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Explainers
US Elections 2024

Where does Donald Trump stand on Israel, Palestine and the Middle East?

Will former president reintroduce Muslim travel ban and bring in measures against Palestine protests if elected?
Where does Kamala Harris stand on Israel, Palestine and the Middle East?Project 2025: Conservative plan may shape US global role after the election
Refugees
Could Israel's Unrwa ban lead to its suspension from the UN?
UK Politics
Kemi Badenoch: What is the new Tory leader's Middle East policy?
Israel's war on Gaza
'Justice denied': Why is Netanyahu's ICC arrest warrant delayed?
Sudan crisis
Sudan crisis: How did we get here?
Occupation
What are the Oslo accords?
Tunisia Politics
Tunisia's slide to one-man rule: Who is Kais Saied?
Diplomacy
Explained: Why Egypt and Turkey are ending a decade-long rift
Hindutva
What is Hindutva and why does it matter?
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Profiles

Israel's war on Gaza
Who was Ahmed Yasin, the founder of Hamas?
Israel's war on Gaza
Yahya Sinwar: The refugee and prisoner who went on to lead Hamas
UK Politics
Alex Salmond: A Scottish independence legend and pro-Palestinian advocate
Inside Iran
Who is Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - and why does he matter?
Inside Israel
Who is Benjamin Netanyahu?
Hezbollah
Who was Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah - and why did he matter?
Israel's war on Gaza
Who was Ismail Haniyeh?
Tunisia Politics
Tunisia's slide to one-man rule: Who is Kais Saied?
Turkey elections 2023
Profile: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Inside Iran
Who was Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi?
UK Riots
Who is 'Tommy Robinson', the far-right figurehead of Britain's anti-Muslim riots?
France
Marine Le Pen: Who is the leader of France's far right?
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Palestine

Israel's war on Gaza
Why is there a polio outbreak in Gaza?
Israel's war on Gaza
Gaza: Everything you need to know about the besieged Palestinian enclave
Israel's war on Gaza
Israel's war on Gaza: What is Unrwa and why has its funding been cut?
Israel's war on Gaza
Who is Abu Obeida, Hamas's military spokesman? 
Nakba
The Nakba explained in five maps and charts
Israel's war on Gaza
Which universities in Gaza has Israel destroyed?
Occupation
Watermelon: A slice of Palestinian resistance
Israel's war on Gaza
Hamas: Who are the group's key leaders?
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Israel

Israel's war on Gaza
What is Israel's 'Generals' Plan' and what does it mean for the war on Gaza?
Israel's war on Gaza
Israel's Hannibal Directive: A dead soldier is better than a kidnapped soldier
Iran-Israel tensions
Israel's attack on Iran: What we know so far
Israeli Elections
Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir?
Israel's war on Gaza
What are Israeli settlements and why are they illegal under international law?
Israel's war on Gaza
Iran's attack on Israel: What we know so far
Israel's war on Lebanon
Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon: What do we know so far?
Israel-India relations
India and Israel: The arms trade in charts and numbers
Occupation
Why will Israel's Netzah Yehuda army unit be blacklisted by the US?
Israeli Elections
Israel's new far right: Who is Bezalel Smotrich?
Occupation
The Israeli ‘Flag March’ explained
Israel ICJ case
War on Gaza: What is South Africa's genocide case against Israel?
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Lebanon

Israel's war on Lebanon
Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon: What do we know so far?
Israel's war on Lebanon
Why did Israel's war with Hezbollah in 2006 matter so much?
Israel's war on Lebanon
What arms does Hezbollah have?
Hezbollah
Who was Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah - and why did he matter?
Inside Lebanon
Lebanon and politics: Who is Nabih Berri and why does he matter?
Israel's war on Lebanon
Did Israel’s attack on pagers and radios break international law?
Lebanon economic crisis
Explained: The illegal trafficking of Captagon pills in the Middle East
Mideast Gas Rush
Why tensions are rising over Israel-Lebanon maritime border dispute
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Iran

Iran-Israel tensions
Israel's attack on Iran: How the world reacted
Israel's war on Gaza
Iran's attack on Israel: What we know so far
Iran-Israel tensions
What missiles did Iran use to target Israel?
Inside Iran
Who is Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - and why does he matter?
The Big Picture Podcast
Why are Israel and Iran on the brink of war?
Inside Israel
Israel's nuclear weapons: What you need to know
Inside Iran
The four men in running to be Iran's next foreign minister
Inside Iran
Who was Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi?
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US

US Elections 2024
Project 2025: Conservative plan may shape US global role after the election
US Elections 2024
The difference between pro-Palestine groups 'Uncommitted' and 'Abandon Harris'
Israel's war on Gaza
US lawmakers threaten ICC with 'The Hague Invasion Act' - what is it?
Inside Israel
What is the BDS movement?
Diplomacy
Explained: How attacks on US embassies have shaped America’s future
US Politics
Why the Muslim vote for Republicans grew in 2022 midterm elections
US Politics
Explained: The US invasion of Afghanistan
US Elections 2020
Donald Trump in the Middle East: A story of big winners and bigger losers
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UK

UK Politics
Kemi Badenoch: What is the new Tory leader's Middle East policy?
UK Politics
Alex Salmond: A Scottish independence legend and pro-Palestinian advocate
UK Politics
The six British prime ministers who have restricted arms sales to Israel
Balfour
Explained: The Balfour Declaration and 67 words that changed the world
Islamophobia
Who is Enoch Powell and did he inspire the far-right extremist movement in the UK?
UK Elections 2024
UK election 2024: What do the parties' manifestos say about the Middle East?
UK Riots
What triggered Britain's far-right riots and how did they unfold?
Israel's war on Gaza
What does Armistice Day have to do with Palestine?
Islamophobia
Explained: Leicester riots, Hindutva and the RSS
Trojan Horse Affair
The Trojan Horse affair explained: The hoax plot to radicalise Birmingham schools
UK Elections 2024
UK election: What is The Muslim Vote - and why does it matter?
UK Elections 2024
Nigel Farage on Jews, Muslims, Palestinians and Israel: His most controversial quotes
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Need to read

Obituary
Twenty years on: Edward Said's life and writings, in seven quotes
Heritage
Who was Moses Maimonides? The great Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages
Books
Egyptian cult classics: 11 books that are worth reading
Books
Plague and poetry: How Middle East authors have written about disease
Books
Arabic poetry: 10 writers, classic and modern, you need to read
Books
Five books on East Africa's centuries-old connection with the Middle East
Books
The best YA books: 10 Middle East authors worth reading
Books
Making sense of the war on Gaza: Nine reads to help you understand the Palestinian plight
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Religion and culture

Heritage
Five inventions from ancient Egypt we still use
Culture
Shou, shinou, ey: Five major Arabic dialects and what makes them unique
Hajj
Hajj: When is it, how did it start, and other key questions explained
Religion
Passover 2023: The Jewish holiday of Pesach, explained
Culture
Seven Middle Eastern flags and the symbolism they carry
Culture
What is Nowruz? The Persian New Year explained
Religion
What is Hanukkah? The Jewish festival of lights explained
Eid
When is Eid al-Adha 2024? Everything you need to know about the celebration
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Science and nature

Inside Turkey
Why does Turkey have so many sinkholes?
Turkey-Syria earthquake
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Common myths and theories debunked
Heritage
Seven national animals from the Middle East and what they represent
Environment
Climate crisis: 13 ways the Middle East is under threat
Environment
Climate crisis: 15 ways that the Middle East is under threat
Technology
What the internet looks like: Underwater cables in the Middle East
Inside Egypt
Pyramids from space: Astronauts and satellites photograph Egypt
Heritage
Five inventions from ancient Egypt we still use
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