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How did Syrian rebels overthrow Bashar al-Assad?
Middle East conflict • S1, Episode 998
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Xavier Greenwood
Reporter and Producer
8 mins • S1, E1081
What do we know about the killing of paramedics in Gaza?
The United Nations has accused Israel of killing 15 rescue workers in Gaza. How has a video uncovered this weekend discredited the Israeli military’s version of events?
9 mins • S1, E1070
What is life like in Gaza since the ceasefire collapsed?
Israel has resumed its military offensive in Gaza, killing hundreds of people following the collapse of the ceasefire deal with Hamas. Already suffering from food and medical shortages, how are Gazans surviving?
8 mins • S1, E1069
Why has Israel started bombing Gaza again?
Israel has resumed heavy airstrikes on Gaza. Why has Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to break the ceasefire deal now?
48 mins • S1, E296
Trump’s Dealmaker: Steve Witkoff and Gaza
A week before President Trump’s inauguration, a real estate mogul flew to Jerusalem to meet Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Within days, a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was agreed. What happened that weekend and how influential was the businessman in the diplomatic negotiations?
7 mins • S1, E1060
The ceasefire deadlock: what comes next for Israel and Hamas?
The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has expired, and hopes for a second phase are fading fast. With hostages still held in Gaza and political tensions rising in Israel, is renewed war now inevitable?
10 mins • S1, E1036
Is the West Bank the new front in the Israel-Palestine conflict?
What's behind an Israeli military operation and surging settler violence in the West Bank following the Gaza ceasefire?
8 mins • S1, E1032
Hopes and fears for a new Syria
For the first time since 2000, Syria has ushered in a new year without President Assad as their autocratic head of state. But what's next for the country? Two Syrians share their hopes and fears for the future.
39 mins • S1, E202
Israeli settlers in the West Bank and the millionaire paying to dodge death
How much is tech guru Bryan Johnson willing to put his 19-year-old son through in his quest to avoid dying? Why 33% of surveyed Gen Z-ers say they prefer the army to run the country? What happens to the West Bank during a Trump administration? Basia Cummings is joined by scientist and broadcaster Adam Rutherford, plus Tortoise’s Cat Neilan and Stephen Armstrong, as they battle to pitch the top story.
8 mins • S1, E1026
The Gaza ceasefire
After 15 months of conflict, could this week’s ceasefire deal mark the beginning of the end of one of the deadliest wars in modern history?
7 mins • S1, E1001
Syria's prisons
The ousting of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad has revealed the full scale of how he used the prison system to lock up, torture and execute his opponents. What do we now know about what went on?
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