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Roots of fragmentation: The army and regime survival in Syria
CMI Insight | Apr 2014
The Syrian army did not turn on the regime in the face of popular protests, contrary to its Egyptian and Tunisian counterparts. Yet, the Syrian army lost ...
Syria
The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): A united army for a divided country?
Book Chapter | Jan 2017
Multi-confessional armies are often seen as being weak and prone to disintegration. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is a case in point. From its inception ...
Lebanon, civil-miliary relations, army, urban conflict, deeply-divided societies