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
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And medicine are dwindling fast. Speaking at the Rafah Crossing between egypt and the gaza strip, where more than a 100 trucks, including the initial convoy of 20, are waiting for the green light to drive into gaza, mr guterres pleaded for the trucks to be allowed to move to the other side. Heres some of what he said. So these trucks are notjust trucks. They are a lifeline. They are the difference between life and death for so many people in gaza. And to see them stuck here makes me be very clear. What we need is to make them move. To make them move to the other side of this wall, to make them move as quickly as possible and as many as possible. Recently it was announced by israel and by the United States that humanitarian aid would be allowed to enter gaza. And i know that there is also an agreement between egypt and israel to make it possible. But these announcements were made with some conditions. This must be a sustained effort. We are not looking for a one convoy to come. We are l
Minister a month ago, and military generalses have been gaining strength but that seems to be the final nail in the coffin. Is that your read . Reporter thats right, deirdre. Were obviously waiting for some reaction out of the white house to all of this. Very fastmoving story. We heard secretary of state john kerry commenting that he did not know much about the situation in turkey right now but hoped that peace and continuity continued there. This is very, very critical relationship for the united turkey, a key military ally in the region, in the fight against isis and in other major issues in that part of the country, that part of the world, but also, very tough balancing act for any administration because of the situation with the kurds there. We are allied with the kurds in the fight against isis. But, kurdish roesch bells are trying to secede from part of turkey. So turkey says it is battling our, some of our key allies there. So the United States and Erdogan Administration have ha