The New Arab Voice

Civil war has returned to Yemen. The ceasefire of 2022 is over and open warfare has returned to the country. The Iran-backed Houthis have ceased large areas of the western coast and are encircling the city of Taiz. The Saudi-backed government has now launched its counteroffensive, but can they defeat the Houthis? This week on The New Arab Voice podcast, we explore the recent clashes between the Ho...

The recent win of Abdul el-Sayed in the Michigan Democratic primary was the latest in a string of defeats for AIPAC backed candidates.  While still strong in some areas of the US, in others, the backing of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a hindrance to candidates in others.  As AIPAC and political candidates approaching the Midterm elections in November try t...

Iraq's new Prime Minster Ali al-Zaidi took his first foreign visit to the US, followed shortly after with a trip to Tehran.  A political outsider and a surprise winner of the race to be prime minster, Ali al-Zaidi has a considerable inbox. And at the top is how to guide the country through the ongoing war between Iran and the US, its two closest allies.  On top of this, al-Zaidi has laun...

For months now, Iran has been pounded by American and Israeli missiles and bombs. Much of the leadership has been eliminated, including the former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. After a short period of calm, when it was hoped that diplomacy would prevail, it appears as though war has returned for the time being.  Much focus has been given to what the US and Israel are thinking, and ho...

The Gulf has been a key target for Iranian missiles and drones. Iran has struck infrastructure, oil and gas installations, civilian areas, and US military bases. These attacks have struck at the heart of the Gulf's image as a safe and stable environment.  While the region deals with Iranian attacks, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been working out how to deal with each other. The Saudi-Emirati...

As the region scrambles to secure a ceasefire in Iran, the ceasefire in Gaza looks more unstable by the day.  Israel continues to bomb the besieged enclave, killing civilans and adding to the misery that the people of Gaza have had to endure for over two years now.  While the people of Gaza suffer, Hamas have been choosing a new leader.  Many of its leadership were killed during the...

As global attention is held by the US, Iran, and the Strait of Hormuz, in the West Bank, Israeli settlers are running wild and spreading terror.  Settler violence has been a problem for years, but recently it has ramped up, with attacks happening daily. On top of this the Netanyahu government is approving more settlements in West Bank and implementing more legal writs to force Palestinians fr...

After four week of war, a ceasefire between Iran and the US has been reached.  While the details remain hazy, it is a welcome development, and the region has taken a step back from the edge. But in Lebanon, the bombing continues.  The ceasefire deal would not include the war in Lebanon, where Israel would be free to continue its war against Hezbollah.  This week, what does Isra...

The US and Israel continue to launch daily airstrikes against Iran.  As a new Supreme Leader was elected, the country's leadership continues to be targeted and killed.  And as Israeli and US planes drop bomb, Iran is flinging missiles across the region, targeting Israel and the Gulf.  This week on The New Arab Voice podcast, we look at if the US objectives and reasoning for the war,...

Iran has changed forever.  The US and Israel are firing missiles and dropping bombs on targets across Iran. Senior figures from the regime and the IRGC are being assassinated. Ayatollah Khamenei was killed on the first day of the war. The future of Iran is still being written.  On this week's episode of The New Arab Voice podcast, we look at recent events in Iran, and ask what are the am...

Just over a year from the start of the new government in Syria, violence returned to Aleppo.  In January, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the forces of the interim Syrian government clashed in the Aleppo areas of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah. The SDF came off worse and were forced to retreat back to the northeast; and such was the scale of the defeat, they were forced...

As 2025 was coming to a close, the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen decided they had one last roll of the dice to make.  At the start of December, the STC launched a military operation to seize the eastern governorates of Yemen. They quickly swept across the region, with arms supplied by the UAE.  It was a great success, until the Yemeni government, backed by Saudi Arabia, fo...

The year is drawing to a close, which means its time for The New Arab Voice's annual review of year. To guide us through the tangled mess of the past 12 months, we're joined by The New Arab's Managing Editor Karim Traboulsi ( @Kareemios ), and journalist Oliver Mizzi ( @OllyMizzi99 ). In this episode, we look back on the 12 days of war that shook Iran and Israel, the continued efforts of President...

This is part 2 of a special investigation. You can find part 1 in your feeds now. For 15 months, The New Arab , in cooperation with Bridges Investigations, explored the shadowy world of Maltese bird hunters. We uncovered how Maltese hunters, frustrated by local laws, were travelling to Egypt to slaughter migratory birds in vast numbers. Their hunting activities have been described as an environmen...

For 15 months, The New Arab , in cooperation with Bridges Investigations, explored the shadowy world of Maltese bird hunters. We uncovered how Maltese hunters, frustrated by local laws, were travelling to Egypt to slaughter migratory birds in vast numbers. Their hunting activities have been described as an environmental disaster, and a threat to the thousands of migratory birds who rely on Egyptia...

It has been annus horribilis for Hezbollah. They were struck by a deadly pager attack, Israel launched a devastating air and ground campaign against the group, and their long-time leader was killed in an Israeli airstrike. The war left Hezbollah battered and broken, and now, the Lebanese government is moving in to clear up the arms, which is taking place under the shadow of continued Israeli airst...

This week on The New Arab Voice podcast, we look at the recent decision by Western nations to recognise the State of Palestine.  It came as a surprise to many, although it remains to be seen what it actual means for Palestinians. Either way, it angered Israel. And as Western states were announcing to recognise a Palestinian state, Israel was planning a major new offensive in Gaza, and Israeli...

This week on The New Arab Voice , we look at the recent ceasefire agreement between the PKK and the Turkish state.  The Kurdistan’s Worker’s Party (PKK) and the Turkish state have been in a state of conflict since 1984. The conflict has killed over 35,000 people and achieved little, for either side.  But now, a ceasefire has been announced. In a symbolic ceremony, PKK fighters burnt thei...

This week on The New Arab Voice podcast we look at the state of the war in Sudan. It’s been declared the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, with hunger, disease and displacement rife. Yet the fighting surges on with reports of atrocities in the Kordofan region that left hundreds of civilians dead last weekend,   the UN reported. The two rival militaries, the Sudanese army and the Rapid S...

This week, we look at the recent Israeli surprise attack, and the Iranian response that rained down on Israeli cities. The war started on 13 June with surprise attack launched by Israel, attacking high profile military and nuclear figures, as well as nuclear and military sites across the country. Iran responded with a wave of drones and missiles, some of which got through. We've seen outbreaks of...

This week on The New Arab Voice podcast we look at US President Donald Trump's recent trip to the Gulf.  During this trip he secured billions of dollars worth of deals and investments. There were the usual defence contracts, but also, advance technologies also played a huge role in the deals.  As well as business deals, Trump also sought to make political progress on a number of issues f...

What does it mean to stand with Palestine in a world on fire? In this special live episode, recorded at Reference Point in London, Benjamin Ashraf of The New Arab chairs a powerful conversation with historian Ilan Pappé, scholar Katherine Natanel, and legal academic Nadine El-Enany. Together, they explore the urgent connections between the movement for justice in Palestine and global liberation st...

The New Arab Voice is back! This week we look at the recent sectarian violence that engulfed the Syrian coast and targeted the country's Alawite community and the violence that hit in the south, which targeted the country's Druze community.  We examine the causes of the violence, the response by the state, where the state's response went wrong, and what it means for the future of this new Syr...

This is episode five of Sanaa's Odyssey, a special series from The New Arab. For the final episode of Sanaa's Odyssey, we travelled to Cairo, to meet with Sanaa in person.  When we spoke, a ceasefire had been agreed between Israel and Hamas, although, there was little hope that it would hold.  In her Cairo apartment, we spoke with Sanaa about how she feels about the war now that she has...

This is episode 4 of our new podcast, Sanaa's Odyssey. You can subscribe to Sanaa's Odyssey on all podcast platforms. By April 2024, Sanaa and her family decided that it was time to get out of Gaza. They had experienced seven months of the brutal conflict, been forced from their homes, and lost countless friends and family members. At the time, the only way out of Gaza was through the Rafah border...