A destroyed car is seen on a street lined with buildings damaged by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the besieged area of Homs (REUTERS/Yazan Homsy).
Opinion
Echoes of Lebanon in Syria
May 6, 2013, Paul R. Pillar
Recent debate over the Syrian civil war has focused on the threat posed by the spread of conflict to neighboring states. Paul Pillar argues that Lebanon’s history of sectarian conflict offers valuable insight into the present dynamics at play in Syria.