Exiled Afghans dream of returning to a free homeland
Even before the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the UN’s refugee agency estimated that 2.6 million people had already fled the country. The diaspora has grown over decades of military campaigns a...
30 Sep 202121min
On Saudi National Day, women reflect on a changing kingdom
From the sidelines to the front lines, women in Saudi Arabia are joining the military for the first time in recent history. In September, photos of these determined women in service uniforms made a sp...
22 Sep 202111min
Lights out in Lebanon‘s schools as crisis hits
Every year, for millions of parents, pupils and teachers around the world, September means the summer holidays are coming to an end and it is time to go back to school. But in Lebanon, the mix of fue...
16 Sep 202117min
20 years of the war on terror
On September 11, 2001 New York's World Trade Centre towers were brought crashing down, forever changing the course of history. Almost 3,000 lives were lost that day – as well as America’s innocence....
9 Sep 202116min
Evacuees left behind in Afghanistan
America’s longest war is over after the dramatic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan ordered by President Joe Biden. The Taliban have taken Kabul. Barely a shot was fired. With the final evacuati...
2 Sep 202113min
The Middle East’s Captagon crisis
In April 2021, customs officers in the Saudi city of Jeddah searched a shipment of Lebanese pomegranates. Hidden inside the fruit were more than five million circular, beige Captagon pills – illegal a...
26 Aug 202128min
How Kabul fell to the Taliban
Afghanistan has seen war for decades, but none of them has involved so decisive a military takeover of the country as the latest. The speed with which the Taliban swept the country has shocked the wor...
19 Aug 202123min
A new era for Iran
On August 5th, Iran inaugurated a new president putting an end to the 8-year presidency of reformist Hassan Rouhani and ushered in a new, hard-line government. The new president, Ebrahim Raisi is sai...
11 Aug 202116min
