Minister Gebran Bassil
Lebanon's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
The Interview · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
In a special edition of HARDtalk, Zeinab Badawi is in Brussels to speak to Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil. He has travelled to the city to tell EU officials that his country has been overwhelmed by Syrian refugees. More than one million Syrians live in Lebanon – many of them have fled the oppression and brutality of the Assad government. So why then does his political party have an alliance with Hezbollah that backs the Syrian President?
(Photo: Gebran Bassil. Credit: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)