Middle East

CEO of World Vision in New Zealand who recently visited Iraqi Kurdistan and Lebanon, in advance of the launch of the Syrian refugee appeal on 7 March. Audio

The conflicts in Yemen. Russian weapons sales to Iran. Israeli helicopter strike in Syria. Audio

Funerals for Paris supermarket attack, politics from the region, and Hosni Mubarak freed from jail. Audio

Latest on the civil war in Syria. New rules for refugees in Lebanon. A retrial for Aljazeera journalists. Audio

Jailed journalist appeal. US missile strikes against Syria. Slavory in the Islamic State. Iran's nuclear program. Audio

Dr Jonathon Spyer holds a PHD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and currently he is a senior research fellow at the Center for Global research in International Affairs in… Audio

Richard Falk is a Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University. He is in NZ to give a series of talks arranged by Otago University's National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies -… Audio

Author and economist and expert on terrorism funding, Loretta Napoleoni details the rise of the Islamic State, and how its modernity and pragmatism has allowed it to redraw the map of the Middle East.

The Australian government will decide this week what kind of support it will offer to the United States in the war against the Islamic State. Audio

Renewed United States led airstrikes on the Islamic State insurgents in Syria have targeted a dozen small oil refineries it controls. Audio

On the deployment of forces to the middle east and the latest in Australian politics. Audio

What do our Muslim communities think about the current crises in the Middle East? Particularly in light of events in Syria and Iraq and the brutalities committed by the Islamic State formerly known as… Audio

Francesca Borri is one of the few foreign correspondents still operating within Syria's borders from where she joins us via telephone. Audio

Author of The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East. Audio

Associate professor of sociology and international studies at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, discussing the protests in Tunisia and Egypt. Audio