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00:08 — Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, previously principal political affairs officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria. 00:33 — Natalie Orenstein covers housing and homelessness for The Oaklandside. 00:45 — Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness. The post Foreign Relations for a New Syria Under HTS; Plus, Alameda County Data Report Traces Homelessness in Oakland; And, San Francisco’s Houseless Population in Recent Storms appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. 00:33 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. The post A Look at Washington Before Trump Takes Office; Plus, What’s Driving Israel to Increase Settlements in the Golan Heights appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Nathan Thrall is an American writer living in Jerusalem. In 2024, he received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama.   The post Fund Drive Special: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Omar Dahi is a professor of economics at Hampshire College and founding director of Security in Context, a research network on peace, conflict, and international affairs. 00:33 — Hoshang Hasan is a journalist based in Syria, currently working for North Press Agency. The post Political Economic Future of Syria; Plus, How Has the Kurdish Population Reacted to the Rise of HTS appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. His latest book is Erasing History. The post Fund Drive Special with Jason Stanley appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Phyllis Bennis is director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies with a focus on Middle East, Palestine, and US militarism. The new edition of her book Understanding Palestine and Israel will be out soon. The post Fund Drive Special: Phyllis Bennis on the Fall of the Syrian Government & Israel’s Occupation of Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Maria Finn is an author, speaker and chef living in Sausalito, California. Her forthcoming book is Forage. Gather. Feast. The post Fund Drive Special with Maria Finn appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.  00:36 — Maryam Jamshidi is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School.  00:49 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.  The post HTS Rebels Expand Takeover to Hama in Central Syria; Plus, Israel Continues Attacks Amid Lebanon Ceasefire appeared first on KPFA.