# UN condemns Barakah attack, Israel's invasion in Lebanon and Assad-era chemical weapons found

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Podcast: [Trending Middle East](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-middle-east-1217475)
Published: 2026-05-27T05:01:03+00:00
Episode link: https://thenationalnewstrendingmiddleeast.podbean.com/e/un-condemns-barakah-attack-israels-invasion-in-lebanon-and-assad-era-chemical-weapons-found/
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## Resource

In today's episode of Trending Middle East, the UN Security Council has condemned the drone strike on the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant, calling it a flagrant violation of international law. In Lebanon, Israeli troops have deepened their invasion, advancing beyond the so-called "yellow line” marking their occupied territory. As talks between Tehran and Washington progress, the fate of 24 billion dollars in frozen Iranian funds has become a key sticking point for a possible peace deal. In a breakthrough discovery, the Syrian government says it has found remnants of Bashar Al Assad’s chemical weapons programme, including materials and munitions linked to past gas attacks. And a new report has found that the UAE’s efforts to reduce obesity could boost national productivity by $51 billion. Trending Middle East is AI-assisted, using original reporting published in The National and curated and edited by humans.

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