (right) chairs a meeting of the Lebanese Council of Ministers earlier this month. (Photo: Lebanese Presidency Office)

Event Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 12PM Eastern

Reports coming from Lebanon are, in many ways, encouraging – the Lebanese government, it seems, is done with Hezbollah and the wreckage of a once-beautiful and prosperous country. The question is, can the government carry out the mandate to remove Hezbollah, its weapons and its influence and create peaceful relations with Israel?

Join us as Hussain Abdul-Hussain, research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, walks us through the disparate threads of Lebanese politics – from the comforting and hopeful to the skeptical, cynical, and despairing.

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