Strait into Trouble: The war in Iran continues as the Gulf gets dragged in deeper

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 …

War Trumps Khamenei: The death of Ayatollah Khamenei and the opposition inside and outside Iran

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 e…

Bending the Knee to Damascus: The Syrian Democratic Forces agree to integrate into the Syrian state

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 fo…

New Year, New Yemen?: The STC's offensive and the change in the balance of power

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 …

2025 in Review

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 epis…

The Poachers Trail: Part 2

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 …

The Poachers Trail: Part 1

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 descri…

Hezbollah's Existential Crisis: Lebanon's effort to disarm the resistance and the future of the Party of God

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 governme…

Recognising Problems in Israel: Western recognition of Palestine and trouble at the Foreign Ministry

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…

Erdogan Considers the Kurdish Question: The PKK ceasefire and the Kurdish future in Turkey

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…