• Is Assad’s downfall a ‘catastrophic success’?

  • Dec 9 2024
  • Length: 42 mins
  • Podcast

Is Assad’s downfall a ‘catastrophic success’?

  • Summary

  • Over the weekend, the rebels from the Syrian opposition claimed Damascus and president Assad had fled to Russia. Keir Starmer has welcomed the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s barbaric regime in Syria and called for civilians to be protected after rebel forces took control of Damascus. Freddy Gray speaks to Michael Weiss, an editor at The Insider, and Owen Matthews, writer and historian. They discuss how this story could develop on the international stage, whether this is the reinvention of the Arab Spring, and what is left of Iran, now that several of its proxies have been destroyed.
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