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Alkhamis Podcast Unfiltered Politics. Sharp Analysis. The Middle East Unveiled.** Step into the world of **Alkhamis Podcast**, where politics isn't just discussed—it's dissected. Hosted by **Abdulaziz Alkhamis**, this podcast delivers sharp, unfiltered analysis of Middle Eastern affairs, global power plays, and the shifting sands of geopolitics. From unraveling complex conflicts to decoding the strategies of world leaders, each episode dives deep into the stories shaping the region and beyond. Expect **bold insights, expert interviews, and fearless discussions** on diplomacy, security, economics, and the role of AI in shaping modern politics. If you're looking for **nuanced perspectives** beyond the headlines, **Alkhamis Podcast** is your go-to source. Subscribe now and stay ahead of the game. 🎙 **New episodes weekly** | Available on all major platforms
Episodes
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Missiles Over Aramco, Silence Over the Nile
Sunday 8 November 2026: Saudi air defenses intercept a Houthi ballistic missile aimed at the Eastern Province as the Mecca Defence Alliance faces its first credibility test; Iraq's prime minister tries to stay neutral in a war his territory is already inside; Sudan's power grid collapses under…
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The Sovereign Squeeze: Houthis, Drones, and the States That Cannot Hold
Alkhamis examines the week's defining pressure on Arab state authority: Saudi Arabia's expanding war coalition against the Houthis, Sudan's drone war and its diplomatic fracture with Ethiopia, Iraq's impossible neutrality between Washington and Tehran, and Egypt's austerity cabinet facing a...
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Mecca Pact, Drone War, and the PMF Gamble
Alkhamis reads the week's strategic signals: Turkey's ratification of the Mecca Defence Alliance reshapes Saudi Arabia's security architecture as Houthi missiles reach Medina; Iraq's Prime Minister Zaidi retreats on militia disarmament; Sudan's SAF-RSF drone war spills across borders; and Egypt's...
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The State Under Fire: Saudi Arabia's War, Sudan's Grid, Iraq's Militias, Egypt's Commitment
Alkhamis examines how the Iran-Houthi assault on Saudi Arabia is reorganising regional alignments from Cairo to Baghdad, while Sudan's SAF fights a drone war it cannot win on its own. The episode argues that strong-state logic, not humanitarian optics, is the only viable lens for the crises of...
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Drones, Debts and Divided States
Alkhamis examines the Houthi drone campaign that is now grounding flights and reshaping Saudi strategic posture, the RSF's systematic destruction of Sudan's power grid, Iraq's paralysed cabinet and the structural contradiction in Sisi's military-engineered succession. A realist read of four…
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Between the Missile and the Cheque: Four States Under Pressure
Alkhamis examines how the Houthi war is forcing Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iraq into alignment while Sudan's military government uses Islamist framing to delegitimise the RSF's counter-pressure campaign. Four capitals, one regional stress test. Support the show
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The Territory Test: Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, and Egypt in the Age of Proxy Fire
Abdulaziz Alkhamis examines how the Houthi assault on Saudi Arabia is reshaping Gulf statecraft, from Cairo's parliamentary vote to Baghdad's sovereignty problem, while Sudan's SAF and RSF wage an infrastructure war that exposes who really controls the state. A realist brief for Monday, November…
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Sovereignty Without Control: Iraq, Sudan, and the States That Cannot Hold
On November 1, 2026, Abdulaziz Alkhamis examines Saudi Arabia's Houthi crisis, the Islamist capture of Sudan's army, Iraq's post-withdrawal vacuum, and Egypt's structural reform gamble. Four states, one recurring lesson: capability determines outcomes, ideology obscures them. Support the show
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The Price of Weak States: Halloween 2026
On October 31, 2026, Abdulaziz Alkhamis dissects four Arab theaters where state weakness invites punishment: Saudi Arabia absorbs Houthi strikes on its airports and infrastructure while Egypt's central bank delivers a shock rate hike; Sudan's SAF remains hostage to Islamist politics as the RSF...
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The State Holds or It Doesn't: Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, Egypt
Houthi missiles strike Saudi airports and oil facilities on the same day Riyadh's defense minister calls NATO. From Khartoum to Cairo, the question everywhere is the same: does the state command its own violence, or not? Support the show
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The Kingdom Under Fire, and Its Neighbours Do the Math
Saudi Arabia faces an escalating Houthi missile campaign that has already cancelled Davos in the Desert and driven Riyadh offices onto remote work. Egypt's parliament has voted to authorize troops for Saudi defence while Cairo's central bank meets today on whether to hold rates at nineteen…
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The Price of Sovereignty: Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, Egypt - October 28, 2026
From Riyadh under Houthi missile barrage to Baghdad's militia-infested post-withdrawal landscape, today's brief maps the structural contradictions of state power across four Arab capitals. Alkhamis argues that every story this week is ultimately a story about who controls the instruments of force…
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The Price of Alignment: Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq and Egypt in the Arc of a Regional War
Abdulaziz Alkhamis reads the strategic logic behind Egypt's parliamentary vote to back Saudi Arabia militarily, Iraq's calculated compliance with US sanctions pressure, and the Sudanese army's campaign against RSF-held Darfur. Four states, one structural argument: survival belongs to those who…
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Holy Ground, Broken Dinar, and the Islamist Veto
Houthi missiles strike Mecca and Medina as Riyadh's airport partially reopens; Iraq's dinar collapses under Hormuz pressure while a new cabinet struggles to assert state authority. Sudan's SAF bombs civilian markets across Darfur and Kordofan, and Egypt's IMF growth numbers conceal a military...
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Riyadh Burns, Baghdad Bends, Cairo Hedges: The Arab State Under Pressure
Houthi missiles are rewriting the security calculus of every Arab capital from Riyadh to Baghdad. Today's brief traces how Saudi Arabia absorbs the blows, Sudan's Islamist-led army manoeuvres for legitimacy, Iraq's new government installs a US-sanctioned militia figure as deputy prime minister…
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The Price of Exposure: Saudi Arabia Under Fire, and Four States Choosing Sides
Houthi missile and drone strikes have killed twenty-two people across three Saudi airports this month, forcing Riyadh to cancel its flagship investment forum and drawing in European powers. Four Arab states - Iraq, Egypt, Sudan and Saudi Arabia itself - are each, in their own way, being forced to...
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Airports, Mandates, and the Price of Delay
Houthi strikes on Saudi airports test the limits of MBS's Vision 2030 project and pull Egypt toward a military commitment its parliament cannot yet agree to authorize. Iraq completes a cabinet five months late, and in Sudan, the SAF's battlefield gains cannot obscure the ideological capture at…
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The Price of Shelter: Saudi Arabia Under Fire, Egypt at the Crossroads
Houthi strikes on Saudi airports have exposed the kingdom's vulnerability and forced every Arab capital to pick a side. This episode argues that Egypt's parliamentary delay is a negotiation, Iraq's militia deal is a fiction, and Sudan's battlefield is the only honest map in the region. Support…
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Kingdom Under Fire, Parliament in Delay
The Houthi campaign against Saudi Arabia has forced Riyadh to cancel its flagship investor summit and exposed the limits of Arab solidarity, as Egypt's parliament delays a military authorisation vote and Iraq's new cabinet takes shape amid a murky PMF blast. Sudan's drone war escalates on…
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The Kingdom Under Fire, the Dinar on the Floor
Houthi drones and missiles are now striking Aramco and Riyadh's airport as Egypt debates military intervention and Iraq devalues its currency under the pressure of the Iran war. Abdulaziz Alkhamis reads the week's structural fault lines across Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, and Egypt. Support the show
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The Airport, the Dinar, and the Drone: Gulf Security Fractures on Multiple Fronts
Houthi missiles have struck the heart of Saudi Arabia's capital, killing at least nineteen and wounding more than three hundred, while Egypt moves toward a war authorization vote and Iraq completes a cabinet it cannot afford. This episode argues that the region's disorder is structural, not...
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Missiles Over Riyadh, Dinars in Freefall
Houthi ballistic missiles have killed more than twenty people at King Khalid International Airport and shut Saudi Arabia's air hub as the Future Investment Initiative approaches. Iraq devalues the dinar, completes its fractured cabinet, and watches the Iran war drain every barrel it tries to...
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The State Strikes Back - and Sometimes Kills the Wrong People
Friday 16 October 2026. From Riyadh's burning airport to Baghdad's militia-stocked cabinet, from Khartoum's Antonov bombers to Cairo's border-mine strikes, Abdulaziz Alkhamis reads a week in which states are asserting force but not yet commanding outcomes. Support the show
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The Houthi Test: Saudi Borders, Iraqi Promises, and Egypt's Managed Truth
Houthi missiles have turned Riyadh into a war zone, forcing Iraq's new prime minister into an emergency trip to Saudi Arabia to make promises his state may not be able to keep. Meanwhile, Sudan's army chief rejects all negotiations, Egypt prepares a state-scripted forum on its own economy, and...
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When the State Burns: Riyadh Under Fire, Khartoum's Islamist Mask, Baghdad's Paralysis Tax, Cairo's Borrowed Time
Houthi missiles strike Riyadh for the third consecutive day as Saudi Arabia pays the price of a wider war it did not choose. Iraq devalues the dinar, Sudan's army chief rejects all talks, and Egypt's IMF clock runs down to December. Support the show
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Riyadh Burns, Baghdad Stalls, Cairo Hedges
Alkhamis Daily analyses the Houthi campaign against King Khalid airport, the structural failure of Iraqi militia disarmament after the US withdrawal, Sudan's Burhan doubling down on a war he cannot win cleanly, and Egypt's balancing act between IMF compliance and military prerogative. Tuesday 13...
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Riyadh Burns, Khartoum Shrugs, Baghdad Stalls, Cairo Deflects
A Houthi strike on King Khalid International Airport kills twelve and grounds Saudi Arabia's capital while Washington hesitates. Across four Arab states, the week exposes the gap between state ambition and state capacity. Support the show
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Riyadh Burns, Baghdad Breaks: The Price of Regional War
A Houthi strike kills twelve at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport as the Gulf confronts the direct cost of the Iran war. Iraq devalues its dinar to fund a wartime budget, Egypt pockets a US military aid waiver, and Sudan's army chief turns away from any negotiated peace. Support the show
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Sovereignty on Paper, Leverage in Practice
Abdulaziz Alkhamis examines how a Houthi strike on Riyadh airport, Sudan's Islamist-captured SAF, a structurally broken Iraqi dinar, and Egypt's expanding Horn of Africa coalition reveal the same underlying logic: declared sovereignty is only as real as the power behind it. A realist brief for...
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Riyadh Burns, Khartoum Stalls, Baghdad Waits: The State Under Pressure
Houthi ballistic missiles kill three at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, including a Saudia pilot, as the war with Iran's proxies reaches deep into the Saudi heartland. Iraq's new prime minister faces militia disarmament, Egypt manages IMF deadlines, and Sudan's Burhan chooses war over...
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Airports, Vacuums, and the Weight of Sovereignty
Houthi missiles hit two Saudi airports as Riyadh activates the Makkah Pact with Pakistan and Turkey. Iraq's new premier faces the militia disarmament test, Sudan's Burhan refuses talks, and Egypt races an IMF deadline while expelling an Ethiopian diplomat. Support the show
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Sovereignty on Paper: Saudi Missiles, Sudan's Alignment, Baghdad's Militia Arithmetic, and Cairo's Counter-Ethiopia Bloc
On the third anniversary of October 7, the region's fault lines sharpen: Saudi Arabia absorbs Houthi strikes while drawing Turkey and Pakistan into its defence perimeter; Sudan's SAF consolidates a diplomatic bloc against the RSF's external backers; Iraq's new prime minister confronts the militia...
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Sovereignty on Paper: Saudi Escalation, Sudan's Southern Front, Baghdad's Militia Reckoning, and Cairo's Nile Gambit
With the US coalition out of Iraq, Houthi drones reaching Saudi airports, and Egypt expelling Ethiopian diplomats over the GERD, this episode argues that formal sovereignty announcements mean little when the instruments of state coercion remain contested. Abdulaziz Alkhamis examines four Arab...
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The Deadline That Wasn't: Iraq's Militia Problem, Sudan's Islamist Creep, and Egypt's Quiet Bet
Abdulaziz Alkhamis examines the contradiction at the heart of this week's regional politics: states that announce deadlines they cannot enforce. From Baghdad's militia disarmament failure to Khartoum's Islamist capture and Cairo's IMF reckoning, the episode tracks where sovereign authority is…
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Sovereignty Theater: When Words Outlast Weapons
From Riyadh to Baghdad, this episode dissects the gap between declared sovereignty and structural dependency: Houthis strike Aramco, the US departs Iraq, Sudan's war grinds toward partition, and Egypt performs transparency on the eve of an IMF deadline. Support the show
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Sovereignty Without Substance: Iraq Declares Victory, Saudi Arabia Absorbs Blows, Sudan's War Grinds North, Egypt Holds Its Breath
On October 3, 2026, Alkhamis examines four states caught between declared ambitions and structural realities: a Saudi Arabia building alliances while absorbing Houthi strikes, an Iraq celebrating sovereignty while its militias refuse to disarm, a Sudan whose army is recapturing territory but...
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The Sovereignty Charade: Saudi Thresholds, Sudan's Stalemate, Baghdad's Paper State, Cairo's Managed Numbers
Alkhamis examines the week's defining contradiction: states declaring sovereignty while the instruments of real power sit outside their hands. Four capitals, one structural problem. Support the show
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The Day After the Americans Leave
On the day the US-led coalition formally exits Iraq, Iran's Quds Force commander moves to fill the vacuum and Baghdad's militia disarmament deadline quietly slips nine months. Across the region, Houthi drones reach Madinah, Sudan's SAF bleeds in Kordofan, and Egypt braces for an IMF reckoning in...
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Sovereignty Day and Its Discontents: Iraq, Iran, Sudan and Egypt on the Edge
On the day US forces complete their withdrawal from Iraq, Alkhamis examines what "Sovereignty Day" really transfers, and links it to Saudi Arabia under Iranian fire, Sudan's Islamist-captured army, and Egypt's war-exposed economy. Support the show
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The Day After: Iraq Without Americans, Arabia Without Certainty
On the eve of the US coalition's final withdrawal from Iraq, Abdulaziz Alkhamis examines what the departure means for Tehran's reach, for Baghdad's militia problem, and for the Gulf states now navigating a post-war order without the security guarantees they assumed were permanent. Egypt and Sudan...
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Under Fire and Under Deadline: Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, Egypt - Monday 28 September 2026
From Houthi missiles testing Saudi Arabia's new defense pacts, to Iraq's militia disarmament deadline expiring in days, Sudan's Islamist-captured command, and Sisi's mining pitch to the world - Abdulaziz Alkhamis reads the week's sharpest pressures on Arab state power. Support the show
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Deadlines That Nobody Intends to Keep
On Saudi Arabia's ninety-sixth National Day, the kingdom is intercepting Houthi missiles rather than celebrating in peace. Across the region, Iraq's militia disarmament clock has expired in all but name, Sudan's war grinds on as Islamist networks hold the SAF captive, and Egypt's numbers look...
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How Small Nations Navigate Trump’s Global Gambit
In today’s volatile geopolitical landscape, small nations are increasingly hedging their bets as the U.S. disrupts traditional alliances under Trump’s leadership. The Cook Islands’ investment deal with China exemplifies this shift, sparking concern from New Zealand. As #trump prioritizes U.S....
About this show
Alkhamis Podcast Unfiltered Politics. Sharp Analysis. The Middle East Unveiled.** Step into the world of **Alkhamis Podcast**, where politics isn't just discussed—it's dissected. Hosted by **Abdulaziz Alkhamis**, this podcast delivers sharp, unfiltered analysis of Middle Eastern affairs, global power plays, and the shifting sands of geopolitics.
From unraveling complex conflicts to decoding the strategies of world leaders, each episode dives deep into the stories shaping the region and beyond. Expect **bold insights, expert interviews, and fearless discussions** on diplomacy, security, economics, and the role of AI in shaping modern politics.
If you're looking for **nuanced perspectives** beyond the headlines, **Alkhamis Podcast** is your go-to source. Subscribe now and stay ahead of the game.
🎙 **New episodes weekly** | Available on all major platforms
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A Alkhamis