Lebanon 1990, fifteen years of civil war ended in a double occupation of the country, Syria & Israel, and a new government was established in 1989 with Elias Hraoui presiding over it by the Taif Agreement while the omnipresent Syrian Secret Services (Al Mukhabarat) control the Lebanese system with its various institutions, most importantly, the judicial system. — Background
Once Syria ousted General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace and took control of the remaining Free Lebanese Areas, its men in Lebanon slipped into strategic posts throughout state institutions. The delicate ministries of interior, defense, labor, and foreign affairs were handed to Syria’s allies, cherry-picked by the head of…