Lebanon and Israel have reached a historic deal via the US to establish their maritime border. The deal allows both countries to explore and extract natural gas from offshore fields and avoid any potential conflict. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Randa Slim, a senior fellow with the Middle East Institute in Washington, about the known details of the deal and what this means for both countries.
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