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Dive deeper into the week’s biggest stories from the Middle East and around the world with The National’s foreign desk. Nuances are often missed in day-to-day headlines. We go Beyond the Headlines by bringing together the voices of experts and those living the news to provide a clearer picture of the region’s shifting political and social landscape.

Episode Date
Palestine and pressure on campus: Academics say they are disciplined for anti-war speech
Dec 20, 2024
What is next for Syria and the region after Assad?
Dec 13, 2024
How will the power balance in Syria shift?
Dec 06, 2024
Will the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah stick?
Nov 29, 2024
The lingering impact of mass displacement in Lebanon
Nov 22, 2024
What will Donald Trump’s presidency change for Palestinians?
Nov 15, 2024
What do Arab states think of Israel striking Iran?
Nov 08, 2024
Israel’s ban on UNRWA: How drastic will the effects be?
Nov 01, 2024
Why, after Yahya Sinwar’s death, is Israel bombarding northern Gaza?
Oct 25, 2024
Can the US draw a firm red line for Israel’s military conduct?
Oct 18, 2024
Will Israel strike Iran – and if so, how and when?
Oct 10, 2024
Beyond October 7: Ep 3 - Two states, too late?
Oct 06, 2024
Beyond October 7: Ep 2 - 'Gaza is no more'
Oct 05, 2024
Beyond October 7: Ep 1 - 'Do you condemn Hamas?'
Oct 04, 2024
How can anyone feel safe in Lebanon after the deadly pager attacks?
Sep 20, 2024
What is left after decade of conflict in Yemen?
Sep 13, 2024
What is the future of Gaza’s children living without education?
Sep 06, 2024
What stands in the way of a Gaza ceasefire agreement?
Aug 30, 2024
The challenges in containing a looming polio outbreak in Gaza
Aug 23, 2024
How Israeli prisons became 'a network of torture camps'
Aug 16, 2024
France’s racial gap between the Olympics and reality
Aug 10, 2024
The weight of Israel and Hezbollah’s warfare on life in Lebanon
Aug 08, 2024
What happens next after the Hamas and Hezbollah assassinations?
Aug 01, 2024
Israel's first attack on Yemen – what happens next?
Jul 26, 2024
How Gazans cope with constant uprooting when 'nowhere is safe'
Jul 19, 2024
What will ties between Assad and Erdogan mean for Syrian refugees?
Jul 12, 2024
Heatwave in the Arab region - How extreme heat impacted daily lives
Jul 05, 2024
The complexities of delivering aid in Gaza
Jun 14, 2024
What will it take for Israel and Hamas to lay down arms?
Jun 07, 2024
Rafah under fire: global outcry and international repercussions
May 31, 2024
What’s next for Iran after Raisi’s death?
May 24, 2024
How are the US and the Arab world reacting to Israel's operation in Rafah?
May 17, 2024
What is the impact of pro-Palestinian protests on campuses?
May 13, 2024
What is Israel’s plan with the Rafah assault?
May 08, 2024
How Gaza's wounded get treated abroad
May 03, 2024
What would it take to restore some sort of normality to life in Gaza?
Apr 26, 2024
Iran’s attack on Israel - what’s next for the Middle East?
Apr 17, 2024
Sudan’s power struggle and the humanitarian crisis it has caused
Apr 12, 2024
The role social media is playing in the Israel-Gaza war
Apr 05, 2024
The significance of UN resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire
Mar 29, 2024
What are the prospects for a ceasefire in Gaza?
Mar 22, 2024
Observing Ramadan in countries hit by conflict
Mar 16, 2024
Ramadan in Gaza: Living under threat, fighting for food and longing for peace
Mar 08, 2024
Egypt’s struggle in the Rafah crisis
Mar 01, 2024
How the Russia-Ukraine war changed the world after two years
Feb 23, 2024
45 years on - How Iran’s Islamic revolution reshaped the region
Feb 16, 2024
The Middle East’s escalating conflict – and what it means
Feb 09, 2024
Drone attacks, a court ruling and defunding: How the Israel-Gaza conflict is expanding globally
Feb 02, 2024
What’s next for Israel after the blow of its deadliest day in Gaza?
Jan 26, 2024
What have we learnt from Davos 2024?
Jan 19, 2024
How the Houthis rose to prominence in the Israel-Gaza conflict
Jan 12, 2024
Gaza, Hamas and the future
Jan 05, 2024
Ballots and bullets - How elections and war will shape the West in 2024
Dec 29, 2023
Why is it so difficult to get aid into Gaza?
Dec 22, 2023
How will the historic Cop28 climate deal affect our future?
Dec 15, 2023
What are the main climate action and pledges announced so far at Cop28?
Dec 07, 2023
Cop28, Union Day, and the future of sustainability in the UAE
Nov 30, 2023
The Israel-Gaza conflict and the US’s position in the Middle East
Nov 20, 2023
Hamas, Israel, and where the war goes from here
Nov 17, 2023
How is the Israel-Gaza war seen from a US viewpoint?
Nov 10, 2023
A month into the Israel-Gaza war, what happened so far?
Nov 07, 2023
Gaza’s human battle and what is expected from Hamas
Nov 03, 2023
Is Hezbollah a third player in the Israel-Gaza war?
Oct 27, 2023
Egypt’s dilemma as war rages between Israel and Gaza
Oct 23, 2023
What are the chances of the Israel-Gaza conflict becoming a Middle East war?
Oct 19, 2023
Bombed, displaced, deprived - Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe
Oct 17, 2023
What is Israel’s end goal with its war on Gaza?
Oct 13, 2023
What’s happening in the Israel-Gaza war and where is it going?
Oct 09, 2023
Britain’s party political conference season and the race to No 10
Oct 06, 2023
How a Saudi-Israeli agreement could transform the region
Oct 03, 2023
The correlation between climate change and extreme weather events
Sep 26, 2023
The Libya floods and the destruction that followed
Sep 20, 2023
What impact will the earthquake have on Morocco?
Sep 12, 2023
How Sultan Al Neyadi’s mission underscores the UAE’s space ambitions
Sep 08, 2023
Emirati Women’s Day - The power of sisters
Aug 28, 2023
Riad Salameh’s fall from grace
Aug 25, 2023
How sanctions against the Taliban crippled the whole of Afghanistan
Aug 15, 2023
What is the future of Gaza amid protests and Cairo talks?
Aug 11, 2023
Lebanon three years after the blast: Those who stayed - and those who left
Aug 03, 2023
Sudan crisis - 100 days on with no end in sight
Jul 24, 2023
Why has it become so hot in Europe?
Jul 20, 2023
On World Population Day, how science can help people live longer and longer
Jul 11, 2023
How the killing of a teenager exposed a fault-line through France
Jul 05, 2023
Hajj - A journey of faith and self-discovery
Jun 26, 2023
World Refugee Day - The voices of resilience
Jun 20, 2023
Why Lebanon can’t elect a new president
Jun 16, 2023
What can India do to avoid another train tragedy?
Jun 09, 2023
What does Erdogan’s win mean for Turkey and the world?
Jun 01, 2023
Cyclone Mocha wrecks Myanmar Rohingya’s lives and hopes
May 26, 2023
What’s at stake in Turkey’s election run-off?
May 19, 2023
The significance of Syria’s return to the Arab League
May 12, 2023
King Charles coronation: What to expect from the day and the new king?
May 02, 2023
Sudan’s refugee crisis
Apr 27, 2023
Why has Sudan erupted in violence?
Apr 19, 2023
How the Saudi-Iran reconciliation could transform the Middle East
Apr 14, 2023
How rising living costs are affecting Arab households in Ramadan
Apr 07, 2023
Why Netanyahu’s judicial reforms brought Israel to a halt
Mar 31, 2023
The plight of the black community in Tunisia
Mar 24, 2023
How did children survive the Turkey-Syria earthquake?
Mar 10, 2023
The new wave of misery crashing over the Rohingya
Mar 03, 2023
Ukraine War anniversary: Uncertainty, coping and bedtime stories
Feb 24, 2023
Are we heading for another Intifada?
Feb 17, 2023
Why did so many buildings collapse in Turkey’s earthquake?
Feb 10, 2023
Are we prepared for another pandemic?
Feb 03, 2023
How did Ukraine finally get the tanks it wanted?
Jan 27, 2023
Davos 2023: Highlights from the World Economic Forum
Jan 20, 2023
Why Covid in China spread so fast
Jan 13, 2023
Football history in the making as the Arabian Gulf Cup returns to Iraq
Jan 06, 2023
What’s changed around the world in 2022?
Dec 30, 2022
What has changed in the Middle East in 2022?
Dec 23, 2022
Tunisia’s parliamentary elections - what to expect
Dec 16, 2022
Iran’s religious rules and the force that upholds them
Dec 09, 2022
The meaning of the UAE space missions
Dec 01, 2022
What is it actually like to be at the Qatar World Cup?
Nov 25, 2022
What is next for President Joe Biden, Mr Trump, Democrats and Republicans
Nov 18, 2022
David Miliband on conflict, climate and the aid gap
Nov 09, 2022
Is the world doing enough to stop climate change?
Nov 04, 2022
Who is Rishi Sunak and how can he restore British stability?
Oct 28, 2022
How Malala’s story, advocacy and activism for women’s education inspired generations
Oct 18, 2022
What is the maritime border deal between Lebanon and Israel and why does it matter?
Oct 14, 2022
Why the world’s supply of microchips is a fragile system
Oct 05, 2022
How the death of a Kurdish-Iranian woman sparked an outcry
Sep 30, 2022
What’s on the agenda as the world meets at the UN
Sep 23, 2022
How climate change is affecting bees – and why we should all be worried
Sep 15, 2022
What comes next after Iraq’s turbulent week
Sep 01, 2022
The global monkeypox outbreak amid a pandemic
Aug 26, 2022
Stories from the 1947 India-Pakistan Partition
Aug 18, 2022
The future of farming in the UAE
Aug 11, 2022
Future-proofing our cities against record-breaking temperatures
Aug 04, 2022
Lebanon’s silent crisis
Jul 29, 2022
Tunisia’s contested referendum
Jul 22, 2022
How will President Biden’s visit to the Middle East be remembered?
Jul 15, 2022
Five years after ISIS, when will Mosul be rebuilt?
Jul 08, 2022
What is the future of Nato?
Jul 01, 2022
How to live longer
Jun 22, 2022
How rising prices in the Middle East are pushing people into poverty
Jun 17, 2022
When and how can America stop the mass shootings?
Jun 10, 2022
What can be done to stop the tide of dust storms?
Jun 02, 2022
Davos 2022 biggest takeaways
May 26, 2022
Will the Lebanese election be a turning point?
May 20, 2022
Sheikh Khalifa’s legacy
May 14, 2022
Is the Covid-19 pandemic over?
May 13, 2022
The desperation that drove refugees from Lebanon to their deaths at sea
May 06, 2022
Is Rwanda really the solution to Britain’s migrant issue?
Apr 29, 2022
The Ramadan food crisis
Apr 22, 2022
Is this really the end for Imran Khan?
Apr 15, 2022
How Afghans in Poland are helping Ukrainian refugees
Apr 07, 2022
What happens after Expo 2020 Dubai?
Mar 29, 2022
Ukraine’s women in war
Mar 24, 2022
Why Iran is raining rockets on Iraq
Mar 17, 2022
India’s hijab row
Mar 10, 2022
Ukraine’s refugee crisis
Mar 04, 2022
Ukraine Special: Kiev under siege
Feb 25, 2022
How archeology is inspiring Omanis - and the world
Feb 25, 2022
Will nuclear fusion save mankind?
Feb 18, 2022
The Middle Eastern challenges of competing in the Winter Olympics
Feb 11, 2022
What is the metaverse and can it replace the real world?
Feb 04, 2022
A journey into the future of the UAE’s Etihad Rail
Jan 28, 2022
How CIA pop music helped elect the president of the Philippines
Jan 21, 2022
What Israel’s Omicron wave means for global vaccine push
Jan 14, 2022
Can Iran and the US reach a new nuclear deal?
Jan 07, 2022
A look back at 2021 (Part 2): The Taliban takeover and the Gaza-Israel War
Dec 30, 2021
A look back at 2021 (Part 1): Covid-19 and the space race
Dec 23, 2021
How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?
Dec 16, 2021
Macron in the Middle East
Dec 09, 2021
50 years of the UAE through the eyes of those who lived it
Dec 01, 2021
Do children need the Covid-19 vaccine?
Nov 25, 2021
Is Belarus using migrants to get back at the EU?
Nov 18, 2021
The Middle East water crisis and regional stability
Nov 11, 2021
How Sudan’s political tensions escalated into a national crisis
Nov 04, 2021
How the Gulf is getting serious about climate change
Oct 28, 2021
Will shooting shatter hopes for Beirut blast justice?
Oct 20, 2021
Will the Iraq elections bring change?
Oct 14, 2021
Does Expo 2020 Dubai give us a glimpse into the future?
Oct 07, 2021
Exiled Afghans dream of returning to a free homeland
Sep 30, 2021
On Saudi National Day, women reflect on a changing kingdom
Sep 22, 2021
Lights out in Lebanon‘s schools as crisis hits
Sep 16, 2021
20 years of the war on terror
Sep 09, 2021
Evacuees left behind in Afghanistan
Sep 02, 2021
The Middle East’s Captagon crisis
Aug 26, 2021
How Kabul fell to the Taliban
Aug 19, 2021
A new era for Iran
Aug 11, 2021
Ep 4. The Blast - Fallout
Aug 05, 2021
Ep 3. The Blast - Zero Hour
Aug 04, 2021
Ep 2. The Blast - The Six-Year Wait
Aug 03, 2021
Ep 1. The Blast - The Russian and The Rhosus
Aug 02, 2021
The Blast from Beyond the Headlines
Aug 01, 2021
Is France's anti-separatism law anti-Muslim?
Jul 29, 2021
Why some Saudis stop everything to volunteer at Hajj
Jul 20, 2021
Will Iraq's power problem ever end?
Jul 15, 2021
South Sudan faced war and famine, but what's next for the world's youngest country?
Jul 08, 2021
Will there be lasting peace in Tigray?
Jul 01, 2021
Behind the scenes ahead of Expo 2020 Dubai
Jun 23, 2021
Is the Turkish President meddling in football?
Jun 17, 2021
How will Mustafa Al Kadhimi rein in Iraq's militias?
Jun 10, 2021
Are vaccine passports necessary or discriminatory?
Jun 03, 2021
Are Palestinians being censored by social media?
May 27, 2021
What sparked the latest Gaza-Israel war?
May 20, 2021
What Mars missions mean for humanity
May 13, 2021
How Covid-19 mRNA research could cure HIV and cancer
May 06, 2021
How did India's Covid crisis become so bad?
Apr 29, 2021
Can desalination quench the world’s water worries?
Apr 22, 2021
How Abu Dhabi’s Hope Consortium is helping to vaccinate the world
Apr 15, 2021
Is the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine safe?
Apr 08, 2021
Stuck in the Suez Canal
Mar 31, 2021
Is corruption in Iraq impossible to beat?
Mar 25, 2021
Raqqa after ten years of war and revolution in Syria
Mar 18, 2021
The legacy of the Pope's Iraq visit
Mar 08, 2021
Tunisians numb to the horror of public self-immolation
Mar 04, 2021
Why have Indian farmers been protesting for months?
Feb 25, 2021
How the UAE moved an entire coral reef
Feb 18, 2021
How UAE’s Hope probe made history
Feb 10, 2021
How the repeal of the “Muslim Ban” will affect Muslim refugees
Feb 04, 2021
Can Lebanon survive the coronavirus pandemic?
Jan 28, 2021
Biden inauguration - The unprecedented presidential handover
Jan 21, 2021
Egypt’s #MeToo movement and how it is changing the country
Jan 17, 2021
Will the promise of the Covid-19 vaccines help us return to normal in 2021?
Jan 07, 2021
Stories from 2020: the year of Covid-19 and beyond
Dec 25, 2020
Will Azerbaijan's victory in Nagorno-Karabakh lead to lasting peace?
Dec 18, 2020
Memories of Mosul three years after ISIS
Dec 10, 2020
How new tech is helping the UAE farm the deserts
Dec 01, 2020
Iran's secret affair with Al Qaeda
Nov 26, 2020
Why are people fleeing Ethiopia's Tigray region?
Nov 19, 2020
The changes in the Middle East after Joe Biden takes office
Nov 12, 2020
Why superstorms are the new normal
Nov 05, 2020
US election special: Who will be the next US President?
Oct 28, 2020
Arab Americans vote in divisive presidential election
Oct 22, 2020
A year of revolution in Lebanon between fires, crisis and blast
Oct 15, 2020
The challenges of finding a Covid-19 vaccine
Oct 08, 2020
Iraq's year of protests, assassinations and foreign interference
Sep 30, 2020
Saudi Arabia at 90, an evolution from Bedouin culture to leading power
Sep 23, 2020
The Abraham Accord between Israel and the UAE
Sep 15, 2020
Social media and the freedom of speech
Sep 10, 2020
How gas exploration in the Mediterranean is pitting Turkey against Europe
Sep 03, 2020
How do people become radicalised online and can we stop it?
Aug 26, 2020
What is long-haul Covid and is it real?
Aug 20, 2020
Lebanon explosion: What will Lebanon do now?
Aug 13, 2020
What happened when Beirut exploded?
Aug 06, 2020
How Hajj will be different during the coronavirus pandemic
Jul 29, 2020
The global sand trade: Are we running out of sand?
Jul 23, 2020
The Hope Probe: UAE's mission to Mars
Jul 16, 2020
USA: The world's epicentre of the coronavirus
Jul 09, 2020
How do you solve the great Nile Dam dispute?
Jul 02, 2020
Should internet access be declared a human right?
Jun 25, 2020
Who will help the abandoned Ethiopian workers in Lebanon?
Jun 18, 2020
George Floyd and how social media is changing social justice
Jun 11, 2020
Will coronavirus wipe out refugee camps?
Jun 04, 2020
Man vs Mosquito: The global battle against Malaria
May 28, 2020
India: The biggest Covid-19 lockdown
May 21, 2020
The places with no coronovirus
May 14, 2020
Coronavirus: How close are we to a Covid-19 vaccine?
May 07, 2020
Ramadan 2020: How muslims are coping during coronavirus
Apr 30, 2020
What is cloud seeding and cloud brightening?
Apr 23, 2020
Births, marriages and death in the time of coronavirus
Apr 16, 2020
Coronavirus: Lessons from Wuhan China
Apr 09, 2020
Chris Hadfield: An astronaut's guide to self-isolation
Apr 01, 2020
How Iran became the epicentre of coronavirus in the Middle East
Mar 26, 2020
Coronavirus: What is it, how does it spread and how to stay safe?
Mar 19, 2020
Are we on the precipice of another refugee crisis in Europe?
Mar 12, 2020
The new Taliban deal: Will it bring peace in Afghanistan?
Mar 02, 2020
Coronavirus: The race for a vaccine
Feb 27, 2020
A year of protests in Algeria
Feb 20, 2020
Beyond the Headlines Trailer
Feb 20, 2020
Will Hassan Diab fix Lebanon?
Feb 12, 2020
The coronavirus: Unnecessary panic or grave concern?
Feb 06, 2020
The Middle East peace plan. Explained
Jan 30, 2020
Tear gas, fireworks and a new government in Lebanon
Jan 23, 2020
Sultan Qaboos: what comes next for Oman?
Jan 13, 2020
Will Iran and America go to war?
Jan 09, 2020
A decade in the Middle East, stories that changed the region
Dec 26, 2019
Stranded seafarers to return home after years
Dec 19, 2019
Journey through the ISIS badlands
Dec 10, 2019
Is overpopulation our biggest climate challenge?
Dec 05, 2019
A look at national service on National Day
Nov 28, 2019
Who’s really running Iraq?
Nov 21, 2019
India's fight against death by breath
Nov 14, 2019
Is Iraq ready for the new Syrian refugees?
Nov 07, 2019
Noura Al Kaabi on UAE's effort to re-build Al Nuri Mosque
Oct 31, 2019
Songs of Revolution
Oct 25, 2019
Politics, protests and partying in the streets of Lebanon
Oct 23, 2019
Where are Iraq's protests going?
Oct 17, 2019
Why Turkey is invading Northern Syria
Oct 09, 2019
As Hazza Al Mansouri returns, the UAE looks to Mars, the Moon and beyond
Oct 03, 2019
Hazza Al Mansouri and the UAE’s space ambitions
Sep 26, 2019
UNGA special: Greta Thunberg and Donald Trump
Sep 25, 2019
Is the Israeli election Netanyahu’s final chapter?
Sep 19, 2019
Bye bye, Bolton
Sep 12, 2019
The Amazon is still burning. Can we save it?
Sep 05, 2019
Drones above Beirut: Israel's battle against Hezbollah
Aug 30, 2019
Sudan: Can democracy work?
Aug 21, 2019
What sparked the Hong Kong protests?
Aug 15, 2019
Hajj for my brother who was killed at Christchurch
Aug 08, 2019
Future-proofing our cities against record-breaking temperatures
Aug 01, 2019
Can Oman's carbon capturing rocks help save the Earth?
Jul 25, 2019
Ghost ships: how Iran avoids US oil sanctions
Jul 17, 2019
The Minnesota model for fighting ISIS in the US
Jul 11, 2019
Locusts: battling the great plague
Jul 04, 2019
Iraq could face another summer of bloodshed
Jun 27, 2019
Tanker attacks straight from Iran’s playbook
Jun 21, 2019
Life in Afghanistan during America's longest war
Jun 13, 2019
Exporting ISIS justice
Jun 07, 2019
A queue in Everest's death zone
May 31, 2019
What’s next for America and Iran?
May 23, 2019
Yemen's floating bomb
May 17, 2019
The bombing of Syria's last rebel province
May 10, 2019
Sudan moves on from Omar Al Bashir
May 03, 2019
Sri Lanka reels after Easter Day massacre
Apr 26, 2019
The many issues at play in India's election
Apr 19, 2019
Israel’s Arab population and the Palestinians fear for the future as Benjamin Netanyahu clinches victory in a general election.
Apr 11, 2019
Beyond the Headlines podcast: Bouteflika bids goodbye to power in Algeria
Apr 04, 2019
Former UK PM Tony Blair says Brexit is a mess
Mar 25, 2019
New Zealanders shaken but unbowed by terrorist attacks
Mar 22, 2019
The last stand of ISIS in Syria
Mar 13, 2019
National Geographic's Enric Sala on saving the planet, one kilometre at a time
Mar 05, 2019
The curious case of the runaway ISIS bride
Feb 20, 2019
How digital transformation will change the jobs we have
Feb 12, 2019
The Pope's visit to Abu Dhabi
Feb 06, 2019
A week after Davos, did the WEF solve anything?
Jan 30, 2019
The UAE-Saudi Arabia co-operation plan, explained
Jan 23, 2019
The great Arab rivers are under threat
Jan 17, 2019
Pompeo's timely tour of the Middle East
Jan 08, 2019
In Central African Republic, poaching thrives in the chaos
Jan 02, 2019
Reasons for cheer from an often dour year
Dec 25, 2018
What more can we do to curb global warming?
Dec 19, 2018
Yemenis continue to suffer as warring sides negotiate
Dec 12, 2018
How Kuwait and Iraq were shaped by George H.W. Bush
Dec 06, 2018
Land as a weapon against Palestinians
Nov 28, 2018
How UNICEF is helping children in the Middle East and North Africa
Nov 21, 2018
What shape will US-Middle East affairs take post-midterm elections?
Nov 14, 2018
A tale of two prime ministers in Sri Lanka 
Nov 07, 2018
Lack of governance for migrants to be ratified by UN in Morocco
Oct 31, 2018
Taliban bombings in Afghanistan's election
Oct 24, 2018
Syria-Jordan border restoration opens up many opportunities
Oct 17, 2018
Scientists warn: Act now on climate change or it will be too late
Oct 10, 2018
Refugees trapped in Libya ask for mercy
Oct 03, 2018
At least on Iran, Trump has clear message
Sep 27, 2018
A summer of reform in the UAE
Sep 19, 2018
The cultural importance of rebuilding Mosul; Child mortality rates in Afghanistan on the rise
Sep 12, 2018
Iraq's parliament starts off on wrong foot; the US-Palestine relationship
Sep 05, 2018
How does Caspian Sea demarcation affect Iran?
Aug 29, 2018
The view from Hajj; Rohingya refugee update
Aug 22, 2018
Why the Strait of Hormuz is so important
Aug 15, 2018
The importance of the Bab Al Mandeb strait
Aug 08, 2018
Fake news in the Middle East with the BBC's Jamie Angus
Aug 02, 2018
Who is Imran Khan?
Aug 01, 2018
Iraq protests threaten long-sought stability
Jul 25, 2018
The China-UAE bond strengthens
Jul 18, 2018
If ISIS returns, is Iraq ready?
Jul 11, 2018
UN envoy seeks peace talks in Yemen
Jul 03, 2018
Turkey's future under an empowered Erdogan
Jun 27, 2018
Is Afghanistan's fight against the Taliban almost over?
Jun 20, 2018
Dr Anwar Gargash on Iran, Yemen, Trump and more
Jun 13, 2018
The Qatar crisis from the perspective of Dr Anwar Gargash
Jun 07, 2018
Hodeidah's importance to victory in Yemen
May 30, 2018
Iraq's future following Moqtada Al Sadr's resounding victory
May 23, 2018
Massacre in Gaza
May 16, 2018
Lebanon's first elections in nearly a decade will have regional ramifications
May 08, 2018
Israel puts Iran's nuclear ambitions into question ahead of Trump's decision
May 02, 2018
Inside Syria's propaganda machine
Apr 25, 2018
Assad crosses Washington's red line again
Apr 17, 2018
In Syria, no civilian or child is safe from the trappings of war
Apr 11, 2018
Saddam Hussein's fall, 15 years on
Apr 04, 2018
Houthis strike Saudi Arabia while Yemen continues to suffer
Mar 28, 2018
The US welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Mar 21, 2018
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's US visit; ISIL's resurgence
Mar 14, 2018
Syria's humanitarian crisis and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to the UK
Mar 08, 2018
The Rohingya crisis, six months on; and saving animals caught up in the war against ISIL
Mar 01, 2018
A conversation with the UAE's ambassadors to Germany, India and China
Feb 22, 2018
The war of words between Iran and Israel
Feb 21, 2018
Iraq's reconstruction and the challenges ahead
Feb 14, 2018
Tackling food scarcity in the Middle East
Feb 07, 2018
In Yemen, a violent week complicates a nuanced war
Jan 31, 2018
Turkey's military offensive against Kurdish Syria, explained
Jan 24, 2018
World Future Energy Summit rewards world's most energy conscious
Jan 17, 2018
Palestine-activist groups respond to being banned from Israel
Jan 10, 2018
Saudi Arabia and the Future of the Regional Order from emerge85
Jan 05, 2018
Iran has a long history of protest and civil unrest
Jan 03, 2018
Saudi Arabia's greatest change, the GCC crisis in 2018 and Iraq finally changing for the better
Dec 28, 2017
Donald Trump's Jerusalem move and what it means to the region
Dec 20, 2017
World Arabic Language Day: Is the language being lost?
Dec 18, 2017
Anger in Jerusalem, Syria's future and the UAE's outer space ambitions
Dec 13, 2017
GCC leaders meet in Kuwait, plus Stephen Hadley talks Trump and Jerusalem
Dec 06, 2017
Syrian peace talks, evacuation in Bali and life goes on in Manchester
Nov 28, 2017
End to Syrian civil war could be in sight, while confusion circulates around Lebanon
Nov 22, 2017
In spite of Trump, the world rallies around Paris Agreement
Nov 15, 2017
Saudi anti-corruption efforts gather pace
Nov 08, 2017
Cholera on the decline in Yemen, the 100th anniversary of the Balfour declaration, and political drama in Kuwait.
Oct 31, 2017
Rohingya refugees, the neglected humanitarian crisis
Oct 25, 2017
Death and destruction in Somalia; conflict in Iraq; astronomical wonder in Abu Dhabi
Oct 18, 2017
A growing ISIL influence in the Philippines
Oct 11, 2017
Separatists in Iraq and Spain vote for independence
Oct 04, 2017
Peace efforts, economic leverage and spoilers: prospects for UN solutions in Libya, Yemen and Syria
Sep 27, 2017
President Trump's address to the world: The big three takeaways from his speech at the UN
Sep 20, 2017
United Nations preview: How much does the General Assembly matter?
Sep 13, 2017
"Begging for war": North Korea, Lebanon and Charlie Hebdo
Sep 06, 2017
Hajj: The spiritual side the media rarely shows
Aug 30, 2017
Understanding the war in Yemen; ISIL's last stronghold; Pioneering pilot
Aug 23, 2017
Why do white supremacists support Bashar al-Assad? Plus, An Emirati girl's space dream comes true, and Pakistan turns 70.
Aug 16, 2017
What does it mean to be young and Arab?
Aug 10, 2017
The Torch Part 2: How can the UAE avoid more tower fires?
Aug 09, 2017
Mosul after liberation; Brexit; sand golf
Aug 02, 2017
Turkey takes turn as Qatar-crisis mediator: Beyond the Headlines Ep 4
Jul 26, 2017
G20 body language, Qatar latest, hot fish: Episode 2
Jul 12, 2017
Beyond the Headlines, Episode 1
Jul 10, 2017