At least three people were wounded in an explosion at an international ceremony commemorating the end of World War I that was organized by France at a non-Muslim cemetery in the city of Jeddah. The attack comes amid heightened religious tensions in France that seems to have spread to the Middle East. Host Marco Werman speaks with Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.
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