Why can Lebanon play a very important role in the Syrian issue?

Lebanon's role in the Syrian issue is mainly to accept a large number of refugees. Others are of little use, because this is already a military game between big countries. Lebanon is only a small country. How can it solve the problems of other countries without solving its own problems?

Lebanon is the only Arab country composed of people who believe in Islam and Christianity. By the 1980s, the number of people who believed in Islam had exceeded 50% of the country's total population, and the number of people who believed in Christianity accounted for 40%. The Lebanese government is "based on sectarian structure", and the regime itself is "a collection of contradictions". This is a very special form of national organization in the 20th century.

Lebanon is intertwined with the struggles of Arab countries and Israel, and its internal contradictions are closely related to the Palestinian issue. 1948 after the Palestinian war, Israel occupied a large area of Palestinian land and drove 960,000 Palestinians out of their homes, of which about180,000 people poured into Lebanon. 1967 "six? After the "Five Wars", another 250,000 Palestinian refugees entered Lebanon.

As a result, the number of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon has reached 600,000. Most of these refugees are Sunni Muslims. Except for 65,438+00% people who are educated and have jobs in cities, the remaining 90% people live in refugee camps in southern Lebanon and coastal areas.

After the outbreak of the civil war in Lebanon, the Syrian army actively intervened, starting with mediation activities, and then directly sent troops to Lebanon on the grounds of stopping the civil war and maintaining peace, which played a very important role in determining the political situation in Lebanon.