Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, July 29, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from Head of L'Orient Today - Olivia Le Poidevin:Today's Morning Brief is about one sole subject: the Majdal Shams strike and its impact on the Lebanese-Israeli border. After nine months of reporting on the conflict, we have on numerous occasions told you that the region is on the brink of a wider war. And once again, we find ourselves at a familiar juncture. The shape of what has been an attritional set of deadly, daily, but contained cross-border skirmishes and strikes between Hezbollah and Israel over the preceding months, could now be set to change, depending on the response by Israel's government and army. As diplomats race to de-escalate the situation - and claim and counterclaims of responsibility...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, July 29, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from Head of L'Orient Today - Olivia Le Poidevin:Today's Morning Brief is about one sole subject: the Majdal Shams strike and its impact on the Lebanese-Israeli border. After nine months of reporting on the conflict, we have on numerous occasions told you that the region is on the brink of a wider war. And once again, we find ourselves at a familiar juncture. The shape of what has been an attritional set of deadly, daily, but contained cross-border skirmishes and strikes between Hezbollah and Israel over the preceding months, could now be set to change, depending on the response by Israel's government and army. As diplomats race to de-escalate the situation - and claim and counterclaims of responsibility...