Ep. 28: In Lebanon, a Crisis on Top of a Crisis

As the world unites to help Lebanon recover from a blast that
decimated parts of its capital on Aug. 4 and killed nearly 200
people, some powerful members of the Security Council in New York
are arguing over the mandate renewal of the UN's peacekeeping
mission in the country, UNIFIL. On today's show, we talk to
Ambassador Amal Mudallali, the ambassador of Lebanon to the UN,
about her hopes for the relief effort and the future of her
country. We also interview Karim Makdisi, a professor at the
American University of Beirut, who explains the dominating tensions
between the US and France over the role of Unifil in Southern
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