Cecilia Lei
speaker
2,410 appearances
26 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 25 Aug
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Iran's most powerful proxy is Hezbollah, a militia based in Lebanon.
Early on, they fired rockets into neighboring Israel after Iran's supreme leader was assassinated.
And since then, Lebanon has absorbed near-daily strikes from the IDF.
It has become one of the bloodiest conflict zones of the war.
And it's a battle the U.S.
has largely kept out of.
NPR's Lauren Frayer spoke to us from Lebanon's capital, Beirut.
She told us that even if Trump follows through on his promises to end the war soon, it might have sparked a more lasting conflict nearby.
Israel warned residents to evacuate southern Lebanon and have pledged to destroy all Lebanese homes near the border.
They've also promised to maintain control over parts of the country even after the war ends.
The bombardment has resulted in one of the largest and fastest displacements in Lebanon's history.
More than a million people have left their homes.
That's close to a fifth of the population.
Freyer told us that makeshift shelters have begun popping up across the country.
The operation has drawn international condemnation.
Canada's prime minister described its deployment of ground troops as an illegal invasion, and 10 European countries urged Israel to avoid widening its operations.
Trump didn't even mention Lebanon in his address this week, but Israel has pushed forward.
In recent days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered an expansion of operations in Lebanon, arguing that Hezbollah still has the capacity to launch rockets towards his country.
Collective bargaining agreements in professional sports are known as some of the most lucrative and complicated contracts in the labor world.
So when the WNBA Players Association prepared to negotiate a new, potentially historic deal, they enlisted help from an unexpected source, a Nobel laureate.
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