In this episode, Gabe introduces The FAI Wire video series before discussing the ongoing response to the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, followed by the rising tension between Israel and Iran.
Gabe talks with Farhad on location in Iraqi Kurdistan about the current state of the Yezidi people.
Forty-four days after the death of Masha Amini, street demonstrations and labor strikes continue in cities across Iran and abroad, even as the head of Iran’s notorious revolutionary guard corps issues a veiled threat against demonstrators.
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Iran last week after a 22-year-old woman died as a result of physical abuse she endured in police custody.
At least 135 Armenian soldiers are dead and over 7600 civilians displaced after a short but intense campaign by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces into Armenian territory last week. The latest round of hostilities began Tuesday when Azerbaijan began a coordinated artillery and drone bombardment across its shared border with Armenia.
Rival Shiite militias clashed in Iraq last week, as a power struggle between infamous cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his political opponents spilled over from parliament into the streets of the heart of Baghdad’s Green Zone.
US warplanes pummeled a facility in Syria used by Iranian-sponsored militias last Wednesday, after two suicide drones targeted American and Syrian rebel forces at the Al-Tanf base in southern Syria on August 15. Iranian-linked militias responded with rocket fire which wounded 3 US service members.
Funerals and demonstrations were held across Syrian Kurdistan (a.k.a. Rojava) over the weekend after a Turkish drone strike killed four young schoolgirls last Thursday near the town of Haskalah.
The region of Syrian Kurdistan (a.k.a. Rojava) endured “unprecedented” artillery shelling last week, as Syrian Arab militias aligned with Turkey struck communities along Rojava’s long border with Turkey.
Israeli citizens in the nation’s south spent the night in bomb shelters on Friday as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the Israeli military (IDF) traded rocket fire and airstrikes for hours.
Turkish artillery and drone strikes against Kurdish forces are spiking in Syrian Kurdistan after Turkish president Erdogan encountered opposition from Iran and Russia regarding a fourth planned Turkish military offensive.
Gabe reads the FAI Wire report regarding the Turkish attack on a resort in Iraqi Kurdistan which killed nine civilians last Wednesday. Comments from a member of FAI's field team in the region and a local resident.
US President Joe Biden visits Israel and Saudi Arabia, announces air and sea deals between the Kingdom and the Jewish State in advance of Arab summit in Jeddah. Hamas responds with rocket fire into Israel.
Turkish forces cross the border to stage around Kurdish-held areas, Syrian army reinforces Kurdish-led militias, shelling and drone strikes intensify.
Gabe reads the weekly review of events in the Middle East for the week of June 26-July 2.
Gabe reads the weekly review of events in the Middle East for the week of June 19-25.
As the economic and social crisis in Iran continues to mount, the Wire asked Joel Richardson and leaders in the Iranian underground churches for their perspectives.
Gabe reads the latest FAI Wire report detailing the various ways in which the Iranian regime is on the brink of war abroad and revolution at home.
Gabe reads the latest edition of the FAI Wire Mideast Week in Review.
