Thread by @JadChaaban

In the last 20 years #Lebanon has experienced massive occurrence of #conflict and political violence.

But this insecurity was not equally distributed across regions, and this matters a lot.. (1/5)

In the last 20 years, people living in the Greater Beirut Area have spent an aggregate of 10 years without political violence. People living in Tripoli 13 years, while others living in the South, Western Bekaa or Batroun have had 19 out of 20 years of political security. (2/5)

Greater Beirut, Tripoli and Northern Bekaa concentrated insecurity and political violence events in the last 20 years. Together they accounted for 75% of all political violence occurrences.
This unequal internal geographic distribution of political insecurity matters a lot (3/5)

Of course the above only includes violent conflicts between state and/or non state actors which resulted in casualties, and excludes threats and air raids and other types of insecurity and potential spillover impacts. (4/5)

But having almost half the Lebanese population suffering directly from political violence, while the other half is relatively spared, explains to a great extent the internal polarization and power dynamics in the country. (5/5)

TBC

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