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Each week, we’ll dive into the top news happening around the Middle East to discuss the stories behind the headlines. With the proliferation of regional conflicts and political drama, we wil...
As the coronavirus crisis continues to grip the world, the markets have been on the shakiest ground yet since the 2008 economic recession -...
Phil and Cooper record their first remote podcast due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on recent political intrigue in Israel. After t...
Iran held parliamentary elections at the end of February, resulting in a serious swing to the right, with conservative Principlist politicia...
An update on Syria this week; Turkey is lashing out at a Syrian government offensive across the border in the Idlib province, a key Syrian t...
So Trump released the final installment of his Israel-Palestine peace plan. But we've heard this song before - last year in Bahrain, when hi...
Protests in Iraq and Lebanon. Censorship in Egypt and Iran. Growing conservatism in Turkey. All of these events are catalysts - both good an...
Oman's leader, Sultan Qaboos, died last week after ruling the country for 50 years. Qaboos is considered the father of modern Oman, so Phil...
We're back from holiday break and you probably have a lot of questions: Who was Qasem Soleimani? Why was he assassinated? Will the US and Ir...
It's that time of year, folks, whether you're trying to find the cheapest apple pie in the grocery store or battling parents for the last Tu...
We've recently covered the protests in Lebanon and Iraq - two countries where Iran remains highly influential. But Iran has been dealing wit...
Back from Thanksgiving break, Phil and Cooper give a thorough rundown of everything that's been happening in Israel lately. In the span of a...
In light of the last episode's updates on protests in Lebanon, Phil and Cooper talk about the demonstrations that have been accelerating in...
Massive demonstrations have broken out in Lebanon's major cities for the past few weeks, where protesters' frustrations with economic woes a...
President Trump announced the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last Sunday, so Phil and Cooper give a long-overdue history of the I...
Following up on Episode #115, Phil and Cooper discuss what's happened in Syria since President Trump decided to withdraw US troops from the...
This week, President Trump made a controversial decision to pull the US military out of northern Syria, allowing Turkey to proceed with a mi...
Phil and Cooper play catch-up on this month's news, including the attacks on oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. These drone and missile ope...
Israel held another election this week after a first round in April led to a stalemate, when Prime Minister Netanyahu was unable to form a m...
President Trump's foreign policy circle shrunk a little more this week, with National Security Advisor John Bolton getting the boot. But the...
Phil and Cooper do a deep dive into the ongoing conflict in Yemen, which has become one of the worst humanitarian crises in history. We look...
In northern Syria, Kurds have secured their own little autonomous nation since taking control of the land during the ongoing civil war, wher...
Iraq is stuck in the middle of the US-Iran tensions, as their new government tries carefully to play both sides. One point of contention is...
Back from a summer break, Phil and Cooper discuss the recent news out of North Africa: the Tunisian president, Beji Caid Essebsi, died at ag...
Phil gives an update on the recent escalations between Iran and the international community, culminating in their capturing four oil tankers...
This week, Phil and Cooper explain the age-old territorial dispute between the Greeks and the Turks for the island of Cyprus. The dispute ha...
Two weeks ago, the Trump White House unveiled the first half of their long-awaited Israel-Palestine peace plan, called "Peace & Prosperity,"...
This week, Turkey held a highly-anticipated re-run election to pick the next mayor of their largest city, Istanbul. And now it's a battle fo...
More tensions building between the United States and Iran this week: there was the prospect of a military strike after an American drone was...
The Trump Administration's strong rhetoric following this week's attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman is just another example of their...
Last week, something unprecedented happened in Israel: After a bruising election, no party was able to form a government. So, their legislat...
For "Off the Hookah's" 100th episode, Phil and Cooper take a (figurative) trip to the legendary Nile River to talk about its importance to E...
Over the past two weeks, we've seen the Trump Administration levy more sanctions and other warnings towards Iran, reaching the inevitable st...
Relations between Turkey and the United States have seen better days, and the partnership is being tested once again with conflicting arms d...
This week, Egyptians voted on a referendum that would amend their constitution and give their sitting president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the o...
A lot has been happening in North Africa. In Algeria, its president of 20 years has stepped down in the face of unprecedented mass protests,...
The Israeli election was held this week, and the results have found Prime Minister Netanyahu and his primary opponent Benny Gantz tied with...
Turkey held local elections this past Sunday - these elections happen every five years and account for thousands of mayors and councilors ac...
With less than two weeks away until Israel's general election, President Trump met with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and made a proclamation to...
Phil and Cooper discuss the Nowruz holiday - what are its origins? Who celebrates it, and how do you celebrate it? Also, Al-Monitor's Congre...
In the last month, Algeria has seen historic protests form over the announcement of their long-suffering president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's ca...
Big news from Israel dropped last week: the attorney general Avichai Mandelblit formally indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charg...
There's a new political force building steam in Israel by the name of Blue & White: a coalition of smaller centrist parties managed by forme...
US foreign policy on the Middle East was put to the test at two recent conferences - the Warsaw Summit and the Munich Security Conference. H...
In conjunction with Al-Monitor's 'Revolution at 40' series, Phil and Cooper break down the events that led to the rise of the Islamic Republ...
Since last year's midterm elections, a new branch of Congressional freshmen have been shaking up the political world. How has this diverse g...
Syria is eight years into its civil conflict, leaving hundreds of thousands dead and displaced, its infrastructure in ruins, and yet Preside...
The second of our two-part series on the anniversary of Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution, which led to the fall of their longtime dictator Ben A...
The first of a two-part episode, Phil and Cooper reflect on Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution on its eight-year anniversary – and how the fall of...
Before 2018 closed, President Trump announced that he would be withdrawing US troops from Syria now. Or did he mean within 30 days? Or four...
How will we miss 2018? Let me count the ways. Alright, we're done - let's get this year over with. Phil and Cooper speak with Al-Monitor's C...