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Bianna Golodryga speaks with Amos Hochstein, Former Senior Adviser to President Biden, about the chances for a ceasefire ...

Former US energy envoy Amos Hochstein has urged the US and Lebanon to "activate" a deal to transport gas from Egypt to Lebanon through a pipeline in Syria, after the US lifted sanctions on Damascus.