Podcast: Beyond the Headlines

Protestors in Malaga, southern Spain, take part in a demonstration against the US operation in Venezuela. AFP

Why the US action in Venezuela is unnerving the Middle East

History of American militarism and threats of escalation keeping the region on edge

The US military launched large-scale strikes against ISIS targets in Syria in retaliation for an attack on its personnel. Reuters.

How serious is the ISIS threat in Syria?

The year in impact: our episodes that resonated the most in 2025

How Yemen’s power balance is shifting again

Egypt

Displaced Palestinians shelter at a flooded makeshift camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Reuters

Palestinian factions agree on formation of 12-man committee to run Gaza

Candidates to meet to review committee's mandate and priorities, sources say

MENA

Call for Sudan peace push at Cairo meeting

MENA

Egypt, UAE and Saudi Arabia welcome US terrorist listing for Muslim Brotherhood

MENA

Egypt expands military goals in Somalia after Israel's Somaliland recognition

MENA

Lebanon

US officials Tom Barrack and Morgan Ortagus have had little success mediating between Lebanon and Israel. Getty

CommentIn Lebanon, the US has been reduced to playing good cop to Israel's bad cop

As long as it continues to be a biased negotiator, it is not going to achieve its aim of disarming Hezbollah

Comment

Beirut court issues more charges against former central bank chief Riad Salameh

MENA

Lebanon signs offshore gas deal With TotalEnergies, Eni and QatarEnergy

Business

ColumnTwelve hours too late – an expat’s guilt about missing a final goodbye

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