In an irony of history, the old Lebanon, feared in the decade of the 1970s for its hijackers, is now the victim of kidnappings. The confusion is greater when Lebanese are kidnapped in Syria and Syrians are kidnapped in Lebanon as a deliberate proxy war between pro-Syrian regime groups in Lebanon..
Natalia Sancha
Natalia Sancha is an active journalist, political analyst, and photographer. She collaborates with several Spanish media sources (La Voz de Galicia, Foreign Policy, Política Exterior, and Afkar/Ideas), and published with Spanish think-tanks that focus on the MENA region. She maintains her blog, Inside Middle East, and keeps some of her photography at www.nataliasancha.com. After completing her M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University, Natalia Sancha joined the Spanish NGO Cives Mundi and has been based in Beirut, Lebanon since 2008.