
E1854 - The other war front: Lebanon on the brink
Published: March 19, 2026
Duration: 16:05
While the world focuses on the war underway in Iran, Israel and the Gulf, there is another war front developing – Lebanon.
Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Shia group, Hezbollah dragged the country into the war, attacking Israel after a joint US-Israeli airstrike killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Israel then hit back, bombing Beirut and amassing tens of thousands of troops on the border.
Meanwhile, more than a million Lebanese people are now displaced, forced to flee their homes as the attacks continue and Israel demands evacuations.
Today, Michael Young, editor of Car...