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US-Iran peace deal a blow to the Kurds but their struggle will continue, says Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Jun 18, 2026
Unknown duration
Armenia's pro-Western prime minister won elections, but peace with Turkey & Azerbaijan remains a challenge
Jun 10, 2026
32m 18s
Turkey's outsize influence in Somalia fuels corruption and autocracy, says MEI's Gonul Tol
May 15, 2026
19m 31s
Don’t blame the PKK for all the Kurds’ losses in Syria, says Kurdish expert Aliza Marcus
May 5, 2026
26m 41s
Saudi Arabia hates Iran’s regime but did not want war, says former US ambassador to Riyadh Michael Ratney
May 4, 2026
30m 18s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/18/26 |  US-Iran peace deal a blow to the Kurds but their struggle will continue, says Wladimir van Wilgenburg | President Donald Trump sought Kurdish support in efforts to topple Iran’s regime, only to drop them like hot potatoes amid pressure from Turkey, a key NATO ally. Now, after signing a peace deal with Tehran, Trump has left Iran’s Kurds more isolated than ever. But Dutch scholar Wladimir van Wilgenburg says the agreement will not stop the Kurds from continuing their struggle for recognition and rights.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 6/10/26 |  Armenia's pro-Western prime minister won elections, but peace with Turkey & Azerbaijan remains a challenge✨ | Armeniaelections+5 | Tigran Grigoryan | Center for Democracy and Security | ArmeniaTurkey+2 | ArmeniaNikol Pashinyan+7 | — | 32m 18s | |
| 5/15/26 |  Turkey's outsize influence in Somalia fuels corruption and autocracy, says MEI's Gonul Tol✨ | Turkey's influenceSomalia+5 | Gonul Tol | Middle East Institute | TurkeySomalia+1 | TurkeySomalia+5 | — | 19m 31s | |
| 5/5/26 |  Don’t blame the PKK for all the Kurds’ losses in Syria, says Kurdish expert Aliza Marcus✨ | Kurdish rightsPKK+3 | Aliza Marcus | Kurdistan Workers Party | northeast SyriaTurkey | KurdsPKK+5 | — | 26m 41s | |
| 5/4/26 |  Saudi Arabia hates Iran’s regime but did not want war, says former US ambassador to Riyadh Michael Ratney✨ | Saudi ArabiaIran+3 | Michael Ratney | Saudi ArabiaIran+2 | — | Saudi ArabiaIran+3 | — | 30m 18s | |
| 4/23/26 |  Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ‘running the show’ despite public absence, says academic Hassan Ahmadian✨ | Iran conflictMojtaba Khamenei+3 | Hassan Ahmadian | United States | Strait of Hormuz | IranKhamenei+5 | — | 27m 34s | |
| 4/13/26 |  Lebanon’s Ghassan Salame: Israel talks ‘not negotiations,’ Hezbollah disarmament by force ‘illusion’✨ | LebanonHezbollah+5 | Ghassan Salame | HezbollahUS | LebanonIsrael | LebanonHezbollah+6 | — | 33m 33s | |
| 4/9/26 |  Ukraine is becoming the Gulf's new shield against Iran, says Yevgeniya Gaber✨ | UkraineIran+3 | Yevgeniya Gaber | Atlantic Council | Saudi ArabiaQatar+1 | UkraineIran+3 | — | 16m 32s | |
| 4/2/26 |  Growing number of Iranians believe war seeks to destroy their nation, not just regime, says Vali Nasr✨ | IranUS-Israeli war+3 | Vali Nasr | USIsrael | IranQajar-era Golestan Palace | IranVali Nasr+3 | — | 23m 09s | |
| 3/26/26 |  Iranian children make up 15% of civilians killed since US, Israel launched war, rights monitor says✨ | civilian casualtiesIran conflict+4 | Skylar Thompson | U.S. missileHuman Rights Activists in Iran | IranMinab | Irancivilian deaths+5 | — | 18m 27s | |
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| 3/17/26 |  Friends with some benefits: Why Russia cannot overtly support Iran✨ | Russia-Iran relationsMiddle East geopolitics+3 | Nicole Grajewski | RussiaIran+3 | — | RussiaIran+5 | — | 18m 33s | |
| 3/12/26 |  Partnership between Trump, Iran's Kurds still on agenda, says KDPI's Asso Hassan Zadeh✨ | IranKurdish opposition+3 | Asso Hassan Zadeh | Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran | — | TrumpIran+4 | — | 19m 17s | |
| 2/24/26 |  Most Iranians would reject US deal, fearing it enables regime survival, says Hamidreza Azizi✨ | Irannuclear deal+3 | Hamidreza Azizi | United States | Iran | Irannuclear deal+5 | — | 29m 08s | |
| 2/12/26 |  Iran’s clerical regime can reform itself — provided Khamenei goes, says Iranian historian Arash Azizi✨ | US-Iran relationsnuclear program+5 | Arash Azizi | Iran’s clerical regime | — | IranKhamenei+5 | — | 28m 36s | |
| 2/3/26 |  What does future hold for Syria's Kurds after dramatic losses to Damascus? | The Kurds of northeast Syria have suffered a series of humiliating setbacks over the past month, losing more than 80% of the territory they once controlled to central government forces. A US-mediated truce averted a potential bloodbath. Meghan Bodette of the Kurdish Peace Institute says new opportunities may be emerging, but ordinary Kurds expect their leaders to acknowledge the mistakes that led them here.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 1/12/26 |  As violent protests continue to rock Iran, survival of country's long-reigning clerical regime has never looked as vulnerable | UK historian Christopher de Bellaige says Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will fight till the bitter end as will the formidable Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp. But their success is no longer guaranteed amid threats of US intervention and a new generation of young and fearless protestors bent on their fall.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 1/5/26 |  Why US pressure may finally force Israel into striking Syria security deal | A fifth round of US-brokered talks between Israel and Syria began in Paris on Jan. 5. Elizabeth Tsurkov, a senior fellow at the New Lines Institute, explains why Israel may finally yield to US pressure and sign a security agreement with Syria’s new Islamist government — while remaining unlikely to extend the same protections to Syria’s Kurds as it does to the Druze.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 12/16/25 |  The Saudi-UAE clash: The regional stakes and what Trump can do | Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the UAE are escalating anew in Yemen. Al-Monitor senior editor Joyce Karam says the clash is real, leaving the Trump administration torn between its top regional allies.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 11/17/25 |  Yazidis shunned Iraq’s corrupt practices and scored a historic win in parliamentary elections | Murad Ismael, a prominent Yazidi activist who has worked tirelessly to draw attention to his people’s ongoing plight following one of the first genocides of the 21st century, is vowing to change the way politics are practiced in Iraq.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 11/10/25 |  What are the stakes for Iran in Iraq's parliamentary elections | Chatham House senior fellow Renad Mansour explains why Iraq remains even more vital for Iran in the wake of its humiliating 12-day conflict with Israel, and how renewed US interest in Iraq with the appointment of a new envoy is adding to the heat.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 11/6/25 |  Why Syria's formal entry to anti-ISIS coalition reduces risk of US troop pullout | On the eve of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's historic meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington on Nov. 10, Al-Monitor spoke with former US Ambassador Barbara Leaf, the first senior US official to formally meet with him after the fall of the Assad regime.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 10/29/25 |  Thousands slaughtered in el-Fasher as Sudan’s conflict deepens, driven by regional rivalries | The fall of el-Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces, amid renewed allegations of UAE backing, raises fears of further civilian massacres in a regional struggle for Sudan’s gold and Red Sea ports. Sudanese analyst Kholood Khair examines the forces — and the toll — behind the violence.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 10/21/25 |  Why a full repeal of US sanctions is essential for Syria's suffering to end | Vittorio Maresca di Serracapriola, lead sanctions expert at Karam Shaar Advisory, unpacks the current status of international sanctions over Syria and what they mean for its people after 14 years of civil war and 60 years of repression by the Assad regime.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 10/2/25 |  Rising fears of ethnic cleansing, sexual violence as Sudan's RSF closes in on El Fasher | Weam Fadul, a Sudanese feminist and activist, blames outside forces for fueling the conflict and says the Sudanese people should be left to decide their own fate. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 9/18/25 |  How Trump saved Armenia from war with Azerbaijan & Russian hegemony | US President Donald Trump's foray into the Caucasus is among his most successful so far, says analyst Eric Hacopian of Armenia's CivilNet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
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