I must apologize for not being able to feature especially large segments related to Lebanon due to personal time constraints. I hope to be able to do something big and comprehensive for the Kyrgyzstan elections on Sunday. However, Arthur Chrenkoff has done a great job day by day rounding things up on Lebanon, just like he has done for Afghanistan and Iraq.

One thing I will point out especially because it is so amazing. Lebanon has a tent city:

BEIRUT – A small tent city has popped up on Martyrs’ Square in Beirut as anti-Syrian protesters call for political changes in the wake of former prime minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination.

Thousands of demonstrators have spent four nights in the square and more are joining them each day.

Inspired by recent protests in Ukraine’s Independence Square, they say they’re willing to stay as long as it takes to bring down Lebanon’s pro-Syrian government and force 15,000 Syrian troops out of the country.

Many in Lebanon believe that Syria is responsible for Hariri’s death in a Feb. 14 bombing.

The Beirut demonstrators say they aren’t afraid of warnings from the government that it will soon crack down on what it calls an illegal gathering.

“The police are Lebanese people. The police are Lebanese youngsters and teenagers and they are Lebanese men,” said one protester.

“They share … the same cause.”

Those camping out have been emboldened by the national and international outcry against Hariri’s death and heartened by supporters who bring warm food and coffee.

More protesters join them by the hour as they sing songs and chant anti-Syrian slogans.

Incredible! It’s just so interesting the similarities are between the two now. But then again, isn’t the desire for freedom in the hearts of everyone, regardless of nationality?

UPDATE: Protests in Los Angeles. Glenn Reynolds notes:

The Lebanese expat community is large, rich, and spread around the globe. If they get behind this cause, it’s bad news for Assad.

To paraphase him, “Indeed.” Jim Geraghty has more, in particular, that many Lebanese are crediting their optimism because of the success in Iraq:

“It’s strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq,” explains Jumblatt. “I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world.” Jumblatt says this spark of democratic revolt is spreading. “The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin Wall has fallen. We can see it.”

Awesome, I saw that on the news earlier.