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Today we speak to Irish writer and artist Adam "Spicebag" Doyle. He's just got back from Northern Ireland, where residents of Portadown's Garvaghy Road are resisting an Orange Order march through their community. Decades after brutal violence over all this ended, old divisions ar ...  Show more

Today we speak to YPG fighter and asymmetric warfare researcher Karim Franceschi. He tells us, blow by blow, how he feels Rojava's administration allowed the SDF to crumble, leaving the people at the mercy of the jihadists… No ads and all exclusives: patreon.com/popularfront Disc ...  Show more

Tommy and Ben talk about the fallout from Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. What do we know about Iran’s ballistic missile strikes on bases hosting U.S. troops in Iraq? How are the Iranian people responding? Why is Trump threatening to commit war c ...  Show more

When Qassem Soleimani was assassinated by the United States on January 3rd, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander suddenly became a household name. But in Iran, he's been a potent symbol for decades, shaping conflicts in the region and with the U.S. In this episode, the origi ...  Show more

The killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s most formidable military and intelligence leader, displayed the fault lines in a fractious region. From Iraq to Israel, many victims of the commander’s shadow warfare celebrated his death; but in Tehran, thousands filled the st ...

The Iran-Iraq war, 9/11, and the story of Iranian Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, from his rise to power, to his assassination, by the U.S., to the power his legacy wields now.This episode originally ran as Soleimani's Iran. You can find more of Throughline's covera ...  Show more