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Drop Site News

35 episodes

Independent reporting on war and politics in the U.S. and across the world, delivered by Jeremy Scahill, Ryan Grim, and the Drop Site team. www.dropsitenews.com

Episodes

  1. SAUDI QUAGMIRE: The War MBS Can't Win

    · 58 min

    Yemen’s war has reached Riyadh. Ansar Allah has repeatedly struck the Saudi capital’s main airport in the past week, killing 13 people in the deadliest attack on Saudi soil in over a decade, while Saudi jets pound…

  2. Noura Erakat on Three Years of Genocide and the Board of Peace's "New World Order"

    · 1 h 06 min

    Three years into Israel's genocide in Gaza, Palestinian human rights lawyer and legal scholar Noura Erakat argues that Donald Trump's Board of Peace is about more than Gaza: it's a blueprint for a new world order.Drop…

  3. Washington Is About to Make the Energy Crisis a Whole Lot Worse

    · 52 min

    Eight months into the US-Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz is still contested—and the oil shock nearly everyone predicted never arrived. Gregory Brew, senior energy analyst at Eurasia Group and a historian of modern…

  4. Top Yemeni Journalist: Saudi Arabia Could Lose Territory to Ansarallah

    · 44 min

    Ryan Grim interviews Yemeni journalist Hussain Al-Bukhaiti on the state of the conflict in Yemen. Al-Bukhaiti told Drop Site that Saudi-backed forces in eastern areas of Al-Jawf are essentially driving around empty…

  5. Saudi-Backed Forces ROUTED in Yemen as Oil Surges and War Spirals

    · 1 h 02 min

    Twenty-five years after 9/11, the United States is again fighting a major war in the Middle East. Drop Site’s Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain speak with Vali Nasr, professor of international affairs and Middle East…

  6. Jeffrey Sachs: America’s “Legacy of Delusion” Fueling Financial Bubble & Iran Failure

    · 1 h 06 min

    Jeffrey Sachs joins Drop Site’s Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain to discuss how Washington’s delusions about American power are fueling wars abroad and a financial bubble at home. Drawing on his firsthand experience…

  7. Imran Khan’s Health, Iran Under Sanctions

    · 1 h 27 min

    Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan was recently taken from prison to hospital for medical treatment amid reports of his failing health in custody, including continued loss of eyesight in his right…

  8. Gaza Talks, Florida Primaries, and ICE Detention

    · 1 h 26 min

    President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner traveled to the region for high level meetings with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo on Sunday followed by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to discuss…

  9. Hormuz at Breaking Point and Remembering Journalists Killed in Gaza

    · 1 h 34 min

    The U.S. war against Iran has transformed into a form of economic siege as U.S. ships blockade Iranian ports and Trump promises a prolonged naval confrontation aimed at forcing Iran to relinquish its control over the…

  10. The Gaza “Ceasefire” Farce and the Battle for Michigan

    · 1 h 14 min

    Last week, Hamas and President Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace announced they had formally agreed to terms addressing the weapons held by the Palestinian resistance. Sources from within Hamas told Drop Site…

  11. West Bank Settler Terrorism and India’s Gen Z Protest Movement

    · 1 h 06 min

    Armed Israeli settlers backed by the military and government have continued to escalate attacks on Palestinians living in the West Bank in recent weeks, attacking villages and towns amid an ongoing push to assert…

  12. The Gulf War and the Battle For Michigan

    · 1 h 19 min

    As the U.S. continues to carry out an air campaign against Iran and attempts to wrest back control of the Strait of Hormuz, the war is already reshaping the future of Gulf Arab states that rely on the critical waterway…

  13. Ro Khanna and Israeli Apartheid, the Iran War, and the Politics of the World Cup

    · 1 h 38 min

    On this week’s stream, Rep. Ro Khanna describes being detained by Israeli settlers backed by the Israeli army in the West Bank earlier this month—and talks about his meetings with Palestinians in the occupied West…

  14. Beyond the Battlefield: What Comes Next for the Iran and Gaza Wars

    · 1 h 05 min

    Since October 7, 2023 and the launch of the genocidal war on Gaza, the U.S. and Israel have manufactured a reality in the Middle East—a new reality in which ceasefires have been redefined as a diplomatic cudgel to…

  15. Lebanon’s Surrender Agreement: Hezbollah Expert Amal Saad on Beirut’s “Framework” With Israel

    · 59 min

    In mid-June, the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding that was formally intended to bring a halt to the war and open a path for negotiations on a range of issues, including the future of Iran’s nuclear…

  16. From Lake Lucerne to Lebanon, U.S.-Iran Talks Stumble Forward

    · 1 h 14 min

    The United States and Iran continue to push forward with talks building on their recently signed MOU to end the current war and resolve outstanding differences between the two countries related to sanctions and the…

  17. The State of War and Diplomacy: Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza

    · 1 h 05 min

    The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement early Monday to extend the ceasefire for 60 days and open the Strait of Hormuz. The text of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) has not been released, but Iran…

  18. Erratic Fury: Trump and Iran—On the Precipice of More War or a Return to Diplomacy

    · 1 h 20 min

    President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed over the past two months that a deal with Iran is imminent. Following an exchange of military attacks between Iran and Israel this week, Trump is treading in familiar…

  19. Why the Iran Talks Now Hang on Lebanon

    · 1 h 35 min

    Tehran suspended ceasefire negotiations over Israel’s escalating attacks in Lebanon and U.S. strikes on Iranian shipping, as any prospect of a deal grows increasingly remote. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says a permanent…

  20. U.S.-Iran Negotiations in the Balance, Israel Escalates Attacks Against Gaza and Lebanon

    · 1 h 12 min

    Iran on Tuesday denounced U.S. strikes a day earlier as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations for a framework for a deal to end the war hang in the balance. The U.S. military confirmed that it had…

  21. The State of Trump’s Iran Quagmire and a Look at the War in Sudan

    · 1 h 45 min

    As President Donald Trump struggles to find a path to declare victory in his war of choice against Iran, he now claims he called off a resumption of military attacks he said were planned for Tuesday. Trump announced…

  22. Exclusive: Hezbollah MP Ibrahim Al-Moussawi Says “We Will Be Respecting the Ceasefire”

    · 34 min

    UPDATE: Shortly after publication, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he had spoken with Netanyahu and Aoun and a deal had been reached. “These two Leaders have agreed that in order to achieve PEACE…

  23. The Iran War Rages On: Israeli Assassination Strikes, Steve Witkoff's Texts, and the Mounting Storm in the Strait of Hormuz

    · 1 h 36 min

    On Tuesday, Israel announced that it assassinated Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani and the head of Irani’s internal security force and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling on Iranians to begin…

  24. EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Rejects Trump’s “Big Lie” About Why He Went to War

    · 28 min

    In an exclusive interview with Drop Site News, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Esmail Baghaei rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that he launched the war because Iran was “going to attack first,” calling it a “big…

  25. China Is Scaling Up its Military. Is It Preparing for War?

    · 47 min

    The Chinese government held a major military parade in Beijing on September 3, commemorating the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The parade followed an international strategic and economic…

  26. VIDEO: Serbia at the Crossroads

    · 16 min

    BELGRADE, SERBIA—On August 12, 2025, in the cities of Vrbas and Bačka Palanka, Serbia, several hundred people took to the streets to protest against the repression by the regime of President Aleksandar Vučić. That…

  27. China’s Communist Party, Its Rise, and the Looming New Cold War

    · 37 min

    The U.S. remains the most powerful single nation in the world, but it is not the most powerful in every region. While the U.S. remains mired in numerous wars in the Middle East, it is facing a rapid challenge from the…

  28. Israel Imposes No-Build Zone in Southern Lebanon, Terrorizing Locals With Surveillance and Shelling

    · 8:25

    On July 17, an Israeli drone strike killed at least one person and injured two others in Lebanon’s Nabatiyeh governorate, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The missile struck a civilian vehicle—part of the…

  29. Turkey Marches Towards Authoritarianism as It Becomes a Global Power

    · 38 min

    Protests have taken hold of Turkey in recent months, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to consolidate more and more power in the country. Recently, Erdogan’s government arrested a major political…

  30. Trump Heads to the Mideast as Gaza Starves, Student Protests Grow, India-Pakistan Tensions Rise

    · 1 h 38 min

    Amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment, famine conditions, and the near-total collapse of humanitarian assistance in Gaza, on Monday, May 12, the Israeli military assassinated renowned Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslayeh…

  31. Trump Declares Economic War on China

    · 48 min

    President Donald Trump once said that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.” Now he seems intent on testing that thesis, erecting some of the most massive trade barriers in recent world history. The tariffs are…

  32. The Secret World of Global Mercenaries

    · 35 min

    Mercenary groups were a major part of premodern history, before being largely replaced by standing national armies. But in the past few decades, armed mercenary companies have again become major players in conflicts…

  33. Trump and the Future of the Ukraine-Russia War

    · 47 min

    It has been three years since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, killing hundreds of thousands of people and destroying huge portions of the country. Now, the Trump administration has signaled that it wants to end the war…

  34. Gaza, Ukraine, and the Return of Trump

    · 46 min

    With just two months remaining in his presidency, President Joe Biden is moving forward with an aggressive U.S. posture toward the war in Ukraine. On Monday, the administration greenlit the use of U.S. made long-range…

  35. Episode 2: How to Make Friends

    · 39 min

    Investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers how the Palestine Laboratory has operated since 1948, detailing Israel’s long-standing role as a major arms dealer to some of the world’s most repressive regimes.…

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