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Yasmeen Altaji

Yasmeen Altaji

Assistant Podcast Producer
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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An Israeli tank takes position on the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo / Ariel Schalit)
Israel expands Gaza offensive, and Iran's nuclear capacity

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

April 03, 2025
A man walks past damaged vehicles at the scene of an Israeli strike on a building in Beirut's southern suburbs on April 1, 2025. An Israeli strike on south Beirut killed at least three people on April 1, Lebanon said after Israel announced its second such strike in a fragile four-month ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. The attack came without warning at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT) during the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday marking the end of the Ramadan fasting period. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)
Israel bombs Beirut, and Trump to visit Gulf countries

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

April 02, 2025
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads Eid prayers in Tehran. 'If the US and Israel attack us, they will face a strong and decisive response,’ he said beforehand. EPA
Iran responds to US threats and Israel orders evictions

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

April 01, 2025
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech in Damascus on Saturday. AFP
Syria forms new government and Israel-Lebanon tensions flare

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

March 31, 2025
A house hit by a US strike in Saada, Yemen. Reuters
Several dead in US strikes on Yemen and submarine sinks off Egypt

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

March 28, 2025
A satellite image shows three UAVs parked at the airstrip and partial construction of a hangar of the Nyala airport in Nyala, Sudan January 12, 2025. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES MANDATORY CREDIT MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO
Sudan's army retakes Khartoum airport and Istanbul mayor replaced

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

March 27, 2025
Hassan Ballal at the Oscars ceremony earlier this month, and being detained at his home in the West Bank
Hamdan Ballal released from Israeli detention and Iranian commander visits Iraq

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

March 26, 2025
A man inspects the site after it was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, 23 March 2025. Lebanon's Ministry of Health announced that two people were killed and six others were injured in an Israeli strike on the Al Raml neighborhood in Tyre, Lebanon, 23 March 2025. EPA / STRINGER
Israel pressures Lebanon and Iran wants new version of nuclear deal

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

March 25, 2025
Displaced Palestinians arrive in Khan Younis, Gaza. AP
Israel creates agency to oversee displacement of Gazans

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

March 24, 2025
Tanker trucks and others carrying cisterns move to fill up water at the Southern Gaza Desalination plant, which stopped working earlier after Israel cut off electricity supply to the Gaza Strip, in Deir el-Balah in the centre of the Palestinian territory on March 10, 2025. Israel is due to send a delegation to Doha on March 10 for a fresh round of talks on extending a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, after cutting off electricity to ramp up pressure on Hamas. The first phase of the truce ended on March 1 with no agreement on subsequent stages that could secure a permanent end to the war, but both sides have since refrained from resuming full-scale fighting. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Israel-Gaza ceasefire in flux and Syrians flee to Lebanon

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

March 11, 2025
Security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government ride in the back of a vehicle moving along a road in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa called for national unity and peace on March 9, amid growing international backlash following the killing of civilians along the country's coast in the worst violence since the overthrow of former president Bashar al-Assad, in the heartland of the Alawite minority to which the latter belongs. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Clashes in Syria and US cancels Iraq sanctions waiver

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

March 10, 2025
Demonstrators calling for the implementation of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, in Tel Aviv, Israel. AFP
US engaged in talks with Hamas and UK lifts sanctions on Syria

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

March 07, 2025
A Palestinian flag flutters amid the ruins of buildings in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. AFP
Reactions to Gaza plan and Trump's vision for the Middle East

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

March 06, 2025
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid meets with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, during the emergency Arab summit organised by Egypt this week, in Cairo, Egypt March 4, 2025. Iraqi President Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE.
Arab League endorses unified Gaza plan and Israel strikes Syria

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

March 05, 2025
Palestinian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Mustafa during a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in Cairo on Monday. EPA
Arab Summit in Cairo and Palestinian Oscars win

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

March 04, 2025
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