Is Iraq ready for the new Syrian refugees?
On October 9 after months of warning, Turkey launched an offensive across their southeast border into Syria. The move came after US President Donald Trump pulled his forces back from the border, effec...
7 Marras 201929min
Noura Al Kaabi on UAE's effort to re-build Al Nuri Mosque
The Iraqi city of Mosul lays in ruins. A three year campaign by the Iraqi army and international forces managed to push ISIS out of the country they tried to take over in 2014. But it came at a huge c...
31 Loka 201932min
Songs of Revolution
A Beyond the Headlines extra. The Lebanese people have joined together with a single message, to stand against the government that they see as corrupt, inept and self serving. The clashes gave way by ...
25 Loka 20198min
Politics, protests and partying in the streets of Lebanon
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Lebanon from the north to the south. The demonstrations have gone viral across social media platforms with videos of raves through the even...
23 Loka 201924min
Where are Iraq's protests going?
On October 1st, young Iraqis took to the streets in Iraq’s southern provinces to demand basic services like clean water and electricity, job creation and an end to widespread corruption. The governmen...
17 Loka 201913min
Why Turkey is invading Northern Syria
On the afternoon of October 6, US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the more than 8 year Syrian civil war. That one phone call upended nearly five years of ...
9 Loka 201921min
As Hazza Al Mansouri returns, the UAE looks to Mars, the Moon and beyond
At 2.59pm UAE time on Thursday the 3rd of October 2019 Hazza Al Mansouri, the first Emirati in space touched down on Earth after spending 8 days at the international space station. For the last eigh...
3 Loka 201914min
Hazza Al Mansouri and the UAE’s space ambitions
On the 27th of September 2019, Hazza Al Mansouri became the first Emirati to go to space. He did it from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, from the same spot that Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, started his...
26 Syys 201915min
