Ep.275 (Video): Moving Forward with Laury Haytayan

The Beirut Banyan

0:00 Intro 1:05 Tankers & Talks 7:58 Coming from Syria 14:01 Hof Line 23:37 Expectations from Elections 35:33 Burden 44:36 Engaging Iran 49:14 Lebanese Forces' Disarmament We're with Laury Haytayan for Episode 275 of The Beirut Banyan. Click to watch: https://youtu.be/nAK5qU9hHjA We discuss the energy crisis impacting Lebanon, along with the Iranian oil tanker and World Bank proposal both involving Syria. Our conversation includes Laury's perspective on the Hof Line and more recent negotiations regarding off-shore reserves, expectations from next year's elections and the wider dilemma of Iran's military and security involvement in Lebanon. We also put the Lebanese Forces' militia disarmament in the early 1990s in perspective, and whether that offers any comparisons to a possible Hezbollah disarmament. Laury Haytayan is an oil and gas governance expert and a member of Taqaddom. Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan Subscribe to our podcast from your preferred platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @thebeirutbanyan And check out our website: www.beirutbanyan.com Music by Marc Codsi. Animation & illustration by Sana Chaaban.