Lebanon Culture

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The politics and recent history of the Middle East can seem baffling to outsiders. Nowhere was that more evident than during the Lebanon War that raged in 1982. Even contemporary reporting often made fundamental mistakes, and there was little general understanding of what was happening and why. This conflict involved a bewildering number of groups and influences from different parts of the world. The precipitating event was the attempted assassination of the Israeli ambassador in London, carried out by members of a Palestinian terrorist group.

Vecino limítrofe con Israel, este país hasta los años 70 era el centro financiero de Oriente Próximo, condición que fue rota por el enfrentamiento civil entre libaneses, la Guerra del Líbano, el ejército de Israel y el Hezbollah, sucesos que destruyeron un equilibrio político ejemplar. Las luchas internas y los conflictos con Israel - que invadió el país en 1982 - aún perduran.

O'Hara Poit, released early from prison under the pretext of a COVID-19 outbreak, now owes the men who orchestrated it—a radical organization with connections to fringe elements deep within the US political establishment. O'Hara is given an alias and sent to Beirut, where he is tasked with tracking down his estranged childhood friend, Red, now a soldier in a violent anarchist militia being trained by the Volk Group—an elite Russian mercenary force. When Red's militia returns to America, they plan to unleash mayhem and bring down the country.