207 Episodes

  1. Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa will keep Russia in the game

    Published: 3/20/2025

  2. French academic Fabrice Balanche: Syria's Islamist leader wants to make example of Alawites

    Published: 3/13/2025

  3. How Israel is driving Syria’s new leadership into Turkey’s arms

    Published: 3/6/2025

  4. Russian mercenaries remain in business even after death of Wagner's Prighozin

    Published: 3/3/2025

  5. PKK leader Ocalan has the power to deliver peace, but is Turkey sincere?

    Published: 2/20/2025

  6. For some in Iran, Turkey is a bigger threat than Israel as its regional influence rises

    Published: 2/10/2025

  7. What Trump means for Iran

    Published: 1/23/2025

  8. Why Syria's new Islamist leaders deserve Western support

    Published: 1/13/2025

  9. Will Turkey and Israel go to war over Syria?

    Published: 1/9/2025

  10. Turkish lawmaker Cengiz Candar: 'Turkey's endgame is to destroy Kurdish autonomy in Syria'

    Published: 12/12/2024

  11. How Turkey is playing with fire in Syria with its backing of new anti-Assad offensive

    Published: 12/3/2024

  12. What will Middle East policy look like under the new Trump administration?

    Published: 11/14/2024

  13. What is Turkey’s human rights outlook with new spy law, ousting of Kurdish mayors?

    Published: 11/7/2024

  14. What does the PKK want from Turkey?

    Published: 10/28/2024

  15. What does the death of Fethullah Gulen mean for Turkey?

    Published: 10/22/2024

  16. What are Hezbollah's choices after Israel killed its leader, and which way will Iran point?

    Published: 10/1/2024

  17. Israel's war on Hezbollah: Why it's existential and what comes next

    Published: 9/24/2024

  18. Why growing US-Cyprus defense cooperation spooks Turkey

    Published: 9/18/2024

  19. Turkey's Islamists tried to topple Syria's Assad, its pro-secular military backed Syrian Islamists against his dad

    Published: 9/4/2024

  20. How will Kamala Harris approach the Middle East if elected and what does her top foreign policy adviser Phil Gordon think?

    Published: 8/14/2024

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AL-Monitor Senior Correspondent Amberin Zaman interviews newsmakers, journalists, and thought leaders from the US and Middle East about the latest news and trends in the region. Amberin travels the region for AL-Monitor, specializing in news and analysis in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and the Caucasus and writes the weekly Turkey Briefing newsletter. Prior to AL-Monitor, she covered Turkey, the Kurds, and conflicts in the region for The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Los Angeles Times and the Voice of America, and was The Economist's Turkey correspondent from 1999 to 2016.