372. Syria, al-Sharaa, and the future of the Middle East

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

Politics, Government, News

4.4 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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What does al-Sharaa's rise to power mean for Syria? Given his surprise takeover, how will today’s CIA analysts be changing the way they think about the country and what happens next? Will Syria be the next Libya? Join Rory and Alastair as they discuss Syria’s rapidly shifting political landscape with former CIA analyst and The Rest Is Classified co-host David McCloskey, who spent almost a decade covering Syria from Langley and Damascus, both before and during the Syrian civil war. The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. Fuse are giving away FREE TRIP+ membership for all of 2025 to new sign ups 🎉 TRIP+ gets you ad-free listening, discounts, and early access to episodes and pre-sale tickets for live shows! To sign up and for terms and conditions, visit GetFuse.com/Politics ⚡ TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to receive early access to Question Time episodes to live show tickets, enjoy ad-free listening for both TRIP and Leading, receive our exclusive newsletter, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, and join our members’ chatroom on Discord. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ nordvpn.com/restispolitics It's risk-free with Nord's 30 day money back guarantee ✅ Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: [email protected] Assistant Producer: Evan Green Social Producer: Jess Kidson Producers: Nicole Maslen, Fiona Douglas Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor, Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to The Restis Politics. Sign up to the Restis Politics Plus.
0:03.6	To enjoy ad-free listening, receive a weekly newsletter, join our members' chat room and gain early access to live show tickets.
0:09.4	Just go to therestispolities.com. That's therestispolics.com.
0:17.0	The Restis Politics is powered by our friends at Fuse Energy.
0:20.7	And, Rory, you know that Fuse have been very generous in their offers to members and to supporters of the rest of politics.
0:27.8	So how about this one?
0:28.9	Anyone who switches energy supply to fuse, you get free membership to this wonderful podcast.
0:35.4	And The Rest is Politics Plus for the rest of 2025.
0:39.1	Well, that's a very, very generous offer indeed. All you have to do is go to getfuse.com's
0:44.5	forward slash politics and use the referral code politics when signing up. And you will get,
0:48.9	as a member of Trip Plus, all of the episodes add free, question time episode. You'll get that
0:54.0	a day before everybody else.
0:55.6	You get access to members-only live streams.
0:58.2	You get early access to tickets for our live shows days before the general public.
1:02.7	And we'd love to have you as one of our members.
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1:08.7	It's always worth mentioning that fuse generate power from their own solar and wind farms,
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1:16.0	Anyway, Roy, I had a look at Trust Pilot, and on there, people give fuse 4.7 out of 5.
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