‘American leadership is under question’ as MidEast conflict escalates

Issued on: 28/09/2024 - 

Video by:David SMITH

The US leadership is coming under question as the conflict in the Middle East escalated with Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike on Beirut Friday, The Guardian’s Washington bureau chief David Smith told FRANCE 24. With five weeks to go until November’s presidential election, US President Biden has become a “lame duck president” as he waits to see whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former president Donald Trump will succeed him, Smith said.  

Biden administration ‘lost control’ to Israel amid brewing MidEast crisis, expert says

Issued on: 28/09/2024 - 

There is no doubt that the “Biden administration has completely lost control” to Israel amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East, said Ali Vaez, director of the Iran research programme at International Crisis Group, pointing to the Israel’s targeted strike on Beirut after the US called for a diplomatic solution between Israel and Lebanon. “The junior partner is using the United States as its proxy and doing whatever it wants,” Vaez said, adding that “there is a window of opportunity” in the five weeks leading up to the US presidential election during which "there would be no constraints whatsoever” on Israel’s actions in the MidEast region.  

Death of Nasrallah: ‘Hezbollah must have been infiltrated'

Issued on: 28/09/2024 - Video by: Claire PACCALIN

The targeted Israeli strike on Beirut Friday that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah showed that the group “must have been infiltrated to some extent”, FRANCE 24’s Claire Paccalin said, citing Israel’s strong intelligence on the militant group which it demonstrated previous assassinations of members of Hezbollah's top brass and the pager and walkie talkie attacks last week