Buck Brief - Is Syria Becoming a Total Terrorist Hellhole?

The Buck Sexton Show

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News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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With the fall of the House of Assad, Syria is now under new management—but who’s really in charge? Buck Sexton breaks down the transition with Bill Roggio, Senior Editor at Long War Journal. From jihadist factions to the region's strategic importance, they explore the implications for Syria, the Middle East, and the global stage.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Buck Sexton Show podcast.
0:04.6	Make sure you subscribe to the podcast on the IHeart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:10.1	The fall of the House of Assad in Syria, and now it's under new management.
0:16.5	We've got a bunch of jihadists, former perhaps, who are running this country, which is in a very strategic geopolitical location.
0:25.3	What's going to happen in Syria? What does it mean for us? What does it mean for the broader mid-east?
0:29.4	We'll talk to our friend Bill Rogio about this. He is a senior editor at Long War Journal.
0:34.6	Bill, first of all, we haven't really heard much about these rebels or whatever
0:38.6	we're calling them today in a while. And then all of a sudden, they take a Lepo and it's like,
0:43.2	oh yeah, these guys just took the second biggest city, second most important city in Syria.
0:47.9	And then they took Damascus just a few days after that with it felt like barely a fight. Did
0:52.9	anyone see this coming? How'd this happen? Hey, hey buck thanks for having me on yeah this this caught everyone by surprise
1:00.0	there was a ceasefire between the brutal Assad regime that's you know it's hard to not be happy
1:05.6	that they're gone and various so-called rebel groups one of them is fully inundated with jihadist organizations.
1:13.8	Another backed by Turkey.
1:17.1	We just had this law.
1:19.7	And lo and behold, on November 27th, the group Hyatt Tahir al-Sham and the Syrian National Army,
1:29.3	they coordinate an operation. They go against Assad's forces.
1:31.3	And within 10 days, they take Damascus. Assad flees to Russia.
1:37.3	Why does this happen?
1:38.3	Why did no one see this coming?
1:40.3	It's a great question, Buck, and I don't have the answer.
1:43.3	I think everybody was looking at a lot of different problems, Russia, Ukraine.
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