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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
World
Kareem Chehayeb

EXPLAINED: Post election calm prevails in beirut s divided neighbourhoods | Rare Historical Photos

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, depicted in this billboard, accused other parties before the recent election of trying to stir sectarian strife [Aziz Taher/Reuters]

Beirut, Lebanon – It seems eerily calm in one of Beirut’s most contentious front-line neighbourhoods just days after Lebanon voted for a new parliament.

The white flags of the Christian Lebanese Forces party hang along streets throughout the Ain el-Remmaneh neighbourhood, which overlooks the Shia majority area of Chiyyah, where streets are decked out in the green and yellow flags of the Hezbollah and Amal parties.

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