Syrian crisis, Lebanese fears (part two)

Is Syria calling the shots in Lebanon? François Picard’s panel argues over how a new Hezbollah-backed government suddenly came about. For Daily Star columnist Michael Young, Syria and Hezbollah don’t necessarily have identical interests.

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Antoine CHEDID, Rassemblement pour le Liban (pro-Michel Aoun)

Elie ABDEL HAYE, March 14 Forces (opposition)

Michael Young, Opinion editor, Daily Star newspaper (from Beirut)

Lucy Fielder, France 24 correspondent in Beirut

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Produced by Yi Song, Pauline Heilmann, Anelise Borges, Louise McWatt

Presenter

François Picard

25/03/2013 - THE DEBATE

Tough love for Cyprus

Wall Street had its Lehman moment. Is Europe having its Laiki moment? Winding down Cyprus’ second largest bank is only the start of it for a Europe that often seems daunted by its financial imbalances.

21/03/2013 - THE DEBATE

Mali: Who's in charge? (part 2)

It's not just a first suicide attack in Timbuktu that rings alarm bells. France 24 goes to the northern city of Gao and found that two months on, there's not really a semblance of a functioning state, the locals mistrust the army, and most civil servants have yet to return from the capital.

21/03/2013 - THE DEBATE

Mali: Who's in charge?

It's not just a first suicide attack in Timbuktu that rings alarm bells. France 24 goes to the northern city of Gao and finds that two months on, there's not really a semblance of a functioning state, the locals mistrust the army, and most civil servants have yet to return from the capital.

19/03/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iraq, ten years later... (part 2)

The weapons of mass destruction that weren't, daily sectarian violence that endures and US public opinion that's lost its stomach for foreign intervention: François Picard's panel looks at how nonetheless the legacy of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq could still morph over time.