Basma Alloush
Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the International Rescue Committee and field reporter on humanitarian crises, providing on-the-ground accounts of displacement and shelter conditions in Lebanon.
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Mar 18, 2026 • 27min
Thousands Are Fleeing War in Lebanon. She Flew There.
Joshua Keating, Vox foreign policy reporter, explains how Hezbollah, Israel, and regional dynamics pulled Lebanon into wider fighting. Basma Alloush, IRC deputy director and field responder, shares on-the-ground scenes of displacement, flooded tents, and schools turned into shelters. They discuss airstrikes, ceasefires, buffer-zone aims, overcrowded shelters, disrupted schooling, and the uncertainty facing displaced families.
