Lebanon fighting tests fragile US-Iran ceasefire
by editors@theworld.org (Joyce Hackel) from The World: Latest Stories on (#74V1J)
Waves of deadly Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon are threatening to derail the US-Iran truce. US Vice President JD Vance, who will lead an American delegation to discuss peace talks with Iran, described the dispute over whether Lebanon was included in the ceasefire as a legitimate misunderstanding." Lebanese journalist Kim Ghattas, a lecturer at Dartmouth College, disagrees. She explains to The World's Host Carolyn Beeler why Lebanon has long served as a petri dish" for the conflicts of other countries.