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jami weinstein my guest today is jonathan spire he is an editor of the middle east quarterly a columnist

for the jerusalem post he has a ph from my alma mater, the London School of

Economics, or at least one of my alma mater. Most importantly, he is an expert in Syria,

has traveled to the region during the Syrian Civil War, reported extensively from the ground

there. And with news events that took many by surprise, including

Jonathan himself, of the Syrian rebel group taking over Aleppo, I thought I'd bring him on to

try to figure out what is going on in Syria. Many Americans haven't paid much attention to Syria,

myself included,

with the news in recent days of a rebel group rapidly taking parts of the country that caught

many people by surprise. I brought Jonathan in to give us an overview of what has happened

since most stopped paying attention in Syria.

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