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Why Syria's new Islamist leaders deserve Western support
Episode 201
Nikolaos van Dam, the Netherland's former Syria envoy and an acclaimed Arabist who has authored several books on the country, says Ahmed al-Sharaa, S…
1 year, 6 months ago
Will Turkey and Israel go to war over Syria?
Episode 200
Turkey expert Gallia Lindenstrauss, who is a senior fellow at Israel's National Institute of Security Studies, says Israel is concerned about Turkey'…
1 year, 6 months ago
Turkish lawmaker Cengiz Candar: 'Turkey's endgame is to destroy Kurdish autonomy in Syria'
Episode 199
Cengiz Candar is a lawmaker for the pro-Kurdish DEM party in Turkey who has spent long years in the Middle East. Candar outlines how Israel has hugel…
1 year, 7 months ago
How Turkey is playing with fire in Syria with its backing of new anti-Assad offensive
Episode 198
French academic Fabrice Balanche, who has written extensively on Syria and just returned from a ten-day -long trip there, believes Turkey is paying a…
1 year, 7 months ago
What will Middle East policy look like under the new Trump administration?
Episode 197
Jim Jeffrey, the director of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center and former Syria Envoy under the first Trump administration, says in his ne…
1 year, 8 months ago
What is Turkey’s human rights outlook with new spy law, ousting of Kurdish mayors?
Episode 196
Human Rights Watch’s Turkey director, Emma Sinclair Webb, analyzes new legislation targeting journalists and civil society and the ouster of Kurdish …
1 year, 8 months ago
What does the PKK want from Turkey?
Episode 195
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is holding exploratory talks with Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kur…
1 year, 8 months ago
What does the death of Fethullah Gulen mean for Turkey?
Episode 194
Fethullah Gulen, the Sunni Muslim Cleric who was accused of engineering the failed coup to overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has died…
1 year, 8 months ago
What are Hezbollah's choices after Israel killed its leader, and which way will Iran point?
Episode 193
The risk of a region-wide war is growing as Israel carries out ground and air operations against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and beyond. He…
1 year, 9 months ago
Israel's war on Hezbollah: Why it's existential and what comes next
Episode 192
Jim Muir, one of the most seasoned Western journalists in the Middle East, has been covering the Arab-Israeli conflict for almost 50 years. Muir tell…
1 year, 9 months ago