Lebanon PM, Syria Foreign Min Exclusives at Munich Security Conf.

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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam says his government can overcome differences with the IMF over a proposed law that would let depositors recover billions of dollars trapped in the country's beleaguered banking sector. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Syria is on the right track, and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani is confident about renewing US support for the government and Ahmed al-Sharaa. Bloomberg's Senior Middle East reporter Sam Dagher spoke to Joumanna Bercetche on Horizons Middle East and Africa, about his exclusive interviews with Nawaf Salam, Lebanese Prime Minister and Asaad al-Shaibani, Syrian Foreign Minister. (Source: Bloomberg)

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