Qatar stands up for Lebanon – part 2

And of course Qatar’s leader was the first Arab head of state to visit Lebanon since the end of the war. (Although Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad did hold talks with Lebanese leaders DURING the war in Tripoli).

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