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Yasmeen Altaji

Yasmeen Altaji

Assistant Podcast Producer
Abu Dhabi
Yasmeen Altaji is an Assistant Podcast Producer at The National’s Abu Dhabi headquarters. Her multimedia reportage — from live coverage of the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University to US special elections — focuses on international politics, art and culture, and has appeared in international print, TV and radio outlets including the BBC, the CBC, PRI's The World and Al Jazeera English. She holds an MA in Political Journalism from Columbia University and a BS in Journalism and BMus. in Voice and Opera from Northwestern University.

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Palestinians flee Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Sunday, July 20, 2025, after the Israeli military issued evacuation orders ahead of expected operations in the area. (AP Photo / Abdel Kareem Hana)
TrendingIsrael's new ground offensive and Hamas's ceasefire ultimatum

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 21, 2025
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People gather in front of a burning hypermarket building in Kut, Iraq, Thursday, July 17, 2025. AP
TrendingDeadly fire in Iraq and Lebanon pursues Syria extradition deal

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastJuly 18, 2025
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The aftermath of Israeli strikes on the Syrian Army and Defence Ministry headquarters in Damascus. AFP
TrendingCeasefire in Syria, and Trump in 'no rush' to talk to Iran

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 17, 2025
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks to the media on the day he attends the European Union Foreign Ministers council in Brussels, Belgium July 15, 2025. REUTERS / Yves Herman
TrendingFrance threatens sanctions on Iran, and Lebanon receives response on Hezbollah

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 16, 2025
Yasmeen Altaji
A member of the Syrian security forces patrols near Sweida. AFP
TrendingIsrael launches Syria strikes and Palestinian envoy calls for Gaza action

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 15, 2025
Yasmeen Altaji
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB People carry the body of Sayfollah Kamel Musallet, a Palestinian-American man who was beaten to death by settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, during his funeral near Ramallah, in the Israel-occupied West Bank July 13, 2025. REUTERS / Ammar Awad
TrendingFuneral for Palestinian-American killed in West Bank, and Syria's fires

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 14, 2025
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FILE PHOTO: A view shows disused oil pump jacks at the Airankol oil field operated by Caspiy Neft in the Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan April 2, 2025. REUTERS / Pavel Mikheyev / / File Photo
TrendingOpec's new forecast and Syria-SDF tensions

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 11, 2025
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As well as traditional warfare, some in Gaza are fearful of the role artificial intelligence is playing in Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territory. AFP
TrendingIsrael's AI war machine and Hezbollah's disarming conditions

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 10, 2025
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Palestinians carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid, unloaded from a World Food Program convoy that was heading to Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo / Jehad Alshrafi)
TrendingGaza 'concentration camps' and Red Sea attacks

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 09, 2025
Yasmeen Altaji
A handout photo made available by the Lebanese Presidency press office shows Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack (L), at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, 07 July 2025. Barrack is on an official visit to Lebanon to meet Lebanese leaders. EPA / LEBANESE PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES
TrendingUS and Lebanon discuss Hezbollah disarmament and Houthis hit Red Sea ship

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 08, 2025
Yasmeen Altaji
Smoke rises following an explosion near destroyed buildings inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Photo / Ohad Zwigenberg)
TrendingGaza ceasefire negotiations and Hezbollah split over disarming

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 07, 2025
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Fighters keep watch after dissent in the city of Homs, north of Damascus, in December. The Assad regime fell earlier that month. Reuters
TrendingDamascus hunts down Assad loyalists

Yasmeen Altaji rounds up today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 04, 2025
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FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a meeting in Ilam, Iran, June 12, 2025. Iran's Presidential website / WANA (West Asia News Agency) / Handout via REUTERS / File Photo
TrendingIran suspends IAEA co-operation and Israel closer to ceasefire

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 03, 2025
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Umm Haytham, an elderly Alawite woman, stands near a grave containing a family of three Alawites buried at the Hmeimim Air Base, in Latakia, Syria, March 20, 2025. Witnesses said the three were killed by a government drone strike while fleeing deadly attacks by pro-government factions from March 7-9. REUTERS/Stringer To match Special Report SYRIA-SECURITY/COASTAL-KILLINGS
TrendingDisappearances of Alawite women, and a 'terrorist cell' in Beirut

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJuly 02, 2025
Yasmeen Altaji
Rescue workers and locals at the scene of an airstrike in the town of Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, 27 June 2025. The Ministry of Public Health’s Emergency Operations Center on Friday announced that an Israeli airstrike targeting an apartment in Nabatieh resulted in the death of one woman and injured eleven others, according to preliminary figures. EPA / STR
TrendingIsrael strikes Lebanon and Trump says Gaza ceasefire close

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastJune 30, 2025
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