Civil protests and political crisis in Lebanon in 2019-2022

Abstract The master thesis focuses on civil protests and the political crisis in Lebanon in 2019- 2022. The thesis opens up the subject of the civil public's relationship with the political class on the one hand, and domestic politics with the geopolitical situation of the Middle East on the other. The first question will be whether the civil protests are directed against the political class as such, or whether they are primarily targeted by Hezbollah and its allies. The second question will be how the protests relate to Hezbollah's cooperation with Syria and their conflict with Western powers. The empirical part of the work will draw on Internet sources interpreted with the help of secondary literature. Key words: civil protests, political crisis, Lebanon, Hezbollah, political class, civic publi