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Source: https://nypost.com/2017/11/20/its-not-the-saudis-destroying-lebanon-its-iran/
It's Not the Saudis Destroying Lebanon - It's Iran
(New York Post) Benny Avni - Saudi officials point out it was their country that spent a fortune rebuilding Lebanon after the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah left it in ruins. But rather than regaining its status as "Paris on the Mediterranean," Beirut became an Iranian stronghold and Hizbullah now controls every aspect of Lebanese life. Under plans enshrined in UN Security Council resolutions, the Lebanese Army was supposed to disarm all militias. Instead, Hizbullah now controls the army. What happened since the 2006 war was a spectacular Lebanese takeover by Hizbullah. Created by Iran in the 1980s to counter Israel's military power, Hizbullah became Iran's model proxy army and its global gun for hire. Hizbullah agents are in Iranian outposts in Asia, Africa and South America. They even tried to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, D.C.