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After three decades monitoring a frozen conflict, UN peacekeepers are withdrawing from a territory Morocco annexed in 1975, leaving the Sahrawi people without international protection.
Simon Whistler · November 4, 2026
After half a century of non-intervention, Algeria is sending troops abroad to fight jihadists. France learned how that can end. Algiers may be about to.
Paweł Wójcik · November 3, 2026 · 9 min read
Neither bloc can reach 61 seats, Netanyahu keeps his war powers as caretaker, and the Haredi parties may pick the next government — all while Washington and Jerusalem plan the next Iran strikes.
Fronts Staff · November 2, 2026 · 57m
The Iran Daily Dispatch reports on the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, and its impact on global energy markets.
Tessa Danvers · March 20, 2026 · 9m
The Iran Daily Dispatch explores the escalating conflict in the Middle East, following Israel's strike on Iran's South Pars natural gas field and Iran's retalia
Tessa Danvers · March 19, 2026 · 9m
Iran Daily Dispatch: Regime Decapitation and the Future of Iran. The death of Ali Larijani and Gholam Reza Soleimani has sent shockwaves through the Iranian reg
Tessa Danvers · March 18, 2026 · 8m
Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is a strategic move that leverages risk perception to maintain control of the waterway, rather than relying on military force.
Evan Moloney · March 17, 2026 · 17 min read
Lebanon's government has taken a bold step by banning Hezbollah's military activities, but can the country follow through and break free from the group's grip?
Kyle Moran · March 12, 2026 · 13 min read
War coverage has fixated on power struggles and oil prices. This episode turns to ordinary Iranians — enduring airstrikes, blackouts, and shortages while daring to hope for a new beginning.
Simon Whistler · March 10, 2026
The ongoing war in Iran will shape the future of the Middle East, but nowhere will its impact matter more than in neighboring Iraq. Learn how Baghdad's many factions are responding as the conflict expands.
Evan Moloney · March 9, 2026 · 18 min read
The recent conflict in the Middle East has sparked a global debate about the role of the United States and its allies. But what if the true reason behind the conflict is not about Iran or the Middle East at all?
Oli Carpenter · March 6, 2026 · 10 min read
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, good evening, good afternoon, whenever and wherever you are listening to us from. This is the very first episode of the Do South podcast and I am your host, Wilfred Minaoui Mary. I am
Wilfred Waimiri · March 4, 2026 · 1h 4m
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