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The Conflict

The BBC's podcast on the Middle East. Hosted by Jonny Dymond.

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Episodes

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The Global Story: A Ceasefire in Gaza
After 15 months of conflict, a glimmer of hope in the Middle East
16 Jan 2025,28 mins
Middle East
Six Day War (1967): What Next For Syria and Israel?
We take a look at what history can teach us about the conflict in the Middle East.
18 Dec 2024,27 mins
Middle East
Leaders: What Is Ariel Sharon’s Legacy?
We take a look at what history can teach us about the conflict in the Middle East.
11 Dec 2024,27 mins
Middle East
Leaders: What Is Yasser Arafat’s Legacy?
We take a look at what history can teach us about the conflict in the Middle East.
04 Dec 2024,27 mins
Middle East
The First Intifada (1987): What impact did the Palestinian uprising have?
We take a look at what history can teach us about the conflict in the Middle East.
27 Nov 2024,27 mins
Middle East
Israel Declares Independence (1948): Why did Britain leave its mandate in Palestine?
We take a look at what history can teach us about the conflict in the Middle East.
20 Nov 2024,27 mins
Middle East
Operation Opera (1981): How Important Is the Israel-America Relationship?
What can history teach us about the conflict in the Middle East?
13 Nov 2024,27 mins
Middle East
Israel withdrawal from Gaza (2005)
What can history teach us about the conflict in the Middle East?
06 Nov 2024,27 mins
Middle East
The Iranian Revolution (1979)
What can history teach us about the conflict in the Middle East?
30 Oct 2024,27 mins
Middle East
Israel Strikes Iran
An extra episode following Israeli strikes on Iran
26 Oct 2024,15 mins
Middle East
The 1972 Munich Massacre
What can history teach us about the conflict in the Middle East?
23 Oct 2024,27 mins
Middle East
Israel Kills Hamas Leader
An extra episode with the BBC's International Editor Jeremy Bowen.
17 Oct 2024,11 mins
Middle East
Israel-Lebanon (1982)
What can history teach us about the conflict in the Middle East?
16 Oct 2024,27 mins
Israel-Gaza
One Year On
Journalists from across the BBC reflect on the devastating year-long war.
06 Oct 2024,27 mins
Israel-Gaza
Is The Iran-Israel Attack A Turning Point For The Middle East?
All eyes on Israel's response to Iran drone and missile attacks.
15 Apr 2024,25 mins
Israel-Gaza
Ten Weeks Of War
Lyse Doucet looks back on the past ten weeks of the Israel-Gaza war.
20 Dec 2023,30 mins,
Israel-Gaza
Is Israel Losing International Support?
President Biden warns Israel over Gaza war.
14 Dec 2023,31 mins
Israel-Gaza
War Intensifies
After the ceasefire ends, intense fighting resumes in Gaza.
06 Dec 2023,33 mins,
Israel-Gaza
The Truce
We speak with the BBC’s Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abu Alouf, who’s now in Istanbul.
30 Nov 2023,20 mins,
Israel-Gaza
The Hostage Deal
What is in it and does it go far enough?
22 Nov 2023,34 mins,
Israel-Gaza
Inside The Al-Shifa Hospital
The BBC goes inside the main hospital in Gaza City with the Israeli army.
17 Nov 2023,23 mins
Israel-Gaza
The Today Debate: What Happens When The War Ends?
Radio 4's Mishal Husain hosts The Today Debate in front of an audience in London.
14 Nov 2023,61 mins
Israel-Gaza
The End of Gaza’s Most Beautiful Neighbourhood
Israeli bombs flatten 25 apartment blocks in the neighbourhood of al-Zahra.
10 Nov 2023,27 mins,
Israel-Gaza
Jeremy Bowen inside Gaza
What the war in Gaza looks and feels like, close-up
09 Nov 2023,25 mins
Israel-Gaza
One Month of War
John Simpson on what’s happened since Hamas attacked Israel and what might happen next?
07 Nov 2023,23 mins,
Israel-Gaza
Israeli Strikes Intensify
Reflections from our correspondent in Gaza as Lyse readies to leave Jerusalem.
06 Nov 2023,14 mins,
Israel-Gaza
What does Hezbollah want?
Hezbollah’s leader has a message for Israel and so does America’s top diplomat.
03 Nov 2023,26 mins
Israel-Gaza
Gaza City ‘encircled’
Israel's military says it has been attacking Hamas infrastructures.
03 Nov 2023,34 mins
Israel-Gaza
Israel’s Military Strategy
The BBC’s defence correspondent attempts to piece together Israel’s plan in Gaza.
01 Nov 2023,22 mins
Israel-Gaza
Israel’s president speaks
Isaac Herzog on his country’s right to self-defence
31 Oct 2023,24 mins,