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

The Gaza Peace Deal: Behind the Scenes with Aimen Dean

10/15/2025 01:11:467/7: The Inside Story – A New Terror Paradigm • Episode 6

10/13/2025 00:48:09 CC: Alex Vatanka – How has the 12 Day War Changed Iran?

10/08/2025 00:24:157/7: The Inside Story – The Lone Wolf • Episode 5

10/06/2025 00:53:087/7: The Inside Story – How to Spot a Radical • Episode 4

09/29/2025 00:52:59 Show all episodes

Our take on CONFLICTED podcast

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.