{"podcast":{"title":"Trending Middle East","slug":"trending-middle-east-1217475","podcast_index_feed_id":1217475,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thenationalnewstrendingmiddleeast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thenationalnewstrendingmiddleeast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12359547/Trending_logo_use9h9nt.jpg","author":"The National News","episode_count":996,"summary":"We bring you the top news stories, field reports and in-depth insights from the Middle East and beyond","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T14:19:22.711058+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-middle-east-1217475"},"episode":{"title":"UN condemns Barakah attack, Israel's invasion in Lebanon and Assad-era chemical weapons found","slug":"un-condemns-barakah-attack-israel-s-invasion-in-lebanon-and-assad-era-chemical-weapons-found","published_at":"2026-05-27T05:01:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-middle-east-1217475/un-condemns-barakah-attack-israel-s-invasion-in-lebanon-and-assad-era-chemical-weapons-found","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-middle-east-1217475","url":"https://thenationalnewstrendingmiddleeast.podbean.com/e/un-condemns-barakah-attack-israels-invasion-in-lebanon-and-assad-era-chemical-weapons-found/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/72wcpjet4fgy7hb2/20260527_TRENDING_mixdownadw44.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":185,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trending-middle-east-1217475/episodes/un-condemns-barakah-attack-israel-s-invasion-in-lebanon-and-assad-era-chemical-weapons-found/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-middle-east-1217475/un-condemns-barakah-attack-israel-s-invasion-in-lebanon-and-assad-era-chemical-weapons-found.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}