After 13 years of war, an offensive by Syrian opposition groups ousted Bashar al-Assad as Syria’s president in just 11 days. What happened? Who’s running Syria now? And what could happen next? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains.
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
01:27 – Why the fall of the Assad regime is such a big deal
02:40 – Wafa Ali Mustafa’s story
03:32 – How the Syrian war started in 2011
04:22 – How Syrian territory got carved up during the war
05:29 – How HTS dominated the offensive that ousted Assad
06:10 – Who are HTS and its leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani?
07:01 – Have HTS really changed from their al-Qaeda roots?
09:50 – Why the territorial war in Syria still isn’t over
10:17 – Israel’s Golan Heights “land grab”
11:03 – The determination of Syrians to rebuild their country
This episode features:
Wafa Ali Mustafa | Syrian Activist and Daughter of Ali Mustafa, who was detained by the Assad regime in 2013
Rim Turkmani | Syria Research Director and Senior Research Fellow, LSE
Professor Hind Kabawat | Director of Interfaith Peacebuilding, George Mason University
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | Research Fellow, Middle East Forum
Qutaiba Idlbi | Syria Lead and Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council
Haid Haid | Syrian Columnist and Consulting Fellow at Chatham House
Ibrahim Olabi | Barrister and Board Member of the Syrian British Consortium
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