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Battle Lines

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Battle Lines is The Telegraph’s defence, security and foreign affairs podcast. It offers expert analysis and on-the-ground reporting from around the world, everywhere from China and the United States to the Middle East and Europe.Three times a week, veteran foreign correspondents Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey bring you on-the-ground dispatches from the world’s most volatile regions and informed analysis from world-class experts.Every Wednesday on Battle Lines x Global Health Security they’r...

Episodes (294)

Inside Homs with Syria's White Helmets

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Dec 13, 202436:24pending

A new dawn for Syria? Plus: Paul Conroy on reporting from Homs

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Dec 9, 202449:13pending

Inside Russia's secret Libyan airbase

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Dec 6, 202437:45pending

How Syria’s rebels launched a surprise offensive to retake Aleppo

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Dec 2, 202436:53pending

The view from Kharkiv's frontline. Plus: Sudan’s war

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Nov 29, 202435:21pending

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal - is Gaza next?

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Nov 27, 202427:52pending

Two women's stories behind the war in Gaza

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Nov 25, 202435:35pending

Why are foreign fighters joining Myanmar’s civil war?

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Nov 22, 202423:22pending

Hezbollah's latest blow. Plus: Trump and China

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Nov 18, 202426:02pending

What do Trump’s appointments tell us about his foreign policy agenda?

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Nov 15, 202433:35pending

Why reporting the Lebanon war is harder than Iraq or Syria

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Nov 11, 202435:18pending

Trump's new world order

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Nov 7, 202445:22pending

Will Iran attack Israel again? Plus Beirut's community kitchen

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Nov 4, 202425:13pending

Will the US election spark a civil war?

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Oct 31, 202434:20pending

Israel strikes Iran, plus inside Gaza's hospitals

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Oct 28, 202435:28pending

Putin's new world order

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Oct 24, 202429:09pending

What next for Hamas after Sinwar's death

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Oct 21, 202428:44pending

China's wargames, a royal trip to Sudan border

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Oct 18, 202425:09pending

Hezbollah drone attack, UNIFIL-Israel row, Russia and Iran deepen ties

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Oct 14, 202425:10pending

Israel expands offensive in Lebanon, is Israel nuclear?

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Oct 11, 202444:14pending

Israel's Oasis of Peace one year later

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Oct 9, 202431:04pending

October 7 one year on: Hostages' relative, ex-soldier and journalist reflect

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Oct 4, 202442:10pending

Iran strikes Israel as the IDF invade Lebanon

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Oct 2, 202429:32pending

What next for Lebanon after Nasrallah assassination?

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Sep 30, 202431:24pending

Israel prepares for ground offensive in Lebanon

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Sep 27, 202439:42pending

Why Israel attacked Hezbollah and what will happen next in Lebanon

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Sep 20, 202439:46pending

The world's forgotten war: Sudan

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Sep 18, 202443:43pending

In memory of David Knowles, creator of Battle Lines

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Sep 13, 202458:06pending

Mass protests in Israel & what's behind the rise of the far-right in Germany

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Sep 6, 202436:22pending

Naval lessons from the Black Sea & how China’s enormous new invasion mothership...

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Sep 3, 202426:27pending

Israel's West Bank raid & Al Qaeda linked attack in Burkina Faso

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Aug 30, 202429:00pending

Ceasefire deal looms over the DNC, Taliban soldiers long for war

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Aug 23, 202442:20pending

How does climate change lead to violence?

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Aug 21, 202429:41pending

Diplomatic efforts to avoid full-scale war in the Middle East, Ukraine's incursi...

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Aug 16, 202441:31pending

Israel prepares for Iranian strikes, France’s view of Britain’s riots & politica...

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Aug 9, 202437:33pending

Assassinations of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders rock the Middle East amid anar...

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Aug 2, 202432:40pending

How tyrants fall

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Jul 31, 202433:13pending

The future of the Israel-Gaza war & the geopolitics of the Olympic Games

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Jul 26, 202441:56pending

How close is the world to nuclear war?

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Jul 24, 202438:12pending

Political extremism in America, China's secret military base in Tajikistan

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Jul 19, 202441:58pending

How to catch a Russian submarine

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Jul 18, 202440:11pending

How will Labour govern, a look inside the NATO summit, shock French election

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Jul 12, 202435:54pending

Chaos in an unprecedented US presidential race & the West Bank's medical crisis

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Jul 5, 202440:39pending

Wikileaks' impact, China's crackdown in Tibet, Gaza update

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Jun 28, 202437:42pending

Could Iran be due for yet another revolution?

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Jun 26, 202428:59pending

Fareed Zakaria: Are we entering a new age of revolution?

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Jun 21, 202445:06pending

Israel hostage rescue, far-right gains in EU election, judges resign in Hong Kon...

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Jun 14, 202443:48pending

What D-Day means for the future of international security

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Jun 7, 202436:47pending

Labour's defence spending, devastating attacks in Rafah, South Africa goes to th...

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May 31, 202431:56pending

Anti-colonial riots in New Caledonia, humanitarian crisis in Sudan, oil rush in...

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May 24, 202434:58pending