In The Media
Lina Khatib
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In The Media
The Islamic State and the Battle of Arsal
Lebanon’s official policy of disassociation with the war in neighboring Syria hasn’t kept the conflict at bay.
By Lina Khatib
Published on Sep 11, 2014
Source: BBC World Service Newshour
PRESENTER: Now another family is confronting the death of one of its members in the most brutal of ways. I mean to identify photographs that were posted online by the Sunni jihadist group Islamic State which purport to show a beheading. This time it’s not the family of a journalist—but of a soldier. 20-year-old Abbas Medlej, the second Lebanese soldier, that would appear, has been beheaded by the Sunni group, which has been rampaging through Iraq and Syria, but is also reached Lebanon. The country’s official policy of disassociation with the war in neighboring Syria hasn’t kept the conflict at bay. Well joining me now to discuss this here in the studio—Lina Khatib, who’s the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.
This interview was originally broadcasted on BBC World Service Newshour.
About the Author
Lina Khatib
Former Director, Middle East Center
Khatib was director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Previously, she was the co-founding head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.
- Syria's Last Best Hope: The Southern Front
- The Islamic State’s Strategy: Lasting and ExpandingPaper
Lina Khatib
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