On the Syrian Government aimed at protecting civilians from further war crimes and preventing any Foreign Investment with president assads regime. Syrian writers and scholars look at the economic and political impact of the sanctions. The sanctions announced last week came into force and came into force and its an unprecedented economic crisis in syria bring the syrian pound to roughly 3000 to a single u. S. Dollar. Small businesses are closing and ports are plummeting of those living under the poverty line already at 85 are increasing in number. An average monthly salary in syria reportedly by a large bag of limits. Corruption has triggered a crisis and humanitarian the potential famine this winter. While lebanon remains my the economic crisis and kelly continues to spread in syria, the decision 600 the rollout of the turkish lira to nearly a third of their income population. The northwest to be the nail in the coffin to what remains. In the podcast released last week are nonresident
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. All of the conflicts and tensions in the wider middle east coalesce in one small nation lebanon. Currently a quarter of the lebanese population is made up of refugees from syria. Iran wields huge influence in lebanon thanks to its sponsorship of the militant Group Hezbollah, and israel has a long history of intervention in its northern neighbour. My guest today is lebanons foreign minister gebran bassil. Is his government making lebanons problems worse . Gebran bassil, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Once again, it looks as though lebanon could be drawn in to a dangerous regional conflict, and your government appears to be doing nothing right now to reduce the tension. Why is that . Actually, we want to avoid getting into any trouble. Our policy is to be disassociated from any conflict in the region but we are obliged to protect our country and we are repeatedly aggressed by israeli violations of Un Resolution 1701.
Talks about efforts to counter irans Illicit Financial Networks. The Atlantic Council hosted this our 20 minute forum. [indistinct chatter] william hello, everyone, and welcome to the Atlantic Council. Welcome to everyone here and those watching on cspan and our livestream. My name is william wechsler, and i lead Atlantic Councils work on the middle east. Im delighted to welcome you to an event cohosted for strategy and security and our Global Business and economics programs initiative. This event is on the record, and please tweet if you are so inclined, and if so, use the hashtag shapingsanctions. Today, we are here to learn more about hezbollah and its finances. Hezbollah is one of the most sophisticated terrorist organizations and stabilizing factor in the middle east. Organizations in the world, and a key destabilizing factor in the middle east. Iran reportedly provides the terrorist group with hundreds of millions of dollars annually. This money has advanced the iranian agenda, u
With stephen sackur. Welcome too hard to talk. I am a stephen sackur. All of the conflicts and tensions in the wider middle east coalesce in the discordant politics of one small state lebanon. Currently a quarter of the lebanese population is made of syrians seeking refuge from war. Iran wields huge influence through its sponsorship of the Shia Islamist Group Hezbollah, while israel has a history of intervention in its northern neighbour. My guest today is Lebanese Foreign minister gebran bassil. Is his government making lebanons problems worse . Gebran bassil, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Once again, it looks as though lebanon could be drawn in to a dangerous regional conflict. And your government appears to be doing nothing right now to reduce the tension. Why is that . Actually, we wa nt to tension. Why is that . Actually, we want to avoid getting into any trouble. Our policy is to be disassociated from any conflict in the region but we are obliged to protect our country and we a
[indiscernible chattering] hello, everyone, and welcome to the Atlantic Council. Welcome to everyone here and those watching on cspan and our livestream. I am william wexler, and i lead Atlantic Councils work on the middle east. Im delighted to welcome you to. N event today this event is on the record, and please tweet if you are so inclined and if so, use the shapingsacntions we are here to learn more about hezbollah and its finances. Hezbollah is one of the most sophisticated terrorist organizations and stabilizing factor in the middle east. Iran reportedly provides the terrorist group with hundreds of millions of dollars annually. This money has advanced the iranian agenda, undermining balance, challenging the Lebanese Armed forces as the sole legitimate protector of the countrys security, providing ondemand proxy Ground Forces for iran;s moore in syria cup irans more in syria, maintaining top terrorist ability in the region and around the world, and directly threatening israel. But