The protests against the Syria regime have been ongoing for almost 10 months now and the Syrian opposition has for the first time addressed officially the Lebanese government and people asking to turn a "new page" and build new foundations based on mutual-respect and sovereignty, as well as support for ethnic and religious diversity and pluralism.
Noting that Lebanon has suffered under Syrian hegemony for almost 30 years before their withdrawal in 2005, Michael Young argues that the gesture made by the Syrian National Council must not be ignored. Click [Here] for the full article.