Christian villages on Lebanon-Syria border beef up security & other recent stories

Not much time to post stories to the blog lately so here are a few together:

Christian villages on Lebanon-Syria border beef up security

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/01/lebanon-syria-border-christian-villages-security.html#ixzz2qwTvHDUe

Hariri trial: Meet the judges, prosecutors and the accused

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2014/01/15/Hariri-trial-Meet-the-judges-prosecutors-accused.html

Lebanon’s security weakens as al-Qaeda enters the fray 

http://www.theatlanticpost.com/middle-east/lebanon/lebanons-security-weakens-al-qaeda-enters-fray-6846.html