CONFLICTED

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An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Read more

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Episodes

How the US is Abandoning its Afghan Allies

02/12/2026 00:51:50The CIA’s Zero Units in Afghanistan

02/10/2026 00:50:17 Why China’s Rise Cannot Be Stopped

02/05/2026 01:05:49Trump vs Iran: The War That Wasn’t

02/03/2026 01:04:46Paul Kenyon: 30 Years Under Fire as a BBC War Reporter

01/29/2026 00:58:31 Show all episodes

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Hosted by Thomas Small and Aimen Dean, a former Al Qaeda member. Conflicted covers topics like the war on terror, Islamist terror, Americans' adventures in the Middle East, among many subjects related to the conflicts in the region for over two decades. Aimen believes that the current actions were planned years back, and therefore the present situations are just an actualization of those earlier plans. He further explains how the rookies in the field are vulnerable; thus, their seniors take advantage of their unstable state of mind.