Israel-Gaza Fallout Sparks Fears of Wider Middle East War

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🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The U.S. expanded its bombing campaign of Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen this week, as the group continues to attack ships in the Red Sea. But Yemen is just one of the Middle East flashpoints raising concerns about a wider conflict in the region spreading from the Israel-Gaza war. Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah at the Israel-Lebanon border is also ramping up. Meanwhile, violence has spilled over into Iraq, Iran and Syria. We’ll talk with two Middle East experts about the risks of a broader war in the region, the role the U.S is playing in the conflicts and prospects for peace. Guests: Robin Wright, joint fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; contributing writer, the New Yorker; author, "How Ten Middle East Conflicts Are Converging Into One Big War" Firas Maksad, senior fellow, Middle East Institute; adjunct professor, the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.4	You look at a map of the Middle East right now, and conflicts have broken out all over.
1:20.8	Of course, there is the Israeli military's continuing and punishing campaign in Gaza.
1:25.9	But there are skirmishes on the Israel-Lebanon border with Hezbollah fighters.
1:30.0	There are the attacks by Houthis and Yemen, the country just south of Saudi Arabia.
1:34.5	The violence has inflamed conflicts inside Iraq, Iran, and Syria.
1:39.4	And the fighting isn't only between individual non-state actors and national militaries, but also driven by the regional powers like Iran and Saudi Arabia
1:48.0	and U.S. forces deployed all over the place.
1:51.0	We'll learn about the widening of the conflict and the chances for peace after this news.
2:03.6	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. Gaza is smaller in area than the city of San Jose. But the intensity of the Israeli military campaign and the deep history of the conflict have made at the center of what could become or or perhaps already is, a regional war.
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