Exposing Canary Mission, and Israel’s 50-Year War on Lebanon

About this episode

The episode discusses the UAE's exit from OPEC, the implications of Canary Mission, and Israel's ongoing conflict with Lebanon.

The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday it will leave OPEC effective May 1, ending its membership in the oil cartel that dates to 1967 and removing the group’s third-largest energy producer. Drop Site’s Ryan Grim, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and Maysa Mustafa discuss the implications of the move. They are also joined by Jacquline Sweet to discuss her latest investigation revealing the highest paid employees of the Israeli group running the infamous doxxing site Canary Mission. And as Israeli attacks on Lebanon continue with daily airstrikes, shelling and demolition in the south, NYU journalism professor Mohamad Bazzi joins to discuss Israel’s 50-year war on Lebanon, Hezbollah’s increasing use of fiber optic FPV drones as a tactic of asymmetric warfare, Israel’s campaign of destruction and erasure in southern Lebanon, and more. Get full access to Drop Site News at www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan Grim, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Maysa Mustafa

Guests: Jacquline Sweet, Mohamad Bazzi

Topics covered

• OPEC
• Canary Mission
• Israel-Lebanon conflict
• asymmetric warfare
• drones
• Middle East politics

Keywords

• OPEC
• UAE
• Canary Mission
• Israel
• Lebanon
• drones
• asymmetric warfare
• Middle East

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canary Mission

Places: United Arab Emirates, Israel, Lebanon

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