Briefing Room 26.06.26
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.
Simon Whistler • June 26, 2026
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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 a wave of 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 at cross purposes and finally we'll be traveling across the atlantic ocean to honduras where gang violence is spiking despite a promise government crackdown as
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