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Unspun World: Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border

John Simpson is in Beirut this week. What are the chances that Lebanon will get involved in the Israel-Gaza conflict?

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Affairs editor, John Simpson, is in Lebanon - a country deeply nervous it might get sucked into yet another war with Israel. So what are the chances it will? Analysis from Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega. Lebanon has been politically and economically unstable for years. It is also hugely diverse. Jim Muir- a stalwart of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s reporting in Lebanon for nearly 50 years - shares his view on the nation today.

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