A decade in the Middle East, stories that changed the region
The Arab uprisings, the brutal Syrian war, the rise of ISIS, the slide into chaos in Libya and Yemen, the counter revolutions, the crackdowns on protesters in Iraq and Iran, the displacement of millio...
26 Dec 201928min
Stranded seafarers to return home after years
In March 2017 the ship Tamim Aldar found itself, along with its crew, abandoned at sea 25 nautical miles off the coast of the UAE. It was one of seven ships owned by Elite Way Marine Services, a compa...
19 Dec 201913min
Journey through the ISIS badlands
ISIS has dominated headlines for nearly a decade. Even as the groups power has waned the fear it instils has remained. In 2019 ISIS saw its last pocket of territory wiped from the map, ripped from its...
10 Dec 201915min
Is overpopulation our biggest climate challenge?
In the last century, the global population has exploded. Today, there are 7.7 billion people on the planet and that number is rising at the pace of another billion every 12 to 15 years. Scientists say...
5 Dec 201923min
A look at national service on National Day
Every year on December 2nd, millions across the seven emirates mark the day the UAE became a country. This week, we are doing something a bit different. Regular listeners will know that on Beyond ...
28 Nov 201932min
Who’s really running Iraq?
The true extent of Iranian infiltration of Iraq has been revealed. 700 pages from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security were released to western outlets, The New York Times and The Intercept. T...
21 Nov 201914min
India's fight against death by breath
For the past two weeks, air pollution in the Indian capital of Delhi has been off the scale. A toxic mix of dust, soot from farmers burning paddy field stubble, car fumes and construction all combined...
14 Nov 201916min
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 Nov 201929min
