Foreign Office #14. Beirut Blues

Investigative journalists Christo Grozev, Roman Dobrokhotov and Michael Weiss have been looking into the Havana Syndrome since 2020. They initially approached the topic skeptically, questioning the capability of any government to carry out such a mass global attack. However, they ... Show More

Last week, reports surfaced of a teacher in Estonia who was charged with spying for Russia. Host Michael Weiss discusses this as well as the state of the Russia/Ukraine war with former President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves and former CIA Intelligence Officer, Dan Hoffman. Don ... Show More

All eyes are on Israel and Gaza as the conflict threatens to spread throughout the region. But how have the key regional actors responded? Michael Weiss is joined by Faysal Itani, the Director of the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, to dissect what the key players in ... Show More

A chemical blast has made a very bad situation worse for Lebanon. Journalist Habib Battah explains from Beirut. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Program brings together law enforcement and civilians; US reacts to Middle East conflict; Rapper Jeezy talks new documentary ‘Hip-Hop and the White House’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Silvia Boccardi e Francesco Rocchetti parlano con Luigi Toninelli, analista dell’area Medio Oriente dell’ISPI, dell'incidente in cui ha perso la vita il Presidente iraniano Raisi e delle conseguenze che la sua morte avrà per il Paese e la regione. Per ascoltare tutte le puntate d ... Show More

Former President Donald Trump is headed to federal court in Miami, with thousands of supporters expected to protest. Why Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement are set to reject a senior IMF official as president. Plus, how deception and inaction underpin the UAE’s thriving sex tr ... Show More

Jayson E. Street tells us a story about the time he broke into a bank in Beirut Lebanon. 

A quick take on Saad Hariri's current visit, Rafik Hariri's legacy 19 years following his assassination and assuming positions of power under Hezbollah-led paralysis. Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through o ... Show More

We're joined by Mohamad Bazzi for Episode 120 of The Beirut Banyan, and we discuss domestic attempts for political reform in Iraq and Lebanon and the geopolitical constraints facing protestors throughout the region. Mohamad Bazzi is an associate professor of journalism at New Yor ... Show More

We're joined by Joseph Haboush for Episode 119 of The Beirut Banyan, and we discuss the difficulties facing traditional media outlets like The Daily Star - Lebanon, and the determination of news reporters to deliver content despite financial woes. Joseph reflects on The Daily Sta ... Show More

Ten years ago, a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire and set off a revolution across the Middle East and North Africa. The Independent’s Borzou Daragahi says the Arab Spring never ended.Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho ... Show More

West African countries have imposed sanctions and threatened force against Niger’s military junta. US President Biden has made normalizing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia a policy priority - but a top Israeli lawmaker says it’s not imminent. Lebanon's veteran central bank ch ... Show More