How the Assad Regime Fell

December 13, 2024 00:40:19
How the Assad Regime Fell
Modern War Institute
How the Assad Regime Fell

Dec 13 2024 | 00:40:19

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Show Notes

For well over a decade, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad managed to hold onto power during a complicated civil war involving a number of anti-regime rebel groups. And then, rebels launched a lightning offensive that saw a series of Syrian cities—including, ultimately, the capital Damascus—fall. Assad was gone and more than a half-century of rule by his family came to an end. To explore how that happened and what comes next, John Amble is joined on this episode by Natasha Hall, a senior fellow with the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies with deep expertise on Syria.

 

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