March 14 Coalition (Lebanon-Report‪)‬

Is pro-government March 14 Alliance Disintegrating? The angry anti-Syrian demonstrations staged in 2005 by the March 14 coalition, which established after the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, ushered in a new revolution in Lebanon. The March 14 coalition was led at that time by major political figures including current Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, son of the slain premier, Druze chieftain and MP Walid Jumblat, and Christian Maronite leaders Amin Gemayel and Samir Geagea. But the once allied leaders of the coalition seem today to be drifting away from each other, especially after Jumblat, Syria's arch foe, announced last summer that he was distancing himself from the grouping. The coalition may seem to be disintegrating after Jumblat's defection but some March 14 sources disagree.