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Dive deeper into the week’s biggest stories from the Middle East and around the world with The National’s foreign desk. Nuances are often missed in day-to-day headlines. We go Beyond the Headlines by bringing together the voices of experts and those living the news to provide a clearer picture of the region’s shifting political and social landscape.
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Thursday Dec 30, 2021
A look back at 2021 (Part 2): The Taliban takeover and the Gaza-Israel War
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
This week, as we wrap up 2021, we’re looking at two conflicts that have defined not only the past year, but the past few decades.
We’re talking about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the collapse of the government and the country’s future under the resurgent Taliban. Also, we talk about May’s war in Gaza, the legacy of 11 days of rockets and air strikes, and whether there is any hope for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict.