<P> In early January 2011, the national unity government collapsed due to growing tensions stemming from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which was expected to indict Hezbollah members for the Hariri assassination . The parliament elected Najib Mikati, the candidate for the Hezbollah - led March 8 Alliance, Prime Minister of Lebanon, making him responsible for forming a new government . Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah insists that Israel was responsible for the assassination of Hariri . A report leaked by the Al - Akhbar newspaper in November 2010 stated that Hezbollah has drafted plans for a takeover of the country in the event that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon issues an indictment against its members . </P> <P> In 2012, the Syrian civil war threatened to spill over in Lebanon, causing more incidents of sectarian violence and armed clashes between Sunnis and Alawites in Tripoli . As of 6 August 2013, more than 677,702 Syrian refugees are in Lebanon . As the number of Syrian refugees increases, the Lebanese Forces Party, the Kataeb Party, and the Free Patriotic Movement fear the country's sectarian based political system is being undermined . </P> <P> Lebanon is located in Western Asia between latitudes 33 ° and 35 ° N and longitudes 35 ° and 37 ° E. Its land straddles the "northwest of the Arabian plate". </P> <P> The country's surface area is 10,452 square kilometres (4,036 sq mi) of which 10,230 square kilometres (3,950 sq mi) is land . Lebanon has a coastline and border of 225 kilometres (140 mi) on the Mediterranean sea to the west, a 375 kilometres (233 mi) border shared with Syria to the north and east and a 79 kilometres (49 mi) long border with Israel to the south . The border with the Israeli - occupied Golan Heights is disputed by Lebanon in a small area called Shebaa Farms . </P>

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