0:00 Intro

2:00 False Comparison

11:36 Buildup

17:45 Sectarian Story

26:05 National Unity

32:10 Familiar

39:10 Reconsider

44:54 Principle

53:15 Repeated Decision

59:32 October 17

We're with Sara Assaf for Episode 250 of The Beirut Banyan.

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We reflect on sixteen years since the March 14 2005 protests that paved the way for the Syrian army's withdrawal from Lebanon.

We discuss the buildup to that date and the political failures since. Our conversation includes the ultimate derailing of Lebanon's sovereignty and the price of repeated assassinations that targeted March 14 figures.

Sara Assaf is a political commentator.

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