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The widening war in the Middle East

A Middle East Airlines airplane flies over Beirut as smoke rises from Dahiyeh, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
A Middle East Airlines airplane flies over Beirut as smoke rises from Dahiyeh, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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One year since October 7th, conflict in the Middle East is escalating, killing and displacing tens of thousands of civilians. What are the consequences of escalation in the Middle East?

Guests

Ehud Eiran, former assistant foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Retired IDF Major. Professor of political science at Haifa University.

Ryan Crocker, former career diplomat who served as ambassador to Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. He’s now a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Randa Slim, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute. Non-resident fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced and International Studies.

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