Podcast: Beyond the Headlines

Vehicles damaged by an Iranian missile attack on Tel Aviv. Bloomberg
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How much longer can Israel sustain the war it started?

Government and population under increasing pressure, with no clear end to conflict in sight

Lebanese Civil Defence try to put out a fire in a building after it was hit by an Israeli air strike. Reuters.
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What is the goal of Israel’s new war in Lebanon?

Who will endure the highest cost of the Iran war?

What happens if Iranian Kurdish groups enter the conflict?

Egypt

Sundus Al Kurd embraces her daughter Bisan, who returned to Gaza more than two years after being evacuated. Reuters

'We believed we'd lost her': Tears as evacuated Gazan babies return two years on

Emotional reunion for 11 children taken to Egypt after premature births in 2023

MENA

Yamal lambasts Islamophobic chants during Spain's friendly against Egypt

Football

Nabil Fahmy nominated as next Arab League chief

MENA

Yemen's Houthis enter the Iran war with missile attacks on at Israel

MENA

Lebanon

Israeli strikes hit ruins at the Phoenician Port in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre in March. AFP

Southern Lebanon faces 'catastrophic cultural loss' amid Israeli invasion

With fears of increased strikes in the coming days, archaeologists and NGOs warn heritage sites are at risk

Culture

Unesco grants enhanced protection to 39 cultural sites in Lebanon as war rages

Culture

At least seven killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut

MENA

Roadside explosion in Lebanon killed UN peacekeepers, initial probe finds

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