{"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":"US-Iran talks make progress, Syria set for first parliament meeting and UAE delivers Eid aid to Gaza","slug":"us-iran-talks-make-progress-syria-set-for-first-parliament-meeting-and-uae-delivers-eid-aid-to-gaza","published_at":"2026-05-25T05:06:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-middle-east-1217475/us-iran-talks-make-progress-syria-set-for-first-parliament-meeting-and-uae-delivers-eid-aid-to-gaza","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-middle-east-1217475","url":"https://thenationalnewstrendingmiddleeast.podbean.com/e/us-iran-talks-make-progress-syria-set-for-first-parliament-meeting-and-uae-delivers-eid-aid-to-gaza/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xadvgzud2zbjf65t/20260525_TRENDING_mixdownaolzg.mp3","summary":"In today's episode of Trending Middle East, US President Donald Trump tells negotiators to \"take their time\" as a deal between America and Iran moves closer. In Bahrain, the High Criminal Court has sentenced nine people to life in prison for collaborating with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. At least 16 people have been killed in a bomb blast on a railway track in Quetta, Pakistan. The explosion on Sunday is the latest in a series ⁠of attacks in Balochistan province, which borders Iran and Afghanistan. Syria’s parliament is set to meet for the first time since the downfall of former president Bashar Al Assad, after elections were held in areas the government recently regained from Kurdish-led fighters. The UAE has delivered about 930 tonnes of aid to families in Gaza for Eid Al Adha, including essential supplies, food and clothing. 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, US President Donald Trump tells negotiators to \"take their time\" as a deal between America and Iran moves clos…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":196,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trending-middle-east-1217475/episodes/us-iran-talks-make-progress-syria-set-for-first-parliament-meeting-and-uae-delivers-eid-aid-to-gaza/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/us-iran-talks-make-progress-syria-set-for-first-parliament-meeting-and-uae-delivers-eid-aid-to-gaza.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}