Briefing Room 26.06.26
Simon Whistler · June 26, 2026 · 17 min video · Global
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A weekly rundown of the stories shaping global security: armed conflict, political crisis, and the under-covered developments that will matter in the months ahead.
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Welcome back to The Briefing Room, the weekly show that aims to remind you of all the other stuff happening in the news, you know the stuff that maybe didn't make the headlines.
I'm Simon, and this week we're checking in on Syria, where a year and a half on from the collapse of the Assad regime, things are looking less stable than at any recent point, as Islamic State unleashes away for attacks.
After that, we're pivoting to Africa to broadly analyze current U.S. strategy there, and the ways that different parts of the Trump administration appear to be working across purposes, and finally, are we traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to Honduras, where gang violence is spiking despite a problem in his government crackdown?
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