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As violence spreads across the region, what does war in Iran mean for Lebanon?

Displaced people fleeing Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon settle at the Bir Hassan Technical Institute, which has been turned into a shelter, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
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Displaced people fleeing Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon settle at the Bir Hassan Technical Institute, which has been turned into a shelter, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Bilal Hussein/AP)

The United Nations said that nearly 700,000 people have been displaced from their homes in Lebanon.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Fawaz Gerges, professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and author of “The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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