On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

207 Episodes

1. Does Iran control Shiite militias that are attacking US forces in Iraq and Syria? Two leading experts weigh in

   Published: 1/29/2024
2. German federal prosecutors petitioned to launch war crimes case against Turkish-backed Sunni factions abusing Kurds in Syria

   Published: 1/25/2024
3. Kuwaiti academic says Red Sea escalation with Yemen's Houthis won't end without US pressure on Israel to end Gaza war

   Published: 1/18/2024
4. Israel does not want a war with Iran, says Haaretz English editor-in-chief

   Published: 1/3/2024
5. Turkey won't be at the table when Gaza conflict ends, says Turkey analyst Alan Makovsky

   Published: 12/14/2023
6. Former CENTCOM commander Gen. Joseph Votel warns Gaza conflict may expand because Iran lacks full control of its militia proxies

   Published: 11/13/2023
7. Iran continues strategic miscalculations even after Hamas' attack on Israel, says analyst Hamidreza Azizi

   Published: 11/7/2023
8. The Israel-Hamas War: Live Q&A with Ali Hashem, Joyce Karam, and Daoud Kuttab

   Published: 11/3/2023
9. As Turkey celebrates 100th anniversary as a republic, Erdogan's one-man pro-Islamist regime is firmly entrenched, says Turkish scholar Selim Koru

   Published: 10/26/2023
10. The Israel-Hamas War: Live Q&A webinar with Ben Caspit & Nadia Bilbassy-Charters

    Published: 10/20/2023
11. Palestinian American historian Rashid Khalidi says Israel, US will face new wave of hostility in Middle East as Gaza war escalates

    Published: 10/18/2023
12. Israel's envoy to Bahrain says Iran behind Hamas attack, target is Abraham Accords

    Published: 10/18/2023
13. Sister of kidnapped Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov says US and Iraq can secure her release from Shiite militants

    Published: 10/11/2023
14. Will Armenia’s land border with Iran be Azerbaijan’s next target after Nagorno-Karabakh, asks analyst Benjamin Poghosyan

    Published: 9/21/2023
15. Iraqi Kurdish scholar Mohammed Salih says violence targeting Kurds in Kirkuk revives ghosts of Saddam regime

    Published: 9/7/2023
16. Saudi Arabia responsible for mass killings of Ethiopian migrants on Yemeni border, says Human Rights Watch researcher Nadia Hardman

    Published: 8/24/2023
17. After 39 years of armed conflict with Turkey, outlawed PKK militants may be weakened but not defeated, says author Frederike Geerdink

    Published: 8/15/2023
18. 'My father shares a prison cell with inmates who make sandwiches with their own flesh,' says British-Tunisian activist Kaouther Ferjani

    Published: 8/10/2023
19. Turkey's ratification of Sweden's NATO membership not enough to secure Congressional approval for F-16s, says Hellenic American Leadership Council chief Endy Zemenides

    Published: 7/26/2023
20. Does Turkey's decision to let Sweden join NATO spell new positive era with Washington? Not really, says Turkey analyst Nicholas Danforth

    Published: 7/13/2023