Turkey expert Gallia Lindenstrauss, who is a senior fellow at Israel's National Institute of Security Studies, says Israel is concerned about Turkey's expanding influence in Syria with the rise to power of the Al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.With thousands of Turkish troops deployed in Syria, Lindenstrauss says an accidental confrontation with Israeli ... Show More
Sep 8
Three million views in 24 hours: Turkey's curiosity about Syrian Kurdish leader Kobane explodes in first TV interview
Banu Guven, a widely respected TV presenter, became the first Turkish journalist to host Kurdish leader Mazlum Kobane on national TV in Turkey. Until recently, interviewing the former commander of the now dissolved Syrian Democratic Forces was a punishable offense. But with Kurdi ... Show More
33m 35s
Aug 27
Neither victory nor defeat: SDF's dissolution marks new phase for Syria's Kurds, says Al Majalla's Ibrahim Hamidi
Many Kurds across the region feel angered by the Aug. 25 announcement by Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazlum Kobane that the force has been formally dissolved. Ibrahim Hamidi, a veteran Syrian journalist and editor-in-chief of Al Majalla, argues that the push for K ... Show More
34m 58s
Jun 2024
What They're Not Telling You About Israel's "Next War"
All eyes have been on Gaza for months, but trouble is brewing on Israel’s northern border. Tensions with Hezbollah and other militant groups are heating up and fears are mounting of a broader regional conflict. Alon Pinkas, Rosa Brooks, and David Sanger join David Rothkopf to bre ... Show More
48m 56s
Jan 2024
Former Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Turki Al Faisal
Fears abound in the Middle East that the crisis there may intensify as the US re-designates Yemen's Houthis as a global terrorist entity. Of course, all roads lead back to Israel and Gaza, where, according to the health ministry in Gaza, more than 1% of the enclave's population h ... Show More
59m 36s