This is Democracy Now. Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

As we continue our conversation with Kareem, Shchev, Bay-based journalists reporting on Lebanon,

Syria, and Iraq for the Associated Press. We just talked about what's happening in Aleppo and also what's happening in Lebanon.

Israel's continued attacks in southern Lebanon despite the ceasefire.

But, Karim, I wanted to ask you about the reaction in Lebanon to President-elect Trump,

naming the Lebanese-American billionaire businessman Masad

Bulos as his senior Middle East advisor.

He is the father-in-law of Tiffany, President Trump's child, who just married his son.

Reuters reports that his father and grandfather were both

figures in Lebanese politics, and his father-in-law was a key funder of the free patriotic

movement, a Christian party aligned with Hezbollah. Can you talk more about who he is?

So, Amy, you pretty much described Humas Saad Moulos is pretty comprehensively.

But definitely, when he sort of became very public about his involvement in the Trump campaign,

and it seemed he had some interesting appeals to the Lebanese in terms of trying

to end the war and having the Lebanese trust in a Trump presidency. And he has since appeared

very often on Lebanese media talking about what Trump has planned for the Middle East and how

Trump wants to resolve wars and so on,

trying to bring a sense of confidence from the Lebanese people that Trump would not only bring about calm in the region,

but would also be good for stability in Lebanon. Lebanon for many years has gone through an economic crisis,

political turmoil. The country has been without a president for over two years now. And, of course,

there's a lot of concerns that, you know, this war that Hezbollah and Israel had would not have

a lasting ceasefire or that there could not be lasting security in Lebanon. And there was

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